Born on this day – John Mills:

John Mills

Actor

Producer

Director

February 22, 1908 – April 23, 2005

Credits:

Lights2 (2005); Bright Young Things (2003); The Gentleman Thief (2001); Great Performances (1998); Bean (1997); Hamlet (1996); Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995); Martin Chuzzlewit (1994); The English Programme (1994); Deadly Advice (1994); Harnessing Peacocks (1993); The Big Freeze (1993); Frankenstein (1992); Perfect Scoundrels (1992); Night of the Fox (1990); Ending Up (1989); A Tale of Two Cities (1989); Around the World in 80 Days (1989); The Lady and the Highwayman (1988); Spit MacPhee (1988); Who's That Girl (1987); Hold the Dream (1987); When the Wind Blows (1986); Hotel (1986); Edge of the Wind (1985); Murder with Mirrors (1985); A Woman of Substance (1985); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984); Sahara (1983); Gandhi (1982); Young at Heart (1980–1982); The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1982); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1982); Quatermass (aka The Quatermass Conclusion) (1979); Zulu Dawn (1979); The Love Boat (1979); The Thirty Nine Steps (1978); Dr. Strange (1978); The Big Sleep (1978); Des Teufels Advokat (1977); A Dirty Knight's Work (1976); The 'Human' Factor (1975); The Zoo Gang (1974); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Lady Caroline Lamb (1972); Young Winston (1972); Dulcima (1971); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Adam's Woman (1970); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Run Wild, Run Free (1969); Emma Hamilton (1968); A Black Veil for Lisa (1968); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Chuka (1967); Africa: Texas Style (1967); The Family Way (1966); The Wrong Box (1966); Gypsy Girl (1966); King Rat (1965); Operation Crossbow (1965); The Truth About Spring (1965); The Chalk Garden (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962–1964); Tiara Tahiti (1962); The Valiant (1962); Flame in the Streets (1961); The Parent Trap (1961); The Singer Not the Song (1961); Swiss Family Robinson (1960); Tunes of Glory (1960); Season of Passion (1959); Tiger Bay (1959); Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958); Ice Cold in Alex (1958); Dunkirk (1958); The Circle (1957); Town on Trial (1957); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); War and Peace (1956); It's Great to Be Young! (1956); The Baby and the Battleship (1956); Escapade (1955); Above Us the Waves (1955); The End of the Affair (1955); The Colditz Story (1955); Hobson's Choice (1954); The Long Memory (1953); The Gentle Gunman (1952); Mr. Denning Drives North (1951); Operation Disaster (1950); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The History of Mr. Polly (1949); Scott of the Antarctic (1948); The October Man (1947); So Well Remembered (1947); Great Expectations (1946); Johnny in the Clouds (1945); Waterloo Road (1945); Information Please (1944); Victory Wedding (1944); This Happy Breed (1944); The Sky's the Limit (1943); We Dive at Dawn (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); In Which We Serve (1942); The Big Blockade (1942); Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942); Bombsight Stolen (1941); Old Bill and Son (1941); All Hands (1940); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); The Green Cockatoo (1937); You're in the Army Now (1937); Nine Days a Queen (1936); The First Offence (1936); Charing Cross Road (1936); Car of Dreams (1935); Born for Glory (1935); The Doctor's Secret (1934); Blind Justice (1934); The Lash (1934); Those Were the Days (1934); The River Wolves (1934); A Political Party (1934); Britannia of Billingsgate (1933); The Ghost Camera (1933); Midshipmaid Gob (1932).

Born on this day – Luis Buñuel:

Luis Buñuel

Writer

Director

Actor

Producer

February 22, 1900 – July 29, 1983

Credits:

A Woman Without Love (1952); An Andalusian Dog (1929); Arena (1983); Belle de Jour (1967); Carmen (1926); Centinela, alerta! (1937); Daughter of Deceit (1951); Death in the Garden (1956); Diary of a Chambermaid (1964); Don Quintín el amargao (1935); Dry martini (2008); El (1953); En este pueblo no hay ladrones (1965); España 1936 (1937); Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959); Gran Casino (1947); Igra o pamcenju i umiranju (1984); Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954); Johnny Got His Gun (1971); La chute d'un corps (1973); La hija de Juan Simón (1935); La novia de medianoche (1997); Las Hurdes (1933); Le moine (1972); Llanto por un bandido (1964); Mauprat (1926); Mexican Bus Ride (1952); Nazarin (1959); Quién me quiere a mí? (1936); Robinson Crusoe (1954); Si usted no puede, yo sí (1951); Simon of the Desert (1965); Susana (1951); That Obscure Object of Desire (1977); The Brute (1953); The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955); The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972); The Exterminating Angel (1962); The Fall of the House of Usher (1928); The Golden Age (1930); The Great Madcap (1949); The History of the Vatican (1940); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2017); The Milky Way (1969); The Phantom of Liberty (1974); The Proud and the Beautiful (1953); The River and Death (1954); The Young and the Damned (1950); The Young One (1960); This is Called Dawn (1956); Tristana (1970); Una historia decente (1971); Viridiana (1961); Wuthering Heights (1954).

Born on this day – Gertrude Simmons Bonnin:

Gertrude Simmons Bonnin

aka Zitkala-Ša

Writer

Librettist

Musician: violin & flute

Teacher

Editor

Translator

Native American activist

February 22, 1876 – January 26, 1938

Credits:

American Indian Stories (1921); Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians (1923);

Old Indian Legends (1901); The Sun Dance Opera (1913).

Albert Einstein, on imagination:

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

For knowledge is limited,

whereas imagination embraces the entire world,

stimulating progress,

giving birth to evolution.

- Albert Einstein.

On this day in movie history - In Order of Disappearance (2014):

In Order of Disappearance

aka Kraftidioten,

directed by Hans Petter Moland,

written by Kim Fupz Aakeson,

based on a story by Finn Gjerdrum,

was released in Norway on February 21, 2014.
Music by Brian Batz, Kaspar Kaae and Kåre Vestrheim.

Cast:

Stellan Skarsgård, Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Bruno Ganz, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Hildegunn Riise, Peter Andersson, Kristofer Hivju, Jan Gunnar Røise, Kåre Conradi, Jakob Oftebro, Gard B. Eidsvold, Tobias Santelmann, Jon Øigarden, Jack Sødahl Moland, Sergej Trifunović, Miodrag Krstović, Leo Ajkic, Goran Navojec, Damir Babovic, David Sakurai, Aron Eskeland, Stig Henrik Hoff, Adil Halitaj.

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

Justified

Season 3. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: When the Guns Come Out.

Released February 21, 2012.

Directed by Don Kurt.

Written by Graham Yost, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Dave Andron, 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, Jere Burns, William Mapother, David Meunier, Stephen Root, Demetrius Grosse, Abby Miller, Peter Murnik, Mykelti Williamson, Neal McDonough, Randolph Adams, Tate Ammons, Justin Baker, Valerie Brandy, Frank Gallegos, Willow Geer, Connie Jackson, Brendan McCarthy, Bridgett Newton, Casey Sander, John-Clay Scott, Alfred Rubin Thompson, Carole Hedrick.

On this day in movie history - Nikita (1990):

Nikita

French title: La Femme Nikita,

directed and written by Luc Besson,

was released in France on February 21, 1990.

Music by Éric Serra.

Cast:

Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Laura Chéron, Jacques Boudet, Helene Aligier, Pierre-Alain de Garrigues, Patrick Pérez, Bruno Randon, Roland Blanche, Joseph Teruel, Jacques Disses, Stéphane Fey, Philippe Dehesdin, Michel Brunot, Rodolph Freytt, Pavel Slabý, Tchéky Karyo, Jean-Luc Caron, Renos Mandis, Jean-Marc Merchet, Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Leroy, Patrick Serrière, Iska Khan, Heike Fisher, Patrick Buiquangda, Eddie Gaydu, Jose Steinmann, Philippe Hernando, Gerard Touratier, Jean Bedin, Edith Perret, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean-Pierre Pauty, Michel Campa, Murray Gronwall, Pierrick Charpentier, Rafael Sultan, Hubert Gillet, Fausto Costantino, Roberto Talanno, Pétronille Moss, Eric Prat, Mia Frye, Olivier Hémon, Philippe du Janerand, Christian Gazio, Jérôme Chalou, Jean Reno, Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat, Jean Bouise, Patrick Chauveau, Maurice Antoni, Mathieu Archer, Alexis Dupuy, Michèle Amiel, Guy Van Riet, Xavier Bonastre.