Born on this day – Clark Gable:

Clark Gable

Actor

February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960

Born on this day – John Ford:

John Ford

Director

Producer

Actor

February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973

Credits:

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1976); 7 Women (1965); Young Cassidy (1965); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Donovan's Reef (1963); How the West Was Won (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Two Rode Together (1961); Wagon Train (1957); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); Korea (1959); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Last Hurrah (1958); Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958); The Growler Story (1957); The Rising of the Moon (1957); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Searchers (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Mister Roberts (1955); The Long Gray Line (1955); Mogambo (1953); The Sun Shines Bright (1953); What Price Glory (1952); The Quiet Man (1952); This Is Korea! (1951); Rio Grande (1950); Wagon Master (1950); When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950); Pinky (1949); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949); Fireside Theatre (1949); 3 Godfathers (1948); Fort Apache (1948); The Fugitive (1947); It's Your America (1946); My Darling Clementine (1946); They Were Expendable (1945); Undercover (1944); German Industrial Manpower (1943); We Sail at Midnight (1943); December 7th (1943); At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army (1943); Torpedo Squadron (1942); The Battle of Midway (1942); Sex Hygiene (1942); How Green Was My Valley (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); The Long Voyage Home (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Along the Mohawk (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Stagecoach (1939); Submarine Patrol (1938); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); The Hurricane (1937); Wee Willie Winkie (1937); The Plough and the Stars (1936); Mary of Scotland (1936); The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); The Informer (1935); The Whole Town's Talking (1935); Judge Priest (1934); The World Moves On (1934); The Lost Patrol (1934); Doctor Bull (1933); Pilgrimage (1933); Flesh (1932); Air Mail (1932); Arrowsmith (1931); The Brat (1931); The Seas Beneath (1931); Up the River (1930); Born Reckless (1930); Men Without Women (1930); Salute (1929); The Black Watch (1929); Strong Boy (1929); Riley the Cop (1928); Napoleon's Barber (1928); Hangman's House (1928); Four Sons (1928); Mother Machree (1927); Upstream (1927); The Blue Eagle (1926); 3 Bad Men (1926); The Shamrock Handicap (1926); The Fighting Heart (1925); Thank You (1925); Kentucky Pride (1925); Lightnin' (1925); Hearts of Oak (1924); The Iron Horse (1924); Hoodman Blind (1923); North of Hudson Bay (1923); Cameo Kirby (1923); Three Jumps Ahead (1923); The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923); The Village Blacksmith (1922); Silver Wings (1922); Little Miss Smiles (1922); Jackie (1921); Sure Fire (1921); Action (1921); Desperate Trails (1921); The Wallop (1921); The Freeze-Out (1921); The Big Punch (1921); Just Pals (1920); Hitchin' Posts (1920); The Girl in Number 29 (1920); The Prince of Avenue A (1920); Marked Men (1919); A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919); Rider of the Law (1919); Ace of the Saddle (1919); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919); The Last Outlaw (1919); Riders of Vengeance (1919); The Gun Packer (1919); Gun Law (1919); Bare Fists (1919); Rustlers (1919); By Indian Post (1919); A Fight for Love (1919); The Fighting Brothers (1919); Roped (1919); Three Mounted Men (1918); The Craving (1918); A Woman's Fool (1918); Hell Bent (1918); The Scarlet Drop (1918); Thieves' Gold (1918); Wild Women (1918); The Phantom Riders (1918); Bucking Broadway (1917); A Marked Man (1917); The Secret Man (1917); Straight Shooting (1917); Cheyenne's Pal (1917); The Soul Herder (1917); The Scrapper (1917); The Trail of Hate (1917); The Tornado (1917).

Recommended reading - Jim Kane by J.P.S. Brown (1970):

Jim Kane

By J.P.S. Brown

Filmed as Pocket Money (1972), directed by Stuart Rosenberg.

Hardcover.

Published 1970.

Published by E P Dutton.

ISBN 13: 9780803742291

ISBN 10: 0803742290

ASIN: 0803742290

Description:

Content with making an honest living hauling truckloads of horses from Mexico, Jim Kane – ranch hand, cattle trader, and bronco buster – is forced by a twist of fate to return to his job in Arizona, breaking colts for the rodeo.

Victor Hugo, on writers:

A writer is a world trapped in a person.

- Victor Hugo.

On this day in music history - LUDOVICO EINAUDI: STANZE original piano version, by Olivia Belli (2017):

LUDOVICO EINAUDI: STANZE original piano version

Album by Olivia Belli,
released January 31, 2017.

Track list:

Notte I; Calore; Moto; Vega; Onda; Contatti; Respiro; Lento; Cadenza; Orbite; Moto perpetuo; Cerchio; Ritorno; Notte II.

On this day in television history - Justified (2012):

Justified

Season 3. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Harlan Roulette.

Released January 31, 2012.

Directed by Jon Avnet.

Written by Graham Yost, Dave Andron, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Ingrid Escajeda, Ryan Farley and Jon Worley.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Raymond J. Barry, Jeremy Davies, Jere Burns, Damon Herriman, Eric Ladin, James Le Gros, David Meunier, Peter Murnik, Kevin Rankin, Todd Stashwick, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mike Foy, Demetrius Grosse, Cleavon McClendon, Mykelti Williamson, Neal McDonough, Tate Ammons, Noel Arthur, Jonathan Kowalsky, Frederick Lawrence, Jesse Luken, Doug Sinclair, Patrick Robert Smith, Kevin Michael Walsh, Dwight V Coleman.

On this day in music history - The Emerald Way, by 2002 (2006):

The Emerald Way

Album by 2002,
released January 31, 2006.

Track list:

Inner Light; Another Answer Came; Remember Now; The Emerald Way; Overheard in a Dream; Soul Doors; Unopened Flower; Timeless; Traveler Winds; Secret Shores.