Sunday, January 18, 2026

Born on this day – Sol Yurick:


Sol Yurick


Writer

January 18, 1925 – January 5, 2013

Credits:

Books:

An Island Death (1975); Behold Metatron, the Recording Angel (1985); Fertig (1966); Green Snow (1984); Richard A (1982); Someone Just Like You (1973); The Bag (1968); The Warriors (1965); Voices of Brooklyn (1973).

Movies & video:

The Dreamers (2016); The Warriors (2005); The Confession (1999); The Warriors (1979).

Born on this day – Lilian Bond:


Lilian Bond


Actress

January 18, 1908 – January 25, 1991

Credits:

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942); A Tragedy at Midnight (1942); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Air Mail (1932); Beauty and the Boss (1932); Blond Cheat (1938); China Seas (1935); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Daughter of Frankenstein: A Conversation with Sara Karloff (2017); Dirty Work (1934); Double Harness (1933); Dr. Christian (1957); Fighter Squadron (1948); Fireman, Save My Child! (1932); Hell Bent for Love (1934); Her Splendid Folly (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hot Pepper (1933); Hot Saturday (1932); In Again, Out Again (1930); It's Tough to Be Famous (1932); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Just a Gigolo (1931); Man About Town (1932); Man in the Attic (1953); Manhattan Parade (1931); No More Children (1929); Nocturne (1946); Pick-up (1933); Pirates of Tripoli (1955); Putting it On (1931); Rider of the Plains (1931); Sagebrush Politics (1929); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Scotland Yard (1941); Shadow on the Wall (1950); Stepping Out (1931); Sued for Libel (1939); Take a Chance (1933); That Forsyte Woman (1949); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Big Brain (1933); The Big Trees (1952); The Bishop Misbehaves (1935); The Californians (1958); The Great Lover (1931); The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939); The Jolson Story (1946); The Life of Riley (1949); The Maze (1953); The Old Dark House (1932); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Sniper (1952); The Squaw Man (1931); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); The Westerner (1940); The Women (1939); Under Eighteen (1931); Union Depot (1932); When Strangers Marry (1933).

Born on this day – Cary Grant:


Cary Grant


Actor

January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986

Credits:

Walk Don't Run (1966); Father Goose (1964); Charade (1963); That Touch of Mink (1962); The Grass Is Greener (1960); Operation Petticoat (1959); North by Northwest (1959); Houseboat (1958); Indiscreet (1958); Kiss Them for Me (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957); The Pride and the Passion (1957); To Catch a Thief (1955); Dream Wife (1953); Monkey Business (1952); Room for One More (1952); People Will Talk (1951); Crisis (1950); I Was a Male War Bride (1949); Every Girl Should Be Married (1948); Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948); The Bishop's Wife (1947); The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947); Notorious (1946); Night and Day (1946); Without Reservations (1946); None But the Lonely Heart (1944); Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); The Road to Victory (1944); Once Upon a Time (1944); The Shining Future (1944); Destination Tokyo (1943); Mr. Lucky (1943); Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942); The Talk of the Town (1942); Suspicion (1941); Penny Serenade (1941); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Howards of Virginia (1940); My Favorite Wife (1940); His Girl Friday (1940); In Name Only (1939); Only Angels Have Wings (1939); Gunga Din (1939); Holiday (1938); Bringing Up Baby (1938); The Awful Truth (1937); The Toast of New York (1937); Topper (1937); When You're in Love (1937); Wedding Present (1936); The Amazing Adventure (1936); Suzy (1936); Big Brown Eyes (1936); Sylvia Scarlett (1935); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); The Last Outpost (1935); Wings in the Dark (1935); Enter Madame! (1934); Ladies Should Listen (1934); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Born to Be Bad (1934); Alice in Wonderland (1933); I'm No Angel (1933); Gambling Ship (1933); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933); The Woman Accused (1933); She Done Him Wrong (1933); Madame Butterfly (1932); Hot Saturday (1932); Blonde Venus (1932); Devil and the Deep (1932); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Singapore Sue (1932); Sinners in the Sun (1932); This Is the Night (1932).

Born on this day – Margaret Irving:


Margaret Irving


Actress

January 18, 1898 – March 5, 1988

Credits:

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982); 77 Sunset Strip (1960); M Squad (1958); The People's Choice (1955–1958); General Electric Theater (1957); Highway Patrol (1956); Ain't Misbehavin' (1955); My Little Margie (1955); The Beautiful Cheat (1945); In Society (1944); Kentucky (1938); Sweethearts (1938); Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938); Love, Honor and Behave (1938); The Baroness and the Butler (1938); Little Miss Roughneck (1938); Sh! The Octopus (1937); Under Suspicion (1937); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937); Men in Exile (1937); Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936); Four Days Wonder (1936); Follow Your Heart (1936); Women Are Trouble (1936); San Francisco (1936); I Married a Doctor (1936); Captain Calamity (1936); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Exclusive Story (1936); Thanks a Million (1935); The Lady in Black (1935); A Peach of a Pair (1934); Sheer Luck (1931); Animal Crackers (1930); The Broadway Boob (1926); Radio-Mania (1923).

Born on this day – A.A. Milne:


A.A. Milne


Writer

January 18, 1882 – January 31, 1956

Credits:

Books:

A Bedtime Story for Pooh (1999); A Gallery of Children (1925); A Hint for Next Christmas (2019); A House Is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore (1928); A Search Is Organdized (1928); A Table Near the Band (1950); A, B, C with Pooh (1999); An Expotition to the North Pole (1926); Autobiography (1939); Be Patient, Pooh (2000); Bedtime with Pooh (1980); Behind the Lines (1940); Belinda (1918); By Way of Introduction (1929); Chloe Marr (1946); Christopher Robin Gives Pooh a Party (1988); Cooking with Piglet and Roo (2003); Disney - A Rainy Day for Piglet (2003); Disney's Pooh's Favorite Singing Games (1999); Disney's Where Are You, Pooh? (1999); Disney's Where Is the Heffalump? (1999); Eeyore Finds The Wolery (1928); Eeyore Has a Birthday (1990); Eeyore Loses a Tail (1926); Eeyore's Gloomy Little Instruction Book (1996); First Plays of A A Milne (1921); For The Luncheon Interval (1925); Four Days' Wonder (1933); Happy New Year, Pooh! (1997); If I May (1920); Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest (1926); Lovers in London (1905); More Growing Up Stories (2001); Mr. Pim (1921); Mr. Pim Passes By (1919); My Very First Winnie the Pooh Growing Up Stories (1999); Nap Time for Roo (2003); Not That It Matters (1919); Now We Are Six (1927); Oh, Bother! It's the Easter Bunny! (1997); Once a Week (1914); Once on a Time (1917); Peace with Honour (1935); Piglet Does a Very Grand Thing (1928); Piglet Is Entirely Surrounded by Water (1926); Piglet Meets a Heffalump (1990); Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting (1992); Pooh Goes Visiting and Pooh and Piglet Nearly Catch a Woozle (1926); Pooh Helps Out (1999); Pooh Invents A New Game (1928); Pooh Welcomes Winter (1997); Pooh's Favorite Things About Spring (2000); Pooh's First Day of School (1997); Pooh's Fun with One (1999); Pooh's Jingle Bells (1998); Pooh's Neighborhood (1997); Pooh's Scrapbook (1999); Puffin Baby and Toddler Treasury (2000); Rabbit's Bad Mood (2003); Roo's New Baby-Sitter (1999); Safe at Home with Pooh (1998); Second Plays (1922); Singing Nursery Rhymes with Pooh (1999); Sweet Dreams, Pooh (1998); The Birthday Party (1948); The Boy Comes Home (1918); The Christopher Robin Birthday Book (1930); The Christopher Robin Story Book (1929); The Christopher Robin Verse Book (1932); The Classic Pooh Treasury Volume 2 Read-Along (1997); The Classic Pooh Treasury: The House at Pooh Corner Vol 3 (1997); The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh (1961); The Dover Road (1921); The Great Broxopp (1921); The Holiday Round (1912); The House at Pooh Corner (1928); The Hums of Pooh (1929); The Ivory Door (1932); The Lucky One (1922); The Magic Hill (2000); The Norman Church (1925); The Original and Classic Pooh Treasury: Vol. 1 (1997); The Red House Mystery (1922); The Secret and Other Stories (1929); The Sunny Side (1923); The Truth About Blayds (1922); The Ugly Duckling (1941); The World of Christopher Robin (1958); The World of Pooh and the World of Christopher Robin (1957); The World of Winnie-the-Pooh (1926); Those Were the Days (1929); Three Plays (1923); Tigger Comes to the Forest and Has Breakfast (1928); Tiggers Don't Climb Trees (1928); Tiggers Hate to Lose (1999); Tigger's Moving Day (1999); Two People (1931); Walt Disney Presents - Winnie-The-Pooh Meets Tigger (1973); When We Were Very Young (1924); Winnie-the-Pooh (1926); Winnie-the-Pooh and the Wrong Bees (2016); Winnie-the-Pooh's Friendship Book (1992); Wurzel-Flummery (1917); Year In, Year Out (1952).

Movies and television:

100 Acre Wood (2023); A Birthday Party in the Hundred Acre Wood (2001); A Poem Is... (2011); A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (1998); Abel Classics (2023); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); Animated StoryBook: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1995); Armchair Theatre (1957); Bad Sir Brian Botany (1928); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1952); Being New with Piglet (1987); Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (1996); Bookworms (1920); Christopher Robin (2018); Classroom Citizenship with Tigger (1987); Disney Friends (2007); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Sing a Song with Pooh Bear and Piglet Too! (2003); Downton Abbey (2019); Fireside Reading of Winnie-the-Pooh (2022); Five Pounds Reward (1920); For the Children (1950); Four Days Wonder (1936); General Electric Theater (1960); Gotham Reads (2020); In the Dark (1928); It's All Been Done Radio Hour (2023); Jackanory (1967–1996); Jackanory Playhouse (1978); Knights and Ladies (1928); Kraft Theatre (1947–1952); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); Learning Skills with Eeyore (1987); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1956); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); Michael and Mary (1931); Micimackó (2005); Middle school echo of the pasts (2024); Molly and Me (1945); Mr. Pim möchte nicht stören (1962); Mr. Pim Passes by (1921); My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007); My Friends Tigger and Pooh - Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); Nursery Chairs (1928); Piglet's Big Movie (2003); Playdate with Winnie the Pooh (2023–2024); Ponds Theater (1955); Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997); Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005); Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005); Ready for Math with Pooh (1997); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952); Sarah Simple (1949); Saturday Playhouse (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); School Citizenship with Roo (1987); Self Esteem with Winnie the Pooh (1987); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); Super Duper Super Sleuths (2010); Tales of Friendship with Winnie the Pooh (2012); Teatterituokio (1967); Television Theater (1983); The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart (2001); The Bump (1920); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Dover Road (1948); The Ernie Sigley Show (1974); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The King's Breakfast (1928 / 1937 / 1963); The Little Adventuress (1927); The Magical World of Disney / Segment: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1982); The Man in the Bowler Hat (1938); The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977); The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece (1996); The Market Square (1928); The Muppet Show (1976–1981); The Perfect Alibi (1930 / 1949); The Princess and the Woodcutter (1947 / 1952); The Tigger Movie (2000); The Truth About Blayds (1948); The Ugly Duckling (1947); The World According to Winnie the Pooh: New Friend (2014); Theatre of Romance (1949); Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too (2009); Toad of Toad Hall (1947 / 1953); Too Smart for Strangers (1985); Top of the Pops (1977); Tristram (1955); Twice Two (1920); Walt Disney Video-A-Longs: Winnie the Pooh (1986); Wednesday Theatre (1953); Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983); Where Sinners Meet (1934); Why I Like Elephant About the Zoo (1983); Winnie the Pooh (1990 / 2011); Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983); Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (1991); Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968); Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966); Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974); Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons (1981); Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood (1984); Winnie the Pooh vs Chikatilo (2022); Winnie the Pooh: 123s (2004); Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You (1999); Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002); Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999); Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004); Winnie the Pooh: Wonderful Word Adventure (2006); Winnie-the-Pooh (1952 / 1969 / 2023); Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (1972); Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit (1971).

Michelangelo, on learning:


I am still learning.

- Michelangelo
(at age 87).

Saturday, January 17, 2026

On this day in movie history - Frank (2014):


Frank

directed by Lenny Abrahamson,
written by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan,
based on a newspaper article by Jon Ronson,
was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 17, 2014.
Music by Stephen Rennicks.

Cast:

Domhnall Gleeson, Moira Brooker, Paul Butterworth, Phil Kingston, Billie Traynor, Shane O'Brien, Scoot McNairy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, François Civil, Carla Azar, Chris McHallem, Michael Fassbender, Michael James Ford, Mark Huberman, Rosalind Adler, Niall Glennon, Torsten Brescanu, Leroy Harris, Noah Hauser, Laura-Love Tode, Hayley Derryberry, Lauren Poole, Jordyn Aquino, Katie Anne Mitchell, Paul Howard Smith, Matthew Page, Alex Knight, Abe Bueno-Jallad, Morse Bicknell, Dean Satriano, Peter Trinh, Kevin Wiggins, Travis Hammer, Tess Harper, Bruce McIntosh, Robert Posey, Ben Noud Barnes, Derek Blakeney, Andy Brooks, Jeremie Dalaba, Jean Effron, Yvette Fazio-Delaney, Stephen M. Hardin, Jessica Stotz Harrell, Darlene Kellum, Rodger Larance, Beth Lucero, Estevan Lucero, Kelly V. Lucio, Crystal Miller, Robb Moon, Justin D. Moore, Terrilyn Morris, Jaime Powers, J.B. Tuttle, Shannon Lee Unser, Maxx Wayne.