Albert Einstein, on intelligence and imagination:

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

- Albert Einstein.

Recommended reading - Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas

 

Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas

by Nicholas Pileggi.
 
Filmed as Casino (1995), directed by Martin Scorsese.
 
Mass Market Paperback.
First published 1995.
Published by Pocket Books

ISBN 13: 9781451635676
ISBN 10: 1451635672
ASIN: 1451635672
 
Description:
 
CASINO
 

From Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy – the #1 bestseller that became Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award–winning film GoodFellas – comes the brilliantly told true story of love, marriage, adultery, murder, and revenge, Mafia-style . . . the shattering inside account of how the mob finally lost its stranglehold over the neon money-making machine it the multibillion-dollar casino gambling industry of Las Vegas.

 

CASINO
 

No one knew more about casinos than Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, the gambling mastermind who, along with his best friend and partner, Anthony Spilotro, virtually ran Las Vegas for the mob. For years, it was the perfect arrangement – Lefty provided the smarts, while Tony kept the bosses happy with their weekly suitcases filled with millions in skimmed cash. It should have lasted forever, but Lefty’s obsession with running the town – and Tony’s obsession with Lefty’s beautiful showgirl wife, Geri – eventually led to the betrayals and investigations that exploded into one of the greatest debacles in mob history.

Recommended reading - The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas:
How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits

by Les Standiford.
 
Published 2008.
Paperback.
Published by Crown.

ISBN 13: 9781524762469
ISBN 10: 1524762466
ASIN: 1524762466

Description:
 

As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world.

 

Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher turned it down, so Dickens used what little money he had to put out A Christmas Carol himself. He worried it might be the end of his career as a novelist.

 

The book immediately caused a sensation. And it breathed new life into a holiday that had fallen into disfavor, undermined by lingering Puritanism and the cold modernity of the Industrial Revolution. It was a harsh and dreary age, in desperate need of spiritual renewal, ready to embrace a book that ended with blessings for one and all.

 

With warmth, wit, and an infusion of Christmas cheer, Les Standiford whisks us back to Victorian England, its most beloved storyteller, and the birth of the Christmas we know best. The Man Who Invented Christmas is a rich and satisfying read for Scrooges and sentimentalists alike.

 

Born on this day – Elizabeth Patterson:

Elizabeth Patterson

Actress

November 22, 1874 – January 31, 1966

Credits:

The New Breed (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960); Tall Story (1960); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1956–1960); New York Confidential (1959); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1959); Johnny Staccato (1959); The Oregon Trail (1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Climax! (1955–1958); Matinee Theatre (1958); Pal Joey (1957); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1957); Crossroads (1956); I Love Lucy (1952–1956); Front Row Center (1956); Adventures of Superman (1955–1956); Cavalcade of America (1956); The Star and the Story (1956); Playwrights '56 (1956); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Las Vegas Shakedown (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1955); The Milton Berle Show (1955); Stage 7 (1955); Willy (1955); Mayor of the Town (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1954); Ponds Theater (1954); General Electric Theater (1953); Chevron Theatre (1953); Three Lives (1953); Footlights Theater (1952); Washington Story (1952); I Love Lucy (1952); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Studio One (1950–1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Katie Did It (1950); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Bright Leaf (1950); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950); Song of Surrender (1949); Intruder in the Dust (1949); Little Women (1949); Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948); Welcome Stranger (1947); Out of the Blue (1947); The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947); The Secret Heart (1946); I've Always Loved You (1946); Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946); Lady on a Train (1945); Together Again (1944); Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); The Sky's the Limit (1943); I Married a Witch (1942); Lucky Legs (1942); My Sister Eileen (1942); Her Cardboard Lover (1942); Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942); Almost Married (1942); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); Belle Starr (1941); Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940); Anne of Windy Poplars (1940); Earthbound (1940); Adventure in Diamonds (1940); Remember the Night (1939); The Cat and the Canary (1939); Bad Little Angel (1939); Our Leading Citizen (1939); Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939); Sons of the Legion (1938); Sing, You Sinners (1938); Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938); Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938); Scandal Street (1938); Night Club Scandal (1937); Hold 'Em Navy (1937); High, Wide and Handsome (1937); Night of Mystery (1937); Go West Young Man (1936); Old Hutch (1936); Three Cheers for Love (1936); The Return of Sophie Lang (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); Timothy's Quest (1936); Her Master's Voice (1936); Men Without Names (1935); So Red the Rose (1935); Chasing Yesterday (1935); Hide-Out (1934); Ever in My Heart (1933); Golden Harvest (1933); Doctor Bull (1933); Dinner at Eight (1933); Secret of the Blue Room (1933); Hold Your Man (1933); The Story of Temple Drake (1933); Infernal Machine (1933); They Just Had to Get Married (1932); No Man of Her Own (1932); The Conquerors (1932); Breach of Promise (1932); They Call It Sin (1932); A Bill of Divorcement (1932); Life Begins (1932); Love Me Tonight (1932); Guilty as Hell (1932); New Morals for Old (1932); Miss Pinkerton (1932); So Big! (1932); Man Wanted (1932); The Expert (1932); Husband's Holiday (1931); Heaven on Earth (1931); Penrod and Sam (1931); Daddy Long Legs (1931); The Smiling Lieutenant (1931); Tarnished Lady (1931); The Cat Creeps (1930); The Big Party (1930); Harmony at Home (1930); The Lone Star Ranger (1930); South Sea Rose (1929); Words and Music (1929); The Dancing Town (1928); The Return of Peter Grimm (1926); The Boy Friend (1926).

Born on this day – Whistlin' Alex Moore:

Whistlin' Alex Moore

Blues singer

Pianist

Whistler

November 22, 1899 – January 20, 1989

Credits:

Albums:

Finding My Way (2015); From North Dallas to the East Side (1994); In Europe (1970); Miracle Working God (2020); Whistlin' Alex Moore (1929-1951) (2005); Whistling Alexander Moore (1961); Wiggle Tail: Original, Eccentric, Legendary and Lascivious Piano Playing and Stories (1988).

Songs:

Across The Atlantic Ocean; Alex's Blues; Alex's Boogie; Alex's Rag; Alex's Wild Blues; Black Eyed Peas and Hog Jowls; Blue Bloomer Blues; Boogie In The Barrel; Boogiein' in Strassburg; Bull Con Blues; Chock House Boogie; Frisky Gal; Going Back to Foggy Bottom; Hard Hearted Woman; Heart Wrecked Blues; I Want My Mary; Ice Pick Blues; If I Lose You Woman; It Wouldn't Be So Hard; July Boogie; Lillie Mae Boogie; Miss No-Good Weed; New Miss No-Good Weed; Pretty Woman with a Sack Dress On; Rock and Roll Bed; Rubber Tired Hack; Sometime I Feel Worried; They May Not Be My Toes; West Texas Woman; Whistling Alex Moore's Blues; You Got Me Dissatisfied; You Say I'm a Bad Feller.

Born on this day – Lee Patrick:

Lee Patrick

Actress

November 22, 1901 – November 21, 1982

Born on this day – Rodney Dangerfield:

Rodney Dangerfield

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Producer

November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004

Born on this day – Arthur Hiller:

Arthur Hiller

Director

November 22, 1923 – August 17, 2016

Born on this day – Geraldine Page:

Geraldine Page

Actress

November 22, 1924 – June 13, 1987

Born on this day – Isa Barzizza:

Isa Barzizza

Actress

November 22, 1929 – May 28, 2023

Born on this day – Robert Vaughn:

Robert Vaughn

Actor

November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016

Born on this day – Allen Garfield:

Allen Garfield

Actor

November 22, 1939 – April 7, 2020

Born on this day – Michael Malone:

Michael Malone

Writer

Actor

Producer

November 22, 1942 – August 19, 2022

Credits:
 
Books:
 

Dingley Falls (1980); First Lady (2001); Foolscap (1991); Growing Up in the South (1991); Handling Sin (1986); Heroes of Eros (1979); Murder For Love (1996); Psychetypes: A New Way Of Exploring Personality (1977); Red Clay, Blue Cadillac (2002); Tar Heel Dead (2005); The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997); The Delectable Mountains, Or, Entertaining Strangers (1976); The Four Corners of the Sky (2009); The Killing Club (2005); The Last Noel (2002); Time's Witness (1989); Twenty-Seven Views of Hillsborough (2010); Uncivil Seasons (1983).

 

Movies and television:
 

13 Bourbon St. (1997); Another World (1997); Clearing Waters (2011); Daytime's Greatest Weddings (2004); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Love Stories (1991-1992); One Life to Live (1968–2013).

On this day in movie history - Casino (1995)

Casino

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese,

based on the book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi,

was released in the United States on November 22, 1995.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King, Kevin Pollak, L.Q. Jones, Dick Smothers, John Bloom, Pasquale Cajano, Melissa Prophet, Bill Allison, Philip Suriano, Erika von Tagen, Frankie Avalon, Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Jerry Vale, Joseph Rigano, Catherine Scorsese, Oscar Goodman, Gene Ruffini, Dominick Grieco, Richard Amalfitano, Richard F. Strafella, Casper Molee, David Leavitt, Peter Conti, Cathy Scorsese, Steve Vignari, Rick Crachy, Larry E. Nadler, Paul Herman, Salvatore Petrillo, Joey DePinto, Heidi Keller, Millicent Sheridan, Nobu Matsuhisa, Toru Nagai, Charlene Hunter, Dom Angelo, Joe Molinaro, Ali Pirouzkar, Frankie J. Allison, Jeff Scott Anderson, Jennifer M. Abbott, Frank Washko Jr., Christian A. Azzinaro, Robert C. Tetzlaff, Anthony Russell, Carol Wilson, Joe Lacoco, John Manca, Ronald Maccone, Buck Stephens, Joseph P. Reidy, Joe La Due, Fred Smith, Sonny D'Angelo, Greg Anderson, Stuart Nisbet, Tommy DeVito, Frank Adonis, Joseph Bono, Daniel P. Conte, Paul Dottore, Richard T. Smith, David Rose, Jonathan Kraft, Michael McKensie Pratt, Patti James, Ruth Gillis, Carol Cardwell, Dean Casper, Nan Brennan, Karyn Amalfitano, C.C. Carr, David Varriale, Darla House, Carol Krolick, Frank Regich, Herb Schwartz, Bret McCormick, Clem Caserta, Jed Mills, Janet Denti, Cameron Milzer, Leain Vashon, Jim Morgan Williams, Brian Le Baron, Shellee Renee, Alfred Nittoli, Carl Ciarfalio, Jack Orend, Linda Perri, Ffolliott Le Coque, J. Charles Thompson, Michael Paskevich, Mike Weatherford, Eric Randall, Gwen Castaldi, Brian Reddy, Roy Conrad, Andy Jarrell.

On this day in movie history - Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Star Trek: First Contact

directed by Jonathan Frakes,

written by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore,

was released in the United States on November 22, 1996.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

 

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell, Alice Krige, Jeff Coopwood, Dwight Schultz, Patti Yasutake, Michael Horton, Neal McDonough, Robert Picardo, Ethan Phillips.