Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Born on this day – Kip Anderson:


Kip Anderson

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 24, 1938 – August 29, 2007

Born on this day – Ernest Borgnine:


Ernest Borgnine

Actor

January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012

Credits:

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–2012); The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012); Snatched (2011); Love's Christmas Journey (2011); SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini Bottom (2011); The Lion of Judah (2011); Night Club (2011); Another Harvest Moon (2010); RED (2010); The Genesis Code (2010); Enemy Mind (2010); SpongeBob's Boating Bash (2010); The Wishing Well (2009); SpongeBob's Truth or Square (2009); ER (1994); The Prologue to Houdini Magic's Expert at the Card Table (2008); Frozen Stupid (2008); Aces 'N' Eights (2008); Strange Wilderness (2008); A Grandpa for Christmas (2007); Oliviero Rising (2007); La cura del gorilla (2006); That One Summer (2005); Rail Kings (2005); 3 Below (2005); The Blue Light (2004); Barn Red (2004); The Trail to Hope Rose (2004); Renegade (2004); The Long Ride Home (2003); The District (2000); Whiplash (2002); September 11 (2002); Family Law (1999); 7th Heaven (1996); Touched by an Angel (1994); SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (2001); The Kiss of Debt (2000); Castle Rock (2000); Hoover (2000); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); The Last Great Ride (2000); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999); The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island (1999); Shadows of the Past (1999); Early Edition (1996); An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998); All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996); Mel (1998); 12 Bucks (1998); BASEketball (1998); Small Soldiers (1998); JAG (1995); Gattaca (1997); McHale's Navy (1997); The Single Guy (1995); Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996); Pinky and the Brain (1995); All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996); Captiva Island (1995); Veterinarian Christine II: The Temptation (1995); Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1995); The Commish (1991); Spirit of the Season (1994); Der blaue Diamant (1993); Verinarian Christine (1993); The Simpsons (1989); Mistress (1992); Home Improvement (1991); Mountain of Diamonds (1991); The Last Match (1991); Tides of War (1990); Any Man's Death (1990); Ocean (1989); Laser Mission (1989); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears (1989); The Big Turnaround (1988); Moving Target (1988); Bensonhurst (1988); Qualcuno pagherà (1988); Skeleton Coast (1988); The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988); Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987); The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Highway to Heaven (1984); Airwolf (1984–1986); Alice in Wonderland (1985); The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985); The Manhunt (1984); Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984); Code Name: Wild Geese (1984); The Last Days of Pompeii (1984); Masquerade (1983); Carpool (1983); Young Warriors (1983); Blood Feud (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Magnum, P.I. (1980); The Love Boat (1977); Deadly Blessing (1981); High Risk (1981); Escape from New York (1981); Super Fuzz (1980); When Time Ran Out... (1980); The Black Hole (1979); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); The Double McGuffin (1979); Ravagers (1979); Convoy (1978); Cops and Robin (1978); The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978); Crossed Swords (1977); The Greatest (1977); Future Cop (1976); Fire (1977); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Holiday Hookers (1976); Shoot (1976); Hustle (1975); The Devil's Rain (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1974); Sunday in the Country (1974); Law and Disorder (1974); Twice in a Lifetime (1974); Legend in Granite (1973); The Neptune Factor (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Revengers (1972); The Boxer (1972); The Trackers (1971); Hannie Caulder (1971); Bunny O'Hare (1971); Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971); Willard (1971); Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); The Adventurers (1970); A Bullet for Sandoval (1969); The Wild Bunch (1969); The Split (1968); Ice Station Zebra (1968); The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968); Get Smart (1965); The Dirty Dozen (1967); Chuka (1967); Run for Your Life (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); McHale's Navy (1962); The Oscar (1966); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); Wagon Train (1957); McHale's Navy (1964); General Electric Theater (1953); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Barabbas (1961); I briganti italiani (1961); Il re di Poggioreale (1961); The Last Judgment (1961); The Blue Angels (1960); Go Naked in the World (1961); Laramie (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1956); Pay or Die! (1960); Man on a String (1960); Season of Passion (1959); The Rabbit Trap (1959); Torpedo Run (1958); The Badlanders (1958); The Vikings (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); Three Brave Men (1956); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Catered Affair (1956); Jubal (1956); The Square Jungle (1955); The Last Command (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); Run for Cover (1955); Marty (1955); Fireside Theatre (1949); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); The Lone Wolf (1954); Vera Cruz (1954); The Bounty Hunter (1954); Waterfront (1954); Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954); Johnny Guitar (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Danny Thomas Show (1953); From Here to Eternity (1953); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); Rocky King, Detective (1950); Kraft Theatre (1947); Shadow of the Cloak (1951); Goodyear Playhouse (1951); The Mob (1951); Captain  and His  Rangers (1949); The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951); China Corsair (1951).

Born on this day – Viora Daniel:


Viora Daniel

Actress

January 24, 1902 – May 9, 1980

Credits:

Bulldog Pluck (1927); One Chance in a Million (1927); Quarantined Rivals (1927); Old Shoes (1925); The Cowboy and the Lady (1922); The Son of a Sheik (1922); Cold Feet (1922); 'Twas Ever Thus (1922); Saturday Night (1922); A Barnyard Cavalier (1922); Be My Wife (1921); A Pair of Sexes (1921); In for Life (1921); Let Me Explain (1921); The Easy Road (1921); The Life of the Party (1920); The Fourteenth Man (1920); The Sins of St. Anthony (1920); Thou Art the Man (1920); Young Mrs. Winthrop (1920).

Born on this day – Henry King:


Henry King

Actor

Director

Producer

January 24, 1886 – June 29, 1982

Credits:

23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919); A Bell for Adano (1945); A Bolt from the Sky (1915); A False Friend (1913); A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919); A Game of Wits (1917); A Mexican Tragedy (1913); A Midnight Call (1913); A Perilous Ride (1913); A Romance of the Ozarks (1913); A Sporting Chance (1919); A Tenderfoot Hero (1913); A Woman's Heart (1913); A Yank in the RAF (1941); Abide with Me (1914); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); All the World to Nothing (1918); An Actor's Strategy (1913); Any Woman (1925); Back to Primitive (1913); Beauty and the Rogue (1918); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Big Brother (1916); Bitter Sweets (1914); Black Beauty (1913); Blue Blood and Yellow (1915); Brass Buttons (1919); By Impulse (1913); Called Back (1914); Captain from Castile (1947); Carolina (1934); Carousel (1956); Chad Hanna (1940); Crooked Road (1916); David and Bathsheba (1951); Deep Waters (1948); Dice of Destiny (1920); Eyes That Cannot See (1915); Faith's Reward (1916); For Her Brother's Sake (1913); For the Commonwealth (1915); Fury (1923); Harbor (1930); Haunting Shadows (1919); Hearts or Diamonds? (1918); Hell Harbor (1930); Help Wanted - Male (1920); Her Atonement (1913); Her Father (1913); His Excellency (1914); His Last Crooked Deal (1913); Hobbs in a Hurry (1918); Houses of Glass (1915); I Loved You Wednesday (1933); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); In Humble Guise (1915); In Old Chicago (1938); In the Hands of the Law (1917); Jesse James (1939); Jim's Reward (1913); Joy and the Dragon (1916); King of the Khyber Rifles (1953); King Social Briars (1918); Letters Entangled (1915); Life, Love and Liberty (1913); Lightnin' (1930); Little Mary Sunshine (1916); Little Old New York (1940); Lloyd's of London (1936); Love and War in Mexico (1913); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Magic Melody (1913); Margie (1946); Marie Galante (1934); Maryland (1940); Melita's Sacrifice (1913); Merely Mary Ann (1931); My Lips Betray (1933); Nerve (1914); O. Henry's Full House (1952); One Hour Before Dawn (1920); One More Spring (1935); Over the Hill (1931); Partners Again (1926); Pay Dirt (1916); Powers That Prey (1918); Prince of Foxes (1949); Ramona (1936); Remember the Day (1941); Romola (1924); Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925); Sacrificial Fires (1914); Salvage (1921); Saved from Himself (1915); Scepter of Suspicion (1917); Seventh Heaven (1937); Shadows and Sunshine (1916); She Goes to War (1929); Should a Wife Forgive? (1915); Six Feet Four (1919); Social Briars (1918); Some Liar (1919); Sonny (1922); Souls in Pawn (1917); Southern Pride (1917); Stanley and Livingstone (1939); State Fair (1933); Stella Dallas (1925); Sunshine and Gold (1917); Tender Is the Night (1962); The Acid Test (1915); The Apache Kid (1913); The Birthmark (1913); The Black Swan (1942); The Bliss of Ignorance (1915); The Bond Boy (1922); The Bravados (1958); The Breed of the West (1913); The Bride's Silence (1917); The Burden Bearer (1913); The Butterfly (1915); The Camera's Testimony (1913); The Climber (1917); The Country Doctor (1936); The Coveted Heritage (1914); The Crooked Road (1916); The Cruise of the Hell Ship (1914); The Devil's Bait (1917); The Dolls of Intrigue (1915); The Dream of Loco Juan (1914); The Eternal Duel (1914); The Eyes of the World (1930); The Fallen Standard (1915); The Fruit of Folly (1915); The Ghost of Rosy Taylor (1918); The Gunfighter (1950); The Imprint (1914); The Legend of Lovers Leap (1913); The Locked Heart (1918); The Love Liar (1915); The Magic Flame (1927); The Maid of the Wild (1915); The Mainspring (1917); The Mask (1914); The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917); The Mate of the Schooner 'Sadie' (1913); The Measure of a Man (1914); The Medal of Honor (1913); The Message of the Rose (1913); The Mistress of Shenstone (1921); The Moth and the Flame (1913); The Mysterious Hand (1913); The Nemesis (1915); The Oath of Hate (1916); The Outlaw's Gratitude (1913); The Padre's Strategy (1913); The Path of Sorrow (1913); The Pomp of Earth (1915); The Power of Evil (1916); The Power of Print (1914); The Price of Fame (1915); The Pursuit of Pleasure (1915); The Rat (1914); The Sand Lark (1916); The Sands of Life (1914); The Seventh Day (1922); The Silver Lining (1914); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952); The Song of Bernadette (1943); The Split Nugget (1913); The Stained Pearl (1916); The Sting of the Lash (1921); The Stranger (1914); The Sun Also Rises (1957); The Test of Manhood (1914); The Tomboy (1915); The Unexpected (1914); The White Dove (1920); The White Sister (1923); The Will o' the Wisp (1914); The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926); The Woman Disputed (1928); The Woman in Room 13 (1932); This Earth Is Mine (1959); This Hero Stuff (1919); To Love and Cherish (1913); Today and Tomorrow (1915); Toil and Tyranny (1915); Tol'able David (1921); Told at Twilight (1917); Turning the Table (1913); Twelve O'Clock High (1949); Twin Kiddies (1917); Uncharted Channels (1920); Untamed (1955); Unto Herself Alone (1915); Up Romance Road (1918); Vengeance of the Dead (1917); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); Way Down East (1935); When a Man Rides Alone (1919); When Brothers Go to War (1913); When Fate Was Kind (1914); When He Sees (1913); When Justice Sleeps (1915); When Might Is Right (1916); When the Clock Stopped (1913); When We Were 21 (1921); Where the West Begins (1919); Who Knows? (1916); Who Pays? (1915); Wilson (1944); You've Got to Pay (1913).

Born on this day – Edith Wharton:


Edith Wharton

Writer

Designer

January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937

Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1921 for her novel The Age of Innocence (1920).

Credits:

Books:

A Backward Glance (1934); A Motor-Flight Through France (1908); A Son at the Front (1923); Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse (1909); Bunner Sisters (1916); Certain People (1930); Crucial Instances (1901); Edith Wharton Abroad: Selected Travel Writings: 1888–1920 (1995); Edith Wharton: The Uncollected Critical Writings (1996); Ethan Frome (1911); Fast and Loose: A Novelette (1938); Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort (1915); French Ways and Their Meaning (1919); Ghosts (1937); Here and Beyond (1926); Hudson River Bracketed (1929); Human Nature (1933); In Morocco (1920); Italian Backgrounds (1905); Italian Villas and Their Gardens (1904); Madame de Treymes (1907); Madame de Treymes and Others: Four Novelettes (1970); Old New York (1924); Roman Fever and Other Stories (1964); Sanctuary (1903); Shadow of a Doubt (1901); Summer (1917); Tales of Men and Ghosts (1910); The Age of Innocence (1920); The Book of the Homeless (1916); The Buccaneers (1938); The Children (1928); The Collected Stories of Edith Wharton (1998); The Cruise of the Vanadis (1910); The Custom of the Country (1913); The Decoration of Houses (1897); The Descent of Man and Other Stories (1904); The Fruit of the Tree (1907); The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (1973); The Glimpses of the Moon (1922); The Gods Arrive (1932); The Greater Inclination (1899); The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories (1908); The House of Mirth (1905); The Marne (1918); The Mother's Recompense (1925); The New York Stories of Edith Wharton (2007); The Old Maid (1924); The Reef (1912); The Spinster (1921); The Touchstone (1900); The Valley of Decision (1902); The World Over (1936); The Writing of Fiction (1925); Twelve Poems (1926); Twilight Sleep (1927); Verses (1878); Xingu and Other Stories (1916).

Movies and television:

The Buccaneers (2023); Roman Fever (2014); Life (2011); Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome (2010); The House of Mirth (2000); Passion's Way (1999); The Buccaneers (1995); The Age of Innocence (1993); Ethan Frome (1992); The Children (1990); Shades of Darkness (1983); Great Performances (1971); The House of Mirth (1981); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); Matinee Theatre / The House of Mirth (1955–1956); Ponds Theater (1954); General Electric Theater (1953); Goodyear Playhouse (1952); Lights Out / Pomegranate Seed (1951); The Ford Theatre Hour (1951); Starlight Theatre (1950); The Old Maid (1939); Strange Wives (1934); The Age of Innocence (1934); The Marriage Playground (1929); The Age of Innocence (1924); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); The House of Mirth (1918).

René Descartes, on books:


The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

- René Descartes.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

On this day in television history - Star Trek: Picard (2020):


Star Trek: Picard

created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer and Alex Kurtzman,
was released in the United States on January 23, 2020.
Music by Jeff Russo and Stephen Barton.


Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Harry Treadaway, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Jeri Ryan, Orla Brady, Brent Spiner.