Born on this day – Bert Glennon:

Bert Glennon (left) and John Ford (right) filming Stagecoach (1939)

Bert Glennon

Cinematographer

Director

November 19, 1893 – June 29, 1967

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1964); The Man from Galveston (1963); G.E. True (1963); The Dakotas (1962–1963); Cheyenne (1961–1962); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); Surfside 6 (1960); Lawman (1960–1962); Lad: A Dog (1962); Maverick (1960–1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); Coronado 9 (1961); Sugarfoot (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); The Alaskans (1960); Bronco (1960); M Squad (1958–1960); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); Laramie (1959); The Betty Hutton Show (1959); Bonanza (1959); Markham (1959); Cimarron City (1959); The Restless Gun (1958); State Trooper (1958); Cavalcade of America (1957); Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956); The Magical World of Disney (1955); The Mad Magician (1954); Riding Shotgun (1954); Thunder Over the Plains (1953); Crime Wave (1953); The Moonlighter (1953); House of Wax (1953); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); About Face (1952); The Big Trees (1952); The Sea Hornet (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); Rio Grande (1950); Wagon Master (1950); Red Light (1949); Ruthless (1948); Copacabana (1947); Mr. District Attorney (1947); The Red House (1947); Shadow of a Woman (1946); Night and Day (1946); One More Tomorrow (1946); Rhythm on Ice (1946); Jan Savitt and His Band (1946); San Antonio (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); The Very Thought of You (1944); The Desert Song (1943); Destination Tokyo (1943); This Is the Army (1943); Vaudeville Days (1942); Desperate Journey (1942); Juke Girl (1942); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); The Tanks Are Coming (1941); Dive Bomber (1941); One Night in Lisbon (1941); Virginia (1941); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); The Howards of Virginia (1940); Our Town (1940); Swanee River (1939); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); The Rains Came (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Stagecoach (1939); The Young in Heart (1938); Kidnapped (1938); Swiss Miss (1938); The Hurricane (1937); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); Lloyd's of London (1936); Can This Be Dixie? (1936); Dimples (1936); Little Miss Nobody (1936); Half Angel (1936); The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936); Show Them No Mercy! (1935); Bad Boy (1935); Thunder in the Night (1935); Ginger (1935); Lottery Lover (1935); Hell in the Heavens (1934); She Was a Lady (1934); Grand Canary (1934); The Scarlet Empress (1934); Thru Thin and Thicket, or Who's Zoo in Africa (1933); Alice in Wonderland (1933); Morning Glory (1933); So This Is Harris (1933); Melody Cruise (1933); Gabriel Over the White House (1933); Christopher Strong (1933); Art in the Raw (1933); The Half-Naked Truth (1932); Blonde Venus (1932); South of Santa Fe (1932); In Line of Duty (1931); Heaven on Earth (1931); Paradise Island (1930); Around the Corner (1930); Girl of the Port (1930); Joy Ride (1929); Syncopation (1929); The Air Legion (1929); Gang War (1928); The Perfect Crime (1928); The Patriot (1928); Street of Sin (1928); The Last Command (1928); The City Gone Wild (1927); The Woman on Trial (1927); We're All Gamblers (1927); Underworld (1927); Barbed Wire (1927); Hotel Imperial (1927); Good and Naughty (1926); The Crown of Lies (1926); A Woman of the World (1925); Flower of Night (1925); Wild Horse Mesa (1925); Grounds for Divorce (1925); Are Parents People? (1925); Tomorrow's Love (1925); Worldly Goods (1924); Open All Night (1924); Changing Husbands (1924); Triumph (1924); The Ten Commandments (1923); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1923); Java Head (1923); Ebb Tide (1922); Burning Sands (1922); The Woman Who Walked Alone (1922); Moran of the Lady Letty (1922); A Daughter of the Law (1921); Nobody's Fool (1921); Moonlight Follies (1921); The Kiss (1921); Cheated Love (1921); The Dangerous Moment (1921); The Torrent (1921); The Society Bug (1920); The Kentucky Colonel (1920); A Scrambled Romance (1920); The Ragged Road to Romance (1920); Lightning Bryce (1919); The Eyes of the World (1917); Ramona (1916); The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914); A Hospital Hoax (1912).

Born on this day – Margaret Mayo:

Margaret Mayo

Writer

Actress

November 19, 1882 – February 25, 1951

Credits:

Teatro en Canal 13 (1997); Au théâtre ce soir (1966); Chuva de Filhos (1961); Mon bébé (1956); 'Minäkö isä!' (1954); Säg det med blommor (1952); Kraft Theatre (1947); Lluvia de hijos (1948); Twin Beds (1942); The Virginia Judge (1935); The Life of the Party (1934); Polly of the Circus (1932); The Spider (1931); Twin Beds (1929); Baby Mine (1928); The Marriage of William Ashe (1921); Twin Beds (1920); The Poor Boob (1919); Nearly Married (1917); Baby Mine (1917); Polly of the Circus (1917); A kölcsönkért csecsemök (1915); Behind the Scenes (1914); The Jungle (1914).

Recommended reading – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962):

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

By Ken Kesey.

Paperback.

First published 1962.

Published by Picador.

ISBN 13: 9780774033442

ISBN 10: 0774033444

ASIN: 0774033444

Description:

An international bestseller and the basis for the hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of the defining works of the 1960s.

In this classic novel, Ken Kesey’s hero is Randle Patrick McMurphy, a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the world of a mental hospital and takes over. A lusty, life-affirming fighter, McMurphy rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Nurse Ratched. He promotes gambling in the ward, smuggles in wine and women, and openly defies the rules at every turn. But this defiance, which starts as a sport, soon develops into a grim struggle, an all-out war between two relentless opponents: Nurse Ratched, backed by the full power of authority, and McMurphy, who has only his own indomitable will. What happens when Nurse Ratched uses her ultimate weapon against McMurphy provides the story’s shocking climax.

Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in an Oregon State mental hospital with a strict and unbending routine, unopposed by her patients, who remain cowed by mind-numbing medication and the threat of electric shock therapy. But her regime is disrupted by the arrival of McMurphy – the swaggering, fun-loving trickster with a devilish grin who resolves to oppose her rules on behalf of his fellow inmates. His struggle is seen through the eyes of Chief Bromden, a seemingly mute half-Indian patient who understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them imprisoned. Ken Kesey's extraordinary first novel is an exuberant, ribald and devastatingly honest portrayal of the boundaries between sanity and madness.

“BRILLIANT!” – Time.

Isabel Allende, on writing:

Write what should not be forgotten.

- Isabel Allende.

On this day in music history: Strange Toys, by Joan Jeanrenaud (2008):

The album Strange Toys,

by Joan Jeanrenaud,

was released on November 18, 2008.

On this day in movie history - Walk the Line (2005):

Walk the Line

directed by James Mangold,

written by Gill Dennis and James Mangold,

based on the book Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words and Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash,

was released in the United States on November 18, 2005.

Music by T Bone Burnett.

Cast:

Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, McGhee Monteith, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller, Larry Bagby, Shelby Lynne, Tyler Hilton, Waylon Payne, Shooter Jennings, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Dan Beene, Clay Steakley, Johnathan Rice, Johnny Holiday, Ridge Canipe, Lucas Till.

On this day in movie history - Star Trek: Generations (1994):

Star Trek: Generations

directed by David Carson,

written by Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga,

was released in the United States on November 18, 1994.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Malcolm McDowell, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, Alan Ruck, Jacqueline Kim, Jenette Goldstein, Thomas Kopache, Glenn Morshower, Tim Russ, Tommy Hinkley, John Putch, Christine Jansen, Michael Mack, Dendrie Taylor, Patti Yasutake, Granville Ames, Henry Marshall, Brittany Parkyn, Majel Barrett, Barbara March, Gwynyth Walsh, Rif Hutton, Brian Thompson, Marcy Goldman, Jim Krestalude, Judy Levitt, Kristopher Logan, Gwen Van Dam, Kim Braden, Christopher James Miller, Matthew Collins, Mimi Collins, Thomas Dekker, Madison Eginton, Olivia Hack, Sam Alejan, David Keith Anderson, Lena Banks, Scott Barry, Rina Bennett, Pam Blackwell, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, Debbie David, Andrew DePalma, Steve Diamond, Michael Echols, Tarik Ergin, Gunnel Eriksson, Whoopi Goldberg, Star Halm, Adolphus Hankins, Grace Harrell, Kerry Hoyt, Gary Hunter, Randy James, Dale Kasman, Stewart Lew, Lorine Mendell, Karlotta Nelson, Jerry L. Quinn, Keith Rayve, Raul Reformina, Lynn Salvatori, Richard Sarstedt, Penny Smartt-Juday, Patricia Tallman, John Alex Tampoya, Dennis Tracy, Guy Vardaman, D. Danny Warhol.