Albert Einstein, on imagination:

 

Logic will get you from A to B.

Imagination will take you everywhere.
- Albert Einstein.

Born on this day – Albert Robida:

 

Albert Robida

Writer

Illustrator

Etcher

Lithographer

Caricaturist

May 14, 1848 – October 11, 1926

Credits:

Written work:

1430, les assiégés de Compiègne; Contes pour les bibliophiles, with Octave Uzanne; La Bête au bois dormant; La Bretagne (1900); La Fin des Livres, with Octave Uzanne; La Grande Mascarade Parisienne; La Guerre au vingtième siècle (1887); La Guerre au vingtième siècle (1887); La Part du hazard; La Sortie de l'opéra en l'an 2000 (1902); La Touraine (1892); La Vieille France series; Le 19e siècle; Le Vingtième Siècle (1883); Le Vingtième Siècle (1883); Le Vingtième Siècle / La vie électrique (1890); Le Vingtième siècle. La vie électrique (1890); Le Voyage de M. Dumollet; Le Voyage de M. Dumollet; Les Escholiers du temps jadis; Les Vieilles Villes d'Espagne, notes et souvenirs; Les Vieilles Villes d'Italie: notes et souvenirs; Les Vieilles Villes d'Italie: notes et souvenirs; L'horloge des siècles / The Clock of the Centuries (1902); L'Île de Lutèce: enlaidissements et embellissements de la Cité; L'Ingénieur von Satanas (1919); Normandie (1890); Paris de siècle en siècle; le cœur de Paris, splendeurs et souvenir; Paris, Splendeurs et Souvenirs (1992); Provence, Paris, À la Librairie illustrée (1893); Un caricaturiste prophète. La guerre telle qu'elle est; Un chalet dans les airs / Chalet in the Sky; Voyage de fiançailles au XXe siècle; Voyages très extraordinaires de Saturnin Farandoul (1879).

Movies and television:

Saturnino Farandola (1977); The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola (1913).

Born on this day – Maria Michi:

 

Maria Michi

Actress

May 14, 1921 – April 7, 1980

Credits:

Appuntamento a Piazza di Spagna (1947); Brothers Blue (1973); Dedicato a un medico (1974); Down the Ancient Stairs (1975); Fatalità (1947); I problemi di Don Isidro (1978); Irene, Irene (1975); L'altra (1947); Last Tango in Paris (1972); Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis (1973); Legge di guerra (1961); Madam Kitty (1976); Mont-Dragon (1970); Paisan (1946); Redneck (1973); Rome, Open City (1945); Shamed (1947); The Breach (1970); The Charterhouse of Parma (1948); The Lady of Monza (1969); What Have You Done to Solange? (1972).

Born on this day – Loleh Bellon:

 

Loleh Bellon

Actress

Writer

Narrator

May 14, 1925 – May 22, 1999

Credits:

À l'assaut du ciel (1966); As Senhoras das Quintas Feiras (1988); Au cinéma ce soir (1974); Avis de recherche (1989); Casque d'Or (1952); Chili-Impressions (1978); Compression (2016); Crime et châtiment (1955); Énigmes de l'histoire (1957); Eugène Sue (1974); Gaslight (1959); Gustave Moreau (1961); Il faut que je tue Monsieur Rumann (1966); Italiques (1973); La comtesse de Tende (1964); La fabrique du roi (1965); La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (1984); La nuit des Molières (1988); La plaie et le couteau, Charles Baudelaire (1967); La vie de château (1985); L'art et les hommes (1959–1963); Le bel âge (1960); Le Cabinet des estampes (1955); Le gardian (1946); Le jet d'eau (1973); Le jeu de l'amour et de la mort (1961); Le mystère Barton (1949); Le parfum de la dame en noir (1949); Le point du jour (1949); Le prix (1975); Le thé sous les cyprès (1971); Le tribunal de l'impossible (1970); L'éloignement (1988); L'éloignement (2009); Les ailes de la colombe (1981); Les beaux quartiers (1983); Les cinq dernières minutes (1959); Les enfants du désordre (1989); Les heures chaudes de Montparnasse (1963); Les nouvelles aventures de Vidocq (1971); Les Nuits de France Culture (2023); Midi-Première (1978–1979); My Old Lady (2014); Nevermore, Forever (1976); Paris Saint-Lazare (1982); Philippe (1958); Présence du passé (1966); Quatre-vingt-treize (1962); Romulus le grand (1971); Siegfried (1963); Skipper Next to God (1951); Somewhere, Someone (1972); Un matin comme les autres (1956); Une question d'assurance (1960); Une seconde d'éternité (1977); Variations (1967).

Born on this day – Kay Elliot:

 

Kay Elliot

Actress

Producer

May 14, 1929 – December 3, 1982

Credits:

Be A Famous Figure (1956); Bewitched (1969–1970); Death Valley Days (1969); Eight Is Enough (1978); Gas Pump Girls (1979); General Hospital (1980); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1967); Here’s Lucy (1968); New Figures of 1957 (1956); New York Close-Up (1951–1952); Plaza Suite (1971); Star Trek / episode entitled: I, Mudd, originally aired November 3 (1967); The Magical World of Disney (1980); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Red Skelton Hour (1968–1969); The Severed Arm (1973); Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968).

Born on this day – Franca Bettoia:

Franca Bettoia

Actress

May 14, 1936 – September 13, 2024

Credits:

Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso (2014); Attack of the Normans (1962); Cavalcata selvaggia (1960); Day by Day, Desperately (1961); Desert Warrior (1957); Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974); Duel of Champions (1961); El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa (1978); Il fischio al naso (1967); Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977); La main chaude (1960); La pisana (1960); La trovatella di Pompei (1958); Le dialogue des Carmélites (1960); Le notti dei Teddy Boys (1959); Man of Straw (1958); Sandokan alla riscossa (1964); Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak (1964); Tant d'amour perdu (1958); Teste rasate (1993); The Dam on the Yellow River (1960); The Last Man on Earth (1964); The Lion of St. Mark (1963); The Man with a Cigar in His Mouth (1997); Ultimatum alla vita (1962); Un palco all'opera (1955); Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968).

Born on this day – Pamela Lincoln:

 

Pamela Lincoln

Actress

May 14, 1937 – November 21, 2019

Credits:

A World Apart (1971); Anatomy of a Psycho (1961); Biography (1997); Bronco (1958); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Father Knows Best (1959); First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington (1975); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); I Survived 'The Tingler' (2018); Love of Life (1951–1980); One Life to Live (1983–1984); One Step Beyond (1959); Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'the Tingler' (1999); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Tattletales (1976); The Doctors (1977–1979); The Home Team (1960); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Tingler (1959); Tootsie (1982); Zane Grey Theatre (1959).

Born on this day – Peggy Moffitt:

 

Peggy Moffitt

Actress

Model

May 14, 1940 – August 10, 2024

Credits:

Alcoa Theatre (1960); Art Be Damned! (2024); Basic Black (1967); Batman (1967); Battle Flame (1959); Blow-Up (1966); Girls Town (1959); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Jazz Seen: The Life and Times of William Claxton (2001); Making the Boys (2011); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); Opus (1967); Pretty Pretty Peggy Moffitt (2012); Senior Prom (1958); Smog (1962); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); The Young Captives (1959); Up Periscope (1959); Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966); You're Never Too Young (1955).

Born on this day – Anne Wiazemsk:

 

Anne Wiazemsk

Actress

Writer

May 14, 1947 – October 5, 2017

Credits:

1 P.M. (1971); 28' (2012); 30 millions d'amis (1992); All's Well (1972); Apostrophes (1989); Au hasard Balthazar (1966); Bouillon de culture (1992–1996); Capricci (1969); Compression (2015–2024); Couleur chair (1978); Des mots de minuit (2012); Deux de la Vague (2010); Die Auslieferung (1974); Don Juan (1978); Empreintes (2007–2010); Esprits libres (2007); George qui? (1973); Godard Cinema (2022); Godard Mon Amour (2017); Godard par Godard (2023); Grenouilles (1983); Guerres civiles en France / La semaine sanglante (1978); Histoire bruyante de la jeunesse (2020); Jamais sans mon livre (1993); Je m'appelle Elisabeth (2006); Joyce digital (1984); La bande à Bonnot (1968); La grande librairie (2012–2017); La passion (1978); La semaine sanglante (1976); La vérité sur l'imaginaire passion d'un inconnu (1974); Lamiel (1967); L'atelier (1974); Le grand départ (1972); Le grand inquisiteur (1979); Le mécène (1983); Le mystère Frontenac (1975); Le pain noir (1974–1975); Le testament d'un poète juif assassiné (1987); L'empreinte des géants (1980); L'enfant secret (1979); Les anges 1943, histoire d'un film (2004); Les Gauloises bleues (1968); Les Idées et les hommes (1976); Les vieilles lunes (1969); L'examen du petit (1969); L'hôpital de Leningrad (1983); L'inchiesta (1971); Lotte in Italia (1971); Mag Bodard, un destin (2005); Marine terrace (1988); Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme (1980); Mon coeur est rouge (1976); One + One (1968); Pigsty (1969); Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles (1994); Pour le plaisir (1966); Qui trop embrasse... (1986); Raphaël ou le débauché (1971); Rendez-vous (1985); Return from Africa (1973); She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps (1985); Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); Teorema (1968); The Chinese (1967); The Last Train (1973); The Seed of Man (1969); Toutes ces belles promesses (2003); Une légende, une vie (1974); Ville étrangère (1988); Voices (2006); Vol de nuit (2004–2007); Weekend (1967); Wind from the East (1970).

Born on this day – Daniela Dessì:

Daniela Dessì

Opera singer

Soprano

May 14, 1957 – August 20, 2016

Credits:

Albums:

Antonio Vivaldi, Il Farnace; Daniela Dessì sings Verdi; Domenico Cimarosa, Gli Horatii e i Curiazii; Enrico Toselli, Le Romanze Ritrovate; Francesco Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly; Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Puccini, Tosca; Gioachino Rossini, Ciro in Babilonia; Gioachino Rossini, The Barber of Seville; Giuseppe Verdi, Aida; La Traviata; Love Duets; Puccini Arias; Umberto Giordano, Andrea Chénier.

Movies and television:

Adriana Lecouvreur (2000); Aida (2003); Così fan tutte (1989); Don Carlo (1992); Don Giovanni oder Der bestrafte Wüstling (1992); Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (1985); Francesca da Rimini (2004); Giordano: Fedora (2018); I Vespri Siciliani (2010); Il Regio nel paese del melodramma (2015); La Bohème (1998); La fanciulla del West (2005); La pietra del paragone (1982); Madama Butterfly (2004); Mefistofele (1989); My Favourite Opera (1991); Norma (2008); Opera Across the Atlantic (2007); Pavarotti 30th Anniversary Gala (1998); Profil, Poveste, Personaj (2009); Puccini: La Bohème (2016); Tosca (2004); Tosca (2010).

On this day in movie history - Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

 

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles,

directed and written by Chantal Akerman,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 14, 1975.

 
Cast:
Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Yves Bical, Chantal Akerman.

On this day in music history - The album Little Queen, by Heart (1977)

Little Queen

by Heart

was released on May 14, 1977.

Track list:

Barracuda; Love Alive; Sylvan Song; Dream Of The Archer; Kick It Out; Little Queen; Treat Me Well; Say Hello; Cry to Me; Go On Cry; Too Long a Time; Stairway to Heaven.