Born on this day – Nelly Corradi:

Nelly Corradi

Opera singer

Soprano

Actress

December 16, 1914 – April 16, 1968

Credits:

Gli orizzonti del sole (1955); House of Ricordi (1954); Puccini (1953); The Count of Saint Elmo (1951); La forza del destino (1950); Faust and the Devil (1949); The Lost One (1947); Barber of Seville (1947); Elixir of Love (1947); Lucia di Lammermoor (1946); La danza del fuoco (1943); Measure for Measure (1943); Fari nella nebbia (1942); Barbablù (1941); La zia smemorata (1940); Il ladro sono io (1940); Nobody's Land (1939); Il torrente (1938); Dimmed Lights (1936); Le scarpe al sole (1935); Everybody's Woman (1934).

Born on this day – Charles Marquis Warren:

Charles Marquis Warren

Writer

Producer

Director

December 16, 1912 – August 11, 1990

Born on this day – Max Linder:

Max Linder

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

Comedian

December 16, 1883 – November 1, 1925

Credits:

A Bashful Young Man (1908); A Case of Lumbago (1909); A Conquest (1909); A Country Lad (1908); A Cure for Timidity (1910); A Drama in Seville (1907); A Farm House Romance (1912); A Glorious Start (1907); A Hooligan Idea (1907); A Jockey for Love (1913); A Prince of Worth (1910); A Ringer for Max (1915); A Romantic Girl (1910); A Set of Teeth (1909); A Waterplane Elopement (1912); Ah! Quel malheur d'avoir un gendre (1907); All for a Necklace (1907); Amateur Acrobat (1908); Amoureux de la femme à barbe (1909); Amoureux de la teinturière (1912); An Escape of Gas (1912); Artful Husband (1907); At the Music Hall (1907); Attempted Suicide (1906); Be My Wife (1921); Before and After (1909); Beginning of the Serpentine Dance (1908); Busy Fiance (1908); C'est Papa qui a pris la Purge (1907); Chaussure trop étroite (1907); Chevalier Barkas (1925); Contagious Nervous Twitching (1908); Cuisinier par amour (1914); Dick est un chien savant (1914); Doings of a Maniac (1907); En compagnie de Max Linder (1963); Entente cordiale (1912); First Night Out (1905); For the Children (1916); From Jealousy to Madness (1907); Hairdresser of Love (1915); Harlequin's Story (1907); Help! (1924); His First Cigar (1908); How Max Went Around the World (1910); Hunchback Brings Luck (1908); In a Difficult Position (1908); Je voudrais un enfant (1910); Joined Lips (1907); Julot va dans le monde (1906); King of the Circus (1924); La bonne à tout faire (1911); La maîtresse de piano (1910); La malle au marriage (1912); La médaille de sauvetage (1913); La rivalité de Max (1913); La ruse de Max (1913); La vengeance du domestique (1912); Lady Doctor's Husband (1907); Lady-Killer Foiled (1908); L'amour mouillé (1911); L'âne jaloux (1912); Le baromètre de la fidélité (1915); Le Bridge au plafond (1909); Le cauchemar de Max (1910); Le chapeau-claque (1909); Le chasseur de chez Maxim's (1927); Le duel de Max (1913); Le mal de mer (1912); Le pendu (1914); Le rendez-vous (1913); Le roman de Max (1912); Les contrebandiers (1906); Les débuts d'un yachtman (1913); Les effets des pilules de Max (1910); Les escarpins de Max (1914); Les escarpins de Max (1914); Les exploits du jeune Tartarin (1910); Love and Cheese (1910); Love Unconquerable (1912); Lover's Ill Luck (1907); Love's Surprises (1915); Madame a ses vapeurs (1907); Mariage au puzzle (1910); Mariage force (1914); Max a peur de l'eau (1912); Max and His Dog (1912); Max and His Mother-in-Law (1911); Max and the Lady Doctor (1914); Max and the Purse (1917); Max and the Statue (1912); Max as a Chiropodist (1914); Max asthmatique (1914); Max au couvent (1914); Max bandit par amour (1912); Max célibataire (1912); Max cocher de fiacre (1912); Max collectioneur de chaussures (1914); Max Comes Across (1917); Max Comes Home (1910); Max dans les airs (1916); Max devrait porter des bretelles (1917); Max Embarrassed (1910); Max émule de Tartarin (1912); Max est charitable (1913); Max et Clancy tombent d'accord (1910); Max et la belle négresse (1910); Max et la Main-qui-étreint (1916); Max et le bâton de rouge (1914); Max et le commissaire (1914); Max et le mari jaloux (1912); Max et les crêpes (1913); Max et ses trois mariages (1910); Max Fears the Dogs (1912); Max Fights a Duel (1911); Max Foils the Police (1910); Max Gets the Reward (1912); Max Goes Ski-ing (1910); Max Has the Boxing Fever (1910); Max Has to Change (1910); Max Hits the High Spots (1914); Max hypnotisé (1910); Max illusionniste (1914); Max in a Dilemma (1910); Max in a Taxi (1917); Max in a Wardrobe (1912); Max in the Alps (1910); Max Is Absent Minded (1910); Max Is Convalescent (1911); Max Is Forced to Work (1911); Max Is Stood Up (1910); Max Joins the Giants (1912); Max joue le drame (1914); Max Juggles for Love (1912); Max Leads Them a Novel Chase (1909); Max Learns to Skate (1907); Max Linder Does All the Sports (1913); Max maître d'hôtel (1914); Max Makes a Touch (1910); Max Makes Music (1910); Max médécin malgré lui (1917); Max n'aime pas les chats (1913); Max on the Briny (1915); Max Plays Detective (1916); Max Sets the Fashion (1912); Max Sets the Style (1914); Max Soldat de 2Me Classe (1914); Max Speaks English (1914); Max Takes a Bath (1910); Max Takes a Picture (1913); Max Takes Tonics (1911); Max toréador (1913); Max virtuose (1913); Max Wants a Divorce (1917); Max, professeur de tango (1914); Max, the Heartbreaker (1917); Max, the Lady Killer (1913); Max, the Magician (1912); Max's Divorce Case (1911); Max's Feet Are Pinched (1910); Max's First Job (1910); Max's Hat (1913); Max's Tragedy (1911); Max's Vacation (1914); Miss Moneybags Wishes to Wed (1909); Mon chien rapporte (1910); Music Teacher (1908); My Watch Is Slow (1908); N'embrassez pas votre bonne (1914); Noisy Neighbors (1908); Nourrice par nécessité (1907); Oh! Les femmes (1912); On a Racket (1909); One Can't Believe One's Eyes (1910); One Exciting Night (1912); One on Max (1909); Over the 'Phone (1912); Par habitude (1911); Par habitude (1923); Peintre par amour (1912); Perseverance Rewarded (1910); Phial of Poison (1907); Premier rendez-vous (1910); Private Atkins Minds a Baby (1907); Prospective Heirs (1908); Que peut-il avoir? (1912); Retour inattendu (1908); Romeo Turns Bandit (1909); Sam's Artistic Beard (1909); Sandwich Woman (1908); See the Picture! (1909); Seven Years Bad Luck (1921); Sganarelle (1907); Shame on Max (1910); Soldat par amour (1910); Soldier's Antics (1908); Surprise Package (1908); The Cupboard (1907); The Dog and the Pipe (1908); The Fake Doctor (1908); The Hanging Lamp (1908); The Little Cafe (1919); The Little Vixen (1909); The Love Letter (1913); The Paris Students (1906); The Second of August (1914); The Servant Hypnotist (1907); The Servant's Good Joke (1909); The Surprises of a Flirtation (1909); The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922); The Troublesome Flea (1906); Tormented by His Mother-in-Law (1908); Travels of a Flea (1908); Troubles of a Grass Widower (1908); Troubles of a Grasswidower (1912); Two Great Griefs (1908); Un cross-country original (1910); Un idiot qui se croit Max Linder (1914); Un mari peu vienard (1908); Un mariage imprévu (1913); Un pari original (1912); Une bonne pour monsieur, un domestique pour madame (1910); Une campagne électorale (1909); Une mariée qui se fait attendre (1911); Une poursuite mouvementée (1909); Une représentation au cinéma (1910); Une ruse de Mari (1910); Unforeseen Meeting (1905); Unwilling Chiropodist (1908); Voisin... voisine (1911); Voyage de noces en Espagne (1912); Who Killed Max? (1910); Who Will Win My Heart (1909); Willyboy Gets His (1909).

Born on this day – Jane Austen:

Jane Austen

Writer

December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817

Credits:

The Watsons (1804); Sense and Sensibility (1811); Pride and Prejudice (1813); Mansfield Park (1814); Emma (1815); Sanditon (1817); Northanger Abbey (1818); Persuasion (1818); The Beautifull Cassandra (1793); Lesley Castle: An Unfinished Novel In Letters (1793); Lady Susan (1794); Love and Freindship (2015); The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen (2017); A Memoir of Jane Austen (2017); The Letters of Jane Austen (2018); Juvenilia Volume I Annotated (1787); Juvenilia Volume II Annotated (2021); Identity And Self Respect (1952); 50 Classic Novellas (2011); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); 30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories (2019); Women Who Wrote (2020); Love, Lust and Passion in Regency Times (2021); The Bridgerthonian Novels (2022); The Greatest Tales of Regency Romance (2023); Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection (2023).

Born on this day – Ludwig van Beethoven:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Composer

Musician

December 16, 1770 – March 26, 1827

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.