Joseph Conrad, on writing:

 

My task, which I am trying to achieve is,

by the power of the written word,
to make you hear, to make you feel -
it is, before all, to make you see.
- Joseph Conrad.

Born on this day – Virginia Cherrill:

Virginia Cherrill

Actress

April 12, 1908 – November 14, 1996

Credits:

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933); City Lights (1931); Delicious (1931); Fast Workers (1933); Girls Demand Excitement (1931); He Couldn't Take It (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934); Ladies Must Love (1933); Late Extra (1935); Money Mad (1934); The Air Circus (1928); The Brat (1931); The Nuisance (1933); Troubled Waters (1936); Unknown Chaplin (1983); What Price Crime (1935); White Heat (1934).

Born on this day – Beverly Cleary:

 

Beverly Cleary

Writer

April 12, 1916 – March 25, 2021

Credits:
 
Books:
 

A Girl from Yamhill (1988); A Newbery Halloween (1993); Beaver and Wally (1961); Beezus and Ramona (1955); Dear Mr. Henshaw (1983); Ellen Tebbits (1951); Emily's Runaway Imagination (1961); Fifteen (1956); Golden Treasure (1976); Henry and Beezus (1952); Henry and Ribsy (1954); Henry and the Clubhouse (1962); Henry and the Paper Route (1957); Henry Huggins (1950); Here Come the Twins (1989); Here's Beaver! (1961); Janet's Thingamajigs (1987); Jean and Johnny (1959); Just for Me: My Ramona Quimby Journal (2013); Leave It to Beaver (1978); Lucky Chuck (1984); Mitch and Amy (1967); Mouse House Trio (1989); My Own Two Feet (1995); Otis Spofford (1953); Petey's Bedtime Story (1993); Ralph S. Mouse (1982); Ramona and Her Father (1977); Ramona and Her Mother (1979); Ramona Forever (1984); Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981); Ramona the Brave (1975); Ramona the Pest (1968); Ramona's World (1999); Ribsy (1964); Ribsy and the P.T.A (1963); Runaway Ralph (1970); School's In! (2001); Sister of the Bride (1963); Socks (1973); Strider (1991); The Beezus and Ramona Diary (1986); The Best of Ramona (2002); The Complete Ramona Collection (2009); The Growing-Up Feet (1987); The Hullabaloo ABC (1960); The Luckiest Girl (1958); The Mouse and the Motor Cycle (1965); The Ralph Mouse Collection (2001); The Ramona Collection: Vol 1 (2006); The Ramona Collection: Vol 2 (2009); The Real Hole (1962); The Trouble with Beezus and Ramona (2010); The Twins Again (1989); The Unstoppable Beezus and Ramona (2010); The World of Beverly Cleary Collection (2016); Two Dog Biscuits (1963); Two Times the Fun (2005); Young Love by Beverly Cleary (1982).

 

Movies and television:
 
ABC Weekend Specials (1986–1990); Ramona (1988–1989); Ramona and Beezus (2010); Today (2016).

Born on this day – Ann Miller:

 

Ann Miller

Actress

Dancer

Singer

April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004

Credits:

A Century of Cinema (1994); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); America After Dark (1957); American Masters (2004); America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1989); America's Dance Honors (1990); Angela Rippon Meets (1981); Anne of Green Gables (1934); At Long Last Cole (1975); Begin the Beguine (2003); Biography (1993–2000); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Carolina Blues (1944); Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot (2003); Dames at Sea (1971); Deep in My Heart (1954); Donahue (1973); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Eadie Was a Lady (1945); Easter Parade (1948); Easter Parade: On the Avenue (2005); Eve Knew Her Apples (1945); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Girl Talk (1967); Go West, Young Lady (1941); Good Morning America (1989); Goodnight, We Love You (2004); Great Performances (1996–1998); Gypsy (1966–1968); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Having Wonderful Time (1938); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941); Hey, Rookie (1944); Hit Parade of 1941 (1940); Hit the Deck (1955); Hollywood goes to a World Premiere (1964); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Home Improvement (1993); Hour Magazine (1982–1984); Inside the Dream Factory (1995); Inside the Marx Brothers (2003); It's Your Bet (1970); Jam Session (1944); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1973); Kiss Me Kate (1953); Larry King Live (2001); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996); Love, American Style / Love and the Christmas Punch (1972); Lovely to Look At (1952); Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1979); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1981); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (1941); Melody Ranch (1940); Mighty Manhattan, New York's Wonder City (1949); Movie Memories with Debbie Reynolds (1991); Mulholland Drive (2001); New Faces of 1937 (1937); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Omnibus (2001); On the Town (1949); Out of This World (1990); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958); Philbin's People (1970); Priorities on Parade (1942); Private Screenings (1997); Radio City Music Hall's Grand Re-Opening Gala (1999); Radio City Revels (1938); Reveille with Beverly (1943); Rita (2003); Room Service (1938); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1969); Sailor's Holiday (1944); Sally Jessy Raphael (1991); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1958); Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 4 (1940); Small Town Girl (1953); Stage Door (1937); Talking Pictures (1968); Tarnished Angel (1938); Texas Carnival (1951); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); That's Dancing! (1985); That's Entertainment III: Behind the Screen (1994); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment!: The Masters Behind the Musicals (2004); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003); The 1994 Annual Diversity Awards (1994); The 19th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards (1989); The 26th Annual Grammy Awards (1984); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The 35th Annual Thalians Gala (1990); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); The Arthur Murray Party (1958); The Bell Telephone Hour (1966); The Big Record (1957); The Bob Braun Show (1972); The Bob Hope Show (1957); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Desilu Story (2003); The Devil on Horseback (1936); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1971); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1954); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960); The Good Fairy (1935); The Great American Pastime (1956); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1968–1971); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The John Davidson Show (1981); The John Gary Show (1967); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Life of the Party (1937); The Linkletter Show (1967); The Love Boat (1982); The Magical World of Disney (1989); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1979); The Opposite Sex (1956); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Royal Variety Performance 1988 (1988); The Thrill of Brazil (1946); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); The18th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards (1988); This Is Your Life (1980–1995); This Is Your Life (1984); Time Out for Rhythm (1941); Today (1972); Too Many Girls (1940); True to the Army (1942); Two Tickets to Broadway (1951); Unhinged (1982); Vicki! (1992); Watch the Birdie (1950); What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943); What's My Line? (1956); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1973–1975).

Born on this day – Patt Shea:

 

Patt Shea

Writer

April 12, 1931 – April 12, 2024

Credits:

All in the Family (1979); Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983); Bagdad Cafe (1990); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Gloria (1982–1983); Happy Days (1980); Hell Town (1985); I Married Dora (1987); In the Beginning (1978); In the Heat of the Night (1992); Lou Grant (1980–1981); Mama Malone (1984); Marblehead Manor (1987–1988); Nothing Is Easy (1987); Sanford (1980); The Egg Plant Lady (2000); The Golden Girls (1987); The Jeffersons (1977–1978); Valerie (1987).

Born on this day – Charles Napier:

Charles Napier

Actor

April 12, 1936 – October 5, 2011

Credits:

3 Ninjas: Knuckle Up (1995); After the Condor (1990); Alien Attack (1976); Alien from the Deep (1989); Alien Species (1998); Annapolis (2006); Archer (2011); Armstrong (1998); Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997); Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999); B.J. and the Bear (1979–1981); Ballistic (1995); Baretta (1975); Beloved (1998); Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970); Beyond the Valley of the Dolls: Cast and Crew Q&A (2016); Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus (1978); Billy Lone Bear (1996); Black Crescent Moon (2008); Black Sheep Squadron (1976); Blacke's Magic (1986); Body Bags (1993); Body Count (1986); Body Shot (1994); Bush Shrink (1988); Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000); Center of the Web (1992); Centurion Force (1998); Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1969); China Lake (1983); CHiPs (1982); Citizens Band (1977); Coach (1994); Cold Case (2008); Cop Target (1990); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2007); Cypress Edge (1999); Dallas (1982–1983); Deep Space (1988); Diagnosis Murder (2001); Dinocroc (2004); Down 'n Dirty (2000); Dr. Phil (2003); Dragonfight (1990); Ernest Goes to Jail (1990); Expert Witness (1996); Extreme Honor (2001); Eyes of the Beholder (1992); Fatal Choice (1995); Fatal Pursuit (1995); Felony (1994); Fielder's Choice (2005); Forgive Me Father (2001); Frogtown II (1992); Future Zone (1990); George & Leo (1997); God, the Devil and Bob (2000); Gridlock (1980); Gun Shy (1983); Hard Justice (1995); Hercules (1998); Hit List (1989); Hogan's Heroes (1969); Hudson Street (1995); In Search of a Golden Sky (1984); Indio 2 - La rivolta (1991); Inside Story: The Silence of the Lambs (2010); Instant Justice (1986); Johnny Staccato (1976); Jumanji (1997–1998); Jury Duty (1995); Justice League Unlimited (2004); Macon County Jail (1997); Maniac Cop 2 (1990); Mannix (1968); Married to the Mob (1988); Max Is Missing (1995); Mean Tricks (1992); Melvin and Howard (1980); Memories of Russ (2006); Men in Black: The Series (1997–2001); Miami Blues (1990); Mission: Impossible (1968–1972); Mod Squad (1972); Monk (2006); Moonfire (1970); Murder, She Wrote (1986–1995); Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2007); Never Look Back (2000); Kidnapped (1987); Killer Instinct (1991); Knight Rider (1982); Knight Rider: Under the Hood - 'Knight Rider' Season 1 DVD (2004); Kojak (1975); L.A. Law (1991); Last Embrace (1979); Les deniers du culte (1997); Life Blood (2009); Lima: Breaking the Silence (1999); Limp Fangs (1996); Loaded Weapon 1 (1993); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995); Lonely Hearts (1991); Lords of Dogtown (2005); Los gringos (1999); Love and Kisses (1971); Night Court (1984); No Small Ways (1997); Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000); One Man Force (1989); One-Eyed Monster (2008); Original Gangstas (1996); Outlaws (1986–1987); Pacific Blue (1996); Paradise (1989); Party of Five (1998); Philadelphia (1993); Pirates of the Plain (1999); Private Benjamin (1981); Quake 4 (2005); Ramblin'Man (1981); Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985); Ransom for Alice! (1977); Raw Justice (1994); Rebel Highway (1994); Renegade (1993); Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001); Riot (1996); Ripper Man (1995); Rise and Fall of Tuck Johnson (2009); Roswell (2000); Rugrats (1998); Savage Land (1994); Second Chances (1998); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982); Shadowheart (2009); Silent Fury (1994); Silk Degrees (1994); Simon & Simon (1982); Skeeter (1993); Soldier's Fortune (1991); Something Wild (1986); Son of the Beach (2002); Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002); Spycraft: The Great Game (1996); Squidbillies (2005–2006); Star Trek (1969); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1978); Steel (1997); Street Hawk (1985); Strike Force (1982); Suits on the Loose (2005); Superman: The Animated Series (1997–2000); Supervixens (1975); Swing Shift (1984); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1983); The 4400 (2005); The A-Team (1983–1984); The Batman (2005); The Big Tease (1999); The Blue and the Gray (1982); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Cable Guy (1996); The Cartier Affair (1984); The Critic (1994–1995); The Dukes of Hazzard (1981–1983); The Elvis and Jack Nicklaus Mysteries (2000); To Die, to Sleep (1994); Tou tiao hao han (1971); Trash (2003); Treacherous Crossing (1992); Under Surveillance (1991); Very Mean Men (2000); Wacko (1982); Walker, Texas Ranger (1999); Walking Tall (1981); War and Remembrance (1989); We Get to Win This Time (2002); We, a Family (1968); Whiz Kids (1984); Your Name Here (2008); The Golden Palace (1992); The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009); The Grifters (1990); The Hanging of Jake Ellis (1969); The House Near the Prado (1969); The Hunter's Moon (1999); The Incredible Hulk (1979–1982); The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988); The Kid & I (2005); The Last Match (1991); The Legend of Tarzan (2001); The Magician (1999); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The Mummy (2003); The Night Stalker (1986); The Oregon Trail (1977–1978); The Outlaws (1984); The Practice (2001); The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996); The River Bridge (1996); The Rockford Files (1975–1977); The Rookies (1975); The Seven Minutes (1971); The Silence of the Lambs (1991); The Simpsons (2001–2005); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995); The Thief & the Stripper (2000); Thunder and Lightning (1977).

Born on this day – Wayne Northrop:

Wayne Northrop

Actor

April 12, 1947 – November 29, 2024

Credits:

Anything to Win (2006); Baretta (1978); Beggarman, Thief (1979); Cold Case (2004); Days of Our Lives (1963–2006); Dynasty (1981–1987); Eight Is Enough (1977); Go (1983); Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985); Hotel (1985–1987); Hour Magazine (1983–1987); Intimate Portrait (2001); Just Men! (1983); L.A. Firefighters (1996); L.A. Law (1988–1989); Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (1984); Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story (1995); Port Charles (1997–1998); The 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1994); The Haunting of Lisa (1996); The Merv Griffin Show (1983); The Waltons (1979); The Young Riders (1989); This Is Your Life (1987); You Are the Jury (1986).

Born on this day – Tom Noonan:

Tom Noonan

Actor

Director

Writer

April 12, 1951 – February 14, 2026

Credits:

12 Monkeys (2015–2018); A Buck's Worth (2005); A Constant Forge (2000); An Unpredictable Thing (2001); Animals. (2018); Anomalisa (2015); Bar Karma (2011); Behind the scenes with Last Action Hero (1993); Best Defense (1984); Bone Daddy (1991); Bright Falls (2010); Bullet in the Brain (2001); Celebrity Chatter and Things that Matter with Elijah (2023); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Collision Course (1989); Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' (2017); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002); Damages (2009–2011); Dimension 404 (2017); Early Edition (1996); Easy Money (1983); Eddie Macon's Run (1983); Eight Legged Freaks (2002); F/X (1986); Fan Expo vs. Comicon (2021); Follow the Prophet (2009); Gloria (1980); Hair High (2004); Heat (1995); Heaven's Gate (1980); Hell on Wheels (2011–2014); Horace and Pete (2016); How and Why (2014); Ice Cream Ants (2006); Inside 'Manhunter' (2001); It's an Invasion! The Making of Eight Legged Freaks (2021); Jonny Zero (2005); June Weddings (2007); Kidnapped (2007); Knockaround Guys (2001); Last Action Hero (1993); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008); Les Chroniques du Mea (2015); Louie (2010); Madness and Genius (2003); Magritte Moment (2008); Manhunter (1986); Manhunter: Francis Is Gone Forever - An Interview with Tom Noonan (2016); Mercy Seed (2006); Monster Squad Forever! (2007); Monsters (1990 / 1991); Mystery Train / Segment: A Ghost (1989); Night of the Wolf (2014); North & South: Book 3, Heaven & Hell (1994); Pedalfoot (2005); Phoenix (1998); Quarry (2016); Rage! (1980); Red Wind (1991); Roadside Picnic (2016); RoboCop 2 (1990); RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop (2023); Seraphim Falls (2006); Siskel & Ebert (1995); Skinhead Requiem (2012); Snow Angels (2007); Stoney (2010); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Tales from the Darkside (1984); The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards (2009); The Alphabet Killer (2008); The Astronaut's Wife (1999); The Beat (2000); The Blacklist (2013); The Cape (2011); The Egoists (2003); The Equalizer (1989); The House of the Devil (2009); The Jury (2004); The Leftovers (2014); The Making of 'Heat' (2005); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); The Monster Squad (1987); The Opportunists (1999); The Pesky Suitor (1995); The Photographer (2000); The Pilgrim & the Private Eye (2012); The Pledge (2001); The Rendezvous (2010); The Roost (2005); The Shape of Something Squashed (2014); The Ten Million Dollar Getaway (1991); The Wife (1995); The X-Files (1996); They're Made Out of Meat (2005); Tom Goes to the Bar (1985); Tom Works Nights (2012); Top 10 Best Animated Films of the 2010 Decade (2019); Uncovering Wolfen (2025); Wang Dang (1999); What Happened Was... (1994); Where the Wild Things Are (2009); Willie & Phil (1980); Without Your Head (2015); Wolfen (1981); Wonderstruck (2017).

Born on this day – Shannen Doherty:

Shannen Doherty

Actress

April 12, 1971 – July 13, 2024

Credits:

100 Greatest Teen Stars (2007); 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004); 1991 MTV Video Music Awards (1991); 1992 MTV Video Music Awards (1992); 1993 MTV Video Music Awards (1993); 1st Annual TV Guide Awards (1999); 20 to 1 (2009); 21 Jump Street (1989); 50 Most Wicked Women of Primetime (2004); 90210 (2008–2009); A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994); Access Hollywood (2019–2024); Airwolf (1984); Alf Loves a Mystery (1987); All I Want for Christmas (2014); Almost Dead (1994); Animal Hope & Wellness: The Compassion Project Live on KNEKT TV (2017); Another Day (2001); Avid Merrion's XXXmas Special (2005); Back in the Day (2016); Bethany (2017); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–1994); Beverly Hills, 90210: 10-Year High School Reunion (2003); BH90210 (2019); Big Morning Buzz Live (2012); Blindfold: Acts of Obsession (1994); Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (2014); Bo! in the USA (2006); Borgore & Sikdope: Unicorn Zombie Apocalypse (2014); Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty (2006); Bubblegum Babylon (2002); Bukowski (2013); Burning Palms (2010); Category 7: The End of the World (2005); Celebrities Uncensored (2003–2004); Celebrity Blackjack (2004); Celebrity Name Game (2015); Celebrity Page (2019); Celebrity Profile (2000); Charmed (1998–2006); Charmed: Behind the Magic (2003); Chelsea (2016); Chelsea Lately (2012); Christmas Caper (2006); Circus of the Stars #10 (1985); Circus of the Stars #11 (1986); Dancing with the Stars (2010); Darkness of Man (2024); Defunct (2008); Domino (2005); Dying to Belong (2021); E! News Live (2008); E! True Hollywood Story (2001–2006); Encounter with Danger (2009); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2024); Escape My Life (2012); Extra (2016–2019); Fan des années 90 (2009); Fashion Police (2012); Fashion Week Diaries (2005); Faster Baby, Kill (1997); Father Murphy (1981); Forever Young (1991); Fortress (2021); FOX 25th Anniversary Special (2012); Freeze Frame (1990); Friends 'Til the End (1997); Gary & Mike (2001); Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Gone in the Night (1996); Good Morning America (2010–2023); Growing the Big One (2010); Hablando se entiende la basca (1992); Heathers (1988); Heathers / TV series (2018); Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002); High Chaparall (2008); Highway to Heaven (1985); His & Hers (1984); Hot Seat (2022); How to Make a Deal with the Devil (2024); Howard Stern (2003); Idols (1991); I'm Telling! (1988); Intimate Portrait (2003); Into the Night (1991); It's OK to Say No to Drugs (1988); Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003–2004); Kids Have Rights Too! (1988); Kiss Me Deadly (2008); KTLA Morning News (2008); La quinta marcha (1992); Last Call with Carson Daly (2003–2006); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1999–2003); Late Show with David Letterman (2008); Let's Be Clear with Shannen Doherty (2023–2024); Life Goes On (1990); List of a Lifetime (2021); Little House on the Prairie (1982–1983); Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984); Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983); Little House: The Last Farewell (1984); Live with Kelly and Mark (1992–2023); Love, Inc. (2005); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Mallrats (1995); Mallrats: Deleted Scenes (1999); Mari-Kari (2010); Maury (1992); Mornings (2016); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); Night Shift (1982); No One Would Tell (2018); North Shore (2004–2005); Nowhere (1997); Obsessed (1992); Off the Map (2015); Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party (2004); On-Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004); Our House (1986–1988); Outlaws (1986); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992); PIX 11 Morning News (2008); Playboy Exposed: Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001); Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party (1999); Rachael Ray (2008); Radical Something: Naked in Venice (2012); Radical Something: Pure (2014); Rebel Highway (1994); Revealed with Jules Asner (2002); Riverdale (2019); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985); Rock in a Hard Place (2016); Satan's School for Girls (2000); Saturday Night Live (1993); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999); Scare Tactics (2003–2009); Seventeen: The Faces for Fall (1998); Shannen Says (2012); Slaughter: Real Love (1992); Sleeping with the Devil (1997); So Graham Norton (2001); Stand Up to Cancer (2016); Striking Poses (1998); Suite 7 (2011); Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads (2001); Talk Stoop (2012); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 1992 Billboard Music Awards (1992); The 1993 Annual Vision Awards (1993); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The '90s: The Last Great Decade? (2014); The Anti Gravity Room (1995); The Arsenio Hall Show (1991–2014); The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live (1998); The Bellamy Brothers: Guilty of the Crime (2009); The Condo (2015); The Daily Show (1998–1999); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Dr. Oz Show (2016); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2004); The Graham Norton Effect (2004); The House of Halliwell (2024); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2021–2023); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2006); The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon (2008); The Meredith Vieira Show (2014); The New Leave It to Beaver (1985); The New Normal (2012); The Osbournes (2004); The Other Lover (1985); The Phoenix (1982); The Price of Fame (2002); The Rendering (2002); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997–1999); The Secret of Lost Creek (1989); The Secret of NIMH (1982); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2003); The Spin Crowd (2010); The Talk (2012–2021); The Ticket (1997); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1994–2001); The Tony Danza Show (2005); The View (2003–2010); The Webventures of Justin & Alden (2010); The Wendy Williams Show (2010); The Women of Charmed (2000); TMZ Live (2015); Undateable John (2019); Ushi & Loesie (2010); V Graham Norton (2002); VH1 Presents the 80's (2001); View of Terror (2003); Voyagers! (1982); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2012); Whatever Happened To? (2008); Win, Lose or Draw (1988); Witchslayer Gretl (2012); Wogan (1991); Women and the Pill: The Way It Works (1993); Woof! It's a Dog's Life with Matthew Margolis (1998).

On this day in movie history - The Benson Murder Case (1930 movie & novel):

The Benson Murder Case

directed by Frank Tuttle,

written by S.S. Van Dine and Bartlett Cormack,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

released in the United States on April 12, 1930.

Music by Charles Midgely.

Cast: William Powell, William “Stage” Boyd, Eugene Pallette, Paul Lukas, Natalie Moorhead, Richard Tucker, May Beatty, E.H. Calvert, Mischa Auer, Guy Oliver.

Recommended reading:

The Benson Murder Case

by S.S. Van Dine.

# 1 in the Philo Vance mystery series.

Published by American Mystery Classics.
First published 1926.

ISBN-10: 1613163320
ISBN-13: 978-1613163320

Description:

New York dilettante Philo Vance decides to assist the police in investigating the death of another man-about-town because he finds the psychological aspects of the crime of interest, and feels that they would be beyond the capacities of the police, even those of his friend District Attorney Markham. Vance investigates the circumstances under which the body was found and reconstructs the crime sufficiently to determine that the murderer is five feet, ten and a half inches in height. Together, Vance and Markham investigate Benson's business associates and romantic interests until Vance manages to pierce the murderer's alibi for the time of the murder and force a confession.

On this day in movie history - L’Eclisse (1962)

 

L’Eclisse

a.k.a. The Eclipse,

directed by Michelangelo Antonioni,

written by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Elio Bartolini and Ottiero Ottieri,

was released in Italy on April 12, 1962.

Music by Giorgio Gaslini.

 

Cast:
Alain Delon, Monica Vitti, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory, Mirella Ricciardi, Louis Seigner, Cyrus Elias, Alba Maiolini, Maria Tedeschi.

On this day in movie history - Mad Max (1979)

Mad Max

directed by George Miller,

written by George Miller and James McCausland,

based on a story by George Miller and Byron Kennedy,

was released in Australia on April 12, 1979.

Music by Brian May.

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward, Lisa Aldenhoven, David Bracks, Bertrand Cadart, David Cameron, Robina Chaffey, Stephen Clark, Mathew Constantine, Jerry Day, Reg Evans, Howard Eynon, Max Fairchild, John Farndale, Peter Felmingham, Sheila Florance, Nic Gazzana, Hunter Gibb, Andrew Gilmore, Jonathan Hardy, Brendan Heath, Paul Johnstone, Nick Lathouris, John Ley, Steve Millichamp, Phil Motherwell, George Novak, Geoff Parry, Lulu Pinkus, Neil Thompson, Billy Tisdall, Gil Tucker, Kim Sullivan, John Arnold, Tom Broadbridge, Peter Culpan, Peter Ford, Clive Hearne, Telford Jackson, Christine Kaman, Joan Letch, Kerry Miller, Janine Ogden, Di Trelour, Vernon Weaver, Paul Young, Brendan Young, Katy Brinson, Lisa Dombroski, Terry Gibson, Andrew Jones, James McCausland, Amanda Muggleton, Harry Peerce, Michael Ryan.

On this day in movie history - Original Sins (1995)

Original Sins

a.k.a. Acts of Contrition,

directed by Jan Egleson,

written by John Pielmeier,

was released in the United States on April 12, 1995.

Music by Gary Chang.

Cast:

Mark Harmon, Julianne Phillips, Ron Perlman, David Clennon, Gustave Johnson, Betty Miller, Sarah Trigger, Patrick Donnelly, Kate Bennis, William Young, Bronia Wheeler, Alexandra Loria, Jason Raposa, Bo Chun, William Mathis, Dorothy Brodesser, Bates Wilder, Leigh French, Kevin Foster McCarthy, Mike Nikitas.