Born on this day – Micheline Luccioni:

Micheline Luccioni

Actress

January 16, 1930 – December 24, 1992

Credits:

À corps perdu (1970); Allô police (1967); Hello! Juliette (1972); An Idiot in Paris (1967); Au théâtre ce soir (1969–1981); Back to the Wall (1958); Baratin (1956); Belphegor or the Phantom of the Louvre (1965); Cadet Rousselle (1973); Look for the Mistake (1980); Children of Mata Hari (1970); Clarisse Fenigan (1959); Croquemitoufle (1959); Say hello to the lady.. (1977); Distracted (1970); Don Juan Returns from War (1968); Eglantine (1972); She doesn't drink, she doesn't smoke, she doesn't flirt, but... she talks! (1970); Sorrel flower (1967); Gervaise (1956); Guinguette (1959); Hello Beatrice (1984); Hotel des Snows (1958); How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning / Segment: La Fermeture (1965); It Happened All Night (1960); I Will Make You Love Life (1979); Jo (1971); The Brune que voilà (1960); La derelitta / Cinema 16 (1987); The Last Night (1981); Twelfth Night (1957); La petite vertu (1968); The Sleeping Sentinel (1966); The Academy of 9 (1982–1983); The Schoolchildren's Path (1959); The Couch (1982); The Black Flag Flies on the Pot (1971); The Butler (1965); The small Théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1981); The Happiest of the Three (1957); The Well of the Three Vérités (1961); Le tracassin ou Les plaisirs de la ville (1961); The Voyage of Monsieur Perrichon (1974); The School for Women (1973); The loves of the years folles (1981); Agatha's Beautiful Eyes (1964); The Last Five Minutes (1959–1978); The Investigations of Inspector Maigret (1973); Great feelings make good gueuletons (1973); The Delivery Men (1961); Les pieds nickelés (1960); The Etiquette (1986); Inspector Leclerc investigates (1962–1963); Lovers of Paris (1957); Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959); Max the Debonair (1967); Maxime (1958); Plural of Monsieur The Jurors (1977); Midi Trente (1973–1974); Number One (1975); We are not Serious When You're 17 (1974); Pachomius... toujours (1971); Poor Eros (1983); Take your rolls and go pointer (1981); Rêves d'amour (1962); Samantha (1981); Evening Courteline / Segment: Gros chagrins (1974); Tête folle (1960); The One Man Band (1970); The Tattoo (1968); A Marriage under Louis XV (1961); A century writers (1999); Long live the social sector! (1983); Vogue la galère (1973); You won't win Not in Paradise (1975); Witness in the City (1959).

Born on this day – Lina Romay:

Lina Romay

Actress

January 16, 1919 – December 17, 2010

Credits:

Adventure (1945); Babes Behind Bars (2013); Bathing Beauty (1944); Cavalcade of Stars (1949–1951); Chesterfield Sound Off Time (1951); Cheyenne Cowboy (1949); Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1943); Embraceable You (1948); Entertaining the Troops (1988); Faces (2019); Flamingo Road (1949); Honeymoon (1947); Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949); Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946); Passport to Danger (1956); Public Prosecutor (1948); Señor Droopy (1949); Six-Gun Music (1949); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Star of the Family (1951); Summertime Revue (1951); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1957); The Alan Young Show (1950–1951); The Big Wheel (1949); The Heat's On (1943); The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1949–1952); The Red Skelton Hour (1957); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Steve Allen Show (1951); This Time for Keeps (1947); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); We, the People (1949); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951); You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Rainer Maria Rilke, on writing:

If, when you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing ... then you are a writer.

- Rainer Maria Rilke.

Born on this day – Jean Adamson:

Jean Adamson

Writer

Illustrator

February 29, 1928 – December 15, 2024

Credits:

Books:

ABC: A Picture Alphabet (1962); Animal bounce (1969); Busy Builders (1997); Chestnut Tree (1974); Family Tree (1968); Hop Like Me (1972); Neighbours in the Park (1962); People who Help Us Stories (1999); Red Boots, Yellow Boots (1997); Surprises for Topsy & Tim (1971); Topsy & Tim Have Their Hair Cut (1989); Topsy & Tim's Safety Book (1973); Topsy + Tim Meet the Ambulance Crew (1996); Topsy and Tim and the Bully (1994); Topsy and Tim and the New Puppy (1992); Topsy and Tim at Granny and Grandpa's (1996); Topsy and Tim at School (1968); Topsy and Tim at the Bank (1985); Topsy and Tim at the Farm (1970); Topsy and Tim at the Seaside (1965); Topsy and Tim at the Supermarket (1996); Topsy and Tim Can Play Party Games (1981); Topsy and Tim Go for Gold (1977); Topsy and Tim Go Shopping (1977); Topsy And Tim Go Swimming (1973); Topsy and Tim Go to London (2014); Topsy and Tim go to the Hospital (1971); Topsy and Tim go to the zoo (1968); Topsy and Tim move house (1979); Topsy and Tim Stay with a Friend (1987); Topsy and Tim Visit the Tower of London (1976); Topsy and Tim: First Sleepover (2016); Topsy and Tim: Go Camping (1977); Topsy and Tim: Go on a Train (1990); Topsy and Tim: Go on an Aeroplane (1979); Topsy and Tim: Go to the Doctor (1982); Topsy and Tim: Halloween Party; Topsy and Tim: Have a Birthday Party (1971 / 2010); Topsy and Tim: Have Itchy Heads (1996); Topsy and Tim: Have Their Eyes Tested (1982); Topsy and Tim: Help a Friend (2005); Topsy and Tim: Learn to Swim (1973); Topsy and Tim: Meet Father Christmas (2013); Topsy and Tim: Meet the Firefighters (1989); Topsy and Tim: Meet the Police (1989); Topsy and Tim: Our Day Clock Book; Topsy and Tim: Play Football (1991); Topsy and Tim: Start School (2003); Topsy and Tim: the Complete Audio Collection (2017); Topsy and Tim: Visit London (2012); Topsy and Tim's ABC (1982); Topsy and Tim's Big Fun Book; Topsy and Tim's Friday Book (1961); Village Green (1972).

Television:

Topsy and Tim / 64-episode TV series (2013–2015).

On this day in music history - The album American II: Unchained, by Johnny Cash (1996):

American II: Unchained

Album by Johnny Cash,

released on November 5, 1996.

Track list:

Rowboat; Sea of Heartbreak; Rusty Cage; The One Rose (That’s Left in My Heart); Country Boy; Memories Are Made of This; Spiritual; The Kneeling Drunkard’s Plea; Southern Accents; Mean Eyed Cat; Meet Me in Heaven; I Never Picked Cotton; Unchained; I’ve Been Everywhere.

Recommended reading: The Ninth Configuration (1999):

The Ninth Configuration

By William Peter Blatty.

Commentary by Mark Kermode.

Published by Screenpress Books.

Published in 1999.

Paperback.

Screenplay.

ISBN-10: 1901680207

ISBN-13: 978-1901680201

Description:

“The finest large scale American surrealist film ever made” – People Magazine.

Towards the end of the war in Vietnam, an unusually high percentage of American servicemen suddenly manifested symptoms of psychosis. To investigate this mystery, the US government established a network of covert study centers.

They send the crazies to Center Eighteen. Men who think they can walk through walls. Men who want to stage the complete works of Shakespeare using dogs. Hudson Kane is plagued by nightmares and memories not his own. Only Hudson Kane is not an inmate. Hudson Kane is in charge…

William Peter Blatty – the creator of The Exorcist – directed this self penned script that quickly became a cult classic for its brave philosophic tone, remarkable visuals and endlessly quotable dialogue.

This is the first time that Blatty’s originally screenplay has been published. Fully annotated by acclaimed writer and critic Mark Kermode and illustrated with many previously unpublished stills.

This is the definitive edition of the script that its creator believes to be the true sequel to The Exorcist.

Winner – Best Screenplay Golden Globe Awards.

Recommended reading: The Ninth Configuration (1966):

The Ninth Configuration

aka Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane.

By William Peter Blatty.

Paperback.

Published in 1966.

ISBN-10: 0765337304

ISBN-13: 978-0765337306

Description:

Hidden away in a brooding Gothic manor in the deep woods is Center Eighteen, a secret military "rest camp" currently housing twenty-seven inmates, all officers who have succumbed to a sudden outbreak of mental illness. Have the men truly lost their minds, are they only pretending to be insane to avoid combat, or is some more sinister conspiracy at work?

Desperate for answers, the Pentagon has placed a brilliant Marine psychiatrist in charge of the base and its deranged occupants. A man of deep faith and compassion, Colonel Kane hopes to uncover the root of the men's bizarre obsessions. But as Center Eighteen descends into chaos, Kane finds the greatest challenge may be his own buried demons. . .