Victor Hugo, on writers:

A writer is a world trapped in a person.

- Victor Hugo.
 

Born on this day – John Ford:

John Ford

Director

February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973

Credits:

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1976); 7 Women (1965); Young Cassidy (1965); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Donovan's Reef (1963); How the West Was Won (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Two Rode Together (1961); Wagon Train (1957); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); Korea (1959); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Last Hurrah (1958); Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958); The Growler Story (1957); The Rising of the Moon (1957); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Searchers (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Mister Roberts (1955); The Long Gray Line (1955); Mogambo (1953); The Sun Shines Bright (1953); What Price Glory (1952); The Quiet Man (1952); This Is Korea! (1951); Rio Grande (1950); Wagon Master (1950); When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950); Pinky (1949); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949); Fireside Theatre (1949); 3 Godfathers (1948); Fort Apache (1948); The Fugitive (1947); It's Your America (1946); My Darling Clementine (1946); They Were Expendable (1945); Undercover (1944); German Industrial Manpower (1943); We Sail at Midnight (1943); December 7th (1943); At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army (1943); Torpedo Squadron (1942); The Battle of Midway (1942); Sex Hygiene (1942); How Green Was My Valley (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); The Long Voyage Home (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Along the Mohawk (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Stagecoach (1939); Submarine Patrol (1938); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); The Hurricane (1937); Wee Willie Winkie (1937); The Plough and the Stars (1936); Mary of Scotland (1936); The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); The Informer (1935); The Whole Town's Talking (1935); Judge Priest (1934); The World Moves On (1934); The Lost Patrol (1934); Doctor Bull (1933); Pilgrimage (1933); Flesh (1932); Air Mail (1932); Arrowsmith (1931); The Brat (1931); The Seas Beneath (1931); Up the River (1930); Born Reckless (1930); Men Without Women (1930); Salute (1929); The Black Watch (1929); Strong Boy (1929); Riley the Cop (1928); Napoleon's Barber (1928); Hangman's House (1928); Four Sons (1928); Mother Machree (1927); Upstream (1927); The Blue Eagle (1926); 3 Bad Men (1926); The Shamrock Handicap (1926); The Fighting Heart (1925); Thank You (1925); Kentucky Pride (1925); Lightnin' (1925); Hearts of Oak (1924); The Iron Horse (1924); Hoodman Blind (1923); North of Hudson Bay (1923); Cameo Kirby (1923); Three Jumps Ahead (1923); The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923); The Village Blacksmith (1922); Silver Wings (1922); Little Miss Smiles (1922); Jackie (1921); Sure Fire (1921); Action (1921); Desperate Trails (1921); The Wallop (1921); The Freeze-Out (1921); The Big Punch (1921); Just Pals (1920); Hitchin' Posts (1920); The Girl in Number 29 (1920); The Prince of Avenue A (1920); Marked Men (1919); A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919); Rider of the Law (1919); Ace of the Saddle (1919); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919); The Last Outlaw (1919); Riders of Vengeance (1919); The Gun Packer (1919); Gun Law (1919); Bare Fists (1919); Rustlers (1919); By Indian Post (1919); A Fight for Love (1919); The Fighting Brothers (1919); Roped (1919); Three Mounted Men (1918); The Craving (1918); A Woman's Fool (1918); Hell Bent (1918); The Scarlet Drop (1918); Thieves' Gold (1918); Wild Women (1918); The Phantom Riders (1918); Bucking Broadway (1917); A Marked Man (1917); The Secret Man (1917); Straight Shooting (1917); Cheyenne's Pal (1917); The Soul Herder (1917); The Scrapper (1917); The Trail of Hate (1917); The Tornado (1917).

Born on this day – Clark Gable:

Clark Gable

Actor

February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960

Born on this day – Helen Chandler:

Helen Chandler

Actress

February 1, 1906 – April 30, 1965

Credits:

Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938); It's a Bet (1935); Radio Parade of 1935 (1934); Unfinished Symphony (1934); Midnight Alibi (1934); Long Lost Father (1934); The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Dance Hall Hostess (1933); Alimony Madness (1933); Christopher Strong (1933); Behind Jury Doors (1932); Vanity Street (1932); A House Divided (1931); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); The Last Flight (1931); Salvation Nell (1931); Daybreak (1931); Dracula (1931); Mother's Cry (1930); Outward Bound (1930); Rough Romance (1930); The Sky Hawk (1929); Salute (1929); Mother's Boy (1929); The Joy Girl (1927); The Music Master (1927).

Born on this day – Andrea King:

Andrea King

Actress

Writer

February 1, 1919 – April 22, 2003

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960–1963); Arrest and Trial (1963); Band of Angels (1957); Biography (1996–1998); Blackenstein (1973); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Chevron Theatre (1952–1953); Cheyenne (1955 / 1956); City Detective (1954); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Dante (1960); Darby's Rangers (1958); Days of Our Lives (1974–1977); Dial 1119 (1950); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1969); Family Affair (1967); Fireside Theatre (1952–1954); Four Star Playhouse (1952); G.E. True (1963); General Electric Theater (1960); God Is My Co-Pilot (1945); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Gumby Adventures (1988); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hotel Berlin (1945); House of the Black Death (1971); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); Inevitable Grace (1994); It Happened in Springfield (1945); Johnny Midnight (1960); Lock Up (1960); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Mark of the Renegade (1951); Matinee Theatre (1956); Maverick (1959); Medical Center (1975); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Monty and the Movies (2025); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Murder, She Wrote (1990); My Wild Irish Rose (1947); Navy Nurse (1945); Outlaw Queen (1957); Perry Mason (1959–1963); Prescription: Murder (1968); Proudly We Serve (1944); Red Planet Mars (1952); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Roughly Speaking (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Shadow of a Woman (1946); Shotgun Slade (1961); Silent Fear (1956); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1988); Song of Surrender (1949); Southside 1-1000 (1950); State Trooper (1958–1959); Strange Stories (1956); Stump the Stars (1950); Surfside 6 (1962); The Alaskans (1959); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Color of Evening (1990); The Donna Reed Show (1960); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Linguini Incident (1991); The Man I Love (1946); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Ramparts We Watch (1940); The Tom Ewell Show (1960); The Very Thought of You (1944); The World in His Arms (1952); Tightrope (1959); Valentine's Day (1965); Your Play Time (1953).

Born on this day – Richard Hooker:

Richard Hooker

Writer

Surgeon

February 1, 1924 – November 4, 1997

Credits:

Books:

M*A*S*H Goes To Hollywood (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Las Vegas (1975); M*A*S*H Goes To London (1975); M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (1971); M*A*S*H Goes To Miami (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Montreal (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To Morocco (1975); M*A*S*H Goes To Moscow (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To New Orleans (1974); M*A*S*H Goes to Paris (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To San Francisco (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Texas (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To Vienna (1976); M*A*S*H Mania (1977); MASH (1968).

Movies and television:

Not M*A*S*H XXX (2010); W*A*L*T*E*R (1984); AfterMASH (1983); M*A*S*H (1972–1983); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); M*A*S*H (1970).

Born on this day – Nancy Gates:

Nancy Gates

Actress

February 1, 1926 – March 24, 2019

Credit:

Mod Squad (1969); Bonanza (1966); Burke's Law (1965); The Loner (1965); Rawhide (1965); Perry Mason (1957–1965); Kentucky Jones (1965); The Virginian (1964); Wagon Train (1958–1964); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963); Gunsmoke (1962); Bus Stop (1961); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Detectives (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1961); Hong Kong (1961); The Best of the Post (1961); Wichita Town (1960); Laramie (1960); Comanche Station (1960); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); The Lineup (1959); Men Into Space (1959); Bronco (1959); Lock Up (1959); Riverboat (1959); The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959); The Third Man (1959); The Millionaire (1955–1959); Maverick (1958–1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Some Came Running (1958); Trackdown (1958); The Loretta Young Show (1957–1958); The Rawhide Trail (1958); Kraft Theatre (1958); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1957); The Brass Legend (1956); Death of a Scoundrel (1956); The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1956); Magnificent Roughnecks (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); Wetbacks (1956); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1956); World Without End (1956); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1956); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); Adventures of the Falcon (1954–1956); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1952–1955); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); General Electric Theater (1954–1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); No Man's Woman (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Top of the World (1955); Treasury Men in Action (1955); The Whistler (1954–1955); Studio 57 (1954–1955); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Stranger on Horseback (1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Masterson of Kansas (1954); Suddenly (1954); Your Play Time (1954); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); Hell's Half Acre (1954); Your Favorite Story (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1953); Torch Song (1953); Target Hong Kong (1953); The Member of the Wedding (1952); The Atomic City (1952); At Sword's Point (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949); Check Your Guns (1948); Cheyenne Takes Over (1947); The Spanish Main (1945); Nevada (1944); The Master Race (1944); Bride by Mistake (1944); A Night of Adventure (1944); Family Feud (1943); Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943); This Land Is Mine (1943); The Great Gildersleeve (1942); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942).

Born on this day – Stuart Whitman:

Stuart Whitman

Actor

February 1, 1928 – March 16, 2020

Born on this day – Terry Jones:

Terry Jones

Comedian

Director

Historian

Actor

Writer

Member of Monty Python

February 1, 1942 – January 21, 2020

Born on this day – Adam Beckett:

 

Adam Beckett

Director

Producer

Animator

Special effects artist

Teacher

February 1, 1950 – March 1979

Credits:

The Cell (2000); Piranha (1978); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Kitsch in Synch (1975); Sausage City (1974); Flesh Flows (1974); Evolution of the Red Star (1973); Heavy-Light (1973); Dear Janice (1972).

Born on this day – Mark Dodson:

Mark Dodson

Actor

February 1, 1960 – March 3, 2024

Credits:

Anomaly 2 (2013); Arachnicide (2014); Awesomenauts (2011); Bendy and the Dark Revival (2022); Bill Diamond on the Road (2024); Bonkers (1993); Bow Madness (2009–2014); Danse Macabre: Curse of the Banshee Collector's Edition (2017); Darkwing Duck (1991); Day of the Dead (1985); Deadwood Park (2007); Detectives Don't Sleep (2023); Dragon Front (2016); Duke Grabowski, Mighty Swashbuckler (2016); Eddie Salter Turkey Man (2013); Enderal: The Shards of Order (2016); Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985); Fitness and Me: Why Exercise? (1984); From the Mouths of Babes (2018–2019); Galacticare (2024); Ghostrunner (2020); Ghostrunner II (2023); Ghostrunner Project_Hel DLC (2022); Gremlins (1984); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Grim Dawn (2016); Grim Dawn: Ashes of Malmouth (2017); Grim Legends 3: The Dark City (2016); Headcheese: The Movie (2020); Heroes of Newerth (2010); Hidden Expedition: The Curse of Mithridates Collector's Edition (2017); Kaptara (2013); Killing Floor 2 (2015); Legend of the Superstition Mountains (2015); Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (2022); Lucius (2012); Lucius II (2015); Lucius III (2018); Machtails from the Cantina (2020); Magic Legends (2020); Mister... Salacious Crumb? (2014); Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes (2011); Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device (2012); Natural Born Killers (009–2012); Neon Chrome (2016); Neverwinter (2013); Painkiller: Hell & Damnation (2012); Phantasmat: Insidious Dreams (2017); Phantom Doctrine (2018); Rebel Galaxy (2015); Rive (2016); Showdown Bandit (2019); Small Town Z: The Next Chapter (2017); Song of the Common Loon (date?); Star Trek Online (2010); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015); Still Toking with (2021); The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1983); The Misadventures of Tobi & Duke (A New Town) (2024); This Halloween Night (2016); Toking with the Dead I2 (Misfortune) (2022); Toking with the Dead I3 Smoked out (2022); Toking with the Dead Reanimated E1 (2022); Wandering with the Dead (2020 / 2021); Wishman (1983).

Born on this day – Brandon Lee:

Brandon Lee

Actor

Martial artist

February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993

February in movie history - The Houston Story (1956)

The Houston Story

directed by William Castle,

written by James B. Gordon,

based on a story by James B. Gordon,

was released in the United States in February 1956.

Exact release date unknown.

Cast:

Gene Barry, Barbara Hale, Edward Arnold, Paul Richards, Jeanne Cooper, Frank Jenks, John Zaremba, Chris Alcaide, Jack Littlefield, Paul Levitt, Fred Krone, Pete Kellett.

On this day in movie and book history - Pocket Money (1972) and Jim Kane (1972)

Pocket Money

directed by Stuart Rosenberg,

written by Terrence Malick,

based on the novel Jim Kane by J.P.S. Brown,

was released in the United States on February 1, 1972.

Music by Alex North.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers, Hector Elizondo, Christine Belford, Kelly Jean Peters, Gregory Sierra, Fred Graham, Matt Clark, Claudio Miranda, Bruce Davis Bayne, Poupée Bocar, Richard Farnsworth, Ken Freehill, Terrence Malick.

Recommended reading:

Jim Kane

by J.P.S. Brown
 
Filmed as Pocket Money (1972), directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
 
Hardcover.
Published 1970.
Published by E P Dutton.

ISBN 13: 9780803742291
ISBN 10: 0803742290
ASIN: 0803742290
 
Description:
 

Content with making an honest living hauling truckloads of horses from Mexico, Jim Kane – ranch hand, cattle trader, and bronco buster – is forced by a twist of fate to return to his job in Arizona, breaking colts for the rodeo.

February in movie history - Simon - February (1980)

Simon

directed and written by Marshall Brickman,

based on a story by Marshall Brickman and Thomas Baum,

was released in the United States in February1980.

Exact release date unknown.

Music by Stanley Silverman.

Cast:

Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Judy Graubart, William Finley, Wallace Shawn, Jayant, Max Wright, Fred Gwynne, Adolph Green, Keith Szarabajka, Ann Risley, Pierre Epstein, Roy Cooper, Rex Robbins, David Warrilow, Hetty Galen, Louise Lasser, Dick Cavett.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation (1992)

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 5. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Violations.

Released February 1, 1992.

Directed by Robert Wiemer.

Written by Pamela Gray, Jeri Taylor, Shari Goodhartz, T. Michael, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Rosalind Chao, Ben Lemon, David Sage, Rick Fitts, Eve Brenner, Doug Wert, Craig Benton, Majel Barrett, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Victoria Cameron, Bo Ching, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Debbie David, Grace Harrell, Melanie Hathorn, Randy James, Arvo Katajisto, Alex Landi, Mark Lentry, Ivonne Perez Montijo, Keith Rayve, Bill E. Rogers, Gina Saadi, John Alex Tampoya, Mikki Val.

On this day in music history:

Breathing in the Moment by Michele McLaughlin (2012)

Resist by Within Temptation (2019)

Epic Women - The Shero’s Journey (2022)

Breathing in the Moment

Album by Michele McLaughlin,

released February 1, 2012.

Track list:

Breathing in the Moment; The Beauty Within; Stargazing; Cheryl’s Hope; Sisters; Into the Sunset; The Life Cycle; Finding Balance; The Joy of Childhood; Trilogy; Breaking Free; Nostalgia; Wonderment; The Lunar Effect; Rejoice (Reprise). 

Resist

Album by Within Temptation,

released February 1, 2019.

Track list:

The Reckoning (featuring Jacoby Shaddix); Endless War; Raise Your Banner; Supernova; Holy Ground; In Vain; Firelight" (featuring Jasper Steverlinck); Mad World; Mercy Mirror; Trophy Hunter; Raise Your Banner; Endless War; Firelight (single edit); Mad World; Supernova (single edit); The Reckoning (instrumental); Endless War (instrumental); Raise Your Banner (instrumental); Supernova (instrumental); Holy Ground (instrumental); In Vain (instrumental); Firelight (instrumental); Mad World (instrumental); Mercy Mirror (instrumental); Trophy Hunter (instrumental).

Epic Women - The Shero’s Journey

released February 1, 2022.

Artists featured on this album:

Aeralie Brighton, Alexa Ray, Axis, Celica Soldream, Emanate Music (Donna Gibbons), Felicia Farerre, Iris Wallner, Jennifer Thomas, Julie Elven, Lydia Davies, Sophy Purnell, The Rogue Pianist (Kimberly StarKey), Zefora Alderman.

Track list:

Miracle of Life; The Adventurer; Facing the Void; Oakenheart; Crossing the Threshold; Vajra Hero; Approach to the Inmost Cave; The Ordeal; The Light Within; Shooting Stars; Emergence; Bridge Between Suns.