Born on this day – Robert Hutton:

Robert Hutton

Actor

June 11, 1920 – August 7, 1994

Born on this day – Jane Bryan:

Jane Bryan

Actress

Philanthropist

Arts patron

June 11, 1918 – April 8, 2009

Credits:

A Slight Case of Murder (1938); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); Breakdowns of 1937 (1937); Brother Rat (1938); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Confession (1937); Each Dawn I Die (1939); Girls on Probation (1938); Invisible Stripes (1939); Kid Galahad (1937); Marked Woman (1937); Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females (1992); TCM Remembers 2009 (2009); The Captain's Kid (1936); The Case of the Black Cat (1936); The Cherokee Strip (1937); The Man Who Dared (1939); The Old Maid (1939); The Sisters (1938); These Glamour Girls (1939); Under Southern Stars (1937); We Are Not Alone (1939).

Born on this day – Carmine Coppola:

Carmine Coppola

Composer

Flautist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 11, 1910 – April 26, 1991

Born on this day – Jules Sylvain:

Jules Sylvain

Composer

Screenwriter

Musician

June 11, 1900 – October 29, 1968

Born on this day – Virginia Brissac:

Virginia Brissac

Actress

June 11, 1883 – July 26, 1979

Credits:

The Disaster Artist (2017); These Amazing Shadows (2011); The Lone Wolf (1954–1955); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Studio 57 (1955); Mayor of the Town (1954); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1953–1954); About Mrs. Leslie (1954); I Love Lucy (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954); Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954); Executive Suite (1954); Dragnet (1953); Chevron Theatre (1953); Your Favorite Story (1953); All I Desire (1953); Bandits of Corsica (1953); Meet Me at the Fair (1953); Fair Wind to Java (1953); Woman of the North Country (1952); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Racket Squad (1952); Flame of Araby (1951); Two of a Kind (1951); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); Harriet Craig (1950); Edge of Doom (1950); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); No Man of Her Own (1950); Tension (1949); The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949); Mother Is a Freshman (1949); The Last Bandit (1949); An Act of Murder (1948); The Snake Pit (1948); The Untamed Breed (1948); Old Los Angeles (1948); The Mating of Millie (1948); Summer Holiday (1948); Three Daring Daughters (1948); Captain from Castile (1947); Secret Beyond the Door... (1947); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Pursued (1947); Sister Kenny (1946); The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946); The Mysterious Mr. M (1946); Hot Cargo (1946); Renegades (1946); The Daltons Ride Again (1945); Why Girls Leave Home (1945); The Dolly Sisters (1945); That Night with You (1945); State Fair (1945); Bewitched (1945); Captain Eddie (1945); That's the Spirit (1945); Thrill of a Romance (1945); Three's a Crowd (1945); The Scarlet Clue (1945); G.I. Honeymoon (1945); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); Night Club Girl (1945); Together Again (1944); Faces in the Fog (1944); Bowery to Broadway (1944); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944); Song of the Open Road (1944); This Is the Life (1944); Phantom Lady (1944); Moonlight in Vermont (1943); The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943); My Kingdom for a Cook (1943); The Iron Major (1943); Someone to Remember (1943); The Hard Way (1943); Shadow of a Doubt (1943); Mug Town (1942); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); Lucky Jordan (1942); The Mummy's Tomb (1942); Get Hep to Love (1942); The Big Shot (1942); Tough As They Come (1942); Take a Letter, Darling (1942); Lady Gangster (1942); Remember the Day (1941); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); Appointment for Love (1941); One Foot in Heaven (1941); Unfinished Business (1941); The Little Foxes (1941); Dressed to Kill (1941); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); The Nurse's Secret (1941); Washington Melodrama (1941); The Great Lie (1941); Chad Hanna (1940); Lady with Red Hair (1940); Always a Bride (1940); Strike Up the Band (1940); Hired Wife (1940); All This, and Heaven Too (1940); Wagons Westward (1940); Cinderella's Feller (1940); The Ghost Breakers (1940); Alias the Deacon (1940); If I Had My Way (1940); It's a Date (1940); Little Orvie (1940); The House Across the Bay (1940); Black Friday (1940); Little Old New York (1940); Remember the Night (1939); The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939); A Child Is Born (1939); Destry Rides Again (1939); First Love (1939); Parents on Trial (1939); Think First (1939); Stop, Look and Love (1939); I Stole a Million (1939); The Forgotten Woman (1939); Invitation to Happiness (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); They Shall Have Music (1939); Dark Victory (1939); Woman Doctor (1939); Wings of the Navy (1939); Jesse James (1939); Up the River (1938); Secrets of a Nurse (1938); Young Dr. Kildare (1938); Gateway (1938); The Magician's Daughter (1938); Delinquent Parents (1938); The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937); The Man in the Barn (1937); The Adventurous Blonde (1937); Idol of the Crowds (1937); Give Till It Hurts (1937); Artist and Models (1937); White Bondage (1937); Mountain Justice (1937); Stolen Holiday (1937); Love Letters of a Star (1936); Down the Stretch (1936); The Texas Rangers (1936); The Song of a Nation (1936); The Big Noise (1936); We Went to College (1936); Counterfeit (1936); Murder by an Aristocrat (1936); Three Godfathers (1936); Two Against the World (1936); Honeymoon Limited (1935); Hawaiian Love (1913); The Shark God (1913).

Born on this day – Richard Strauss:

Richard Strauss

Composer

June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949

Recommended reading - True Grit, by Charles Portis (1968):

True Grit

By Charles Portis.

Filmed as True Grit (1969), directed by Henry Hathaway.

Published by The Overlook Press.

First published 1968.

ISBN-10: 159020459X

ISBN-13: 9781590204597

Description:

“Quite simply, an American masterpiece.” – Boston Globe.

“Charles Portis had a wonderful talent—original, quirky, exciting.” – Larry McMurtry.

Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America’s most enduring and incomparable literary voices, and his novels have left an indelible mark on the American canon. True Grit, his most famous novel, was first published in 1968, and has garnered critical acclaim as well as enthusiastic praise from countless passionate fans for more than 50 years.

True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just 14 when the coward Tom Chaney shoots her father in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash. Filled with an unwavering urge to avenge her father’s blood, Mattie finds and, after some tenacious finagling, enlists one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available US Marshal, as her partner in pursuit, and they head off into Indian Territory after the killer.

True Grit is essential reading. Not just a classic Western, but an undeniable classic of American literature as eccentric, cool, funny, and unflinching as Mattie Ross herself. For fans of either the John Wayne classic or the Coen brothers’ movie, it’s a chance to relive the story of Mattie and Rooster and experience their story as it was originally told. For fans of taut, funny storytelling, it will be a joy to experience in its original form.

This edition includes an afterword by bestselling author Donna Tartt (The Secret History and The Goldfinch) and a reading group guide.