Born on this day – Liane Haid:

Liana Haid

Actress

August 16, 1895 – November 28, 2000

Credits:

The Five Rabbits (1953); The Imperfect Love (1940); Peter in the Snow (1937); Who kisses last... (1936); Mozart (1936); dance music (1935); The Trip to Youth (1935); An Evening Visit (1934); At the Blond Katherine's (1934); No Fear of Love (1933); The Castle in the South (1933); Her Serene Highness, the Saleswoman (1933); Novel einer Nacht (1933); The Star of Valencia (1933); Sag' mir, wer Du bist (1933); Police file 909 (1933); A Woman Like You (1933); Madame Wants No Children (1933); The Diamond of the Tsar (1932); I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are (1932); The Prince of Arcadia (1932); Madame hat Ende (1931); Die Männer um Lucie (1931); Mu Cousin from Warsaw (1931); Opera Ball (1931); Grock in Grock (1931); Circus Leben (1931); Kaiserliebchen (1931); Petit officier... Adieu! (1930); The Song Is Ended (1930); Twice Wedding (1930); The Immortal Scoundrel (1930); Black Forest Girl (1929); Spiel um den Mann (1929); S.O.S. Ship in Distress (1929); Der Weiberkrieg (1928); Marquis d'Eon, the Spy of the Pompadour (1928); Vienna, City of My Dreams (1928); Two Red Roses (1928); The Lady in Black (1928); Die Csardasfürstin (1927); The Dollar Princess and Her Six Suitors (1927); The Golden Abyss (1927); The last waltz (1927); The White Slave (1927); Die Czardasfürstin (1927); The dashing Archduke (1927); The Son of Hannibal (1926); When I Came Back (1926); Im weißen Rößl (1926); The Provincial Uncle (1926); Two Brothers (1926); Love Fire (1925); The Island of Dreams (1925); I Love You (1925); A Woman's Secret (1924); Bride of Vengeance (1923) Der Pantoffelheld (1923); Schlagende Wetter (1923); Lucrezia Borgia (1922); Money on the Street (1922); The Money on the Street (1922); Lady Hamilton (1921); The Novel of a Maid (1921); The films of the Princess Fantoche (1921); The Woman in White (1921); Sein Lebenslicht (1921); Doctor Ruhland (1920); Snowy (1920); Eve, the Sin (1920); Der Leiermann (1920); The Voice of Conscience (1920); The Dancing Death (1920); Rejoice in life (1920); Durch Wahrheit zum Narren (1920); Let the little ones come to me (1920); Der Herr des Lebens (1920); Die Ahnfrau (1919); So Fall the Lots of Life (1918); The King Amuses Himself (1918); The Double Suicide (1918); Der Schandfleck (1917); Der Verschwender (1917); Mir kommt keiner aus (1917); Lebenswogen (1917); On der Höhe (1916); Die Tragödie auf Schloss Rottersheim (1916); The Tramps (1916); Mit Gott für Kaiser und Reich (1916); Sommeridylle (1916); With heart and Hand fürs Vaterland (1915).

Born on this day – Otto Messmer:

Otto Messmer

Cartoonist

Animator

August 16, 1892 – October 28, 1983

Works include: Felix the Cat.

Credits:

A Study in Crayon (1913); A Tale of Two Kitties (1926); Antics in Ink by Hy Mayer (1913); April Maze (1930); Arabiantics (1928); Arena (1985); Art for Heart's Sake (1927); Astronomeous (1928); At the Rainbow's End (1925); Backyard Serenade (1931); Baffled by Banjos (1924); Bargain Counter Attack (1946); Barn Yarns (1927); Bold King Cole (1936); Camera Three (1977); A Good Liar (1917);Cartoon Carnival (2021); Casper the Friendly Ghost (1945); Charley at the Beach (1919); Charley at the Circus (1919); Charley on the Farm (1919); Charley Out West (1919); Charlie in Turkey (1919); Charlie Treats 'Em Rough (1919); Chestnuts (1916); Daze and Knights (1927); Dough-Nutty (1927); Draggin' the Dragon (1928); Eats Are West (1925); Eskimotive (1928); Eye Jinks (1927); Felix All at Sea (1922); Felix All Balled Up (1924); Felix and the Radio (1923); Felix at the Fair (1922); Felix Behind in Front (1927); Felix Brings Home the Bacon (1924); Felix Calms His Conscience (1923); Felix Cashes In (1924); Felix Comes Back (1922); Felix Cops the Prize (1925); Felix Crosses the Crooks (1924); Felix Dopes It Out (1925); Felix Doubles for Darwin (1924); Felix Fairy Tales (1924); Felix Fills a Shortage (1923); Felix Finds a Way (1922); Felix Finds 'Em Fickle (1925); Felix Finds Out (1924); Felix Finishes First (1924); Felix Follows the Swallows (1925); Felix Full o' Fight (1925); Felix Gets Broadcasted (1923); Felix Gets His Fill (1925); Felix Gets Left (1922); Felix Gets Revenge (1922); Felix Gets the Can (1925); Felix Goes A-Hunting (1923); Felix Goes Hungry (1924); Felix Goes on Strike (1921); Felix Goes West (1924); Felix Grabs His Grub (1924); Felix Hits the Hipps (1924); Felix Hits the North Pole (1920); Felix 'Hyps' the Hippo (1924); Felix in Fairyland (1923); Felix in Love (1922); Felix in the Bone Age (1922); Felix in the Swim (1922); Felix Laughs Last (1923); Felix Left at Home (1921); Felix Lends a Hand (1922); Felix Loses Out (1924); Felix Makes Good (1922); Felix Minds His Business (1924); Felix Minds the Kid (1922); Felix Monkeys with Magic (1925); Felix on the Trail (1922); Felix Out of Luck (1924); Felix Outwits Cupid (1925); Felix Pinches the Pole (1924); Felix Puts It Over (1924); Felix Rests in Peace (1925); Felix Revolts (1923); Felix Strikes It Rich (1923); Felix the Cat (1958–1961); Felix the Cat 100 Years in the Making (2020); Felix the Cat as Romeeow (1927); Felix the Cat Braves the Briny (1926); Felix the Cat Busts a Bubble (1926); Felix the Cat Busts Into Business (1925); Felix the Cat Collars the Button (1926); Felix the Cat Dines and Pines (1927); Felix the Cat Ducks His Duty (1927); Felix the Cat Fans the Flames (1926); Felix the Cat Flirts with Fate (1926); Felix the Cat Hits the Deck (1927); Felix the Cat Hunts the Hunter (1926); Felix the Cat in Blunderland (1926); Felix the Cat in False Vases (1929); Felix the Cat in Forty Winks (1930); Felix the Cat in Gym Gems (1926); Felix the Cat in Skulls and Sculls (1930); Felix the Cat Kept on Walking (1925); Felix the Cat Laughs It Off (1926); Felix the Cat Misses His Swiss (1926); Felix the Cat Misses the Cue (1926); Felix the Cat on the Farm (1925); Felix the Cat on the Job (1925); Felix the Cat Rings the Ringer (1926); Felix the Cat Scoots Through Scotland (1926); Felix the Cat Seeks Solitude (1926); Felix the Cat Sees 'Em in Season (1927); Felix the Cat Shatters the Sheik (1926); Felix the Cat Spots the Spooks (1926); Felix the Cat Switches Witches (1927); Felix the Cat Tries the Trades (1925); Felix the Cat Trips Thru Toyland (1925); Felix the Cat Trumps the Ace (1926); Felix the Cat Uses His Head (1926); Felix the Cat Weathers the Weather (1926); Felix the Gay Dog (1921); Felix the Ghost Breaker (1923); Felix the Globe Trotter (1923); Felix the Goat Getter (1923); Felix the Landlord (1920); Felix Tries for Treasure (1923); Felix Tries to Rest (1924); Felix Trifles with Time (1925); Felix Turns the Tide (1922); Felix Wakes Up (1922); Felix Wins and Loses (1925); Felix Win's Out (1923); Fifty-Fifty (1922); Filmograph Cartoons (1913); Flim Flam Films (1927); Free Lunch (1921); Friend in Need (1924); Frolics at the Circus (1920); Fun in Film by Hy Mayer (1913); Funny Fancies by Hy Mayer (1913); Germ Mania (1927); Hilarities by Hy Mayer (1913); Hootchy Cootchy Parlais Vous (1930); How Charlie Captured the Kaiser (1918); Humors of Summer (1913); Hy Mayer: His Magic Hand (1913); Hy Mayer: His Merry Pen (1913); Hy Mayer's Cartoons (1913); Icy Eyes (1927); In and Out-Laws (1928); In Cartoonland with Hy Mayer (1913); In Laughland with Hy Mayer (1913); Jack from All Trades (1927); Japanicky (1928); Jolly Jottings by Hy Mayer (1913); Jungle Bungles (1928); Kill or Cure (1920); Land O'Fancy (1926); Leaves from Hy Mayer's Sketchbook (1913); Lightning Sketches by Hy Mayer (1913); 'Loco' Motive (1927); Los comienzos de la animación (1995); Lulu's Birthday Party (1944); Mess Production (1945); Motor Mat and His Flivver (1916); Movie-Wheels Presents Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat (1960); Musical Mews (1919); Musica-Lulu (1947); My Hero (1920); No Fuelin' (1927); Oceantics (1930); Ohm Sweet Ohm (1928); Old MacDonald Had a Farm (1946); On the Wind Mill (1919); One Good Turn (1929); Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat (1977); Out of Luck (1921); Outdoor Indore (1928); Over the Rhine with Charlie (1918); Pedigreedy (1927); Peep in the Deep (1946); Pen Laughs (1914); Pen Talks by Hy Mayer (1913); Polly-tics (1928); Popeye, the Ace of Space (1953); Reverse English (1926); Rocket to Mars (1946); Sammie Johnsin and His Wonderful Lamp (1916); Sammie Johnsin at the Seaside (1916); Sammie Johnsin Gets a Job (1916); Sammie Johnsin Hunter (1916); Sammie Johnsin in Mexico (1916); Sammie Johnsin Magician (1916); Sammie Johnsin Minds the Baby (1916); Sammie Johnsin Slumbers Not (1916); Sammie Johnsin Strong Man (1916); Sammie Johnsin's Love Affair (1916); Sax Appeal (1927); School Daze (1926); Scrambled Yeggs (1926); She-Sick Sailors (1944); Sketches from Life by Hy Mayer (1913); Spree for All (1946); Stars and Stripes (1927); Summer Caricatures (1913); Sure-Locked Homes (1928); Tee Time (1930); The Adventures of Felix (1919); The Adventures of Mr. Phiffles (1913); The Cold Rush (1925); The Hypnotist (1921); The Last Life (1928); The Love Affair of Ima Knut (1917); The Love Punch (1921); The Non-Stop Fright (1927); The Oily Bird (1928); The Smoke Scream (1928); The Travel-Hog (1927); The Trials of a Movie Cartoonist (1916); The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–1997); Them Were the Happy Days (1917); To 'Frisco by the Cartoon Route (1915); Topical Topics (1914); Topical War Cartoons (1914); Topical War Cartoons No. 2 (1914); Two-Lip Time (1926); Uncle Tom's Crabbin' (1927); War Cartoons by Hy Mayer (1914); Whimsicalities by Hy Mayer (1913); Whys and Otherwise (1927); Wise Guise (1927); Woos Whoopee (1928); Woos Whoopee / Comicalamities (1928); Woos Whoopee / Feline Follies (1919); Woos Whoopee / Felix All Puzzled (1925); Woos Whoopee / Felix in Hollywood (1923); Woos Whoopee / Felix Saves the Day (1922); Woos Whoopee / Futuritzy (1928); Zoo Logic (1926).

Recommended reading – Post Office (1971):

Post Office

By Charles Bukowski.

Paperback.

Published in 1971.

ISBN-10: 0753518163

ISBN-13: 978-0753518168

Description:

It began as a mistake. By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and race-track betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel – the one that catapulted its author to national fame – is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.

“Wordsworth, Whitman, William Carlos Williams, and the Beats in their respective generations moved poetry toward a more natural language. Bukowski moved it a little farther.” – Los Angeles Times Book Review.

Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp (1994).

Charles Bukowski, on writing:

In the morning it was morning and I was still alive.

Maybe I'll write a novel, I thought.

And then I did.

- Charles Bukowski.

On this day in music history - Factotum, by Kristin Asbjørnsen (2006):

The album Factotum,

by Kristin Asbjørnsen,

was released on August 15, 2006.
The soundtrack to the movie Factotum (2005).

On this day in movie history - Cop Land (1997):

Cop Land,

directed and written by James Mangold,

was released in the United States on August 15, 1997.
Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:
Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra, Noah Emmerich, Cathy Moriarty, John Spencer, Frank Vincent, Malik Yoba, Arthur Nascarella, Victor Williams, Edie Falco, Mel Gorham, Paul Herman, Paul Calderón, Vincent Laresca, Method Man, Deborah Harry, Tony Sirico.

On this day in movie history - Event Horizon (1997):

Event Horizon,

directed by Paul W. S. Anderson,

written by Philip Eisner,

was released in the United States on August 15, 1997.
Music by Michael Kamen and Orbital.

Cast:
Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee, Peter Marinker, Holley Chant, Barclay Wright, Noah Huntley, Robert Jezek, Emily Booth, Bharat Nalluri, Gary Sinyor.