Born on this day – Stanley Donen:

Stanley Donen

Director

Choreographer

April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019

Credits:

24th Annual Academy Awards (1952); A Date with Judy (1948); AFI Life Achievement Award (1985); American Masters (2004–2008); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Arabesque (1966); Audrey Hepburn Remembered (1993); Autodefensa (2022); Bedazzled (1967); Best Foot Forward (1943); Big City (1948); Blame It on Rio (1984); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988); Ceremonia de clausura 44ª edición del Festival de Cine de San Sebastián (1996); Charade (1963); Ciné regards (1979); Cinema (1969); Cinema 3 (1989); Cinéma cinémas (1986); Cover Girl (1944); Damn Yankees (1958); Deep in My Heart (1954); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Fearless Fagan (1952); Film '80 (1980); Film Review (1967); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Funny Face (1957); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Great Performances (1996); Hey, Rookie (1944); Holiday in Mexico (1946); Hollywood U.K. British Cinema in the Sixties (1993); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2009); Indiscreet (1958); Inside the Actors Studio (1995); It's Always Fair Weather (1955); Jam Session (1944); Kansas City Kitty (1944); Killer McCoy (1947); Kismet (1955); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Les mystères du premier film (1995); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1976); Lionel Richie: Dancing on the Ceiling (1986); Living in a Big Way (1947); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Love Letters (1999); Love's Labour's Lost (2000); Lucky Lady (1975); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Moonlighting (1986); Movie Movie / Baxter's Beauties of 1933 / Dynamite Hands (1978); No Leave, No Love (1946); Omnibus (1995); On the Town (1949); Once More, with Feeling! (1960); Pierrot the Fool (1984); Pour le cinéma (1969); Private Screenings (2006); Revista de cine (1976); Rich, Young and Pretty (1951); Royal Wedding (1951); Saturn 3 (1980); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (1997); Sodankylä Forever (2010); Staircase (1969); Stanley Donen: You Just Do It (2010); Surprise Package (1960); Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); That's Entertainment!: The Masters Behind the Musicals (2004); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The Children of Lindos (1960); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Audrey Hepburn (1991); The Grass Is Greener (1960); The Hollywood Fashion Machine (1995); The Hollywood Soundtrack Story (1995); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Lionel Richie Collection (2003); The Little Prince (1974); The Making of Lionel Richie's Dancing on the Ceiling (1986); The Nation's Favourite Dance Moment (2013); The Pajama Game (1957); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); This Time for Keeps (1947); Two for the Road (1967); What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002); Zapper n'est pas jouer (1990).

Born on this day – Mari Blanchard:

Mari Blanchard

Actress

April 13, 1923 – May 10, 1970

Credits:

It Takes a Thief (1968); The Virginian (1967); Burke's Law (1965); Valentine's Day (1965); Breaking Point (1964); McLintock! (1963); Twice-Told Tales (1963); Don't Knock the Twist (1962); Perry Mason (1962); The Detectives (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Gunslinger (1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); Klondike (1960–1961); Rawhide (1959–1961); Sea Hunt (1960); Bronco (1960); Mr. Lucky (1960); Laramie (1960); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Shotgun Slade (1959); Bachelor Father (1959); Sugarfoot (1959); Not for Hire (1959); The Texan (1959); The Green Peacock (1958); Karasu (1958); The Witches from Another World (1958); No Place to Land (1958); The Frank Sinatra Show (1957); The Millionaire (1957); Jungle Heat (1957); She Devil (1957); Stagecoach to Fury (1956); Canasta de cuentos mexicanos (1956); The Cruel Tower (1956); Casablanca (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); It's a Great Life (1955); The Crooked Web (1955); The Return of Jack Slade (1955); Son of Sinbad (1955); The Linkletter Show (1955); Climax! (1955); Destry (1954); Black Horse Canyon (1954); Rails Into Laramie (1954); The Veils of Bagdad (1953); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); Terry and the Pirates (1952); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952); Back at the Front (1952); Assignment: Paris (1952); The Brigand (1952); Something to Live For (1952); The Frank Sinatra Show (1951); Overland Telegraph (1951); The Unknown Man (1951); Ten Tall Men (1951); Bannerline (1951); No Questions Asked (1951); On the Riviera (1951); Mr. Music (1950); Copacabana (1947).

Born on this day – Eudora Welty:

Eudora Welty

Writer

Photographer

April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001

Credits:

A Curtain of Green (1941); Bride of the Innisfallen (1940); Delta Wedding (1946); Delta Wedding / The Ponder Heart (2011); Eudora Welty Photographs (1989); Losing Battles (1970); Moon Lake (2011); Occasions (2009); One Time, One Place (1971); One Writer's Beginnings (1983); Selected Stories of Eudora Welty (1977); Stories, Essays and Memoirs (1998); The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (1980); The Eye of the Story (1978); The Golden Apples (1949); The Optimist's Daughter (1972); The Ponder Heart (1954); The Robber Bridegroom (1942); The Shoe Bird (1964); The Wide Net (1943); Thirteen Stories (1965); Why I Live at the P.O. And Other Stories (1995).

Movies and television:

A Visit of Charity (2009); A Worn Path (1994); American Experience (1989); American Masters (1986); American Playhouse (1987); Camera Three (1959); Camera Three (1959–1963); Eudora's Fable: The Shoe Bird (2022); Firing Line (1972); Great Drives / TV Mini Series: volume 1: Highway 61 (1996); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Omnibus (1987); Radio Play Revival (2023); Tell About the South: Voices in Black and White (1998); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Frost Whistle (2008); The Hitch-Hikers (1989); The Key (1996); The Ponder Heart (2001); The Purple Hat (2010); To Dance for Gold (1982); Why I Live at the P.O. (1998).

Born on this day – Marguerite Henry:

Marguerite Henry

Writer

April 13, 1902 – November 26, 1997

Credits:

Books:

A Pictorial Life Story of Misty (1976); Album of Dogs (1978); Album of Horses (1978); All About Horses (1962); An Innkeeper’s Horse (1988); Battle of the Stallions (1988); Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin (1947); Birds at Home (1972); Black Gold (1957); Born to Trot (1950); Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1953); Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley (1996); Cinnabar, the One O’Clock Fox (2014); Dear Margueritte Henry (1978); Dear Readers and Riders (1969); Five o’clock Charlie (1963); Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio / aka The Palio (1960); Going Home (1987); Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1954); King of the Wind (1948); Little Fellow (1978); Marguerite Henry’s Horseshoe Library (1992); Marguerite Henry’s Misty Treasury (1982); Misty of Chincoteague (1947); Misty’s Twilight (1996); Mustang (1966); One Man’s Horse (1978); Our First Pony (1984); San Domingo (1972); Sea Star (1947); Sire of Champions (1988); Stormy, Misty’s Foal (1965); The Auction (1987); The Big Race (1987); The Capture (1987); The Illustrated Marguerite Henry (1980); The Rescue of Sham (1988); The Storm (1987); The Whirlpool (1987); The White Stallion of Lipizza (1976); Treasury of Horses (2007).

Movies and television:

Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1966); Jackanory (1977); Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972); King of the Wind (1989); Misty (1961); Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (1977); The Magical World of Disney (1972).

Recommended reading - Dawn of the Dead, by George A. Romero & Susanna Sparrow (1978):

Dawn of the Dead

By George A. Romero & Susanna Sparrow.

Filmed as Dawn of the Dead (1978), directed and written by George A. Romero.

Published by Gallery Books.

First published 1978.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 9781476791838

ISBN-13: 978-1476791838

ASIN: 147679183X

Description:

“Dawn of the Dead is one of the best horror movies ever made.” – Roger Ebert.

The novel of the classic horror film, with an introduction by Simon Pegg!

WHEN THERE IS NO MORE ROOM IN HELL, THE DEAD WILL WALK THE EARTH

George A. Romero terrified a generation with his iconic horror film and with this cult-classic novel. Immerse yourself in this unparalleled vision from the revered master of the zombie apocalypse…and be terrified all over again.

Zombies have overpowered the living and ravaged the world. Society has collapsed as humans race to save themselves. No one knows how far the creatures have spread, or how to stop them. In downtown Philadelphia, four people escape the chaos and find shelter in a vacated shopping mall. But as their greed spirals and the undead close in, their haven for waiting out the end of the world becomes the last battleground for survival. And there is nowhere left to hide…

Mabel Seeley, on writing:

There's less skill and more plain hard work to writing than anyone except a writer thinks.

- Mabel Seeley.

On this day in music history - Damayanti, by 2002 (2011):

Damayanti

By 2002,

released April 12, 2011.

Track list:

Forever My Love; Flight of the Swan; Beauty and Grace; Challenge from Heaven; A Choice from the Heart; Cycle of Time; A Divine Encounter; Destinies; Enduring Love; Time Stands Still.