Born on this day – Carlotta Monti:

Carlotta Monti

Actress

Writer

January 25, 1907 – December 8, 1993

Carlotta Monti (right) with W.C. Fields (left)

Credits:

W.C. Fields and Me (1976); To Please a Lady (1950); Crisis (1950); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); He Walked by Night (1948); Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); Boom Town (1940); Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936); Hell-Ship Morgan (1936); Night Cargo (1936); Bonnie Scotland (1935); Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935); Marie Galante (1934); Tarzan the Fearless (1933); Deadwood Pass (1933); Kiss of Araby (1933); King Kong (1933); In Old California (1929); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925).

Book:

W. C. Fields & Me (1971).

Born on this day – Sleepy John Estes:

Sleepy John Estes

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

January 25, 1899 – June 5, 1977

Born on this day – Virginia Woolf:

Virginia Woolf

Writer

January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941

Credits:

40 Model Essays (2005); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); A Haunted House and Other Short Stories (1944); A Letter to a Young Poet (2021); A Moment's Liberty (1990); A Room of One's Own (1928); A Society (1921); A World of Fiction (1983); A Writer's Diary (1953); Alaska Stories (1995); Between the Acts (1941); Books & Portraits (1978); Cape Cod Stories (2002); Chicago Stories (1993); Classic Women's Short Stories (2020); Collected Short Stories (2019); Contemporary Writers (1965); Famous and Curious Animal Stories (1989); Fathers: A Literary Anthology (2011); Florida Stories (1993); Flush (1933); Granite and Rainbow (1958); Identity And Self Respect (1952); Into the London Fog (2020); Jacob's Room (1922); Kew Gardens (1919); Letters to Change the World: From Pankhurst to Orwell (2018); Los Angeles Stories (1991); Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems (1994); Magical Realist Fiction (1984); Melymbrosia (1981); Moment And Other Essays (1948); Moments of Being (1976); Monday or Tuesday (1921); Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown (1929); Mrs. Dalloway (1925); Mrs. Dalloway's Party (1973); New Orleans Stories (1992); Night and Day (1919); Nurse Lugton's Curtain (1991); Freshwater (1935); On Being Ill (1930); On Not Knowing Greek (1925); Orlando (1928); Paper Darts (1991); Passionate Apprentice (1990); Reviewing (1939); Roger Fry: A Biography (1940); San Francisco Stories (1990); San Francisco Thrillers (1995); Selected Letters (1990); Southwest Stories (1993); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); Street Haunting (2022); Texas Stories (1995); That Kind of Woman: Stories from the Left Bank and Beyond (1991); The Common Reader (1925); The Common Reader: Second Series (1932); The Complete Shorter Fiction (1993); The Death of the Moth and Other Essays (1942); The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Five (1984); The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Four (1982); The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume One (1977); The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Three (1980); 30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die (2019); The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two (1978); The Essays, Vol. 1 (1967); The Essays, Vol. 2 (1967); The Essays, Vol. 3 (1967); The Essays, Vol. 4 (1967); The Essays, Vol. 5 (1986); The Essays, Vol. 6 (2011); The Lady in the Looking Glass (1960); The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 1 (1975); The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 2 (1976); The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 3 (1977); The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 4 (1978); The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 5 (1979); The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 6 (1980); The London Scene (1931); The Mark On The Wall & Other Short Fiction (1917); The Mark on the Wall (1917); The Platform of Time (2007); The Voyage Out (1915); The Waves (1931); The Widow and the Parrot (1985); The Years (1937); Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid (1941); Three Guineas (1938); To the Lighthouse (1927); Travels With Virginia Woolf (1993); Two Stories (1917); Walter Sickert (1978); Witches' Brew (1984); Women and Fiction (1975); Women and Writing (1979); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Jhumpa Lahiri, on writing:

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.

Style and personality are irrelevant.

They can be formal or casual.

They can be tall or short or fat or thin.

They can obey the rules or break them.

But they need to contain a charge.

A live current, which shocks and illuminates.

- Jhumpa Lahiri.

On this day in movie history - La Notte (1961):

La Notte,

aka The Night,

directed by Michelangelo Antonioni,

written by Michelangelo Antonioni, Ennio Flaiano and Tonino Guerra,

was released in Italy on January 24, 1961.
Music by Giorgio Gaslini.

Cast:
Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Rosy Mazzacurati, Maria Pia Luzi, Guido A. Marsan, Vittorio Bertolini, Vincenzo Corbella, Ugo Fortunati, Gitt Magrini, Giorgio Negro, Roberta Speroni, Valentino Bompiani, Roberto Danesi, Umberto Eco, Giansiro Ferrata, Giorgio Gaslini, Alceo Guatelli, Odile Jean, Ottiero Ottieri, Salvatore Quasimodo, Ettore Univelli, Eraldo Volonté.

Born on this day – Kip Anderson:

Kip Anderson

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 24, 1938 – August 29, 2007

Born on this day – Ernest Borgnine:

Ernest Borgnine

Actor

January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012

Credits:

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–2012); The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012); Snatched (2011); Love's Christmas Journey (2011); SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini Bottom (2011); The Lion of Judah (2011); Night Club (2011); Another Harvest Moon (2010); RED (2010); The Genesis Code (2010); Enemy Mind (2010); SpongeBob's Boating Bash (2010); The Wishing Well (2009); SpongeBob's Truth or Square (2009); ER (1994); The Prologue to Houdini Magic's Expert at the Card Table (2008); Frozen Stupid (2008); Aces 'N' Eights (2008); Strange Wilderness (2008); A Grandpa for Christmas (2007); Oliviero Rising (2007); La cura del gorilla (2006); That One Summer (2005); Rail Kings (2005); 3 Below (2005); The Blue Light (2004); Barn Red (2004); The Trail to Hope Rose (2004); Renegade (2004); The Long Ride Home (2003); The District (2000); Whiplash (2002); September 11 (2002); Family Law (1999); 7th Heaven (1996); Touched by an Angel (1994); SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (2001); The Kiss of Debt (2000); Castle Rock (2000); Hoover (2000); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); The Last Great Ride (2000); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999); The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island (1999); Shadows of the Past (1999); Early Edition (1996); An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998); All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996); Mel (1998); 12 Bucks (1998); BASEketball (1998); Small Soldiers (1998); JAG (1995); Gattaca (1997); McHale's Navy (1997); The Single Guy (1995); Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996); Pinky and the Brain (1995); All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996); Captiva Island (1995); Veterinarian Christine II: The Temptation (1995); Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1995); The Commish (1991); Spirit of the Season (1994); Der blaue Diamant (1993); Verinarian Christine (1993); The Simpsons (1989); Mistress (1992); Home Improvement (1991); Mountain of Diamonds (1991); The Last Match (1991); Tides of War (1990); Any Man's Death (1990); Ocean (1989); Laser Mission (1989); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears (1989); The Big Turnaround (1988); Moving Target (1988); Bensonhurst (1988); Qualcuno pagherà (1988); Skeleton Coast (1988); The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988); Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987); The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Highway to Heaven (1984); Airwolf (1984–1986); Alice in Wonderland (1985); The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985); The Manhunt (1984); Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984); Code Name: Wild Geese (1984); The Last Days of Pompeii (1984); Masquerade (1983); Carpool (1983); Young Warriors (1983); Blood Feud (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Magnum, P.I. (1980); The Love Boat (1977); Deadly Blessing (1981); High Risk (1981); Escape from New York (1981); Super Fuzz (1980); When Time Ran Out... (1980); The Black Hole (1979); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); The Double McGuffin (1979); Ravagers (1979); Convoy (1978); Cops and Robin (1978); The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978); Crossed Swords (1977); The Greatest (1977); Future Cop (1976); Fire (1977); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Holiday Hookers (1976); Shoot (1976); Hustle (1975); The Devil's Rain (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1974); Sunday in the Country (1974); Law and Disorder (1974); Twice in a Lifetime (1974); Legend in Granite (1973); The Neptune Factor (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Revengers (1972); The Boxer (1972); The Trackers (1971); Hannie Caulder (1971); Bunny O'Hare (1971); Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971); Willard (1971); Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); The Adventurers (1970); A Bullet for Sandoval (1969); The Wild Bunch (1969); The Split (1968); Ice Station Zebra (1968); The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968); Get Smart (1965); The Dirty Dozen (1967); Chuka (1967); Run for Your Life (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); McHale's Navy (1962); The Oscar (1966); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); Wagon Train (1957); McHale's Navy (1964); General Electric Theater (1953); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Barabbas (1961); I briganti italiani (1961); Il re di Poggioreale (1961); The Last Judgment (1961); The Blue Angels (1960); Go Naked in the World (1961); Laramie (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1956); Pay or Die! (1960); Man on a String (1960); Season of Passion (1959); The Rabbit Trap (1959); Torpedo Run (1958); The Badlanders (1958); The Vikings (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); Three Brave Men (1956); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Catered Affair (1956); Jubal (1956); The Square Jungle (1955); The Last Command (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); Run for Cover (1955); Marty (1955); Fireside Theatre (1949); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); The Lone Wolf (1954); Vera Cruz (1954); The Bounty Hunter (1954); Waterfront (1954); Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954); Johnny Guitar (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Danny Thomas Show (1953); From Here to Eternity (1953); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); Rocky King, Detective (1950); Kraft Theatre (1947); Shadow of the Cloak (1951); Goodyear Playhouse (1951); The Mob (1951); Captain  and His  Rangers (1949); The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951); China Corsair (1951).