Holbrook Jackson, on reading:

Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.

- Holbrook Jackson.

On this day in movie history - Million Dollar Baby (2004):

Million Dollar Baby,

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Paul Haggis,

based on the book Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole,

was released in the United States on December 15, 2004.
Narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Music by Clint Eastwood.

Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, Brían F. O'Byrne, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale, Riki Lindhome, Michael Peña, Benito Martinez, Bruce MacVittie, David Powledge, Joe D'Angerio, Marcus Chait, Tom McCleister, Erica Grant, Naveen, Morgan Eastwood, Jamison Yang, Dean Familton, Louis Moret, Jon D. Schorle II, Marty Sammon, Steven M. Porter, Ray Corona, Ming Lo, Miguel Pérez, Jim Cantafio, Ted Grossman, Ned Eisenberg, Marco Rodríguez, Roy Nugent, Don Familton, Mark Thomason, Brian T. Finney, Spice Williams-Crosby, Kim Strauss, Rob Maron, Kirsten Berman, Susan Krebs, Sunshine Chantal Parkman, Kim Dannenberg, Eddie Bates, Minerva Adams, Jimmy Alioto, Nina Avetisova, Michael Bentt, Tamara Bossett, Bruce Gerard Brown Jr., John Eric Brown, Jude Ciccolella, Marc De'Antone, Daniele Doobenen, Kimberly Estrada, Christopher Gilbertson, Rosine 'Ace' Hatem, Adolfo Jimenez, Guillermo Jorge, Michael Keyes, Mimi Lesseos, Sean LoGrasso, Paul McMichael, Robert McMurrer, Arnold Montey, Sean O'Kane, Ricky Pak, Mar Party, Cynthia Prouder, Vladimir Rajcic, Bridgett Riley, Ernie Rivera, Grant Roberts, Michael Saglimbeni, Bobby Silva, Nikky Smedley, Rick Solis, Mikee Stafford, McKay Stewart, Jaerin Washington, Jason Williams, Boni Yanagisawa.

On this day in movie history - Heat (1995):

Heat,

directed and written by Michael Mann,

was released in the United States on December 15, 1995.
Previously filmed by Michael Mann as the TV movie L.A. Takedown (1986).
Music by Elliot Goldenthal.

Cast:
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Dennis Haysbert, William Fichtner, Natalie Portman, Tom Noonan, Kevin Gage, Hank Azaria, Susan Traylor, Kim Staunton, Danny Trejo, Henry Rollins, Jerry Trimble, Tone Loc, Ricky Harris, Ray Buktenica, Jeremy Piven, Xander Berkeley, Martin Ferrero, Hazelle Goodman, Paul Herman, Cindy Katz, Dan Martin, Rick Avery, Bill McIntosh, Thomas Rosales Jr., Patricia Healy, Yvonne Zima, Farrah Forke.

On this day in movie history - Young Frankenstein (1974):

Young Frankenstein,

directed by Mel Brooks,

written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks,

inspired by the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley,

was released in the United States on December 15, 1974.
Music by John Morris.

“Puttin’ on the Riiiiitz!”

– Peter Boyle, as The Monster.

Cast:
Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, Liam Dunn, Danny Goldman, Oscar Beregi Jr., Arthur Malet, Richard A. Roth, Monte Landis, Rusty Blitz, Anne Beesley, Gene Hackman, John Madison, John Dennis, Rick Norman, Rolfe Sedan, Terence Pushman, Randolph Dobbs, Norbert Schiller, Pat O'Hara, Michael Fox, Lidia Kristen, Ian Abercrombie, Leon Askin, Benjie Bancroft, Mel Brooks, Ken Clayton, Jack Clinton, Robert Cole, Lou Cutell, Alphonso DuBois, Peter Eastman, Sig Frohlich, Michael J. Grayson, Peter Halton, Bob Harks, Lars Hensen, George Holmes, Kathryn Janssen, Michael Jeffers, Dale Johnson, Berry Kroeger, Ethelreda Leopold, Bob Liddle, John Marlin, Jeff Maxwell, John Hugh McKnight, Ernesto Molinari, Monty O'Grady, Tony Regan, Leoda Richards, Clark Ross, Paul Russell, Maida Severn, Norman Stevans, Don Terwilliger, Arthur Tovey, Clement von Franckenstein, Max Wagner.

Born on this day – Barbara Valentin:

Barbara Valentin

Actress

December 15, 1940 – February 22, 2002

Born on this day – Yvonne Monlaur:

Yvonne Monlaur

Actress

December 15, 1939 – April 18, 2017

Born on this day – Jeff Chandler:

Jeff Chandler

Actor

Producer

Singer

December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961

Credits:

Merrill's Marauders (1962); Return to Peyton Place (1961); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); The Plunderers (1960); The Jayhawkers! (1959); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); Thunder in the Sun (1959); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); Raw Wind in Eden (1958); The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958); Man in the Shadow (1957); Jeanne Eagels (1957); The Tattered Dress (1957); Drango (1957); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Away All Boats (1956); The Toy Tiger (1956); The Spoilers (1955); The Nat 'King' Cole Musical Story (1955); Female on the Beach (1955); Foxfire (1955); Sign of the Pagan (1954); Yankee Pasha (1954); Taza, Son of Cochise (1954); War Arrow (1953); East of Sumatra (1953); The Great Sioux Uprising (1953); Girls in the Night (1953); Because of You (1952); Yankee Buccaneer (1952); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Red Ball Express (1952); The Battle at Apache Pass (1952); Meet Danny Wilson (1952); Flame of Araby (1951); Iron Man (1951); Smuggler's Island (1951); Double Crossbones (1951); Bird of Paradise (1951); Two Flags West (1950); The Desert Hawk (1950); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Broken Arrow (1950); Deported (1950); Abandoned (1949); Sword in the Desert (1949); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Roses Are Red (1947); The Invisible Wall (1947); Johnny O'Clock (1947); Thrill of a Romance (1945).