Veterans Day:

In honor of all who serve, and all who have served.

We will never forget.

Photograph of Sgt. George R. Kost, shown in LIFE magazine.

December 25, 1944.

Volume 17, Number 26.

Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt.

Laini Taylor, on writing and reading:

I write because, as wonderful as life is - and it is truly wonderful - it isn't enough.

It does not, for example, contain dragons.

I find this unsatisfactory.

So I read.

And I write.

- Laini Taylor.

Born on this day – Anna Katharine Green:

Anna Katharine Green

Writer

November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935

Credits:

The Leavenworth Case (1878); A Strange Disappearance (1880); Hand and Ring (1883); Behind Closed Doors (1888); A Matter of Millions (1891); The Doctor, His Wife, and the Clock (1895); That Affair Next Door (1897); Lost Man's Lane (1898); The Circular Study (1900); One of My Sons (1901); Initials Only (1911); Mystery of the Hasty Arrow (1917); That Affair Next Door (1897); Lost Man's Lane (1898); The Circular Study (1900); Agatha Webb (1899); The Woman in the Alcove (aka A Woman of Mystery) (1906); The House of the Whispering Pines (1910); XYZ (1883); The Mill Mystery (1886); 7 to 12 (1887); The Forsaken Inn (1890); Cynthia Wakeham's Money (1892); Marked Personal (1893); Miss Hurd - An Enigma (1894); Dr. Izard (1895); The Filigree Ball (1903); The House in the Mist (1905); The Millionaire Baby (1905); The Chief Legatee (1906); The Chief Lagatee (1907); The Mayor's Wife (1907); The Sward of Damocles (1909); Three Thousand Dollars (1910); Dark Hollow (1914); The Step On the Stair (1923); The Defense of the Bride (poems) (1882); The Old Stone House (1891); A Difficult Problem (1900); The Amethyst Box (1905); Masterpieces of Mystery (1912); The Golden Slipper (1915); To the Minute, Scarlet and Black (1916); Room Number 3 (1919); The Collected Mysteries of Anna Katharine Green (2011); The Bronze Hand (1897).

Born on this day – Beverly Bayne:

Beverly Bayne

Actress

November 11, 1894 – August 18, 1982

Credits:

A Bag of Gold (1915); A Brother's Loyalty (1913); A Foot of Romance (1914); A Gentleman of Leisure (1914); A Good Catch (1912); A Mansion of Tragedy (1915); A Million a Minute (1916); A Pair of Cupids (1918); A Soul Reclaimed (1912); A Tango Tangle (1913); A Virginia Romance (1916); An Adamless Eden (1912); An Opal Ring (1915); Any Woman's Choice (1914); Back to the Old Farm (1912); Billy Changes His Mind (1912); Billy McGrath's Love Letters (1912); Bridget Bridges It (1914); Cousin Jane (1913); Curing a Husband (1914); Cyclone Higgins, D.D. (1918); Daring Hearts (1919); Dear Old Girl (1913); Every Inch a King (1914); Eyes That See Not (1915); For Old Time's Sake (1913); God's Outlaw (1919); Good Night, Nurse (1913); Graustark (1915); Hands of Murder (1952); Hearts and Roses (1915); Her Marriage Vow (1924); Here's Your Hat (1913); Hilda Wakes (1913); His Stolen Fortune (1914); Hypnotism in Hicksville (1913); In the Diplomatic Service (1916); In the Glare of the Lights (1914); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Love and Lavallieres (1913); Love's Magnet (1914); Making Him Over – For Minnie (1914); Man and His Soul (1916); Manners and the Man (1915); Miss Simkins' Summer Boarder (1912); Modern Marriage (1923); NBC Television Theatre (1947); Oh, Doctor (1914); On the Dawn Road (1915); One Wonderful Night (1914); One-to-Three (1914); Passionate Youth (1925); Pennington's Choice (1915); Phillip March's Engagement (1913); Providence and Mrs. Urmy (1915); Red, White and Blue Blood (1917); Re-Tagged (1913); Richard Carvel (1915); Romeo and Juliet (1916); Scars of Possession (1914); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 15 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 22, No. 10 (1943); Screen Snapshots, Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (1945); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 24 (1923); Seeing Is Believing (1913); Smiling All the Way (1920); Smithy's Grandma Party (1913); Social Quicksands (1918); Sparks of Fate (1914); Springing a Surprise (1912); Star Tonight (1955); Sunlight (1913); Teaching a Liar a Lesson (1912); Teaching Hickville to Sing (1913); The Accounting (1915); The Adopted Son (1917); The Age of Innocence (1924); The Ambition of the Baron (1915); The Brass Check (1918); The Butterfly Net (1912); The Conspiracy at the Chateau (1915); The Counter Intrigue (1915); The Countess (1914); The Crimson Wing (1915); The Death Weight (1913); The Devil's Signature (1914); The Divided House (1913); The Epidemic (1914); The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps (1914); The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine (1914); The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify (1914); The Farmer's Daughter (1913); The Forbidden Way (1913); The Girl at the Curtain (1914); The Girl in the Case (1913); The Grassville Girls (1912); The Great Secret (1917); The Great Silence (1915); The Gum Man (1913); The Hermit (1912); The Hermit of Lonely Gulch (1913); The House of Pride (1912); The Iron Heel (1912); The Leather Goods Lady (1915); The Legacy of Happiness (1912); The Little Substitute (1913); The Loan Shark (1912); The Loose Change of Chance (1914); The Love Lute of Romany (1913); The Love Route Via Pittman (1914); The Magic Wand (1912); The Man Who Found Out (1915); The Masked Wrestler (1914); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mis-Sent Letter (1912); The Mystery of the Silent Death (1915); The Naked City (1948); The New Church Organ (1912); The Old Wedding Dress (1912); The Penitent (1912); The Plum Tree (1914); The Poor Rich Man (1918); The Power of Conscience (1913); The Prince Party (1914); The Private Officer (1914); The Red Mouse (1916); The Redemption of Slivers (1912); The Return of Becky (1912); The Reverend Salamander Unattached (1915); The Right of Way (1913); The Rival Salesmen (1913); The Rivals (1912); The Same Old Story (1913); The Snare (1912); The Stigma (1913); The Supreme Test (1912); The Tale of a Clock (1913); The Tenth Woman (1924); The Thrifty Parson (1912); The Toll of the Marshes (1913); The Trail of the Itching Palm (1913); The Understudy (1912); The Verdict (1914); The Voice of Conscience (1917); The Volunteer Burglar (1914); The Wall Between (1916); The Wardrobe Lady (1913); The Way Perilous (1913); The Whip Hand (1913); The Will-Be Weds (1913); Their Compact (1917); Thirteen Down (1915); Thirty (1915); This Is Francis X. Bushman (2021); This Is the Life (1914); Three Little Powders (1914); Through Eyes of Love (1914); Through the Storm (1914); Tit for Tat (1913); Two Men Who Waited (1914); Under Royal Patronage (1914); Under Suspicion (1918); We, the People (1949); Well Matched (1912); What George Did (1913); What's the Matter with Father? (1913); When Soul Meets Soul (1913); When the Fates Spin (1915); White Roses (1912); Who Cares (1925); Whose Was the Shame? (1915); With Neatness and Dispatch (1918); Witness 'A-3 Center' (1913).

Born on this day – Robert Ryan:

Robert Ryan

Actor

November 11, 1909 – July 11, 1973

Credits:

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1967); About Mrs. Leslie (1954); Act of Violence (1948); Alaska Seas (1954); Alcoa Theatre (1957); ...And Hope to Die (1972); Anzio (1968); Back from Eternity (1956); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); Battle of the Bulge (1965); Behind the Rising Sun (1943); Berlin Express (1948); Best of the Badmen (1951); Beware, My Lovely (1952); Billy Budd (1962); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bombardier (1943); Born to Be Bad (1950); Breaking Point (1964); Buick-Electra Playhouse (1960); Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969); Caught (1949); City Beneath the Sea (1953); Clash by Night (1952); Crossfire (1947); Custer of the West (1967); Day of the Outlaw (1959); Escape to Burma (1955); Executive Action (1973); Flying Leathernecks (1951); Gangway for Tomorrow (1943); God's Little Acre (1958); Golden Gloves (1940); Goodyear Theatre (1957); Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951); Her Twelve Men (1954); Horizons West (1952); Hour of the Gun (1967); House of Bamboo (1955); Ice Palace (1960); Inferno (1953); King of Kings (1961); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Lawman (1971); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Lonelyhearts (1958); Marine Raiders (1944); Men in War (1957); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Name, Age and Occupation (1942); North West Mounted Police (1940); Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); On Dangerous Ground (1951); Playhouse 90 (1958); Queen of the Mob (1940); Return of the Bad Men (1948); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Tender Comrade (1943); Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940); The Boy with Green Hair (1948); The Busy Body (1967); The Canadians (1961); The Crooked Road (1965); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Eleventh Hour (1964); The Front Page (1970); The Ghost Breakers (1940); The Iceman Cometh (1973); The Iron Major (1943); The Longest Day (1962); The Love Machine (1971); The Man Without a Country (1973); The Naked Spur (1953); The Outfit (1973); The Presidency: A Splendid Misery (1964); The Professionals (1966); The Proud Ones (1956); The Racket (1951); The Reason Why (1970); The Reporter (1964); The Secret Agents (1965); The Secret Fury (1950); The Set-Up (1949); The Sky's the Limit (1943); The Tall Men (1955); The Wild Bunch (1969); The Woman on Pier 13 (1949); The Woman on the Beach (1947); Trail Street (1947); Wagon Train (1962); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – Kurt Vonnegut:

Kurt Vonnegut

Writer

November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007

Credits:

Books:

Galápagos (1985); Bluebeard (1987); Player Piano / Utopia 14 (1952); The Sirens of Titan (1959); Cat's Cradle (1960); Mother Night (1961); Harrison Bergeron (1961); God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965); Slaughterhouse-Five (1969); Between Time and Timbuktu (1972); Breakfast of Champions (1973); Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! (1976); Jailbird (1979); Deadeye Dick (1982); Hocus Pocus (1990); Timequake (1997); The Big Trip Up Yonder (1954); 2 B R 0 2 B (1968); Who Am I This Time? For Romeos and Juliets (1970); God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999); The Honor of a Newsboy (2009); Confido (2009); Hall of Mirrors (2009); A Song for Selma (2009); Hello, Red (2009); The Good Explainer (2009); King and Queen of the Universe (2009); Little Drops of Water (2009); The Nice Little People (2009); Ed Luby's Key Club (2009); Shout about It from the Housetops (2009); FUBAR (2009); Basic Training (2012); Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut (2013); Slice of Life (2016); Canary in a Cat House (1961); 2BR02B (1962); Welcome to the Monkey House (1968); Bagombo Snuff Box (1999); Armageddon in Retrospect (2008); Look at the Birdie (2009); While Mortals Sleep (2011); Sucker's Portfolio (2012); Sinbad (2016); Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974); Palm Sunday (1981); Like Shaking Hands with God (1999); Kurt Vonnegut on Mark Twain, Lincoln, Imperialist Wars and the Weather (2004); A Man Without a Country (2005); Letters (2012); We Are What We Pretend To Be (2012); If This Isn't Nice What Is? (2013); Pity the Reader (2019); Fates Worse Than Death (1982); Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945 (2020); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970); Sun, Moon, Star (1980); Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade (2020); The Flying Sorcerers (1997); The Wizards of Odd (1997); Wizards of Odd (1997); Learning to Live Finally: The Last Interview (2005); Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The Last Interview (2011); Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth (2002); Connoisseur's Science Fiction (1964); ABC of Science Fiction (1968); Best SF Vol 7 (1971); Masks (1971); Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age (1978); The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980); The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981); Space Odyssey (1983); A World of Fiction (1983); Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1985); Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987); The Ultimate Frankenstein (1991); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Cybersex: Aliens, Neurosex and Cyborgasms (1996); The Flying Sorcerers (1997); Wizards of Odd (1997); The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998); Writers on Writing (2001); Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth (2002); Louder than Bombs: Interviews from The Progressive Magazine (2004); Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 (2010); The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 (2010); Slaughterhouse-Five: Critical Insights (2010); Science Fiction Collection 002 (2011); The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack (2012); The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction (2013); Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories (2015); Grave Predictions (2016); The Ultimate Short Story Bundle (2020).

Awards:

1953: nominated for the International Fantasy Award for: Player Piano.

1960: won the Writers Guild of America Award for: Auf Wiedersehen.

1960: finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel for: The Sirens of Titan.

1964: finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel for: Cat's Cradle.

1970: nominated for the Nebula Award for: Slaughterhouse-Five.

1970: finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel for: Slaughterhouse-Five.

1971: won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play for: Happy Birthday Wanda June.

1973: won the Seiun Award for foreign novel for: The Sirens of Titan.

1973: won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation winner for: Slaughterhouse-Five.

1986: won second placed for the John W. Campbell Award for: Galapagos.

2009: won the Audie Award for Short Stories / Collections for: Armageddon in Retrospect.

2015: awarded a place in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, by the Science Fiction Museum.

2019: won the Prometheus Hall of Fame award, by the Libertarian Futurist Society, for: Harrison Bergeron.

Movies and television:

1 Giant Leap (2002); 2081 (2009); 2Br02B (2016); 2BR02b (2016); 2BR02B (2017); 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be (2016 / 2018); 60 Minutes (1970); 90 Minutes Live (1977–1978); A Curious World (2016); A Man Without a Country (2012); A Matadeira (1994); American Experience (1997); American Playhouse (1982–1985); Automatic Thirteen (2007); Back to School (1986); Between Time and Timbuktu (1972); Breakfast of Champions (1999); Brooklyn Bridge (1981); Bus Stop (1961); Charlie Rose (2007); Curious Matter Anthology (2021); Deer in the Works (1980); Epicac (2008); Film '72 (1972); First Man (2018); FUBAR (2019); Full House (1973); General Electric Theater (1955–1958); God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut (2018); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971); Harrison Bergeron (1995 / 2006); Here After (2020); 'Hick' Town (2009); Hollywood Insider (2021); I riassuntini (2018); Karikakramäng / Segment: Promenaad (1976); Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: A Self-Portrait (1975); Kurt Vonnegut: Reporter on the Afterlife (2023); Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021); Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country (2018); Kurt Vonnegut's Saab Dealership (2022); Langmuir's World (1998); Long Walk to Forever (1987 / 2014); Monkey House (1991–1993); Mother Night (1996); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Moving Image Salutes James Stewart (1988); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Poitier (1989); Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All... (2015); Never Down (2007); New Nightmares (1993); Newsstand Theatre (1952); Next Door (1976); Now on PBS (2005); Poetry, Passion, the Postman: The Poetic Return of Pablo Neruda (1996); Real Time with Bill Maher (2005); Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love / Segment: Epicac (1974); Saturday Review (1986); Scary Stories Around the Fire (2024); Sicko (2007); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); Spegeln - för konst och kultur (1977); Tabu Vergeltung - Die Literaten und der Luftkrieg (2000); The ABCs of Book Banning (2023); The American Ruling Class (2005); The Big Trip Up Yonder (2014); The Civil War (1990); The Congress (1989); The Daily Show (2005); The David Frost Show (1972); The Day of Five Billion (1987); The Dick Cavett Show (1989); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Foster Portfolio (2017); The Larry Solway Show (1976); The Last Day of Charley E. Rays (2016); The Making of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); The Man from Bagombo (2010); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Painted Boy (1995); Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg (1994); Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist (2007).

Born on this day – John Guillermin:

John Guillermin

Director

Writer

Producer

November 11, 1925 – September 27, 2015

Credits:

Adventure in the Hopfields (1954); Aggie (1956); Bachelor in Paris (1952); Death on the Nile (1978); Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette (1978); El Condor (1970); Four Days (1951); Guns at Batasi (1964); Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958); High Jinks in Society (1949); House of Cards (1968); King Kong (1976); King Kong Lives (1986); Miss Robin Hood (1952); Mr. Patman (1980); Never Let Go (1960); Operation Diplomat (1953); P.J. (1967); Paper Gallows (1950); Rapture (1965); Sahara (1983); Sailor of Fortune (1956); Shaft in Africa (1973); Sheena (1984); Shop Spoiled (1954); Skyjacked (1972); Smart Alec (1951); Strange Stories (1953); Tarzan Goes to India (1962); Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959); The Blue Max (1966); The Bridge at Remagen (1969); The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Tracker (1988); The Whole Truth (1958); Thunderstorm (1956); Town on Trial (1957); Two on the Tiles (1951); Waltz of the Toreadors (1962); Your Favorite Story (1953).

Born on this day – Veronica Hurst:

Veronica Hurst

Actress

November 11, 1931 – November 15, 2022

Credits:

3-D Rarities (2015); Angels One Five (1952); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Coronation Street (1966); Crime of Passion (1971); Dead Man's Evidence (1962); Detective (1968); Dixon of Dock Green (1968–1971); Don't Blame the Stork (1954); Don't Keep It Dark (1967); Fraud Squad (1970); Game of Danger (1954); General Hospital (1973–1975); Here's to the Memory! (1952); ITV Television Playhouse (1956); Knight Errant Limited (1960–1961); Late Night Theatre (1972–1973); Laughter in Paradise (1951); Love Story (1966); Man in a Suitcase (1968); Market in Honey Lane (1967–1969); Mogul (1969); New Scotland Yard (1972); No Hiding Place (1966–1967); Peeping Tom (1960); Public Eye (1966); Remembering John Gregson (2019); Riviera Police (1965); Seven Deadly Virtues (1967); Sexton Blake (1968); Sing and Swing (1963); Talkies (2019); The 2nd Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World (1965); The Baron (1967); The Boy Cried Murder (1966); The Flaxton Boys (1971); The Gilded Cage (1955); The Girl on the Pier (1953); The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996); The Maze (1953); The Persuaders! (1971); The Pursuers (1961); The Royal African Rifles (1953); The Three Musketeers (1954); The Venus of Bainville (1952); The Year of Living Locked Up (2020); The Yellow Balloon (1953); Turn Out the Lights (1967); Veronica Hurst: Inside 'The Maze' (2018); Who-Dun-It (1969); Will Any Gentleman...? (1953); Wire Service (1957).

Born on this day – Bibi Andersson:

Bibi Andersson

Actress

November 11, 1935 – April 14, 2019

Credits:

A Ballad of Love (1971); A Passing Season (1992); Afskedens time (1973); After the Fall (1974); All These Women (1964); An Enemy of the People (1978); Anna (2000); Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road (2008); Arn: The Knight Templar (2007); Babette's Feast (1987); Barnförbjudet (1979); Berget på månens baksida (1983); Black Palm Trees (1968); Blank päls och starka tassar (1993); Blow Hot, Blow Cold (1969); Brink of Life (1958); Bröllopsdagen (1960); Bror & syster (2007); Chelovek s drugoy storony (1972); Den kära leken (1959); Det blir aldrig som man tänkt sig (2000); Det låter som ett hjärta (1961); Dramaklassiker (2021); Drømspel (1994); Du är mitt äventyr (1958); Duel at Diablo (1966); Dum-Bom (1953); Egen ingång (1956); Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2002); En dåres försvarstal (1976); En natt på Glimmingehus (1954); Exposed (1983); Flickan i regnet (1955); Fordringsägare (1988); Fridas flykt (1985); Fröken Julie (1969); Gråtvalsen (1983); Haute tension (1990); Hello Ingmar (2001); Herr Arnes penningar (1954); I Am Blushing (1981); I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977); Il pleut sur Santiago (1975); Ingmar Bergman: Making Commercials (1951); Juninatt (1965); Karneval (1961); La rivale (1974); L'amour en question (1978); Längtans blåa blomma (1998); Last Pair Out (1956); Le viol (1967); Lilith (1959); Linje Lusta (1981); Ljuva ungdomstid (1961); L'oiseau bleu (1981); Los dueños del silencio (1987); Makt på spel (1973); Marmeladupproret (1980); Måsen (1988); Miss Julie (1951); Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957); Musikbussen (1994); My Sister, My Love (1966); Ön (1966); Persona (1966); Poor Butterfly (1986); Quintet (1979); Rabies (1958); Savannen (1983); Scenes from a Marriage (1973); Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario? (1966); Short Is the Summer (1962); Sista leken (1984); Skapelsens krona (1981); Smiles of a Summer Night (1955); Sommarnöje sökes (1957); Square of Violence (1961); Story of a Woman (1970); Svarta fåglar (1983); Tænk på et tal (1969); The Butterfly's Dream (1994); The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979); The Devil's Eye (1960); The Frost (2009); The Girls (1968); The Hard Cops (2004); The Kremlin Letter (1970); The Lost Prince (2003); The Magician (1958); The Passion of Anna (1969); The Pleasure Garden (1961); The Seventh Seal (1957); The Swedish Mistress (1962); The Touch (1971); Till Julia (1991); Tomorrow (1986); Trettondagsafton (1967); Twice a Woman (1979); Ubåt 39 (1952); Vingslag i natten (1953); Vortex (1976); Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985); When Darkness Falls (2006); Wild Strawberries (1957).

Born on this day – Denise Alexander:

 

Denise Alexander

Actress

Producer

November 11, 1939 – March 5, 2025

Credits:

Angel (1961); Another World (1986–1991); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Ben Casey (1962); Ben Jerrod (1963); Breakaway (1984); Climax! (1955); Combat! (1963–1964); Crime in the Streets (1956); Days of Our Lives (1966–1973); Destination Nightmare (1958); Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha (1965); Dinah! (1975); Emergency Hospital (1962); Family Feud (1978); Father Knows Best (1956); General Hospital (1965–2021); Hidden in Silence (1996); Hotel (1984); Hour Magazine (1983); Kraft Theatre (1952–1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Lamp Unto My Feet (1953); Mama (1953); Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978); Once Upon a Sunday (1954); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1949); Ponds Theater (1954); Port Charles (1999); Pretty the Series (2010–2015); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1955); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Sea Hunt (1961); SoapTalk (2004–2005); Stoney Burke (1962); Sunset Beach (1997–1998); Teenage Conflict (1960); That Funny Feeling (1965); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Blue Angels (1960); The Clear Horizon (1960–1962); The Danny Thomas Show (1958–1959); The Detectives (1960–1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1976); The Inn (2013); The John Davidson Show (1981); The Life of Riley (1956); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Loretta Young Show (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1960); The Merv Griffin Show (1977–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1980); The Shaft of Love (1983); The Twilight Zone (1960); The Veil (1958); The Virginian (1962); The Walter Winchell File (1958); The Web (1951); This Is the Life (1960–1964); Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1951–1955); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Zoya (1995).

On this day in movie history - Kansas City Confidential (1952)

Kansas City Confidential

directed by Phil Karlson,

written by George Bruce and Harry Essex,

based on a story by Rowland Brown and Harold Greene,

was released in the United States on November 11, 1952.

Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam, Dona Drake, Mario Siletti, Howard Negley, Carleton Young, Don Orlando, Ted Ryan, Orlando Beltran, Ray Bennett, Chet Brandenburg, Barry Brooks, Charles Cane, Edward Coch, James Conaty, Tom Dillon, George Dockstader, Paul Dubov, Paul Fierro, Eddie Foster, Dick Gordon, Tom Greenway, William Haade, Al Hill, Harry Hines, Paul Hogan, Don House, Vivi Janiss, Helen Kleeb, Paul Kruger, Mike Lally, Roger Moore, House Peters Jr., Lee Phelps, Sam Pierce, Paul Ravel, Joey Ray, Carlos Rivero, Ric Roman, Frank J. Scannell, Sam Scar, Jack Shea, Charles Sherlock, Brick Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, Phil Tead, Archie Twitchell, George D. Wallace, Kay Wiley, Jeff York.

Born on this day – William Matthews:

William Matthews

Writer

November 11, 1942 – November 12, 1997

Credits:

The Parataxic Mode: Concerning Defoe's Use of Irony in Moll Flanders (1966); Broken Syllables (1969); Ruining the New Road (1970); The Cloud (1971); Matthews' Compleat Palmistry (1971); Sleek for the Long Flight: New Poems (1972); Sticks and Stones (1975); Rising and Falling (1979); Flood (1982); Good (1983); A Happy Childhood (1984); Foreseeable Futures (1987); Sleek For the Long Flight (1988); Blues if You Want (1989); Curiosities (Poets on Poetry / essays) (1989); Selected Poems and Translations 1969-1991 (1992); The Mortal City: 100 Epigrams of Martial (1995); Time & Money: New Poems (1996); After All: Last Poems (1998); The Poetry Blues: Essays and Interviews (2001); The Satires of Horace (2002); Search Party: Collected Poems of William Matthews (2004).

On this day in movie and book history - The Blue Knight (1973)

The Blue Knight

directed by Robert Butler,

written by E. Jack Newman,

based on the novel by Joseph Wambaugh,

a four-part made-for-TV film,

was originally broadcast on NBC from November 11 – 14, 1973.

Music by Nelson Riddle.

Cast:

William Holden, Lee Remick, Joe Santos, Sam Elliott, Eileen Brennan, Vic Tayback, Anne Archer, Lucille Benson, Ja'net DuBois, Mario Roccuzzo, Jamie Farr, David Moody, Gloria LeRoy, Richard Collier, Kenneth Wolger, George DiCenzo, Raymond Guth, Emile Meyer, Ernest Esparza III, John Quade, Janit Baldwin, Arell Blanton, Helen Boll, Simmy Bow, Don Calfa, Lou Cutell, Alan Fudge, John Furlong, Stan Haze, Howard Hesseman, Randy Kirby, Jon Korkes, Arthur Malet, Karmin Murcelo, Rudy Ramos, Paul Reid Roman, Lee Weaver, Jason Wingreen, Richard 'Dub' Wright, Harry Arnie, Katharine Bard, James Beach, Nanci Beck, Norland Benson, Roxanne Bonilla, Claire Brennen, Thomas Paul Carey, Ric Carrott, Stanley Bennett Clay, Patrick Dennis-Leigh, Larry Duran, Joseph X. Flaherty, Ben Frommer, Eddra Gale, Janie Greenspun, Raven Grey Eagle, Margie Haber, Monika Henreid, Janear Hines, Jan-Minika Hughes, J.S. Johnson, Richard E. Kalk, Wayne King Sr., Dudley Knight, Maryann Krakow, Bob Lauher, Norma Lee, David Lipp, Jay W. MacIntosh, E. Jack Neuman, Douglas T. O'Dell, Tim O'Denning, Danny 'Big Black' Rey, Richard Sarradet, Jeffrey Sayre, Christopher Seitz, Ken Smedberg, Nick St. Nicholas, Michael Stearns, Jack Tesler, Russell Thorson, Tom Tolbert, Dino Washington, John Sylvester White, Clint Young.

Recommended reading - The Blue Knight

The Blue Knight

by Joseph Wambaugh.
 
First published 1972.
Published by Grand Central Publishing.
Mass Market Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0446509191
ISBN-13: 978-0446509190
 
Description:
 

Ex-cop turned #1 New York Times bestselling writer Joseph Wambaugh forged a new kind of literature with his great early police procedurals. Gritty, luminous, and ultimately stunning, this novel is Wambaugh at his best – a tale of a street cop on the hardest beat of his life.

 

The Blue Knight.
 

Twenty and two. Those are the numbers turning in the mind of William "Bumper" Morgan: twenty years on the job, two days before he "pulls the pin" and walks away from it forever. But on the gritty streets of L.A., people look at Bumper like some kind of knight in armor – they've plied him with come-ons, hot tips, and the hard respect a man can't earn anywhere else. Now, with a new job and a good woman waiting for him, a kinky thief terrorizing L.A.'s choice hotels, and a tragedy looming, Bumper Morgan is about to face the only thing that can scare him: the demons that he's been hiding behind his bright and shiny badge...

 

“Marvelous … realistic, frightening, touching in its humanity. – Detroit Free Press.
 
“An extraordinary piece of craftsmanship.” – Los Angeles Times.

On this day in movie history - Monster’s Ball (2001)

Monster’s Ball

directed by Marc Forster,

written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos,

released at the American Film Institute (AFI) festival in the United States on November 11, 2001.

Music by Asche and Spencer.

Cast:

Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, Peter Boyle, Coronji Calhoun, Sean Combs, Mos Def, Charles Cowan Jr., Taylor LaGrange, Taylor Simpson, Gabrielle Witcher, Amber Rules, Anthony Bean, Francine Segal, John McConnell, Marcus Lyle Brown, Milo Addica, Leah Loftin, Larry Lee, Troy Poret, Paul Smith, Marshall Cain, Will Rokos, Anthony Michael Frederick, John Wilmot, Dennis Clements, Stephanie Claire, James Haven, Ritchie Montgomery, Clara Hopkins Daniels, Carol Sutton, Bernard Johnson, Hulon E. Crayton II, Jeanette Kontomitras, Earl Maddox, Anthony Marble.

On this day in movie history - Beat the Devil (2021)

Beat the Devil

directed and written by David Hare,

based on the monologue play by David Hare,

was released in the United Kingdom on November 11, 2021.

Music by George Fenton.

Cast:

Ralph Fiennes.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager (1989, 1998)

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: The Price.

Released November 11, 1989.

Directed by Robert Scheerer.

Written by Hannah Louise Shearer, Richard Danus.

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, Matt McCoy, Elizabeth Hoffman, Castulo Guerra, Scott Thomson, Dan Shor, Kevin Peter Hall, Colm Meaney, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Lorine Mendell, Eva Mar Pamintuan, J.R. Quinonez, Natalie Wood.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 5. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Once Upon a Time.

Released November 11, 1998.

Directed by John Kretchmer.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Michael Taylor, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Louis Ferreira / Justin Louis, Nancy Hower, Scarlett Pomers, Wallace Langham, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Phoenix Wong.

On this day in music history:

Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya by Enya (1997)

Winter Poem by Secret Garden (2011)

Vague Traces by Phillip Wilkerson & Chris Russell (2014)

Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya

Album by Enya,

released November 11, 1997.

Track list: Orinoco Flow; Caribbean Blue; Book of Days; Anywhere Is; Only If; The Celts; China Roses; Shepherd Moons; Ebudae; Storms in Africa; Watermark; Paint the Sky with Stars; Marble Halls - Enya, Traditional; On My Way Home; The Memory of Trees; Boadicea.

Winter Poem

Album by Secret Garden,

released November 11, 2011.

Track list: Make a Wish; Song for a New Beginning; The Dream; Frozen in Time; Anticipation; Fionnnuala’s Cookie Jar; Mary’s Lament; Song at the End of the Day; Lament for a Frozen Flower; Powered By Nature; Suite.

 

Vague Traces

Album by Phillip Wilkerson & Chris Russell,

released November 11, 2014.

Track list: Far Past; The Diamond Sky; Across the Sun; Evening’s Empire; Just a Shadow; For Dreaming; Until Tomorrow.