Born on this day – André Previn:

André Previn

Composer

Pianist

Conductor

April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019

Born on this day – Joseph H. Lewis:

Joseph H. Lewis

Director

April 6, 1907 – August 30, 2000

Born on this day – Harold Rosson:

Harold Rosson

Cinematographer

April 6, 1895 – September 6, 1988

Credits:

El Dorado (1966); Decision at Midnight (1965); Onionhead (1958); No Time for Sergeants (1958); The Enemy Below (1957); Conflict (1956); Cheyenne (1955); Toward the Unknown (1956); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); The Bad Seed (1956); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Ulysses (1954); Mambo (1954); The Actress (1953); Dangerous When Wet (1953); I Love Melvin (1953); The Story of Three Loves (1953); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lone Star (1952); The Red Badge of Courage (1951); To Please a Lady (1950); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Key to the City (1950); On the Town (1949); Any Number Can Play (1949); The Stratton Story (1949); Command Decision (1948); Homecoming (1948); The Hucksters (1947); Living in a Big Way (1947); My Brother Talks to Horses (1947); Duel in the Sun (1946); No Leave, No Love (1946); Three Wise Fools (1946); Between Two Women (1945); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); An American Romance (1944); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Tennessee Johnson (1942); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); Tortilla Flat (1942); Johnny Eager (1941); The Chocolate Soldier (1941); Honky Tonk (1941); Washington Melodrama (1941); Men of Boys Town (1941); The Penalty (1941); Flight Command (1940); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940); Boom Town (1940); Edison, the Man (1940); A Door Will Open (1940); I Take This Woman (1940); Forgotten Victory (1939); The Wizard of Oz (1939); Too Hot to Handle (1938); That Mothers Might Live (1938); A Yank at Oxford (1938); Double Wedding (1937); The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937); Captains Courageous (1937); They Gave Him a Gun (1937); The Garden of Allah (1936); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); As You Like It (1936); The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934); Treasure Island (1934); The Girl from Missouri (1934); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); This Side of Heaven (1934); Bombshell (1933); Penthouse (1933); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Hold Your Man (1933); The Barbarian (1933); Hell Below (1933); Red Dust (1932); Kongo (1932); Downstairs (1932); Red-Headed Woman (1932); When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932); Tarzan the Ape Man (1932); Are You Listening? (1932); The Cuban Love Song (1931); Sporting Blood (1931); Son of India (1931); The Squaw Man (1931); En cada puerto un amor (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); The Prodigal (1931); Passion Flower (1930); Madam Satan (1930); This Mad World (1930); Hello Sister (1930); South Sea Rose (1929); Frozen Justice (1929); The Far Call (1929); Trent's Last Case (1929); The Case of Lena Smith (1929); Three Week Ends (1928); The Docks of New York (1928); The Sawdust Paradise (1928); The Dragnet (1928); Abie's Irish Rose (1928); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928); Open Range (1927); A Gentleman of Paris (1927); Service for Ladies (1927); Rough House Rosie (1927); Evening Clothes (1927); Getting Gertie's Garter (1927); Man Bait (1927); Jim the Conqueror (1926); For Wives Only (1926); Almost a Lady (1926); Up in Mabel's Room (1926); Infatuation (1925); Classified (1925); The Street of Forgotten Men (1925); The Little French Girl (1925); A Man Must Live (1925); Too Many Kisses (1925); Manhattan (1924); The Story Without a Name (1924); Manhandled (1924); A Society Scandal (1924); Big Brother (1923); Zaza (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); Quicksands (1923); Dark Secrets (1923); Garrison's Finish (1923); For the Defense (1922); Through a Glass Window (1922); The Cradle (1922); A Homespun Vamp (1922); A Virginia Courtship (1921); Everything for Sale (1921); Buried Treasure (1921); For Those We Love (1921); Heliotrope (1920); Polly of the Storm Country (1920); The Cinema Murder (1919); The American Consul (1917); Panthea (1917); The Victoria Cross (1916); Oliver Twist (1916); The Honorable Friend (1916); David Harum (1915).

Jack Kerouac, on writing:

It ain't whatcha write, it's the way atcha write it.

- Jack Kerouac.

On this day in music history - Ice - Piano Slightly Chilled, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2015):

The album Ice - Piano Slightly Chilled,

by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

was released on April 5, 2015.

On this day in movie history - Tampico (1944):

Tampico,

directed Lothar Mendes,

written by Kenneth Gamet and Fred Niblo Jr.,

based on the story by Ladislas Fodor,

was released in the United States on April 5, 1944.
Music by David Raksin.

Cast:
Edward G. Robinson, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen, Robert Bailey, Marc Lawrence, E.J. Ballantine, Mona Maris, Tonio Selwart, Larry Arnold, Trevor Bardette, Martin Black, Sammy Blum, Helen Brown, Ralph Byrd, Harry Carter, Martin Cichy, Ann Corcoran, David Cota, Victor Cox, Paul Cristo, Jean Del Val, Ludwig Donath, Carl Ekberg, Ben Erway, Arno Frey, Martin Garralaga, Kit Guard, Louis Hart, Peter Helmers, Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian, Harvey Karels, Paul Kruger, Charles Lang, Rolf Lindau, Chris-Pin Martin, Margarita Martín, Antonio Moreno, Rudolf Myzet, Fred Nurney, Daniel Ocko, Nestor Paiva, Karen Palmer, Grace Poggi, Otto Reichow, Roy Roberts, Constantine Romanoff, Muni Seroff, George Sorel, Juan Varro, Hans von Morhart.

Born on this day – Gale Storm:

Gale Storm

Actress

Singer

April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009

Credits:

Abandoned (1949); Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994); Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Between Midnight and Dawn (1950); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Campus Rhythm (1943); Celebrity Bowling (1975); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); City of Missing Girls (1941); Crime Smasher (1943); Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950); Dateline: Disneyland (1955); Donny and Marie (1976); Footlights Theater (1952); Foreign Agent (1942); Forever Yours (1945); Freckles Comes Home (1942); G.I. Honeymoon (1945); Gambling Daughters (1941); Glamour Girl (1943); Gypsy (1966–1967); Hal Roach: Hollywood's King of Laughter (1994); Hands of Mystery (1949); He Plays Gin Rummy (1942); Here's Hollywood (1960); Hollywood Exclusive (1954); Hollywood Theatre Time (1950); Hour Magazine (1986); How to Go Places (1954); I Know Somebody Who Loves You (1941); I'm a Shy Guy (1943); It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947); Jesse James at Bay (1941); Let's Get Away from It All (1941); Let's Go Collegiate (1941); Lure of the Islands (1942); Man from Cheyenne (1942); Merry-Go-Roundup (1941); Murder, She Wrote (1989); My Little Margie (1952–1955); Nearly Eighteen (1943); One Crowded Night (1940); Penthouse Serenade (1941); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1955–1957); Person to Person (1959); Red River Valley (1941); Revenge of the Zombies (1943); Rhyme and Reason (1975); Rhythm Parade (1942); Rim of the Wheel (1951); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Saddlemates (1941); ShirleyMania (2002); Shower of Stars (1957); Smart Alecks (1942); Stage Show (1956); Stampede (1949); Sunbonnet Sue (1945); Swing Parade of 1946 (1946); The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The All-Star Christmas Show (1958); The Big Record (1957); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Bob Braun Show (1974); The Bob Hope Show (1953); The Buddy Rogers Show (1951); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1954); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957–1960); The Dude Goes West (1948); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956–1960); The Garry Moore Show (1961); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1999); The John Barbour Show (1975); The Kid from Texas (1950); The Love Boat (1979–1987); The Magical World of Disney (1955); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1971); The Milton Berle Show (1955); The Movie Game (1970); The NBC Comedy Hour (1956); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1958); The Texas Rangers (1951); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Underworld Story (1950); The Unexpected (1952); This Is Your Life (1957); Tom Brown's School Days (1940); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); Uncle Joe (1941); Where Are Your Children? (1943); Walk a Crooked Mile (1948); What's My Line? (1955–1957); Woman of the North Country (1952); You Don't Say (1964).