Mario Batali, on reading:

 

Reading is a key feature in the life of every single successful person I have ever met.
- Mario Batali.

Recommended reading - Scenes from the Life of Bohemia

Scenes from the Life of Bohemia
Scènes De La Vie De Bohême

by Henri Murger.
 
First published 1849.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0359742505
ISBN-13: 978-0359742509

Description:

The inspiration for Puccini’s great opera La Bohème, Henri Murger’s episodic story of the bohemians of mid-19th century Paris is a lively, eccentric and amusing narrative – it is presented here with the original 33 drawings. Less a novel and more a series of entertaining encounters, Murger’s work constructs a picture of artistic community and madcap association – aspiring painters, musicians and writers, all with strange stories to tell. Though struggling with poverty, the bohemians are blessed with occasional good fortune; eccentric but monied clients, or jobs landed by sheer luck and opportunistic panache. More than this however is the abiding theme of bonhomie between the young associates; all share the same dream – recognition and money for their creative endeavours – and are bound together by their place of meeting and low social standing. The café where the group gather to socialize serves as the genesis for several plotlines; here the protagonists commiserate and collaborate in equal measure.

Born on this day – August Derleth:

August Derleth

Writer

February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971

Credits:

A Collector of Stones (1946); A Corner for Lucia (1953); A Dinner at Imola (1929); A Boy's Way (1947); A Cloak From Messer Lando (1934); A Gentleman from Prague (1944); A Knocking in the Wall (1951); A Little Knowledge (1948); A Matter of Faith (1934); A Matter of Sight (1930); A Praed Street Dossier (1968); A Room in a House (1950); A Thin Gentleman with Gloves (1943); A Traveler in Time (1953); A Wig for Miss DeVore (1943); Across the Hall (1930); After You, Mr. Henderson (1940); Alannah (1945); Altimer's Amulet (1941); An Elegy for Mr. Danielson (1933); An Eye for History (1975); An Occurrence in an Antique Shop (1929); And You, Thoreau! (1944); Any Day Now (1938); Atmosphere of Houses (1939); August Derleth's Eerie Creatures (2009); Balu (1949); Bat's Belfry (1926); Baynter's Imp (1943); Beachheads in Space (1952); Beyond the Threshold (1941); Beyond Time and Space (1950); Birkett's Twelfth Corpse (1933); Bishop's Gambit (1947); Blessed Are the Meek (1948); Bramwell's Guardian (1940); Bright Journey (1940); By Rocket to the Moon (1965); Carousel (1945); Century Jumper (1953); Clark Ashton Smith: Master of Fantasy (1974); Colonel Markesan (1934); Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People (1966); Columbus and the New World (1957); Come to Me! (1941); Compliments of Spectro (1941); Concord Rebel: A Life of Henry D. Thoreau (1962); Consider Your Verdict (1937); Country Growth (1940); Country Matters (1996); Country Poems (1956); Countryman's Journal (1963); Dark Mind, Dark Heart (1962); Dark Things (1971); Dead Man's Shoes (1946); Death by Design (1953); Death Holds the Post (1936); Dwellers in Darkness (1976); Emerson, Our Contemporary (1970); Empire of Fur (1953); Evening in Spring (1941); Far Boundaries (1951); Father Marquette and the Great Rivers (1959); Feigman's Beard (1934); Fell Purpose (1953); Ferguson's Capsules (1966); Forest Orphans: Carl Marty and His Animal Friends (1964); From Other Worlds (1964); Gangster Stories (1930); Glory Hand (1937); H.P. Lovecraft And His Work (1963); H.P.L.: A Memoir (1945); Habitant of Dusk (1946); Halloween for Mr. Faulkner (1959); Harrigan's File (1975); Hawk on the Wind (1938); He Shall Come (1929); Headlines for Tod Shayne (1942); Here on a Darkling Plain (1940); Here, Daemos! (1942); In Lovecraft's Shadow (1998); In Re: Sherlock Holmes – The Adventures of Solar Pons (1945); In the Left Wing (1932); Incubus (1934); Innsmouth Clay (1971); Invaders from the Microcosm (1953); Ithaqua (1941); It's a Boy's World (1948); Jacksnipe Over (1971); Journals (Sac Prairie Saga); Just a Song at Twilight (1930); Kingsridge 214 (1949); Lady Macbeth of Pimley Square (1944); Lamplight for the Dark (1941); Land of Gray Gold (1954); Land of Sky Blue Waters (1955); Lansing's Luxury (1942); Laughter in the Night (1932); Lesandro's Familiar (1936); Logoda's Heads (1939); Lonesome Places (1962); Lovecraft and "The Pacer" (1959); Man and the Cosmos (1935); Man Track Here (1939); Mara (1948); Mark VII (1954); McElwin's Glass (1943); McGovern's Obsession (1937); McIlvaine's Star (1952); Melodie in E Minor (1929); Mischief in the Lane (1944); Miss Esperson (1962); Mr. Ames' Devil (1942); Mr. Berbeck Had a Dream (1935); Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey (1968); Mr. George (1947); Mr. George and Other Odd Persons (1963); Mrs. Bentley's Daughter (1930); Mrs. Corter Makes Up Her Mind (1942); Mrs. Elting Does Her Part (1939); Mrs. Lannisfree (1945); Mrs. Manifold (1949); Muggridge's Aunt (1935); Murder Stalks the Wakely Family (1934); Nellie Foster (1933); New Horizons: Yesterday's Portraits of Tomorrow (1998); New Worlds for Old (1963); Night's Yawning Peal: A Ghostly Company (1952); No Future for Luana (1945); No Light for Uncle Henry (1943); Not Long for this World (1948); Old Mark (1929); Oliver, The Wayward Owl (1945); Omega (1934); Only Deserted (1937); Open, Sesame! (1949); Over the Edge (1964); Pacific 421 (1944); Parrington's Pool (1947); Pikeman (1946); Place of Hawks (1935); Poetry Out of Wisconsin (1937); Portals of Tomorrow (1954); Potts' Triumph (1950); Prince Borgia's Mass (1931); Protoplasma (1975); Providence: Two Gentlemen Meet at Midnight (1948); Psyche (1953); Red Hands (1932); Rendezvous in a Landscape (1952); Restless is the River (1939); Return to Sac Prairie (1996); Return to Walden West (1970); Riders in the Sky (1928); Rind of Earth (1942); Sac Prairie People (1948); Saint Ignatius and the Company of Jesus (1956); Saunder's Little Friend (1948); Scarlatti's Bottle (1929); Selected Poems (1944); Sentence Deferred (1939); Sexton, Sexton, in the Wall (1953); Shadow of Night (1943); Shane's Girls (aka Happiness is a Gift) (1948); Sign of Fear (1935); Sleep No More (1944); Some Notes on H. P. Lovecraft (1959); Someone in the Dark (1941); Something from Out There (1951); Something in Wood (1948); Something Left Behind (1971); Something Near (1945); Spawn of the Maelstrom (1939); Still is the Summer Night (1937); Still Small Voice (1940); Strange Ports of Call (1948); Sweet Genevieve (1942); Sweet Land of Michigan (1962); Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1969); That Is Not Dead: The Black Magic & Occult Stories by August Derleth (2009); The Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus (1955); The Adventure of the Black Cardinal (1930); The Adventure of the Intarsia Box (1964); The Adventure of The Orient Express (1964); The Adventure of the Snitch in Time (1953); The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians (1968); The Ancestor (1957); The Beast in Holger's Woods (1968); The Bishop Sees Through (1932); The Black Castle (1927); The Black Island (1952); The Blue Spectacles (1949); The Bridge of Sighs (1931); The Captain Is Afraid (1931); The Captive Island (1952); The Carven Image (1933); The Casebook of Solar Pons (1965); The Chronicles of Solar Pons (1973); The Churchyard Yew (1947); The Closing Door (1950); The Coffin of Lissa (1926); The Conradi Affair (1928); The Country of the Hawk (1952); The Dark Boy (1956); The Dark Brotherhood (1966); The Deserted Garden (1929); The Detective and the Senator (1953); The Devil's Pay (1926); The Disc Recorder (1953); The Drifting Snow (1939); The Dweller in Darkness (1944); The Ebony Stick (1953); The Edge of Night (1945); The Elixir of Life (1926); The Extra Passenger (1947); The Fifth Child (1950); The Figure with the Scythe (1973); The Final Adventures of Solar Pons (1998); The Gable Window (1957); The Ghost of Blackhawk Island (1961); The Ghost Walk (1947); The God-Box (1945); The Hills Stand Watch (1960); The Horror from the Middle Span (1967); The House by the River (1965); The House In the Magnolias (1932); The House in the Oaks (1971); The House in the Valley (1953); The House of Moonlight (1953); The House on the Highway (1929); The House on the Mound (1958); The Inheritors (1929); The Inverness Cape (1945); The Irregulars Strike Again (1964); The Island Out of Space (1950); The Keeper of the Key (1951); The Lair of the Star-Spawn (1932); The Lamp of Alhazred (1957); The Lilac Bush (1930); The Lonesome Place (1948); The Lost Day (1945); The Lost Path (1952); The Lost Sac Prairie Novels (2000); The Lurker at the Threshold (1945); The Man on All Fours (1934); The Man on B-17 (1950); The Man Who Rode the Saucer (1951); The Marmoset (1926); The Martian Artifact (1957); The Mask of Cthulhu (1958); The Maugham Obsession (1953); The Mechanical House (1954); The Memoirs of Solar Pons (1951); The Metronome (1934); The Mill Creek Irregulars (1959); The Milwaukee Road: Its First Hundred Years (1948); The Moon Tenders (1958); The Narracong Riddle (1940); The Night Rider (1927); The Night Road (1952); The Night Side (1947); The Night Side (1947); The Night Train to Lost Valley (1948); The Occupant of the Crypt (1947); The Odyssey of Janna Meade (1949); The Ormolu Clock (1950); The Other Side of the Moon (1949); The Other Side of the Wall (1951); The Outer Reaches (1951); The Owl on the Moor (1928); The Pacer (1930); The Pacer (1930); The Panelled Room (1937); The Peabody Heritage (1957); The Penfield Misadventure (1954); The Philosophers' Stone (1928); The Pinkertons Ride Again (1960); The Place in the Woods (1954); The Place of Desolation (1952); The Portrait (1930); The Prince Goes West (1968); The Remarkable Dingdong (1954); The Reminiscences of Solar Pons (1961); The Return of Andrew Bentley (1933); The Return of Hastur (1939); The Return of Sarah Purcell (1936); The Return of Solar Pons (1958); The River (1927); The Sandwin Compact (1940); The Satin Mask (1936); The Seal of R'lyeh (1957); The Second Print (1939); The Seven Who Waited (1943); The Shadow on the Sky (1932); The Shadow Out of Space (1957); The Sheraton Mirror (1932); The Shield of the Valiant (1945); The Shores of Night (1947); The Shuttered House (1937); The Shuttered Room (1959); The Slayers and the Slain (1949); The Sleepers (1927); The Sleepers and Other Wakeful Things (2009); The Sleeping and the Dead (1947); The Sleeping and the Dead (1963); The Solar Pons Omnibus (1982); The Song of the Pewee (1949); The Statement of Justin Parker (1928); The Survivor (1954); The Survivor and Others (1957); The Telephone in the Library (1936); The Tenant (1928); The Tenant at Number Seven (1928); The Tent Show Summer (1963); The Testament of Claiborne Boyd (aka The Gorge Beyond Salapunco) (1949); The Thing that Walked on the Wind (1933); The Three-Storied House (1928); The Time of Infinity (1963); The Trail of Cthulhu (1962); The Trail of Cthulhu (aka The House on Curwen Street) (1944); The Tsantsa in the Parlor (1948); The Turret Room (1927); The Unquiet Grave (1963); The Vanishing of Simmons (1933); The Vengeance of Ai (1939); The Watcher from the Sky (1945); The Watcher on the Heights (1966); The Watchers Out of Time (1974); The Watchers Out of Time and Others (1974); The Whippoorwills in the Hills (1948); The Whistler (1930); The White Moth (1933); The Wind from the River (1937); The Wind in the Cedars (aka Happiness Shall Not Escape (1946); The Wind in the Lilacs (1948); The Wisconsin: River of a Thousand Isles (1942); The Woman at Loon Point (1936); They Shall Rise (1936); Thinker, Mark VII (1954); This Wound (1962); Those Who Seek (1932); Three Gentlemen in Black (1938); Three Problems for Solar Pons (1952); Three Straw Men (1970); Three Who Died (1935); Time to Come (1954); To a Spaceship (1934); Travellers by Night (1967); Twilight Play (1949); Village Daybook (1947); Village Year: A Sac Prairie Journal (1941); Vincennes: Portal to the West (1968); Walden West (1961); Wentworth's Day (1957); West of Morning (1960); When Evil Wakes (1963); Who Knocks? (1946); Who Shall I Say is Calling & Other Stories (2009); Who Shall I Say is Calling? (1952); Wilbur, The Trusting Whippoorwill (1959); Wild Grapes (1934); Wind in the Elms (1941); Wind Over Wisconsin (1938); Wisconsin Country: A Sac Prairie Journal (1965); Wisconsin Earth: A Sac Prairie Sampler (1948); Wisconsin in Their Bones (1961); Wisconsin Murders (1968); Worlds of Tomorrow (1953).

Born on this day – Billie Van Every:

 

Billie Van Every

Actress

February 24, 1911 – date of death unknown

Credits:

A Woman's Man (1934); Atlantic Flight (1937); Blind Date (1934); Broadway Bill (1934); Carnival (1935); City Limits (1934); Crime Takes a Holiday (1938); Death Flies East (1935); I'll Love You Always (1935); Keyhole Katie (1933); Million Dollar Ransom (1934); Monte Carlo Nights (1934); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); Navy Born (1936); Sadie McKee (1934); She Married Her Boss (1935); SOS Coast Guard (1937); The Girl Friend (1935); The Girl Who Came Back (1935); The Godless Girl (1928); The Hell Cat (1934); The Loudspeaker (1934); The Party's Over (1934); Whirlpool (1934).

Born on this day – Angela Greene:

 

Angela Greene

Actress

February 24, 1921 – February 9, 1978

Credits:

Futureworld (1976); Baretta (1975); Medical Center (1973–1975); The Day of the Locust (1975); Police Story (1974); The Waltons (1973); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Room 222 (1972); Banacek (1972); Adam-12 (1969–1972); Love, American Style / Love and the Waitress (1971); Lassie (1970); Nancy (1970); The Immortal (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); Mod Squad (1969); The F.B.I. (1968); The Fugitive (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Batman (1966); Tickle Me (1965); The Rogues (1965); Ben Casey (1964); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Donna Reed Show (1958–1963); Wagon Train (1958–1963); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Lawman (1962); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1962); Bus Stop (1962); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1961); Cheyenne (1961); Thriller (1961); Lock Up (1961); U.S. Marshal (1960); Bachelor Father (1960); Johnny Midnight (1960); Markham (1960); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956–1960); General Electric Theater (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Perry Mason (1959); Whirlybirds (1958–1959); Frontier Doctor (1959); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); The Cosmic Man (1959); The Danny Thomas Show (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1955–1958); Behind Closed Doors (1958); Night of the Blood Beast (1958); Sally (1958); M Squad (1958); El coyote (1957); Spoilers of the Forest (1957); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1957); Affair in Reno (1957); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1956); Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1956); Waterfront (1955); Crossroads (1955); Shotgun (1955); Stage 7 (1955); The Whistler (1955); Adventures of the Falcon (1955); Patrick Henry (1955); Passport to Danger (1954); Topper (1954); The Royal African Rifles (1953); Chevron Theatre (1953); Loose in London (1953); A Perilous Journey (1953); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); Fireside Theatre (1952); Racket Squad (1952); Sky King (1952); Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952); Dick Tracy (1950); At War with the Army (1950); Wallflower (1948); King of the Bandits (1947); Escape Me Never (1947); Love and Learn (1947); Stallion Road (1947); That Way with Women (1947); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946); Humoresque (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Too Young to Know (1945); Mildred Pierce (1945); Coney Island Honeymoon (1945); Law of the Badlands (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); The Very Thought of You (1944); Musical Movieland (1944); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Grandfather's Follies.

Born on this day – Barbara Lawrence:

Barbara Lawrence

Actress

February 24, 1930 – November 13, 2013

Credits:

The Tall Man (1962); Perry Mason (1958–1962); The Best of the Post (1961); Shotgun Slade (1960); Bonanza (1960); Bat Masterson (1960); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); Tightrope (1959); Riverboat (1959); Trackdown (1958); Cimarron City (1958); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Goodyear Theatre (1957); Joe Dakota (1957); Man in the Shadow (1957); Kronos (1957); Have Camera Will Travel (1956); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Cheyenne (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1956); General Electric Theater (1956); Oklahoma! (1955); Man with the Gun (1955); Her Twelve Men (1954); Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954); Paris Model (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Arena (1953); The Star (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); Here Come the Nelsons (1952); Two Tickets to Broadway (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Peggy (1950); The Silver Theatre (1950); Thieves' Highway (1949); Mother Is a Freshman (1949); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); The Street with No Name (1948); Give My Regards to Broadway (1948); You Were Meant for Me (1948); Captain from Castile (1947); Margie (1946); Diamond Horseshoe (1945).

Born on this day – John Vernon:

John Vernon

Actor

February 24, 1932 – February 1, 2005

Credits:

Delgo (2008); The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2001–2005); Area 51 (2005); Fallout (2004); Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (2003); Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003); Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003); Welcome to America (2002); Earth and Beyond (2002); Sorority Boys (2002); Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge (2001); Stageghost (2000); Star Trek: Klingon Academy (2000); Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2000); Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000); Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure (1999); Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain (1998); The Incredible Hulk (1996–1997); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1997); Adventures in Odyssey: A Twist in Time (1997); Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1996); Family of Cops (1995); Walker, Texas Ranger (1995); Malicious (1995); Pinky and the Brain (1995); Legend (1995); Marker (1995); Renegade (1993–1995); Paris or Somewhere (1994); Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994); Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1994); Sodbusters (1994); Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1993–1994); Hostage for a Day (1994); The Forget-Me-Not Murders (1994); Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993); Matrix (1993); The Fire Next Time (1993); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1993); In the Heat of the Night (1993); Wojeck: Out of the Fire (1992); The Naked Truth (1992); Tales from the Crypt (1992); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1992); Dinosaurs (1992); The Woman Who Sinned (1991); Dark Justice (1991); Object of Desire (1990); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Max Monroe (1990); Mob Story (1989); W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989); CBS Summer Playhouse (1989); Afganistan - The Last War Bus (1989); Two Men (1988); I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988); Hostile Takeover (1988); War of the Worlds (1988); Deadly Stranger (1988); Dixie Lanes (1988); Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988); Nightstick (1987); Blue Monkey (1987); The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (1987); Terminal Exposure (1987); Ernest Goes to Camp (1987); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1987); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Rat Tales (1986); Wildfire (1986); Sledge Hammer! (1986); The Magical World of Disney (1986); Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1986); Knight Rider (1984–1986); Airwolf (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1985); MacGyver (1985); Hail to the Chief (1985); Doin' Time (1985); Fraternity Vacation (1985); The Fall Guy (1983–1985); Partners in Crime (1984); Savage Streets (1984); Jungle Warriors (1984); The Blood of Others (1984); Automan (1984); The Greatest American Hero (1983); T.J. Hooker (1983); Faerie Tale Theatre (1983); Hart to Hart (1983); The A-Team (1983); Chained Heat (1983); The Powers of Matthew Star (1983); Curtains (1983); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); The Blue and the Gray (1982); CHiPs (1982); Today's F.B.I. (1982); The Phoenix (1982); Heartbreak High (1981); Heavy Metal (1981); Vega$ (1980); The Littlest Hobo (1980); Herbie Goes Bananas (1980); Fantastica (1980); It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980); California Fever (1979); The Sacketts (1979); Delta House (1979); National Lampoon's Animal House (1978); Quincy M.E. (1978); Golden Rendezvous (1977); Angela (1977); Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977); The Oregon Trail (1977); The Uncanny / Hollywood 1936 (1977); A Special Day (1977); For the Record (1977); Someday Soon (1977); Drum (1976); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); Cannon (1973–1975); McMillan & Wife (1975); Switch (1975); S.W.A.T. (1975); The Invisible Man (1975); Matt Helm (1975); Barbary Coast (1975); The Swiss Family Robinson (1975); Brannigan (1975); The Impostor (1975); Kung Fu (1974–1975); Gunsmoke (1975); Movin' On (1974); Police Woman (1974); Virginia Hill (1974); Ironside (1974); Police Surgeon (1974); Petrocelli (1974); W (1974); The Black Windmill (1974); Sweet Movie (1974); The F.B.I. (1968–1974); Barnaby Jones (1974); Mousey (1974); The Questor Tapes (1974); The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973); Charley Varrick (1973); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); Search (1973); Hunter (1973); Fear Is the Key (1972); Journey (1972); Mission: Impossible (1969–1972); Mannix (1971–1972); Cool Million (1972); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); Dirty Harry (1971); Winter Comes Early (1971); Bearcats! (1971); Escape (1971); Men at Law (1971); One More Train to Rob (1971); The Name of the Game (1971); The Silent Force (1971); Hawaii Five-O (1970); Matt Lincoln (1970); Topaz (1969); Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969); Justine (1969); Trial Run (1969); The High Chaparral (1969); Bonanza (1968); Judd for the Defense (1968); The Felony Squad (1968); Tarzan (1968); Wojeck (1966–1968); Point Blank (1967); Coronet Blue (1967); Iron Man (1966); The Sub-Mariner (1966); Mighty Thor (1966); Once Upon a Prime Time (1966); Hulk (1966); Captain America (1966); Festival (1960–1966); The Marvel Super Heroes (1966); CBC Show of the Week (1965–1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); The Forest Rangers (1963–1965); The Serial (1964–1965); John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance (1964); Time of Your Life (1964); Nobody Waved Good-bye (1964); Playdate (1962–1964); Quest (1962–1963); Georges-Étienne Cartier: The Lion of Québec (1962); Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist (1962); Summer Circuit (1961); Encounter (1956–1961); R.C.M.P. (1960); A Day in the Night of Jonathan Mole (1959); Folio (1958–1959); Cannonball (1959); The Unforeseen (1959); First Performance (1956–1958); On Camera (1956–1958); The Harvest (1957); Fires of Envy (1957); Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957); Go to Blazes (1956); 1984 (1956).

Born on this day – Pete Duel:

Pete Duel

Actor

February 24, 1940 – December 31, 1971

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964–1965); 7 Nights to Remember (1966); A Look Back at Gidget (2006); Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1972); Cannon for Cordoba (1970); Channing (1963); Combat! (1964); Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha (1965); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Espionage Target: You (1964); Generation (1969); Gidget (1965–1966); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964); How to Steal an Airplane (1971); Insight (1970); Ironside (1968); It's Happening (1968); Love on a Rooftop (1966–1967); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1971); Matt Lincoln (1970); Mickey (1964); The Blazing Cannons (2017); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1970); The Dating Game (1968); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The F.B.I. (1965–1967); The Fugitive (1965); The Hell with Heroes (1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1966–1967); The Interns (1970); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Name of the Game (1968–1971); The Psychiatrist (1970–1971); The Scarecrow (1972); The Virginian (1968–1969); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); The Young Country (1970); The Young Lawyers (1970); W.I.A. Wounded in Action (1966); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990).

On this day in movie and book history - La Bohème (1926)

La Bohème

directed by King Vidor

written by Frédérique De Grésac, William M. Conselman and Ruth Cummings,

based on the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger,

and the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini,

was released in the United States on February 24, 1926.

Music by William Axt.

 
Cast:

Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, George Hassell, Roy D'Arcy, Edward Everett Horton, Karl Dane, Mathilde Comont, Gino Corrado, Eugene Pouyet, Frank Currier, David Mir, Catherine Vidor, Valentina Zimina, Agostino Borgato, Harry Crocker, Blanche Payson.

Recommended reading:

Scenes from the Life of Bohemia
Scènes De La Vie De Bohême

by Henri Murger.
 
First published 1849.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0359742505
ISBN-13: 978-0359742509

Description:

The inspiration for Puccini’s great opera La Bohème, Henri Murger’s episodic story of the bohemians of mid-19th century Paris is a lively, eccentric and amusing narrative – it is presented here with the original 33 drawings. Less a novel and more a series of entertaining encounters, Murger’s work constructs a picture of artistic community and madcap association – aspiring painters, musicians and writers, all with strange stories to tell. Though struggling with poverty, the bohemians are blessed with occasional good fortune; eccentric but monied clients, or jobs landed by sheer luck and opportunistic panache. More than this however is the abiding theme of bonhomie between the young associates; all share the same dream – recognition and money for their creative endeavours – and are bound together by their place of meeting and low social standing. The café where the group gather to socialize serves as the genesis for several plotlines; here the protagonists commiserate and collaborate in equal measure.

On this day in movie history - Pardon Our Nerve (1939)

Pardon Our Nerve

directed by H. Bruce Humberstone,

written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan,

based on a story by Hilda Stone and Betty Reinhardt,

was released in the United States on February 24, 1939.

Music by Gene Rose.

Cast:

Lynn Bari, June Gale, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Michael Whalen, Edward Brophy, John Miljan, Theodore von Eltz, Ward Bond, Chester Clute, Helen Ericson, Tom Kennedy, Carol Adams, Sidney Bracey, Gary Breckner, Don Brodie, Romaine Callender, Dorothy Christy, Charles Coleman, Hal Craig, Floyd Criswell, Lester Dorr, Eddie Dunn, James Flavin, Dick French, Bud Geary, Grace Goodall, William Haade, Frank Hagney, Lew Harvey, Robert Emmett Keane, Joe King, George Lynn, Mickey MacAvoy, Hamilton MacFadden, Steve Mason, Larry McGrath, Jack Norton, Bob Perry, Jack Roper, Syd Saylor, June Storey, Dan Tobey, Emmett Vogan, Ray Walker, Ben Welden, Charles C. Wilson, Florence Wright.

On this day in movie history - The Enforcer (1951)

The Enforcer

a.k.a. Murder, Inc.

directed by Bretaigne Windust,

written by Martin Rackin,

based on the Murder, Inc. trials (1929 – 1941),

was released in the United States on February 24, 1951.

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane, Roy Roberts, Michael Tolan, King Donovan, Bob Steele, Adelaide Klein, Don Beddoe, Tito Vuolo, John Kellogg, Jack Lambert, Patricia Joiner.

On this day in movie history - Donnie Brasco (1997)

Donnie Brasco

directed by Mike Newell,

written by Paul Attanasio,

based on the book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley,

was released in the United States on February 24, 1997.

Music by Patrick Doyle.

Cast:

Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, Anne Heche, Zeljko Ivanek, Gerry Becker, Robert Miano, Brian Tarantina, Rocco Sisto, Zach Grenier, Walt MacPherson, Ronnie Farer, Terry Serpico, Gretchen Mol, Tony Lip, George Angelica, Val Avery, Madison Arnold, Delanie Fitzpatrick, Katie Sagona, Sara Gold, Larry Romano, Tim Blake Nelson, Paul Giamatti, James McCauley, James Bulleit, Andrew Parks, Keenan Shimizu, Rocco Musacchia, Joe Francis, Sal Jenco, Billy Capucilli, Laura Cahill, Doreen Murphy, Elle Alexander, Denise Faye, Elaine del Valle, John Horton, Dan Brennan, LaJuan Carter, Sandy Barber, Joyce Stovall, Frank Pesce, Randy Jurgensen, John Di Benedetto, Richard Zavaglia, Tony Ray Rossi, Edward Black, Gaetano LoGiudice, Carmelo Musacchia, Pat Vecchio.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Voyager, Discovery

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek: Discovery (2022) 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 5. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: The Disease.

Released February 24, 1999.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Michael Taylor, Kenneth Biller, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Musetta Vander, Christopher Liam Moore, Charles Rocket, Majel Barrett, Ivory Broome, Marvin De Baca, Michael N. Fujimoto, Linda Harcharic, Grace Harrell, Tony Jones, Crystal LaPrie, Alicia Lewis, James Pearson, Heather Rattray, Linnea Soohoo, Pablo Soriano.

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 4. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: The Galactic Barrier.

Released February 24, 2022.

Directed by Deborah Kampmeier.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Alan B. McElroy, Glenise Mullins, Brandon Schultz, Carlos Cisco.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, David Ajala, Oded Fehr, David Cronenberg, Shawn Doyle, Chelah Horsdal, Tara Rosling, Annabelle Wallis, Hiro Kanagawa, Phumzile Sitole, Osric Chau, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Orville Cummings, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Christopher Allen, Robinne Fanfair, Kyle James Butler, Craig Henry.

On this day in television history - Justified (2015)

Justified
Season 6. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Alive Day.

Released February 24, 2015.

Directed by Peter Werner.

Written by Graham Yost, Benjamin Cavell, Jennifer Kennedy, Keith Schreier.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.
 
Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Mary Steenburgen, Garret Dillahunt, Justin Welborn, Jeff Fahey, Scott Grimes, Duke Davis Roberts, Chris Butler, Robert Dolan, Ryan Dorsey, Shawn Parsons, Mykelti Williamson, Sam Elliott, Natalie Clark, Ashley Dulaney, Jonathan Kowalsky, Gary Kraus, Randy Mulkey, Russell Bertolino, Joseph Aviel.

On this day in music history: Metal Queen by Lee Aaron, Undercurrent by Michele Mclaughlin

Metal Queen by Lee Aaron (1984)

Undercurrent by Michele Mclaughlin (2015)

Metal Queen

by Lee Aaron

was released on February 24, 1984.

Track list: Metal Queen; Lady of the Darkest Night; Head Above Water; Got to Be the One; Shake It Up; Deceiver; Steal Away Your Love; Hold Out; Break Down; We Will Be Rockin'.

Undercurrent

Album by Michele Mclaughlin,

released February 24, 2015.

Track list: 11,000 Miles; Living in Awe; Changing Skies; Full of Love; The Space Between; Undercurrent; Starstuff; Never Give Up; Evolution; On My Own; Melody in Motion; Stepping Stones; Synesthesia.