Born on this day – Anita Morris:

Anita Morris

Actress

March 14, 1943 – March 2, 1994

Credits:

Radioland Murders (1994); Trade Winds (1993); Me and the Kid (1993); Little Miss Millions (1993); Major Dad (1993); A Different World (1992); Matlock (1989–1992); Melrose Place (1992); Eerie, Indiana (1992); Pros and Cons (1991); Off and Running (1991); Tales from the Crypt (1991); WIOU (1990–1991); Good Grief (1990); Martians Go Home (1989); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989); A Sinful Life (1989); Who's the Boss? (1989); Murder, She Wrote (1989); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); Circus of the Stars #13 (1988); 18 Again! (1988); Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1987); Miami Vice (1987); Aria (1987); Cheers (1987); A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986); Ruthless People (1986); Blue City (1986); Absolute Beginners (1986); A Masterpiece of Murder (1986); Circus of the Stars #11 (1986); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985–1986); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Berrenger's (1985); The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984); Maria's Lovers (1984); The Hotel New Hampshire (1984); The Rolling Stones: She Was Hot (1984); The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984); Eubie Blake: A Century of Music (1983); The Magic Show (1983); Circus of the Stars #7 (1982); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1982); Working in the Theatre (1982); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The Merv Griffin Show (1982–1984); So Fine (1981); Big Blonde (1980); The Happy Hooker (1975); The Broad Coalition (1972); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972).

Born on this day – Wolfgang Petersen:

Wolfgang Petersen

Director

Writer

Producer

March 14, 1941 – August 12, 2022

Credits:

37 degrees (2006); 4Pop (2004); 60 Million for Phantásia - How the 'Neverending Story' Goes to the Cinema kam (1984); Air Force One (1997); Anna and Totò (1972); Attacking Troy (2007); On the Kreuz legt (1974); Avenger (2006); Bambi Award 1984 (1984); Bernd Eichinger - Wenn das Leben zum Kino wird (2000); Bicentennial Man (1999); Please turning pages (1985); Charlie Rose (2000); Chicxulub (2006); Corazón de... (2006); Creating an Emotion (2000); Das Boot - The Complete TV Series (1985); The boat / The Boat (1985); Das ist Ihr Leben (1979); THAT! (2016); De película (1986); The Bernd (2012); Der Eine - der Andere (1969); Días de cine (2010); The golden Camera 1999 (1999); The Red Flag (1968); The City in the Valley (1975); Enemy Mine (1985); Film Genre (2002); Film legends. German (2005); Glamoroso! (1998); Hans im Glück (1976); Houses on Sunset Boulevard (1990); HBO First Look (1995–2006); Hollywood in Munich (1984); Hollywood Insider (2018) (2021); Hollywood Science (2006); Hollywood, Germany (1997); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2012); HypaSpace (2006); I Will Kill You, Wolf (1971); Ich nicht (1969); In the Line of Fire (1993); In the Line of Fire: Behind the Scenes with the Secret Service (1993); In the Line of Fire: Catching the Counterfeiters (2001); In the Line of Fire: How'd They Do That? (2001); Instinct (1999); Cuckoo Years (1967); My Leben (2009); Michael Ballhaus - Encounter with the Eye of Hollywood (2001); Mundo VIP (2000); Well, that's it! (1983); NDR Talk Show (2016); Open Wound German Film (2017); One or the Other (1974); One Vision (1998); Ôsama no buranchi (1997); Oskar Langenfeld. 12 times / Starbuck Holger Meins (2002); Outbreak (1995); Plan exercise (1977); Poseidon (2006); Poseidon: A Ship on a Soundstage (2006); Poseidon: Upside Down (2006); Red Corner (1997); Reimagining the Neverending Story (2014); Rogue Waves (2006); Black and White as Days and Nights (1978); Shattered (1991); Shipmate's Diary (2006); Shooting 'In the Line of Fire' (1993); Smog (1973); City on Stilts (1965); Stardust Hollywood - Stardust and Gods (2013); In some places Glatteis (1975); Tatort (1971–1977); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The Agency (2001); The Boat (1981); The Consequence (1977); The Directors (2000); The Making of 'Air Force One' (1997); The Making of 'Shattered' (1991); The Making of 'Troy' (2004); The NeverEnding Story (1984); The Perfect Storm (2000); Sounds mean more to me than words - Klaus Doldinger (2016); Treffpunkt Kino (1985); Troy (2004); Troy in Focus (2007); Troy: An Effects Odyssey (2004); Troy: From Ruins to Reality (2005); Troy: In the Thick of Battle (2005); Van der Valk and the Rich (1973); Four against the Bank (1976); Wetten, dass..? (1991–1993); Wolfgang Petersen: My Way to Hollywood (1995).

Born on this day – Bertrand Blier:

Bertrand Blier

Writer

Director

Actor

March 14, 1939 – January 20, 2025

Credits:

1, 2, 3, Freeze (1993); 100 films per 100 personalities (1999); 30th Committee Greenland Central (2022); Riding on the 21st (Filmed Diary: December 22, 2020 as of January 17, 2021) (2021); A City Runs Through the Festival (2007); A Look Through His Lens (2024); A Secret (2007); All About Actresses (2009); Let's go to the cinema (1976); Antenne 2 Midi (1981); Apostrophes (1981); Arte Journal (2025); Good looking gesture (2024); Father-in-law (1981); Belmondo, itinerary... (2011); Belmondo the influencer (2020); Bertrand Blier, the man against it... (2008); Bertrand Blier, the unrepentant iconoclast (2022); Blier by Nice (2003); Blier, Leconte, Tavernier: Three Lives of Cinema (2020); Bogart (1989); Bouillon de culture (1996); Cold Buffet (1979); C à vous (2019); Café Picouly (2010); Tonight (or never!) (2008); Cinéast(e)s (2015); Cinema (1985–1990); Cinema by Albert Dupontel (2017); Cinépanorama (1963); Claude M Loves the Cinema (2012); Clique Sunday (2019); Comme au cinéma (1999–2001); Composers / Directors, Dialogue impossible? (2002); De Caunes/Garcia - The Best of Nowhere Elsewhere 2... continuation and end! (2005); Dead Tired (1994) Stand up crabs, The sea is rising! (1983); Días de cine (1996); Dix de der (1976) Footprints (2011); Wives Fatales (1976); Gérard Depardieu, grandeur nature (2015); Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978); Going Places (1974); Heart of the Festival (2002); Heavy Duty (2019); Hitler, don't know (1963); Horror Castle (1963) How Much Do You Love Me? (2005); If I Were a Spy (1967) Once upon a time... (2010); In the Tracks Of (2010); Never Alone with You (1995); Hail Marielle (2013); Day de fête (2007); Keep an Eye Out (2018); Konbini (2019–2025); The Big Week (2024); The Grimace (1966); The Night of the Caesars (1982–2011); The trilogy of 'Monocle' (2003); The Golden Age of Advertising (2023); The Clouzot Scandal (2017); The actors (2000); Chops (2003); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1979); The Extravagant J.C.D Dreyfus's Little Life (2021); L'hebdo cinéma (2008); The Guest (2005–2022); The Thursday Guest (1981); Monday in Stories (2015); My Life Is Hell (1991); Marco Perrin (2010); Ménage (1986); Thank You Life (1991); Metropolis (2000); Michael Serrault, un clown en liberté (2015); Pieces of Cannes (2021); Moving Pictures (1992); My Best Friend's Girl (1983); My Man (1996); Our Zamis Lé Hyens (2005); Nowhere Else (1991–1998); Nowhere Else Cinema (2001); Océaniques - Des idées des hommes des oeuvres (1991); Light and Shadow (2002); One Tried Everything (2005); On n'est pas couché (2010); Our History (1984); Dad Alexandre, Maxime & Eduardo (2015); Patrick Dewaere (1992); Patrick Dewaere, l'enfant du siècle (2003); Patrick Dewaere, my hero (2022); Pedal dure (2004); Pierrot le Fou / (1989–1990); For film (1971–1974); Profession comic (1987); Double-sided (2002–2004); Sacrée soirée (1989); Hi Terriens (2010); Soir 3 (1979); Sonata for Solange - The Story of Handkerchiefs (2003); Cinema Special (1980); Stars (1981); Tchi tcha (2019); The Black Monocle (1961); The Clink of Ice (2010); The Jesus Rolls (2019); Tea or Coffee (2001); The Seventh Juror (1962); Too Beautiful for You (1989); Troubleshooters (1971); One film that looks like me (2015); One Day, One Destiny (2007–2019); A century writers (1999); Friday, it's Julie (2000); Vivement dimanche (2000–2007); Vive dimanche prochaine (2009); Women and War (1961).

Born on this day – John Flynn:

John Flynn

Director

Writer

February 14, 1932 – April 4, 2007

Credits:

Absence of the Good (1999); Best Seller (1987); Brainscan (1994); Defiance (1980); GodFarter III Screen Test - Behind-The-Scenes, Out-Takes and Interviews (1993); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); Kid Galahad (1962); Kings of the Sun (1963); Lock Up (1989); Lone Star (1983); Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980); Nails (1992); Out for Justice (1991); Protection (2001); Rolling Thunder (1977); Scam (1993); The Great Escape (1963); The Jerusalem File (1972); The Outfit (1973); Touched (1983); Two for the Seesaw (1962); West Side Story (1961); What a Way to Go! (1964).

Born on this day – Harriet Medin:

Harriet Medin

Actress

Casting Director

March 14, 1914 – May 20, 2005

Credits:

A Farewell to Arms (1957); Abdullah's Harem (1955); After the Fox (1966); Agent 8 3/4 (1964); All I Want for Christmas (1991); All-American Girl (1994); Baby M (1988); Beat the Devil (1953); Beautiful But Dangerous (1955); Black Magic (1949); Black Sabbath / Segment: La goccia d'acqua (1963); Blood and Black Lace (1964); Blood and Roses (1960); Blood Beach (1980); Bonanza (1968–1970); Conquered City (1962); Crossed Swords (1954); Daddy's Boys (1988); Death Race 2000 (1975); Esther and the King (1960); False Arrest (1991); Family (1979); Fast and Sexy (1958); Genoveffa di Brabante (1947); Ha da venì... don Calogero (1952); Helen of Troy (1956); Hunter (1987); It Happened in Athens (1962); It Started in Naples (1960); JAG (1996); La Dolce Vita (1960); Merkmale der Gotik am Beispiel von L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock (2018); Mill of the Stone Women (1960); Murder Can Hurt You! (1980); My Life and Times (1991); Never Take No for an Answer (1951); Northern Exposure (1993); Othello (1951); Paisan (1946); Panic Button (1964); Phaedra (1962); Quantum Leap (1989); Quo Vadis (1951); Schlock (1973); Solomon and Sheba (1959); Squares (1972); Stranger on the Prowl (1952); Sword of the Conqueror (1961); The 300 Spartans (1962); The Bermuda Triangle (1979); The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 (1976); The Colbys (1986); The Doris Day Show (1970); The Eye of the Needle (1963); The Fanelli Boys (1990); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Ghost (1963); The Hills Run Red (1966); The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Killing Time (1987); The Montecarlo Story (1956); The Murder Clinic (1966); The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962); The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968); The Quest (1976); The Tenth Month (1979); The Terminator (1984); The Whip and the Body (1963); The Witches of Eastwick (1987); Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995); Thirtysomething (1991); Those Secrets (1992); Time of Indifference (1964); Trapeze (1956); Troppo per vivere... poco per morire (1967); Troublemakers (1994); Vulcano (1950); Who's the Boss? (1990).

Recommended reading - The Godfather, by Mario Puzo (1969):

The Godfather

By Mario Puzo.

Filmed as The Godfather (1972), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Published by Berkley.

First published 1969.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0451205766

ISBN-13: 978-0451205766

Description:

“A staggering triumph...The definitive novel about a sinister fraternity of crime.” – The Saturday Review.

“You can’t stop reading it, and you’ll find it hard to stop dreaming about it.” – New York Magazine.

50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION – WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.

Mario Puzo’s classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon – nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld.

A #1 New York Times bestseller in 1969, Mario Puzo’s epic was turned into the incomparable film of the same name, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is the original classic that has been often imitated, but never matched. A tale of family and society, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it reveals the dark passions of human nature played out against a backdrop of the American dream.

With a Note from Anthony Puzo and an Afterword by Robert J. Thompson.

Lauren B. Davis, on writing:

If you are a real writer, then just surrender to the writer's life, all of it, even the bad stuff.

When you do that, the beauty appears:

the peace, the meaning, the joy, the fulfillment,

the sense that you are doing what you were born to do

and what could be better, in the end, than that?

- Lauren B. Davis.