Born on this day – Marfa d'Hervilly:

Marfa d'Hervilly

Actress

November 9, 1876 – November 18, 1963

Born on this day – Burton E. Stevenson:

Burton E. Stevenson

Writer

Anthologist

Librarian

November 9, 1872 – May 13, 1962

Credits:

Books:

A king in Babylon (1917); A soldier of Virginia (1901); Affairs of state (1906); American history in verse for boys and girls (1960); American men of mind (1913); At odds with the regent (1905); Cadets of Gascony (1904); Great Americans as seen by the poets (1933); Poems of American history (1922); The charm of Ireland (1914); The clue of the red carnation (1942); The Destroyer (1913); The girl from Alsace (1915); The girl with the blue sailor (1906); The gloved hand (1920); The heritage (1902); The Holladay case (1904); The home book of Bible quotations (1949); The home book of modern verse (1960); The home book of proverbs, maxims, and familiar phrases (1959); The home book of quotations (1934); The home book of verse (1912); The house next door (1932); The kingmakers (1922); The Marathon mystery (1904); The mystery of the Boule cabinet (1911); The mystery of Villa Aurelia (1932); The path of honor (1910); The quest for the rose of Sharon (1909); The red carnation (1939); The spell of Holland (1911); The young section-hand (1905); The young train dispatcher (1907); The young train master (1909); Tommy Remington's battle (1902).

Movies and television:

In the Next Room (1930); On Dangerous Ground (1917); Paying the Price (1916); The Case of the Black Parrot (1941); The Pursuing Vengeance (1916).

Born on this day – Marie Dressler:

Marie Dressler

Actress

Comedian

Writer

Director

Producer

November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934

Credits:

Christopher Bean (1933); Dinner at Eight (1933); Tugboat Annie (1933); Prosperity (1932); Emma (1932); The Christmas Party (1931); Politics (1931); Reducing (1931); Min and Bill (1930); Let Us Be Gay (1930); Caught Short (1930); One Romantic Night (1930); The Girl Said No (1930); Anna Christie (1930); Chasing Rainbows (1930); The Vagabond Lover (1929); Dangerous Females (1929); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Divine Lady (1928); Bringing Up Father (1928); The Patsy (1928); Breakfast at Sunrise (1927); The Joy Girl (1927); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Red Cross Nurse (1918); The Agonies of Agnes (1918); The Scrub Lady (1917); Fired (1917); Tillie Wakes Up (1917); Tillie's Tomato Surprise (1915); Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914).

Anna Quindlen, on books:

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road.

They are the destination, and the journey.

They are home.

- Anna Quindlen.

On this day in movie history - Doctor Sleep (movie & novel):

Doctor Sleep

directed and written by Mike Flanagan,

based on the novel by Stephen King,

was released in the United States on November 8, 2019.
Music by The Newton Brothers.

Cast:

Ewan McGregor, Roger Dale Floyd, Danny Lloyd, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Dakota Hickman, Carl Lumbly, Zahn McClarnon, Emily Alyn Lind, Bruce Greenwood, Jocelin Donahue, Cliff Curtis, Robert Longstreet, Carel Struycken, Alex Essoe, Zackary Momoh, Jacob Tremblay, Henry Thomas, Catherine Parker, Met Clark, Selena Anduze, James Flanagan, Violet McGraw, Bethany Anne Lind, Sadie Heim, KK Heim, Kaitlyn McCormick, Molly Jackson, Sallye Hooks, Michael Monks, Hugh Maguire.

Recommended reading:

Doctor Sleep

By Stephen King.

Published by Scribner.

First Edition.

Published 2013.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1476727651

ISBN-13: 978-1476727653

Description:

“I liked you, honeybear. That’s why I came to warn you. Stay away from the woman in the hat.”

Years ago, the haunting of the Overlook Hotel nearly broke young Dan Torrance’s sanity, as his paranormal gift known as “the shining” opened a door straight into hell. And even though Dan is all grown up, the ghosts of the Overlook – and his father’s legacy of alcoholism and violence – kept him drifting aimlessly for most of his life. Now, Dan has finally found some order in the chaos by working in a local hospice, earning the nickname “Doctor Sleep” by secretly using his special abilities to comfort the dying and prepare them for the afterlife. But when he unexpectedly meets twelve-year-old Abra Stone – who possesses an even more powerful manifestation of the shining – the two find their lives in sudden jeopardy at the hands of the ageless and murderous nomadic tribe known as the True Knot, reigniting Dan’s own demons and summoning him to battle for this young girl’s soul and survival...

“[A] vivid frightscape … terrifying.” – The New York Times.

“[King’s] cast of characters is as memorable as any [he] has produced…. Satisfying at every level.” – Kirkus Reviews.

“Terrific … [King’s] power lies in narrative drive and macabre.” – Chicago Tribune.

On this day in music history - Christmas Picante - Remastered, by Veeronna Ragone & Sherry Finzer (2019):

Christmas Picante – Remastered

Album by Veeronna Ragone & Sherry Finzer,

released November 8, 2019.

Track list:

O Come All Ye Faithful / O Christmas Tree; Carol of the Bells; Hark the Herald Angels Sing / He is Born; Silent Night; Jingle Bells; O Come O Come Emmanuel; O Holy Night.

On this day in movie history - Ransom (1996):

Ransom

directed by Ron Howard,

written by Richard Price and Alexander Ignon,

based on a story by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum,

was released in the United States on November 8, 1996.
Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Brawley Nolte, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Lili Taylor, Liev Schreiber, Donnie Wahlberg, Evan Handler, Nancy Ticotin, Michael Gaston, Kevin Neil McCready, Paul Guilfoyle, Allen Bernstein, José Zúñiga, Dan Hedaya, Iraida Polanco, John Ortiz, Mike Hodge, Paul Geier, Louisa Marie, Edward Francis Joseph, A.J. Benza, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Tony Hoty, Daniel May Wong, John Short, Ed Jupp Jr., Stephen Oates, Gene Harrison, Mick O'Rourke, Henry Kingi Jr., Roy Farfel, Lex D. Geddings, Donna Hanover, Rosanna Scotto, Tony Potts, John Finnerty, Todd Hallowell, Joe Bacino, Carl S. Redding, James Georgiades, Christian Maelen, David Vadim, Addie O'Donnell, Judy Hudson, Mitzie Pratt, Lynne Redding, Michael Countryman, Chris Lopata, John Hartmann, Anton Evangelista, Richard Price, Joseph Badalucco Jr., Dell Maara, Tommy Allen, John Dorish, Brad Brewer, Darren Brown, Marvin Brown, Glenn King, Cheryl Howard, James Ritz, Anna Marie Wieder, Joan D. Lowry, Craig Castaldo, Teodorina Bello, Jane Jenkins, Lori Tan Chinn, Carl Don, Nathaniel Freeman, Phil Parolisi, Rafael Osorio, Leslie Devlin, Lewis Dodley, John Brian Rogers, Jeffrey H. Kaufman, Mark Smith, James Patrick Whalen Sr., Kim Snyder, Panicker Upendran, Eric Attio, Steve Axelrod, Carl Burrows, Glenn J. Cohen, Gregory D'Angelo, Cynthia Daddona, Brian Donahue, Jeff Eigen, Todd Ellison, Philippe Hartmann, Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas, Rawleigh Moreland, Christopher Tracy, Keith Leon Williams, Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc.