Selma Lagerlöf, on imagination:

 

No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind.

- Selma Lagerlöf.

Born on this day – William Axt:

William Axt

Composer

April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959

Credits:

Untamed (1940); What's Your IQ? (1940); Miracles for Sale (1939); Tell No Tales (1939); The Kid from Texas (1939); Sergeant Madden (1939); Within the Law (1939); Heroes at Leisure (1939); Stand Up and Fight (1939); The Girl Downstairs (1938); Spring Madness (1938); Listen, Darling (1938); Three Loves Has Nancy (1938); Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938); Fast Company (1938); Woman Against Woman (1938); The Story of Doctor Carver (1938); Yellow Jack (1938); Modeling for Money (1938); La Savate (1938); Everybody Sing (1938); The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937); Friend Indeed (1937); Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937); Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937); The First Hundred Years (1937); Big City (1937); London by Night (1937); Between Two Women (1937); Parnell (1937); Song of the City (1937); Ski Skill (1937); Espionage (1937); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); Under Cover of Night (1937); Wanted -- A Master (1936); Mad Holiday (1936); All American Chump (1936); Libeled Lady (1936); Old Hutch (1936); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Suzy (1936); We Went to College (1936); The 3 Wise Guys (1936); Old Shep (1936); The Unguarded Hour (1936); The Story of 'The Jonker Diamond' (1936); Petticoat Fever (1936); Three Godfathers (1936); Tough Guy (1936); Three Live Ghosts (1936); The Garden Murder Case (1936); Primitive Pitcairn (1936); Last of the Pagans (1935); Whipsaw (1935); The Perfect Gentleman (1935); Rendezvous (1935); Trained Hoofs (1935); It's in the Air (1935); O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935); The Perfect Tribute (1935); Pursuit (1935); Woman Wanted (1935); The Murder Man (1935); Pitcairn Island Today (1935); Windy (1935); Buried Loot (1935); David Copperfield (1935); Forsaking All Others (1934); A Wicked Woman (1934); Death on the Diamond (1934); Taking Care of Baby (1934); Hide-Out (1934); Straight Is the Way (1934); The Girl from Missouri (1934); Paris Interlude (1934); Stamboul Quest (1934); Operator 13 (1934); Dartmouth Days (1934); The Thin Man (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Flying Hunters (1934); Sadie McKee (1934); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Men in White (1934); Lazy River (1934); Vital Victuals (1934); Goofy Movies Number Two (1934); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); This Side of Heaven (1934); You Can't Buy Everything (1934); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Should Ladies Behave (1933); Eskimo (1933); Bombshell (1933); Menu (1933); Penthouse (1933); Broadway to Hollywood (1933); Beauty for Sale (1933); Dinner at Eight (1933); Storm at Daybreak (1933); Midnight Mary (1933); When Ladies Meet (1933); The Nuisance (1933); Reunion in Vienna (1933); Looking Forward (1933); Hell Below (1933); Gabriel Over the White House (1933); Clear All Wires! (1933); Whisperin' Bill (1933); The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933); Whistling in the Dark (1933); Prosperity (1932); The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932); Payment Deferred (1932); Microscopic Mysteries (1932); Blondie of the Follies (1932); Sea Spiders (1932); The Washington Masquerade (1932); As You Desire Me (1932); Are You Listening? (1932); The Wet Parade (1932); Polly of the Circus (1932); Mata Hari (1931); Private Lives (1931); Wild and Woolly (1931); Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931); Love-Tails of Morocco (1931); The Big Dog House (1931); Inspiration (1931); Pêle-Mêle (1930); Who Killed Rover? (1930); A Lady's Morals (1930); Madam Satan (1930); Doughboys (1930); Romance (1930); Call of the Flesh (1930); The Unholy Three (1930); Redemption (1930); Free and Easy (1930); The Ship from Shanghai (1930); The Woman Racket (1930); Anna Christie (1930); The Rogue Song (1930); Chasing Rainbows (1930); The Bishop Murder Case (1929); Their Own Desire (1929); Devil-May-Care (1929); Navy Blues (1929); Dynamite (1929); It's a Great Life (1929); Untamed (1929); The Kiss (1929); The Unholy Night (1929); The Mysterious Island (1929); Speedway (1929); Our Modern Maidens (1929); Marianne (1929); Madame X (1929); The Single Standard (1929); Wonder of Women (1929); Thunder (1929); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929); Where East Is East (1929); The Pagan (1929); Tide of Empire (1929); The Duke Steps Out (1929); Desert Nights (1929); Wild Orchids (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Flying Fleet (1929); A Woman of Affairs (1928); A Lady of Chance (1928); West of Zanzibar (1928); The Masks of the Devil (1928); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928); The Viking (1928); Show People (1928); The Wind (1928); While the City Sleeps (1928); Excess Baggage (1928); Our Dancing Daughters (1928); The Mysterious Lady (1928); White Shadows in the South Seas (1928); The Cossacks (1928); The Man Who Laughs (1928); The Trail of '98 (1928); Love (1927); The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927); Annie Laurie (1927); Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927); The Fire Brigade (1926); Camille (1926); Monte Cristo (1922); Faust (1926); The Scarlet Letter (1926); Don Juan (1926); La Bohème (1926); Mare Nostrum (1926); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); The Big Parade (1925); Greed (1924); He Who Gets Slapped (1924); The Navigator (1924); The Sea Hawk (1924); Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923); Scaramouche (1923); The Mark of Zorro (1920); Passion (1919).

Born on this day – Doctor Clayton:

Doctor Clayton

Blues singer

Songwriter

April 19, 1898 – January 7, 1947

Credits:

Albums:

Angels in Harlem (2002); Complete Recorded Works (1935–1942) (1994); Doctor Clayton & His Buddies: Complete Recordings 1946 & 1947 (1994); Doctor Clayton and His Buddy (1935–1947) (1989); Doctor Clayton and His Buddy: Pearl Harbour Blues (1970); Gotta Find My Baby (1987).

Born on this day – Eliot Ness:

 

Eliot Ness

Law enforcement agent and head of The Untouchables

Writer,

April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957

Credits:

Book:

The Untouchables (1957).

Movies and television:

American Justice: Target - Mafia (1993); Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013); Haunted History (2013); Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America (1997); The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries (2008); The Scarface Mob (1959); The Untouchables (1959–1963); The Untouchables (1987); The Untouchables (1993); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959).

Recommended book:

The Untouchables

by Eliot Ness.

With Oscar Fraley.

ASIN: B000WFDVYA

Published by Award Books.

First published 1957.

Description:

Brings to life an era of violence unique in the nation’s history. – The New York Times.

Tremendously exciting. – Cleveland News.

This is the anatomy of a Mafia boss – a scar-faced killer named Al Capone who gripped this nation in his diamond-studded hand in the legendary 1930’s. Capone’s trademarks – the one-way ride, the bullet in the head, the emasculated body in the ditch – still carry the signature of the Mafia.

Al Capone ruled an empire of evil that stole billions of dollars while destroying untold numbers of lives. His discipline murderers collected incredible profits from drugs, gambling and prostitution, making Al Capone the most powerful Mafia boss who ever lived.

Born on this day – Lina Basquette:

Lina Basquette

Actress

April 19, 1907 – September 30, 1994

Credits:

A Dream of Egypt (1917); A Night for Crime (1943); A Prince for a Day (1917); A Romany Rose (1917); Brother Jim (1916); Celebrity (1928); Come Across (1929); Ebb Tide (1937); Fashion News (1930); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); Goldie (1931); Hello Trouble (1932); His Wife's Relatives (1917); Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (1993 / 2023); Juvenile Dancer (1916); Little Mariana's Triumph (1917); Morals for Women (1931); Mounted Fury (1931); Paradise Park (1992); Penrod (1922); Pleasure (1931); Polly Put the Kettle On (1917); Ranger of the North (1927); Rose of the Rio Grande (1938); Screen Snapshots (1932); Serenade (1927); Shoes (1916); Show Folks (1928); Souls at Sea (1937); The Arizona Terror (1931); The Arm of the Law (1932); The Black Mantilla (1917); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Buccaneer (1938); The Caravan (1916); The Chump (1934); The Dance of Love (1916); The Dude Wrangler (1930); The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916); The Final Hour (1936); The Gates of Doom (1917); The Godless Girl (1928); The Grip of Crime (1916); The Hard Hombre (1931); The Human Cactus (1916); The Midnight Lady (1932); The Mike Douglas Show (1970); The Noose (1928); The Phantom Express (1932); The Star Witness (1917); The Voice of Hollywood No. 15 (1930); The Weaker Vessel (1919); The Younger Generation (1929); Trapped (1931); Wheel of Chance (1928); Who Calls (1942).

Born on this day – Margaret DePriest:

Margaret DePriest

Writer

Actress

April 19, 1931 – September 29, 2025

Credits:

All My Children (1989–1990); Another World (1986–1997); Days of Our Lives (1981–1984); General Hospital (1979–1981); How to Survive a Marriage (1975); Love of Life (1975); N.Y.P.D. (1968); One Life to Live (1990); Sunset Beach (1998–1999); The Catholic Hour (1958); The Doctors (1967–1976); The Edge of Night (1956–1984); True Story (1960); Where the Heart Is (1969–1973).

Born on this day – Don Sharp:

Don Sharp

Director

Writer

Actor

April 19, 1921 – December 14, 2011

Credits:

A Woman of Substance (1985); Act of Will (1989); Bang! Bang! You're Dead! (1966); Bear Island (1979); Callan (1974); Carve Her Name with Pride (1958); Child's Play (1954); Curse of the Fly (1965); Dark Places (1974); Edge of Divorce (1953); Film '78 (1978); Fuss Over Feathers (1954); Ghost Squad (1961–1962); Hammer House of Horror (1980); Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood! (1987); Ha'penny Breeze (1950); Harry Black and the Tiger (1958); Hennessy (1975); Hold the Dream (1987); Kraft Mystery Theater (1961); Legend of a Gunfighter (1964); Linda (1960); My Hero (1953); Navy Heroes (1955); Outpost in Malaya (1952); Puppet on a Chain (1970); Q.E.D. (1982); Raiders in the Sky (1953); Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966); SyberVision Neuro-Muscular Programming - Bowling with Marshall Holman and Johnny Petraglia (1983); SyberVision Neuro-Muscular Programming - Golf with Al Geiberger (1983); Taste of Excitement (1969); Tears in the Rain (1988); The Adventures of Hal 5 (1958); The Avengers (1968); The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966); The Champions (1968); The Cruel Sea (1953); The Death Wheelers (1973); The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964); The Dream Maker (1963); The Face of Fu Manchu (1965); The Fast Lady (1962); The Four Feathers (1978); The Human Jungle (1963); The Inbetween Age (1958); The Inbetween Age (1958); The Kiss of the Vampire (1963); The Professionals (1960); The Stolen Airliner (1955); The Thirty Nine Steps (1978); The Violent Enemy (1967); This Is Your Life (1987); Those Fantastic Flying Fools (1967); Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965); To the Devil a Daughter (1976); Tusitala (1986); Two Guys Abroad (1962); What Waits Below (1984); Witchcraft (1964); You Know What Sailors Are (1954).

Born on this day – Jayne Mansfield:

 

Jayne Mansfield

Actress

Model

Singer

Musician

April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967

Credits:

5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); After Hours (1959); All-Star TV Bloopers (1987); America After Dark (1957); American Experience (2005); American Grindhouse (2010); Arena (1991–1999); Armchair Britain (2018); Atlantic City Holiday (1956); Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini (2004); Biography (2004); Blond in Hollywood (2003); Bob Hope’s Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980); Burke’s Law (1964); Candid Camera (1962–1967); Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles (2005); Candid Camera’s 50th Anniversary (1996); Carrefour (1962); Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003); Cinépanorama (1957–1964); Cleavage (2002); Das Kino ist tot, es lebe das Kino: Berlinale-Beobachtungen (2020); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Death Scenes 2 (1992); Diamonds to Dust (2014); Down You Go (1956); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); E! True Hollywood Story (2008); Einer frisst den anderen (1964); Electric Blue 22 (1985); Electric Blue 4 (1982); Entertainment Tonight (1989); Female Jungle (1955); Follow the Sun (1962); François Chalais, la vie comme un roman (1997); Frisco Bay (1955); George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011); George Jessel Show (1958); Get the Message (1964); Girl Talk (1963); Guest Shot (1962); Gypsy (1965–1967); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Heavy Petting (1989); Heimweh nach St. Pauli (1963); Here’s Hollywood (1961); Hollywood - Ein Vorort in vier Anekdoten (1959); Hollywood Blue (1970); Hollywood Glamour on Ice (1957); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Preview (1955–1956); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood Rivals (2001–2002); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); Hollywood Sex Symbols (1988); Hollywood Uncensored (1987); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019); Hollywood’s Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985); Hollywood’s Private Home Movies (1983); Hy Gardner Calling (1956); I Am Divine (2013); Illegal (1955); Inside Edition (2023); It Happened in Athens (1962); It Takes a Thief (1960); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1964–1965); Jayne Mansfield: La tragédie d’une blonde (2013); Juke Box Jury (1967); Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny (1995); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Kraft Mystery Theater (1961); Las Vegas Hillbillys (1966); Les années Hollywood de François Chalais (2019); Living Famously (2003); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Lykke og krone (1962); Mansfield 66/67 (2017); Miss Skandinavia 1964 (1963); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Monte Carlo (1961); More TV’s Censored Bloopers (1981); MTV News at Night (1991); Naughty Bits (2004); Neil Sean Meets... (2015); New York, New York (1967); Night Line (1964); Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981); Of Moose and Men: The Rocky & Bullwinkle Story (1990); Omnibus (1998); 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – Sex (1969); 120 Minutes (1991); Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982); ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision (2020); Panic Button (1964); Password (1964–1965); People, Hopes, Medals (1960); Person to Person (1956–1960); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955); Pink Floyd: The Final Cut (1983); Playboy Playmates: The Early Years (1992); Playboy Video Centerfold: Dutch Twins (1989); Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds (2006); Playboy: The Story of X (1998); Playgirl After Dark (1960); Poem Posters (1966); Presidential Blooper Reel (1981); Primitive Love (1964); Promises..... Promises! (1963); Reflets de Cannes (1956–1964); Rex Gildo - Der letzte Tanz (2022); Rockin’ Ronnie (1986); Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon on Camera (1983); Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years (2001); Ronnie Dearest: The Lost Episodes (1988); Roxette: How Do You Do! (1992); S1m0ne (2002); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots: Salute to Hollywood (1958); Screen Snapshots: The Walter Winchell Party (1957); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shower of Stars (1957); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Single Room Furnished (1966); Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020); Spree (1967); Stump the Stars (1962–1964); Sunday Spectacular: The Bachelor (1956); Talking Pictures (2016); Tell It to Groucho (1962); That Man: Peter Berlin (2005); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Annual National Sports Awards (1961); The Arthur Murray Party (1960); The Arthur Murray Special for Bob Hope (1960); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (2022); The Bob Hope Show (1958–1966); The Burglar (1957); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Fat Spy (1966); The Game Show Show (2023); The George Raft Story (1961); The Girl Can’t Help It (1956); The Greatest (2009); The Gypsy Rose Lee Show (1967); The Jack Benny Program (1956–1963); The James Dean Story (1957); The Jayne Mansfield Show (1965); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Loves of Hercules (1960); The Match Game (1964–1966); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1966); The Mike Wallace Interview (1959); The Milton Berle Show (1966); The National Sports Awards (1961); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The People’s Hollywood (2003); The Red Skelton Hour (1959–1963); The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958); The South Bank Show (1985); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1959–1960); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1961–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1965); The Unknown Story (2022); The Wayward Bus (1957); The Wild Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (1968); This Is Your Life (1960); Today (1956–1966); TV Land: Myths and Legends (2008); TV-uutiset ja sää (1963); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Val Parnell’s Spectacular (1959); Val Parnell’s Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1957); What’s My Line? (1956–1966); When the Applause Died (1990); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Zwischen Glück und Krone (1959).

Born on this day – Danielle Volle:

Danielle Volle

Actress

April 19, 1937 – November 24, 2000

Credits:

Le mari de l'ambassadeur (1990); The Free Frenchman (1989); Kean (1988); Lévy et Goliath (1987); L'affaire Marie Besnard (1986); La méthode rose (1986); Sins (1986); Les amours des années 50 (1984); Paris-Madagascar (1983); Der schwarze Bumerang (1982); Au théâtre ce soir (1972–1982); Paris-Porto-Vecchio (1981); Cabrioles (1980); L'hôtel du libre-échange (1979); Paris-Chamonix (1979); Paris-Vichy (1979); Attention, les enfants regardent (1978); Paris-Cabourg (1977); Histoire d'une salamander (1977); Erreurs judiciaires (1976); Les Mohicans de Paris (1973–1975); Typhelle et Tourteron (1975); Samsoën ou La désespérance (1974); Les calendriers de l'Histoire (1973); Ton amour et ma jeunesse (1973); Le neveu d'Amérique (1973); Le voyage (1972); On n'échappe jamais (1970); Le revolver et la rose (1970); Vive la vie (1968–1970); The Sicilian Clan (1969); Marie Waleska (1969); Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (1968); Une femme en blanc se révolte (1966); L'Aiglon (1966); Les diamants de Palinos (1964–1965); Goetz von Berlichingen (1965); La bonne soupe (1964); Le sexe faible (1962); La reine Margot (1961); Marceau ou Les enfants de la république (1961); La folle passion (1960); Marriage of Figaro (1959); Numéro un (1976); Samedi et compagnie (1968); Cinéma (1966).

Born on this day – Cleo Sylvestre:

Cleo Sylvestre

Actress

Writer

April 19, 1945 – September 20, 2024

Credits:
 
Book:
 
The Marvelous Adventures of Mary Seacole (2021).
 
Movies and television:
 

14th Screen Nation Film and Television Awards 2019 (2019); Against the Crowd (1975); Alf 'n' Family (1968); All Creatures Great and Small (2020–2023); An Anorexic's Tale: The Brief Life of Catherine (1988); Armchair 30 (1973); Beautiful Things (2024); Beyond the Lake (2022); Black and White in Colour (1992); Bliss! (2016); Bloods (2021); Boyz Unlimited (1999); Brookside (1998); Callan (1972); Casualty (1988); Coronation Street (1966); Crossroads (1964–1988); Doctor Who (1965); Doctors (2007–2016); Five by Five (2017); Forever Young (2023); Grange Hill (1979–1990); Happy Families (1990); If You See God, Tell Him (1993); Johnny on the Run (1953); Kate (1972); Kidulthood (2006); Life Begins at Forty (1980); Marked Personal (1974); Merry-Go-Round (1975–1976); Minder (1985); Mogul (1965–1967); National Theatre Live: Allelujah! (2018); New Tricks (2006); Paddington (2014); Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (2018); Platform 7 (2023); Play School (1984–1985); Police Patrol (1965); Public Eye (1972); Rock 'n' Roll Island: Where legends were born (2020); Rockliffe's Babies (1988); Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones (2019); Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon (2023); Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987); Sanctuary (1967); School for Unclaimed Girls (1969); Silent Witness (2000); Some Women (1969); Strange Report (1969); Sweetness in the Belly (2019); Television Club (1969); The Alf Garnett Saga (1972); The Attendant (1993); The Bill (1988–2004); The Curry Club (2007); The Day of the Triffids (1981); The Expert (1968); The Gemini Factor (1987); The Guilty (2013); The Idris Takeover (2017); The Leaving Party (2019); The Love Child (1987); The Punk (1993); The Rough with the Smooth (1975); The Split (2022); The Wednesday Play (1965–1969); Thick as Thieves (1974); Till Death Us Do Part (1967–1972); Torchwood: Monthly Range (2022); Trog (1970); Tube Tales / Segment: A Bird in the Hand (1999); Uncle (2014); Waiting (2019); You're Only Young Twice (1978); Z Cars (1967).

 

On this day in movie and book history - Star of Midnight (1935)

Star of Midnight

directed by Stephen Roberts,

written by Howard J. Green, Anthony Veiller and Edward Kaufman,

based on the novel by Arthur Somers Roche,

was released in the United States on April 19, 1935.

Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly, Gene Lockhart, Ralph Morgan, Leslie Fenton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Russell Hopton, Vivien Oakland, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Bess Flowers, George Chandler.

Recommended reading:

The Star of Midnight

by Arthur Somers Roche.

Filmed as Star of Midnight (1935), directed by Stephen Roberts.

Hardcover.

Published by Dodd, Mead and Company.
Published 1935.

ASIN: B0DM1RR9L9
 
Description:

After his girlfriend, Alice, goes missing, young Tim Winthrop consults with his friend, criminal lawyer Clay Dalzell. Clay, joined by his fiancée, Donna Mantin, agrees to help -- only to get involved with the simultaneous disappearance of stage actress Mary Smith, and the shocking murder of a gossip columnist poised to provide vital information about Mary. An unsolved gangster murder and the reappearance of an old flame lead Clay further into the puzzling maze.

On this day in movie history - Razorback (1984)

Razorback

directed by Russell Mulcahy,

written by Everett De Roche,

based on the novel by Peter Brennan,

was released in Australia on April 19, 1984.

Music by Iva Davies.

Cast:

Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, David Argue, Judy Morris, John Howard, John Ewart, Don Smith, Mervyn Drake, Redmond Phillips, Alan Becher, Peter Schwarz, Beth Child, Rick Kennedy, Chris Hession, Brian Adams, Jinx Lootens, Angus Malone, Peter Boswell, Don Lane.

On this day in movie history - Street Kings 2: Motor City (2011)

 

Street Kings 2: Motor City

directed by Chris Fisher,

written by Ed Gonzalez and Jeremy Haft,

was released in the United States on April 19, 2011.

Music by Jon Sadoff.

Cast:

Ray Liotta, Shawn Hatosy, Scott Norman, Clifton Powell, Kevin Chapman, Inbar Lavi, Charlotte Ross, Stephanie Cotton, Linda Boston, Corey Emanuel Wilson, Jack Moore, Tiren Jhames, Tim Holmes, Joe Tinpan, Sidi Henderson, Otis Youngsmith, Ele Bardha, Lauren LaStrada (credited as Lisa Lauren Smith), Julia Ho, Gordon Michaels, Tia Fletcher, Christopher L. Dixon, Ron Causey, Nesti Gee, Roland Matthews, Joey Naber, Terrence c Ward, Wendy Aaron, John P. Chittick, Alex Cohen, Tim Craiger, John Dezsi, Isaac Ellis, Steven Hauptman, Chancler Haynes, Elisabeth Hoekstra, Jason W. Lee, Amanda Lewan, Dervis Lici, Runako Marshall, Noli McCool, Ralph H. Meyer, Victor Pytko, Ralph A. Recchia, Maria Lucia Safi, Morris Lee Sullivan, Amanda Wright.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 31.

Episode entitled: Man with the Ice.

Released April 19, 1960.

Directed by Marc Lawrence.

Written by Kevin Thomas.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Jean Willes, Stan Irwin, Linda Lawson, Joe Flynn, Jimmy Cross, Al Hodge, Roxane Brooks.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Voyager:

Star Trek: Voyager (2000)
 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 6. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: Live Fast and Prosper.

Released April 19, 2000.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Robin Bernheim/Burger, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Kaitlin Hopkins, Gregg Daniel, Francis Guinan, Ted Rooney, Scott Lincoln, Dennis Cockrum, Timothy McNeil, Majel Barrett, Marvin De Baca, Tarik Ergin, Peter Scott Harmyk, Irving E. Lewis, Nichole McAuley, Joey Sakata.

On this day in television history - Life After Life (2022 TV mini-series & novels):

Life After Life

directed by John Crowley,

written by Bathsheba/Bash Doran, Jessi Drewett,

based on the novel by Kate Atkinson,

released on the internet on April 19, 2022.

Music by Volker Bertelmann.

Cast: Isla Johnston, Thomasin McKenzie, Eliza Riley, Lesley Manville, Sian Clifford, Sean Delaney, Maria Laird, James McArdle, Nancy Rumball, Nelly Rumball, Harry Michell, Jessica Hynes, Joshua Hill, Patsy Ferran, Jack Forsyth-Noble, Sadie Byron, Oscar Eskinazi, John Hodgkinson, Ron Cook, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laurie Kynaston, James George Williams, Gus Turner, Anders Hayward, Matthew Pidgeon, Alfie Harrison, Joe Black, Matilda Stafford, Kelsey Balla, Pamela Stafford, Zachary Nachbar-Seckel, Ralph Davis, Harry Cadby, River Caddle, Zara Gormley, Mhairi Gayer, Louis Hofmann, Matthew Cottle, James Chadburn, Andy Membury, Kai Membury, Helena Albright, Aron von Andrian, Archie O'Callaghan, Arthur McGirr, Zee Asha, Matthew Sim, Syreeta Kumar, Ian Saynor, Odimegwu Okoye, Hope Delaney, Dominic Hodson, Paul Lancaster, Anna Lavrenteva, Callum Coates, Aiden Lewis-Quilter, Liam Lewis-Quilter, Freddy Sawyer, Lacey Dempsey-Ball, Sarah Daniela Seggari, Muki Zubis, Leo Rait, Xavier Edmead, Suzanne Bertish, Tachia Newall, Wyatt Wilfort, Finley Wilfort, Ray MacAllan, Declan Miele-Howell, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Emma Beattie, Daniel Boys, Zac Pile, Rose Riley, Kieran Brunt, Cameron Ralph, Audrey Hart, Clara Graham, Matilda Humphrey, Gilian Cally, Jude Humphrey, Evie Templeton, Edward Green, Martin Oelbermann, Lily Claudia Eustace, Stuart Cooke, Hannah Colby, Andreas Bedorf.

Recommended reading:

Life After Life

by Kate Atkinson.

Published by Back Bay Books.
Published 2013.

ISBN-10: 0316176494
ISBN-13: 978-0316176491

Description:
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?

On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war.

Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can – will she?

Named a New York Times Best Book of the Century, Life After Life is darkly comic, startlingly poignant, and utterly original: this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best.

A God in Ruins

by Kate Atkinson.

Published by Back Bay Books.
Published 2015.

ISBN-10: 0316176508
ISBN-13: 978-0316176507

Description:

His stunning companion to Kate Atkinson's #1 bestseller Life After Life, "one of the best novels I've read this century" (Gillian Flynn), follows Ursula's brother Teddy as he navigates an unknown future after a perilous war.

"He had been reconciled to death during the war and then suddenly the war was over and there was a next day and a next day. Part of him never adjusted to having a future."

Kate Atkinson's dazzling Life After Life explored the possibility of infinite chances and the power of choices, following Ursula Todd as she lived through the turbulent events of the last century over and over again. A God in Ruins tells the dramatic story of the 20th Century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy – would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather – as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world.

After all that Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge is living in a future he never expected to have. An ingenious and moving exploration of one ordinary man's path through extraordinary times, A God in Ruins proves once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the finest novelists of our age.