Ernest Hemingway, on listening:

I like to listen.
I have learned a great deal from listening carefully.
Most people never listen.

- Ernest Hemingway.

 

Ernest Hemingway, on writing:

When I am working on a book or a story, I write every morning as soon after first light as possible.

There is no one to disturb you, and it is cool or cold, and you come to your work and warm as you write.

– Ernest Hemingway.

On this day in movie history - The Breaking Point (1950)

The Breaking Point

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Ranald MacDougall,

based on the novel To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1950.

Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:
Ryan, Ralph Dumke, Guy Thomajan, William Campbell, Sherry Jackson, Donna Jo Boyce, Victor Sen Yung.

On this day in movie history - The Killers (1946)

The Killers

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Anthony Veiller, John Huston and Richard Brooks,

based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on August 30, 1946.

Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, Vince Barnett, Virginia Christine, Jack Lambert, Charles D. Brown, Donald MacBride, Charles McGraw, William Conrad, Ernie Adams, Audley Anderson, George Anderson, Sam Ash, Frank Baker, Brooks Benedict, John Berkes, Edward Biby, Harry Brown, Phil Brown, Jack Cheatham, James Conaty, Jeff Corey, Gino Corrado, Noel Cravat, Oliver Cross, Rex Dale, Neal Dodd, Mike Donovan, Howard Freeman, Dick Gordon, Robert Haines, Michael Hale, Sam Harris, Harry Hayden, Mark Hellinger, Al Hill, George Hoagland, Jimmie Horan, Geoffrey Ingham, Kenner G. Kemp, Paul Kruger, Ethan Laidlaw, Mike Lally, Perc Launders, Nolan Leary, Vera Lewis, Jack Lomas, Therese Lyon, Frank McLure, Charles Middleton, John Miljan, Howard Negley, Garry Owen, Barbara ‘Red’ Powers, Beatrice Roberts, Wally Rose, William Ruhl, Wallace Scott, John Sheehan, Queenie Smith, Ann Staunton, Jack Tornek, John Trebach, Bill Walker, Milton Wallace, Gabrielle Windsor, Florence Wix.

Born on this day – Ernest Hemingway:

 

Writer

July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961