Born on this day – Rosalina Neri:

Rosalina Neri

Actress

November 12, 1927 – June 5, 2024

Credits:

Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (1959); All the Moron’s Men (1999); Another Woman’s Face (2012); Bocche cucite (1970); Ci vuole un gran fisico (2013); Due sosia in allegria (1956); Faccione (1991); Finalmente a casa (2008); Finalmente Natale (2007); Finalmente soli (1999); I pinguini ci guardano (1955); I volontari (1998); Jack Hylton’s Monday Show (1958); L’incantatore di serpenti, la vita senza freno di Gian Carlo Fusco (2010); Maurizio Costanzo Show (1993); Mon coquin de père (1958); Olga e i suoi figli (1985); Portagli i miei saluti... avanzi di galera (1993); The Betrothed (1989); The Music Box (1957); The Predators (2020); The Rosalina Neri Show (1959); Three Men and a Leg (1997); Valeria ragazza poco seria (1958); Vivendo cantando... che male ti fò? (1957).

Born on this day – Kim Hunter:

Kim Hunter

Actress

November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002

Born on this day – Bukka White:

Bukka White

Blues singer

Guitarist

November 12, 1900 – February 26, 1977

Credits:

Songs:

Aberdeen Mississippi Blues; Parchman Farm Blues; Fixin' To Die Blues; Special Stream Line; Poor Boy Long Ways From Home; Black Train Blues; Bukka's Jitterbug Swing; Bald Eagle Train; High Fever Blues; District Attorney Blues; The Panama Limited; Sugar Hill; Pinebluff, Arkansas; I Am the Heavenly Way; Sic 'Em Dogs On; Baby Please Don't Go; Po' Boy; The New Frisco Train; My Baby; Good Gin Blues; Streamline Special; Old Lady; Jitterbug Swing; New Orleans Streamline; Army Blues; Mama Don't Allow; Mixed Water; Aberdeen Blues; Black Cat Bone Blues; Big Daddy; Corinna, Corinna; Drunken Leroy Blues; Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord; Big Daddy.

Albums:

Mississippi Blues (1963); Sky Songs (1990); Big Daddy (1974); Baton Rouge Mosby Street (1972); 1963 Isn't 1962 (1994); Presenting Bukka White (1931); The Atlanta Special (2010); Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues (Live in Germany) (2019); Introducing Bukka White (2014); Blues Legend of the Century (2012); Patchman Farm Blues (date?); Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Bukka White (2011); High Fever (2018); Big Boat up the River (2022); Bukka White (Hd Remastered Edition) (2018); Parchman Farm (1970); The Complete Bukka White (1969); Memphis Hot Shots (1969); Shake 'em On (2023); Bukka White Blues (2019); Contemporary Guitar: Spring ’67 (1967); Saga Blues: Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (2007); The Panama Ltd. (2000); Live, Cafe Au Go Go, 1965 (2014); The Vintage Recordings 1930 - 1940 "Aberdeeen Mississippi Blues" (2003); The Complete Sessions 1930-1940 (1990); Bukka's Jitterbug Swing (2013); Party! At Home (2001); Special Streamline (2018); Fixin' to Die (2004); Shake 'Em On Down (1994); Blues At Home 7 (2013); The New Frisco Train (2018); Parchman Farm Blues (2015); Pinebluff Arkansas (2014); Good Gin Blues (1899); Missipi blues giant (2006); The Old Wild Shadow (2015); Tonight in Time (2015); Instinctively the Blues - Bukka White (2020); Blues Heatwave - Bukka White's 1940s Summer Grooves (2023); Two Blues Icons (2014); Two of a Kind: Big Bill Broonzy & Bukka White (2022); The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (1968); Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (2015); Behind the Mule (2015).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2005); B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Deadwood (2004); Death of a Champion, Birth of a Rule: The Tony Marino Story (2016); Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996); Doug MacLeod: Captured Alive (2006); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); From the Vaults (2018); Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007); Life (1999); Memphis '69 (2019); Mississippi Drug War Blues: The Case of Cory Maye (2008); On the Road (2012); One Last Chance (2004); Reacher (2022); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Devil's Music (1979); The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003); Two Trains Runnin' (2016).

Born on this day – Sol Polito:

Sol Polito

Cinematographer

November 12, 1892 – May 23, 1960

Sol Polito (right, behind the camera) filming Bette Davis, on the set of Now, Voyager (1942).

Credits:

Anna Lucasta (1949); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); The Voice of the Turtle (1947); Escape Me Never (1947); The Long Night (1947); Cloak and Dagger (1946); A Stolen Life (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Pride of the Marines (1945); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); The Corn Is Green (1945); Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944); Old Acquaintance (1943); This Is the Army (1943); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); Now, Voyager (1942); The Gay Sisters (1942); Captains of the Clouds (1942); Navy Blues (1941); Sergeant York (1941); The Sea Wolf (1941); The Dog in the Orchard (1941); Santa Fe Trail (1940); City for Conquest (1940); The Sea Hawk (1940); Virginia City (1940); Four Wives (1939); On Your Toes (1939); The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939); Sons of Liberty (1939); Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939); Dodge City (1939); You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939); Angels with Dirty Faces (1938); Valley of the Giants (1938); Boy Meets Girl (1938); Gold Diggers in Paris (1938); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); Gold Is Where You Find It (1938); Varsity Show (1937); The Prince and the Pauper (1937); Ready, Willing and Able (1937); Three Men on a Horse (1936); The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936); Sons o' Guns (1936); Colleen (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); Frisco Kid (1935); Shipmates Forever (1935); In Caliente (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); 'G' Men (1935); The Woman in Red (1935); Sweet Adeline (1934); Flirtation Walk (1934); Dames (1934); Dr. Monica (1934); Madame Du Barry (1934); Wonder Bar (1934); Dark Hazard (1934); Hi, Nellie (1934); Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933); Picture Snatcher (1933); The Working Man (1933); The Mind Reader (1933); 42nd Street (1933); I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932); Three on a Match (1932); Blessed Event (1932); The Dark Horse (1932); Two Seconds (1932); It's Tough to Be Famous (1932); Fireman, Save My Child! (1932); Union Depot (1932); Local Boy Makes Good (1931); Suicide Fleet (1931); The Ruling Voice (1931); Five Star Final (1931); The Bargain (1931); Big Business Girl (1931); Woman Hungry (1931); The Hot Heiress (1931); Going Wild (1930); Madonna of the Streets (1930); The Widow from Chicago (1930); The Girl of the Golden West (1930); Numbered Men (1930); Show Girl in Hollywood (1930); Playing Around (1930); No, No, Nanette (1930); Paris (1929); The Isle of Lost Ships (1929); Twin Beds (1929); The Man and the Moment (1929); Broadway Babies (1929); House of Horror (1929); Seven Footprints to Satan (1929); Scarlet Seas (1928); The Border Patrol (1928); The Haunted House (1928); Burning Bridges (1928); Show Girl (1928); Heart to Heart (1928); The Hawk's Nest (1928); Burning Daylight (1928); The Shepherd of the Hills (1928); Gun Gospel (1927); Hard-Boiled Haggerty (1927); Lonesome Ladies (1927); The Land Beyond the Law (1927); Somewhere in Sonora (1927); The Overland Stage (1927); The Unknown Cavalier (1926); Satan Town (1926); Senor Daredevil (1926); The Frontier Trail (1926); The Seventh Bandit (1926); Driftin' Thru (1926); The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925); Paint and Powder (1925); The Bad Lands (1925); Silent Sanderson (1925); The Crimson Runner (1925); Beyond the Border (1925); Soft Shoes (1925); The Flaming Forties (1924); A Cafe in Cairo (1924); Roaring Rails (1924); The Siren of Seville (1924); The Lightning Rider (1924); Why Men Leave Home (1924); The Bad Man (1923); The Girl of the Golden West (1923); Mighty Lak' a Rose (1923); The Bishop of the Ozarks (1923); The Loaded Door (1922); Trimmed (1922); Strength of the Pines (1922); The Roof Tree (1921); The Misleading Lady (1920); The Price of Redemption (1920); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920); The Right of Way (1920); Should a Woman Tell? (1919); In Wrong (1919); Are You Legally Married? (1919); Burglar by Proxy (1919); Bill Apperson's Boy (1919); The Love Defender (1919); What Love Forgives (1919); Ruling Passions (1918); The Reckoning Day (1918); Treason (1918); Her Husband's Honor (1918); The Heart of a Girl (1918); Who Loved Him Best? (1918); Her Second Husband (1917); The Runaway (1917); The World Against Him (1916); Paying the Price (1916); Fate's Boomerang (1916); Fruits of Desire (1916); The Sins of Society (1915); A Butterfly on the Wheel (1915); The Cotton King (1915); The Butterfly (1915); M'Liss (1915); Wildfire (1915); Rip Van Winkle (1914).

Born on this day – John Oxenham:

John Oxenham

Writer

November 12, 1852 – January 23, 1941

Credits:

Poems:

A Little Te Deum Of The Commonplace; After Work; All’s Well!; Bed-Rock; Better And Best; Bide A Wee!; Bolt That Door!; Bring Us The Light; Burden-Bearers; Credo; Cross-Roads; Cup Of Mixture; Darkness And Light; Don’t Worry; E.A. Nov. 6, 1900; Everymaid; Faith; Flowers Of The Dust; For the Men at the Front; Free Men Of God; Freemen; Gadara, A.D. 31; Giant Circumstance; God Is Good; God’s Handwriting; Hearts In Exile; His Mercy Endureth For Ever; "I Will!"; In Christ there is No East Or West; In Narrow Ways; India; Judgment Day; Kapiolani; Liberty, Equality, Fraternity; Life’s Chequer-Board; Livingstone; Livingstone The Builder; Livingstone’s Soliloquy; Macedonia, 1903; New Year’s Day--And Every Day; Nightfall; Paul; Philosopher’s Garden; Policeman X; Processionals; Profit And Loss; Props; Quo Vadis?; Sark; Seeds; Shadows; Shut Windows; Some--And Some; Stephen—Saul; Tamate; Thank God For Peace!; The Ballad of Lost Souls; The Bells Of Stepan Iline; The Bells Of Ys; The Christ; The Clearer VisionThe Day--The Way; The Gate; The Golden Cord; The Golden Rose; The Hungry Sea; The Inn Of Life; The Iron Flail; The Little Poem Of Life; The Long Road; The Passing Of The Queen; The Pilgrim Way; The Potter; The Prince Of Life; The Pruner; The Shadow; The Vail; The Ways; The Word That Was Left Unsaid; They Come!; Treasure-Trove; Wakening; Wandered; We Thank Thee, Lord; Weavers All; What Can a Little Chap Do?; "Where Are You Going, Great-Heart?"; Whirring Wheels; Your Place.

Books:

A Maid of the Silver Sea (1910); A Mystery of the Underground (1897); A Princess of Vascovy (1899); A Saint in the Making (1931); A Weaver of Webs (1904); All’s Well (1916); Barbe of Grand Bayou (1903); Bees in Amber (1913); Bondman Free (1903); Broken Shackles (1914); Carette of Sark (1907); Christ and the Third Wise Man (1934); Cross-Roads: The Story of Four Meetings (1931); Gentlemen - the King! (1928); Giant Circumstance (1906); God’s Candle (1929); God’s Prisoner (1898); Great Heart Gillian (1909); Hearts Courageous (1919); Hearts in Exile (1904); Hearts in Exile (1930); High Altars (1918); In Christ There Is No East or West (1908); John of Gerisau (1904); My Lady of Shadows (1909); My Lady of the Moor (1916); Pearl of Pearl Island (1908); Profit and Loss (1906); The Cedar Box (1928); The Coil of Carne (1911); The Fiery Cross (1917); The Gate of the Desert (1912); The Hidden Years (1927); The King’s High-Way (1916); The Long Road (1907); The Man Who Would Save the World (1930); The Pageant of the King’s Children (1930); The Perilous Lovers (1924); The Quest of the Golden Rose (1912); The Song of Hyacinth (1908); The Splendour of the Dawn (1930); The Vision Splendid (1917); The Wonder of Lourdes: What It Is and What It Means (1924); Under the Iron Flail (1902); White Fire (1905).

Movies and television:

A Maid of the Silver Sea (1922); Hearts in Exile (1915 / 1929); The Burdened Ass (2002).

Recommended reading:

Bees in Amber:

A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse

By John Oxenham.

Published by Classical Prints.

Published 2022.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 9356646392

ISBN-13: 978-9356646391

Description:

This book was classic literature published more than two centuries ago and has been out of print for decades. We at Classical Prints have taken the initiative to preserve this book and bring it back to the shelf once again to preserve the legacy and promote this timeless classic print.

The Long Road, poem by John Oxenham:

The Long Road

Poem by John Oxenham.

Long the road,
    Till Love came down it!
Dark the life,
    Till Love did crown it!
Dark the life,
    And long the road,
Till Love came
    To share the load!
For the touch
    Of Love transfigures
All the road
    And all its rigours.
Life and Death,
Love’s touch transfigures.
Life and Death
    And all that lies
In between,
Love sanctifies.
Once the heavenly spark is lighted,
Once in love two hearts united,
Nevermore
    Shall aught that was be
As before.

Recommended reading:

Bees in Amber: A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse

by John Oxenham.

Picture:

The Road Ahead (2019)

By Jack Kost

Video by Jack Kost
2025

Music credit:
Softer Love
By Clavier-Music
From Pixabay

Edgar Allan Poe, on inspiration and writing:

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

- Edgar Allan Poe.