Born on this day – Betty Harford:

Betty Harford

Actress

January 28, 1927 – November 2, 2025

Credits:

Adventures in Paradise (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1957); Bud and Lou (1978); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dynasty (1981–1987); Dynasty: The Reunion (1991); Fireside Theatre (1951); Fun with Gumby (1994); Gaby (1956); Gunsmoke (1960); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Profiles in Courage (1964); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Room 222 (1970); September 30, 1955 (1977); Signpost to Murder (1964); Spartacus (1960); Stoney Burke (1962); T.H.E. Cat (1967); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); The Big Valley (1966); The China Syndrome (1979); The Great Adventure (1963); The Gumby Show (1956); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Name of the Game (1969); The Paper Chase (1978–1986); The Twilight Zone (1962); The Wild and the Innocent (1959); Win, Place or Steal (1974).

Born on this day – Jackson Pollock:

Jackson Pollock

Painter

January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956

Jackson Pollock

By Ellen G. Landau.

Published by Abrams.

Published 2010.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0810984962

ISBN-13: 978-0810984967

Description:

How did Jackson Pollock become a cult figure for the Beat Generation? And what caused his reputation to continue to soar? This compelling and original Abrams classic, now back in print, locates the artist in the continuum of his times, recreating the social and cultural milieu of New York in the 1940s and 1950s. With extensive knowledge of Pollock’s habits (much of it gained through interviews), his reading, his conversation, and the exhibitions he visited, the author retraces many of the far-flung sources of Pollock’s work. A wealth of comparative photographs that illustrate paintings by artists Pollock admired further explains the work of this complex, tragic, and immeasurably influential figure. Pollock’s big, bold canvases are reproduced in five colors to convey the brilliance of his network of tones, his aluminum paint, and his sparkling collage materials. Six gatefolds show his vast horizontal works without distortion and a chronology provides a summary of the major events of Pollock’s life.

Born on this day – Augusto Genina:

Augusto Genina

Director

Writer

Producer

January 28, 1892 – September 18, 1957

Louise Brooks (left) with Augusto Genina (right) on the set of Prix de Beauté (1930).

Credits:

Frou-Frou (1955); Maddalena (1954); Three Forbidden Stories (1952); Devotion (1950); Sky over the swamp (1949); Benghazi (1942); The Siege of the Alcazar (1940); Castles in the Air (1939); Naples Under the Kiss of Fire (1937); Frauenliebe - Frauenleid (1937); Blumen aus Nizza (1936); The White Squadron (1936); La gondola aux chimères (1936); Not Forget-me-nots (1935); Vergiss mein nicht (1935); Nous ne sommes plus des Enfants (1934); Ne sois pas jalouse (1932); La femme en homme (1932); The Darling of Paris (1931); Mitternachtsliebe (1931); Les amours de minuit (1931); Prix de Beauté (Miss Europe); (1930); n drama at 16 (1929); Quartier Latin (1929); Liebeskarneval (1928); Remnant (1928); The story of a small Parisian (1928); Die Gefangene von Shanghai (1927); The White Slave (1927); Farewell youth! (1927); The Last Lord (1926); The Extinguished Hearth (1925); The wife Bella (1924); Il Corsaro (1923); Cyrano de Bergerac (1923) Germaine (1923); The sinless sinner (1922); Lucie de Trecoeur (1922); The castle of the Melancholy (1922); A Woman Passed (1922); Husband, wife and... (1921); The chained (1921); The Crisis (1921); A Black Point (1921); The Diabolical (1921); The three sentimental (1921); La douloureuse (1921); The Adventure of God (1920); The warmer (1920); The Wheel of Vice (1920); The Woman and the Corpse (1920); Debt of hatred (1920); The Two Crucifixes (1920); Bel ami (1919); Lucrezia Borgia (1919); The Adventures of Bijou (1919); Noris (1919); The Mask and the Face (1919); The Prince Dell'impossibile (1919); The End of a Vile (1918); The Emigrant (1918); Farewell youth! (1918); Female – Female (1918); The Throne and the Chair (1918); The lie (1918); The torpedoing of Oceania (1917); Kalidaa - the story of a mummy (1917); Tomboy (1917); Firefly (1917); The drama of the crown (1916); Miss Cyclone (1916); His Daughter's Second Husband (1916); The dream of One Day (1916); Cento H.P. (1915); The Last Disguise (1915); A Woman Wills (1915); The Butterfly with the Golden Wings (1915); Jealousy (1915); Midnight (1915); The 13 HP engine (1915); The Florist of Como (1915); The Ring of Siva (1914); The Lovers' Escape (1914); The Conquest of Diamonds (1914); After the New Year's Eve (1914); The Escape of the Diamonds (1914); The Mysteries of Monroe Castle (1914); Youth Triumphs! (1914); The Voice of Innocence (1914); The Little Candle Maker (1914); Lulu (1914); The Word That Kills (1914); The Broken Chain (1913); His wife's wife excellence (1913); Too late! (1912); Beatrix d'Este (1912).

Born on this day – Colette:

Colette

a.k.a.

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

Writer

Mime artist

Actress

January 28, 1873 – August 3, 1954

Credits:

Books and plays:

Chance Acquaintances (1952); Chéri (1920); Claudine at School (1900); Claudine in Paris (1901); Gigi (1945); Gigi: Play (1951); Green Sealing Wax (2020); The Collected Stories of Colette (2003); The Last of Cheri aka The End of Cheri (1926); The Vagabond (1911).

Movies and television:

Madelen, she is so much all that (2020); Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (2013); Chéri (2009); Mademoiselle Gigi (2006); The Child and the Spells (2004); Camaradagem (1999); The Child and the Spells (1994); Duo (1990); The second (1990); Wheat in grass (1990); Julie de Carneilhan (1990); Chéri (1988); Gigi (1987); The war of Troy Will Not Take Place (1984); Le roman du samedi (1980); Claudine (1978); The bed canopy (1974); The second (1973); Plainchant (1973); Chéri (1973); Away from It All (1973); Hora once (1969); The Gentle Libertine (1967) The child and Les sortilèges (1967); Kirmizi karanfiller (1962); Drengen og trolderiet (1962) Chéri (1962); École des vedettes (1960); Gigi (1958); Matinée Théâtre (1958); Mitsou (1956); Le ciel de lit (1955); Journey to Italy (1954); Immature Grain Tea (1954); The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) Colette (1951); Chéri (1950); Minne (1950); Julie de Carneilhan (1950); Gigi (1949); Claudine at School (1937); Divine (1935); Ladies Lake (1934) The Vagabond (1932); Mädchen in Uniform (1931); The vagabonda (1918); Claudine at School (1917); Claudine in Paris (1917); Claudine Goes Away (1917); Claudine en ménage (1917); Claudine (1913).

Elias Canetti, on writing:

The process of writing has something infinite about it.

Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.

- Elias Canetti.

On this day in television history - Justified (2015):

Justified

Season 6. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Cash Game.

Released January 27, 2015.

Directed by Dean Parisot.

Written by Graham Yost, Dave Andron, VJ Boyd, Keith Schreier.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Mary Steenburgen, Garret Dillahunt, Rick Gomez, Scott Grimes, Brad Leland, Duke Davis Roberts, Robin Pearson Rose, Ryan Dorsey, Charles Howerton, Sam Elliott, Pamela Bowen, Ashley Dulaney, Russell Bertolino.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: The High Ground.

Released January 27, 1990.

Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont.

Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass, Richard Danus, Ronald D. Moore.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Kerrie Keane, Richard Cox, Marc Buckland, Fred G. Smith, Christopher Pettiet, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Anthony Cecere, BJ Davis, Christopher Doyle, Jeremy Doyle, Ken Lesco, Dennis Madalone, K.J. Penthouse, Denise Lynne Roberts, Lynn Salvatori, Lincoln Simonds, Cherie Tash, Nicholas Testa, Wyatt Weed, Natalie Wood.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Bride of Chaotica!

Released January 27, 1999.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Nick Sagan.

Written by Joe Menosky, Eileen Connors, Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Martin Rayner, Nicholas Worth, Jim Krestalude, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Kirsten Turner.