Anne Michaels, on books:

Hold a book in your hand and you're a pilgrim at the gates of a new city.

- Anne Michaels.

Born on this day – King Baggot:

King Baggot

Actor

Director

Writer

November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948

Credits:

Good News (1947); Merton of the Movies (1947); My Brother Talks to Horses (1947); The Secret Heart (1946); Holiday in Mexico (1946); Courage of Lassie (1946); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945); Phantoms, Inc. (1945); Dangerous Partners (1945); The Clock (1945); An American Romance (1944); Barbary Coast Gent (1944); Girl Crazy (1943); Swing Fever (1943); Three Hearts for Julia (1943); A Stranger in Town (1943); Air Raid Wardens (1943); Assignment in Brittany (1943); A Yank at Eton (1942); Tish (1942); Her Cardboard Lover (1942); Jackass Mail (1942); Sunday Punch (1942); Rio Rita (1942); Fingers at the Window (1942); We Were Dancing (1942); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); Honky Tonk (1941); The Big Store (1941); The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); The Penalty (1941); Rage in Heaven (1941); Come Live with Me (1941); The Philadelphia Story (1940); Gallant Sons (1940); Bitter Sweet (1940); Hullabaloo (1940); The Ghost Comes Home (1940); I Take This Woman (1940); Drunk Driving (1939); Dancing Co-Ed (1939); Miracles for Sale (1939); They All Come Out (1939); Stronger Than Desire (1939); 6,000 Enemies (1939); Tell No Tales (1939); Money to Loan (1939); The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939); Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939); Sweethearts (1938); Opening Day (1938); Stablemates (1938); Too Hot to Handle (1938); Boys Town (1938); The Crowd Roars (1938); Think It Over (1938); Marie Antoinette (1938); The Toy Wife (1938); A Criminal Is Born (1938); Snow Gets in Your Eyes (1938); That Mothers Might Live (1938); Arsène Lupin Returns (1938); Love Is a Headache (1938); Man-Proof (1938); A Night at the Movies (1937); Give Till It Hurts (1937); Big City (1937); Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937); The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937); A Day at the Races (1937); It May Happen to You (1937); Parnell (1937); A Family Affair (1937); Man of the People (1937); Torture Money (1937); Mad Holiday (1936); Sworn Enemy (1936); Violets in Spring (1936); The Devil-Doll (1936); San Francisco (1936); We Went to College (1936); Speed (1936); Next Time We Love (1936); The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936); A Night at the Opera (1935); 3 Kids and a Queen (1935); She Gets Her Man (1935); Chinatown Squad (1935); The Call of the Savage (1935); Mississippi (1935); It Happened in New York (1935); I've Been Around (1935); Night Life of the Gods (1935); Sweepstake Annie (1935); A Notorious Gentleman (1935); Father Brown, Detective (1934); Cheating Cheaters (1934); Tailspin Tommy (1934); Romance in the Rain (1934); The Red Rider (1934); The Love Captive (1934); The Black Cat (1934); Beloved (1934); Only Yesterday (1933); I Loved a Woman (1933); Skyway (1933); The Death Kiss (1932); Afraid to Talk (1932); The Big Flash (1932); Hello Trouble (1932); What Price Hollywood? (1932); Police Court (1932); Sporting Chance (1931); Girl of the Rio (1932); Scareheads (1931); Graft (1931); Sweepstakes (1931); Bad Sister (1931); Once a Gentleman (1930); Czar of Broadway (1930); Romance of a Rogue (1928); The House of Scandal (1928); Down the Stretch (1927); The Notorious Lady (1927); Perch of the Devil (1927); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Lovey Mary (1926); Tumbleweeds (1925); The Home Maker (1925); Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925); The Tornado (1924); The Gaiety Girl (1924); The Whispered Name (1924); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Darling of New York (1923); Crossed Wires (1923); The Town Scandal (1923); Gossip (1923); The Love Letter (1923); A Dangerous Game (1922); The Lavender Bath Lady (1922); The Kentucky Derby (1922); Human Hearts (1922); Kissed (1922); Snowy Baker (1921); The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (1921); The Butterfly Girl (1921); The Girl in the Taxi (1921); Nobody's Fool (1921); Moonlight Follies (1921); Luring Lips (1921); Cheated Love (1921); The Forbidden Thing (1920); The Dwelling Place of Light (1920); Life's Twist (1920); The Cheater (1920); The Thirtieth Piece of Silver (1920); The Hawk's Trail (1919); The Man Who Stayed at Home (1919); Mission of the War Chest (1918); Building for Democracy (1918); Kildare of Storm (1918); The Eagle's Eye (1918); I'll Fix It (1918); Undoing Evil (1917); The Boonton Affair (1917); Are You an Elk? (1916); The Lie Sublime (1916); The Chance Market (1916); The Silent Stranger (1916); The Captain of the Typhoon (1916); His Own Story (1916); The Man Across the Street (1916); The Man from Nowhere (1916); Jim Slocum No. 46393 (1916); Half a Rogue (1916); Won with a Make-Up (1916); The Haunted Bell (1916); Patterson of the News (1916); The Hoax House (1916); The Soul Man (1916); The Law of Life (1916); Almost a Papa (1915); Man or Money? (1915); The Reward (1915); An All Around Mistake (1915); His Home Coming (1915); The Suburban (1915); Crime's Triangle (1915); The Only Child (1915); The New Jitney in Town (1915); His New Automobile (1915); The Marble Heart (1915); Mismated (1915); The Riddle of the Silk Stockings (1915); A Strange Disappearance (1915); A Life in the Balance (1915); Fifty-Fifty (1915); The Corsican Brothers (1915); Tony (1915); At the Banquet Table (1915); The Streets of Make Believe (1915); The City of Terrible Night (1915); One Night (1915); The Five Pound Note (1915); Pressing His Suit (1915); An Oriental Romance (1915); The Story the Silk Hats Told (1915); The Millionaire Engineer (1915); Three Times and Out (1915); The Old Guard (1914); The Mill Stream (1914); Human Hearts (1914); The Treasure Train (1914); The Turn of the Tide (1914); Shadows (1914); The Man Who Was Misunderstood (1914); The Silent Valley (1914); Jim Webb, Senator (1914); One Best Bet (1914); Across the Atlantic (1914); A Mexican Warrior (1914); Notoriety (1914); The Baited Trap (1914); The Blood Test (1914); King the Detective in the Marine Mystery (1914); The Flaming Diagram (1914); The Touch of a Child (1914); The Box Couch (1914); King the Detective in Formula 879 (1914); Absinthe (1914); The Militant (1914); King the Detective in the Jarvis Case (1913); The Actor's Christmas (1913); Mr. and Mrs. Innocence Abroad (1913); The Return of Tony (1913); Love vs. Law (1913); The Child Stealers of Paris (1913); The Anarchist (1913); Ivanhoe (1913); The Stranger (1913); The Old Melody (1913); The Comedian's Mask (1913); The Heart That Sees (1913); The Rise of Officer 174 (1913); The Leader of His Flock (1913); The Wanderer (1913); To Reno and Back (1913); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913); King Danforth Retires (1913); Dr. Bunion (1913); Gold Is Not All (1913); She Slept Through It All (1913); The Bearer of Burdens (1913); The Wizard of the Jungle (1913); The World Weary Man (1912); Through Shadowed Vales (1912); Mamma's Boy (1912); Officer One Seven Four (1912); A Strange Case (1912); John Sterling, Alderman (1912); King the Detective and the Smugglers (1912); The Bridal Room (1912); The Parson and the Moonshiner (1912); The Millionaire Cop (1912); Human Hearts (1912); A Happy Family (1912); The Castaway (1912); In Old Tennessee (1912); Blood Is Thicker Than Water (1912); Winning the Latonia Derby (1912); Caught in a Flash (1912); A Child's Influence (1912); His Other Self (1912); The Schemers (1912); Let No Man Put Asunder (1912); The Breakdown (1912); Up Against It (1912); The Peril (1912); A Cave Man Wooing (1912); Lady Audley's Secret (1912); The Loan Shark (1912); Tempted But True (1912); The Romance of an Old Maid (1912); The Man from the West (1912); Shamus O'Brien (1912); Far from the Beaten Track (1912); The Immigrant's Violin (1912); The Lie (1912); A Modern Highwayman (1912); The Tables Turned (1912); Through the Flames (1912); O'Brien's Busy Day (1912); The Power of Conscience (1912); The Kid and the Sleuth (1912); After Many Years (1912); The Dawn of Conscience (1912); The Winning Miss (1912); The Trinity (1912); A Lesson to Husbands (1911); A Pair of Gloves (1911); The Girl and the Half-Back (1911); Tony and the Stork (1911); Over the Hills (1911); Executive Clemency (1911); The Wife's Awakening (1911); Waiting at the Church (1911); King, the Detective (1911); The Better Way (1911); Through the Air (1911); The Rose's Story (1911); By Registered Mail (1911); The Brothers (1911); The Haunted House (1911); The Battle of the Wills (1911); Dorothy's Family (1911); The Call of the Song (1911); Science (1911); At a Quarter of Two (1911); For the Queen's Honor (1911); In the Sultan's Garden (1911); The Piece of String (1911); Back to the Soil (1911); The Minor Chord (1911); The Master and the Man (1911); The Fair Dentist (1911); The Temptress (1911); Second Sight (1911); The Scarlet Letter (1911); Where There's Life, There's Hope (1911); The Lover's Signal (1911); Sweet Memories (1911); The Penniless Prince (1911); The Secret of the Palm (1911); Tracked (1911); Pictureland (1911); The Mirror (1911); At the Duke's Command (1911); An Imaginary Elopement (1911); Phone 1707 Chester (1911); Unreasonable Jealousy (1910); The Aspirations of Gerald and Percy (1910); The Double (1910); The Count of Montebello (1910); All the World's a Stage (1910); Pressed Roses (1910); Debt (1910); The Widow (1910); The Taming of Jane (1910); Among the Roses (1910); Once Upon a Time (1910); The Irony of Fate (1910); Bear Ye One Another's Burdens (1910); Old Heads and Young Hearts (1910); The Call of the Circus (1910); A Game for Two (1910); A Self-Made Hero (1910); A Discontented Woman (1910); A Reno Romance (1910); The Eternal Triangle (1910); Fruit and Flowers (1910); The Doctor's Perfidy (1910); Two Men (1910); The New Shawl (1910); The Maelstrom (1910); The Rosary (1910); His Second Wife (1910); The Miser's Daughter (1910); Transfusion (1910); The Stage Note (1910); His Sick Friend (1910); The Time-Lock Safe (1910); The Broken Oath (1910); Mother Love (1910); The Governor's Pardon (1910); Jane and the Stranger (1910); The Blind Man's Tact (1910); Justice in the Far North (1910); The Coquette's Suitors (1910); Never Again (1910); The Tide of Fortune (1910); The Right of Love (1910); The Winning Punch (1910); The Awakening of Bess (1909); Love's Stratagem (1909).

Born on this day – Miriam Cooper:

Miriam Cooper

Actress

November 7, 1891 – April 12, 1976

Credits:

A Blot on the 'Scutcheon (1912); A Diamond in the Rough (1914); A Man for All That (1915); A Railroad Conspiracy (1913); A Railroad Lochinvar (1912); A Railroad Wooing (1913);  Treacherous Shot (1913); Across the Continent (1913); After the Ball (1924); Battle in the Virginia Hills (1912); Battle of Pottsburg Bridge (1912); Betrayed (1917); Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (1975); Captured by Strategy (1913); Century of Cinema (1995); Daughters of the Rich (1923); Evangeline (1919); 'Fighting' Dan McCool (1912); For His Master (1914); For the Sake of Kate (1914); Golden Dross (1914); Her Accidental Husband (1923); His Mother's Picture (1912); His Return (1915); Home, Sweet Home (1914); How Izzy Stuck to His Post (1914); Intolerance (1916); Is Money Everything? (1923); Izzy and His Rival (1914); Izzy and the Diamond (1914); Kindred of the Dust (1922); Lest We Forget (1914); Only a Tramp (1915); Prisoners of War (1913); Rounding Up the Counterfeiters (1913); Saved from Court Martial (1912); Serenade (1921); Shenandoah (1913); Should a Husband Forgive? (1919); The Artist's Wife (1915); The Battle of Bloody Ford (1913); The Birth of a Nation (1915); The Broken Wing (1923); The Bugler of Battery B (1912); The Burned Hand (1915); The Confederate Ironclad (1912); The Darling of the CSA (1912); The Deep Purple (1920); The Dishonored Medal (1914); The Double Deception (1915); The Drummer Girl of Vicksburg (1912); The Duke's Plan (1910); The End of the Run (1913); The Exposure of the Land Swindlers (1913); The Farm Bully (1912); The Fatal Black Bean (1915); The Filibusters (1912); The Girl in the Caboose (1912); The Girl Who Came Back (1923); The Greaser (1915); The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher (1912); The Gunman (1914); The Hand of Destiny (1913); The Hero (1923); The Honor System (1917); The Horse Wrangler (1914); The Infamous Don Miguel (1913); The Innocent Sinner (1917); The Making of 'the Birth of a Nation' (1998); The Moonshiner's Mistake (1913); The Mother and the Law (1919); The Oath (1921); The Octoroon (1913); The Odalisque (1914); The Old Shoemaker (1915); The Prison Ship (1912); The Prussian Cur (1918); The Pseudo Prodigal (1913); The Railroad Detective's Dilemma (1913); The Railroad Inspector's Peril (1913); The Rival Engineers (1912); The Rose Bush of Memories (1914); The Sacrifice at the Spillway (1913); The Siege of Petersburg (1912); The Silent Lie (1917); The Slave Girl (1915); The Smuggler (1913); The Smugglers of Sligo (1914); The Soldier Brothers of Susanna (1912); The Stolen Radium (1914); The Story of a Story (1915); The Tide of Battle (1912); The Toll Gate Raiders (1912); The Turning Point (1913); The Woe of Battle (1913); The Woman and the Law (1918); Their First Acquaintance (1914); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1913); War's Havoc (1912); When Fate Frowned (1914).

Born on this day – Edward F. Cline:

Edward F. Cline

Director

Writer

Actor

November 7, 1891 – May 22, 1961

Credits:

A Bedroom Blunder (1917); A Blonde's Revenge (1926); A Dog Catcher's Love (1917); A Harem Knight (1926); A Janitor's Wife's Temptation (1915); A Love Sundae (1926); A Movie Star (1916); A Schoolhouse Scandal (1919); A Small Town Princess (1927); Alice Be Good (1926); Along Came Ruth (1924); Ambrose's Little Hatchet (1915); Ambrose's Sour Grapes (1915); Bashful Jim (1925); Because He Loved Her (1916); Behind the Eight Ball (1942); Better Late Than Never (1916); Breaking the Ice (1938); Bringing Up Father (1946); Broadway Fever (1929); Broke in China (1927); Bubbles of Trouble (1916); Business Is a Pleasure (1934); Buster Keaton: The Great Stone Face (1968); Captain January (1924); Catcher's Love (1917); Caught in the Act (1915); Chicken Chaser (1914); Circus Days (1923); Cold Turkey (1925); Convict 13 (1920); Cops (1922); Cracked Nuts (1941); Crazy House (1943); Cupid's Day Off (1919); Dangerous Curves Behind (1925); Day Dreams (1922); Don't Bite Your Dentist (1930); Droppington's Devilish Deed (1915); East Lynne with Variations (1919); Fatty's Faithful Fido (1915); Fatty's Magic Pants (1914); Fighting to Live (1934); Fireball Fun-for-All (1949); Flirty Four-Flushers (1926); F-Man (1936); Forty Naughty Girls (1937); Galloping Bungalows (1924); Ghost Catchers (1944); Girl Trouble (1933); Give Out, Sisters (1942); Go Chase Yourself (1938); Gussle, the Golfer (1914); Gussle's Day of Rest (1915); Hard Luck (1921); Hash House Mashers (1915); Hat Check Honey (1944); Hawaii Calls (1938); Hearts and Flowers (1919); Hello, Sucker (1941); Hellzapoppin' (1941); Her Actor Friend (1926); Her First Beau (1916); Her Screen Idol (1918); He's My Guy (1943); Hesitating Horses (1926); Hide and Seek, Detectives (1918); High Flyers (1937); His Auto Ruination (1916); His Bread and Butter (1916); His Busted Trust (1916); His Hidden Purpose (1918); His Lucky Day (1929); His Meal Ticket (1921); His Second Childhood (1914); His Smothered Love (1918); His Talented Wife (1914); Hogan, the Porter (1915); Hogan's Aristocratic Dream (1915); Hogan's Mussy Job (1915); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); Hook, Line and Sinker (1930); Hotsy-Totsy (1925); In Conference (1931); In the Next Room (1930); It's a Great Life (1935); Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948); Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949); Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947); Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950); Kitty from Killarney (1926); Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928); Leathernecking (1930); Let It Rain (1927); Life with Buster Keaton (1951); Little Robinson Crusoe (1924); Love and Kisses (1925); Love at First Flight (1928); Love in September (1936); Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915); Mabel's Blunder (1914); Man Crazy (1928); Mary's Little Lobster (1920); Meet the Chump (1941); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Mlle. Irene the Great (1931); Monkey Business (1920); Moonlight and Cactus (1944); Morocco Nights (1934); Murder with Pictures (1936); My Little Chickadee (1940); My Wife's Relations (1922); Neighbors (1920); Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941); Night Club Girl (1945); No One to Guide Him (1915); No, No, Lady (1931); Not Tonight, Josephine (1934); Off His Trolley (1924); Oh, Mabel Behave (1922); Old Clothes (1925); On Again-Off Again (1937); One Week (1920); Our Dare-Devil Chief (1915); Our Hospitality (1923); Parole Girl (1933); Peaches and Plumbers (1927); Peanuts and Bullets (1915); Peck's Bad Boy (1934); Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938); Penthouse Rhythm (1945); Pony Express (1924); Private Buckaroo (1942); Private Snuffy Smith (1942); Puppy Lovetime (1926); See My Lawyer (1945); Sheriff Nell's Comeback (1920); Should Husbands Marry? (1926); Shove Off (1931); Since You Went Away (1944); Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 4: Keaton, Arbuckle & St. John (1998); Slightly Terrific (1944); Smith's Baby (1926); Smith's Vacation (1926); So This Is Africa (1933); Soft Cushions (1927); Spanking Breezes (1926); Sunshine (1916); Sweet Mama (1930); Swingtime Johnny (1943); Take Your Medicine (1930); Tee for Two (1925); Ten Nights Without a Barroom (1920); That Little Band of Gold (1915); That Night (1917); The Balloonatic (1923); The Bank Dick (1940); The Beloved Bozo (1925); The Blacksmith (1922); The Boat (1921); The Bull Fighter (1927); The Buster Keaton Show (1951); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The Cowboy Millionaire (1935); The Crash (1928); The Dog (1917); The Door Knocker (1932); The Dude Ranger (1934); The Electric House (1922); The Forward Pass (1929); The Frozen North (1922); The Ghost of Folly (1926); The Girl from Everywhere (1927); The Girl Habit (1931); The Goat (1921); The Golfer (1921); The Good Bad Boy (1924); The Gosh-Darn Mortgage (1926); The Haunted House (1921); The Head Man (1928); The 'High Sign' (1921); The Hollywood Movie Parade (1934); The Jolly Jilter (1927); The Kitchen Lady (1918); The Knockout (1914); The Love Nest (1923); The Meanest Man in the World (1923); The Naughty Flirt (1930); The Noise of Bombs (1914); The Paleface (1922); The Pawnbroker's Heart (1917); The Play House (1921); The Plumber (1925); The Preview Murder Mystery (1936); The Rag Man (1925); The Rounders (1914); The Scarecrow (1920); The Singer Midget's Scandal (1921); The Singer Midgets' Side Show (1921); The Spike Jones Show (1952 / 1954); The Summer Girls (1918); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); The Widow from Chicago (1930); The Winning Punch (1916); This Is Your Life (1957); Those Athletic Girls (1918); Three Ages (1923); Timothy's Quest (1936); Training for Husbands (1920); Uncle Jake (1933); Uncle Tom Without a Cabin (1919); Vamping Venus (1928); Vanity (1930); Villa of the Movies (1917); Whose Little Girl Are You? (1918); When Love Is Blind (1919); When a Man's a Prince (1926); When a Man's a Man (1924 / 1935); What's Cookin' (1942); Wife and Auto Trouble (1916); Ye Olden Grafter (1915); You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939).

Born on this day – Herman J. Mankiewicz:

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Writer

November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953

Credits:

A Gentleman of Paris (1927); A Night of Mystery (1928); A Woman's Secret (1949); Abie's Irish Rose (1928); After Office Hours (1935); Another Language (1933); Avalanche (1928); Christmas Holiday (1944); Citizen Kane (1941); Come On, Marines! (1934); Comrade X (1940); Dancers in the Dark (1932); Dinner at Eight (1933 / 1989); Duck Soup (1933); Dude Ranch (1931); Escapade (1935); Fashions for Women (1927); Fast Company (1929); Fast Workers (1933); Figures Don't Lie (1927); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928); Girl Crazy (1932); His Tiger Wife (1928); Hollywood Insider (2022); Honey (1930); Honeymoon Hate (1927); Horse Feathers (1932); It's a Wonderful World (1939); It's in the Air (1935); Jede Frau hat etwas (1931); John Meade's Woman (1937); Keeping Company (1940); Ladies Love Brutes (1930); adies' Man (1931); Laughter (1930); Live, Love and Learn (1937); Love Among the Millionaires (1930); Love and Learn (1928); Love in Exile (1936); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Man of the World (1931); Meet the Baron (1933); Men Are Like That (1930); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Monkey Business (1931); Moran of the Marines (1928); My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937); Operator 13 (1934); Rendezvous (1935); Rise and Shine (1941); Salga de la cocina (1931); San Francisco (1936); See Here, Private Hargrove (1944); Serenade (1927); Something Always Happens (1928); Stamboul Quest (1934); Stand by for Action (1942); Stranded in Paris (1926); Street of Shadows (1937); Suzy (1936); Take Me Home (1928); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries (2008); The Barker (1928); The Big Killing (1928); The Canary Murder Case (1929); The City Gone Wild (1927); The Dragnet (1928); The Dummy (1929); The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937); The Enchanted Cottage (1945); The Front Page (1931); The Gay Defender (1927); The Ghost Comes Home (1940); The Good Fellows (1943); The Human Comedy (1943); The Last Command (1928); The Lost Squadron (1932); The Love Doctor (1929); The Mad Dog of Europe (2026); The Magnificent Flirt (1928); The Man I Love (1929); The Mating Call (1928); The Mighty (1929); The Murder Man (1935); The Perfect Gentleman (1935); The Pride of St. Louis (1952); The Pride of the Yankees (1942); The Road to Mandalay (1926); The Royal Family of Broadway (1930); The Show Goes On (1936); The Show-Off (1934); The Spanish Main (1945); The Spotlight (1927); The Vagabond King (1930); The Water Hole (1928); The Wild Man of Borneo (1941); The Wizard of Oz (1939); This Time for Keeps (1942); Three Week Ends (1928); Thunderbolt (1929); True to the Navy (1930); Two Flaming Youths (1927); What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018).

Born on this day – Alice Day:

Alice Day

Actress

November 7, 1905 – May 25, 1995

Credits:

A Dozen Socks (1927); A Love Sundae (1926); A Sweet Pickle (1925); Alice Be Good (1926); Bashful Jim (1925); Cold Turkey (1925); Drag (1929); East of the Water Plug (1924); Fashion News (1930); Fast and Furious (1927); Flickering Youth (1924); Gold (1932); Gooseland (1926); Her Actor Friend (1926); Hesitating Horses (1926); His New Mamma (1924); His New York Wife (1926); Honeymoon Hardships (1925); Hot Cakes for Two (1926); Hot Curves (1930); Hotsy-Totsy (1925); In the Next Room (1930); Is Everybody Happy? (1929); Kitty from Killarney (1926); Ladies in Love (1930); Little Johnny Jones (1929); Little Robinson Corkscrew (1924); Love and Kisses (1925); Love Bound (1932); My Pal (1923); Night Life (1927); Off His Trolley (1924); Pass the Dumplings (1927); Phyllis of the Follies (1928); Picking Peaches (1924); Puppy Lovetime (1926); Riders of the Purple Cows (1924); Romeo and Juliet (1924); Secrets (1924); See You in Jail (1927); Shanghaied Lovers (1924); Should Husbands Marry? (1926); Show of Shows (1929); Skin Deep (1929); Spanking Breezes (1926); Tee for Two (1925); The Beloved Bozo (1925); The Cat's Meow (1924); The Circus: Premiere (1928); The First 100 Years (1924); The Ghost of Folly (1926); The Gorilla (1927); The Lady from Nowhere (1931); The Love Racket (1929); The Melody Man (1930); The Perils of Petersboro (1926); The Plumber (1925); The Plumber's Daughter (1927); The Reel Virginian (1924); The Sea Squawk (1925); The Smart Set (1928); The Soapsuds Lady (1925); The Temple of Venus (1923); The Waiter from the Ritz (1926); The Way of the Strong (1928); Times Square (1929); Two-Fisted Law (1932); Viennese Nights (1930); When Comedy Was King (1960).

Born on this day – Albert Camus:

Albert Camus

Writer

Philosopher

November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960

Books:

A Happy Death (1972); A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past (2025); American Journals (1987); Between Hell and Reason (1991); Cahiers II: Youthful Writings (1977); Caligula (1942); Caligula and Three Other Plays (1958); Caligula, And, Cross Purpose (1965); Collected Plays (1965); Committed Writings (2020); Correspondance, 1932-1960 (1981); Create Dangerously (2018); Cross Purpose (1944); Exile and the Kingdom (1958); Hanging By a Thread (1970); Lyrical and Critical (1967); Neither Victims Nor Executioners (1968); Notebooks 1935-1942 (1978); Notebooks 1942-1951 (1991); Notebooks 1951-1959 (2008); Personal Writings (2020); Reflections on the Guillotine (1957); Resistance, Rebellion and Death (1961); Selected Essays and Notebooks (1970); Selected Political Writings (1981); Speaking Out (2021); State of Siege (1948); Summer (1968); The Collected Fiction of Albert Camus (1960); The Fall (1957); The Fall and Exile and the Kingdom (1964); The First Man (1995); The Guest (1992); The Just (1960); The Just Assassins (1949); The Myth of Sisyphus (1955); The Plague (1947); The Plague, The Fall, Exile and The Kingdom and Selected Essays (2004); The Possessed (1960); The Rebel (1953); The Stranger / aka The Outsider (1942); Youthful Writings (1976).

Movies and television:

A bukás (1986); A pedra que cresce (2023); Albert Camus (1974); Aux arts et cætera (2022); Bajo la metralla (1983); Bookmark (1997); Caligula (1966 / 1975 / 1996 / 2003 / 2014); Carnet de identidad (1970); CondenadX (2025); Dämonen (2000); Das Mißverständnis (1966); De Rechtvaardigen (1967); De retfærdige (1982); De val (1970); Der Belagerungszustand (1963); Die Besessenen (1962); Die Gerechten (1959); Die Gerechten (1981); Die Pest (2020); Drug voyny (1993); Duels (2014); El malentendido (2002); Esprits libres (2007); Estudio 1 (1971); Far from Men (2014); Fate (2001); Festival (1966); Función de noche (1996); Homesick (1965); Hors du soleil, des baisers et des parfums sauvages (2007); I giusti (1970); I riassuntini (2018); Il malinteso (1983); Invitation au voyage (2023); ITV Play of the Week (1965); Jonas oder Der Künstler bei der Arbeit (1970); Kaligula (1997); La cura (2022); La Dévotion à la croix (1961); La furia de un dios (1988); La Peste (2011 / 2019); L'Appel de Barcelone (2020); L'architecte textile (2017); L'art et les hommes (1961); Le parole a venire (1970); Le premier homme (2011); Les Idées et les hommes (1977); Les Justes (2007); Les Nuits de France Culture (2012); Les vies d'Albert Camus (2020); L'etranger: Air is on Fire (2023); Look Up and Live (1962); Misforståelsen (1966); Missförståndet (1981); Nesporazum (1972); Oikeamieliset (1969); Once ... Agadir (1971); ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision (2020); Pisma nemackom prijatelju (1981); Présence d'Albert Camus (1962); Proper Man (2011); Renaud: Les mots (2016); Renegade (1997); Restless (2000); Sleep Tight, Don't Let the Existential Crisis Bite! (2019); Spectacle d'un soir (1973); Teatro de siempre (1971); Teatro del sábado (1965); Teatro Grand Guignol (1966); Terroristit (1989); The Misunderstanding (1978); The Plague (1992 / 2013); The South Bank Show (2003); The Stranger (1967 / 2007 / 2025); The Unknown (1984); Theatre 625 (1964); To theatro tis Defteras (1988); TV-journalen (1957); Un cas intéressant (1963); Un monde en docs (2020); Un siècle d'écrivains (1999); Venus Blue (1998); X:enius (2020); Zuo ri jin ri ming ri (1970).

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Born on this day – Aline Towne:

Aline Towne

Actress

November 7, 1919 – February 2, 1996

Credits:

A Blueprint for Murder (1953); A Date with Judy (1948); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Woman of Distinction (1950); Adventures of Superman (1952–1953); Airwolf (1985); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Bozo the Clown (1954); Bullet for a Badman (1964); Cavalcade of America (1955–1957); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Code 3 (1957); Colt .45 (1957); Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1953); Confidence Girl (1952); Death Valley Days (1958); Don Daredevil Rides Again (1951); Easter Parade (1948); Eight Is Enough (1977); Fireside Theatre (1951); Flipper (1965); Four Star Playhouse (1954); Front Page Bible (1959); Gang Busters (1952); Gog (1954); Goodyear Theatre (1958); Guns Don't Argue! (1957); Harbor of Missing Men (1950); Highway 301 (1950); Highway Patrol (1957); Hollywood Summer Theatre (1956); Homecoming (1948); Hopalong Cassidy (1953); How to Marry a Millionaire (1959); I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951); Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder (1952); Johnny Midnight (1960); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Julie (1956); Lassie (1956–1957); Leave It to Beaver (1958–1960); Lux Video Theatre (1956–1957); M Squad (1960); Man Afraid (1957); Man Without a Gun (1958); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971–1976); Markham (1960); Maverick (1958); Mirage (1965); My Favorite Husband (1955); Navy Log (1956); Public Defender (1955); Purple Heart Diary (1951); Racket Squad (1952); Radar Men from the Moon (1952); Retik, the Moon Menace (1966); Room 222 (1972); Rough Riders of Durango (1951); Satan's Satellites (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Science Fiction Theatre (1956); Sea Hunt (1958–1961); Send Me No Flowers (1964); Slaves of the Invisible Monster (1966); Song of Norway (1970); Stage 7 (1955); Taggart (1964); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957); Target: Sea of China (1966); The Brass Bottle (1964); The Donna Reed Show (1960–1966); The Doris Day Show (1971–1972); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1954); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Invisible Monster (1950); The Jean Arthur Show (1966); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957); The Lineup (1957–1958); The Lone Ranger (1953–1956); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Millionaire (1956); The Rough Riders (1958–1959); The Steel Trap (1952); The Vanishing Westerner (1950); This Is the Life (1956–1960); Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954); Universal Newsreel (1945); Wagon Train (1958–1964); Whispering Smith (1961); White Heat (1949); Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952).

Born on this day – William Wharton:

William Wharton

Writer

November 7, 1925 – October 29, 2008

Credits:

Birdy (1978); Ever after (1981); Dad (1981); A Midnight Clear (1982); Scumbler (1984); Pride (1985); Tidings (1987); Franky Furbo (1989); Last Lovers (1991); Wrongful Deaths (1994); Houseboat on the Seine (1996); Shrapnel (2012). 

Awards:

In 1980, William Wharton was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction / Best Book, for his 1978 novel: Birdy.

Born on this day – Derek Vanlint:

Derek Vanlint

Cinematographer

Director

November 7, 1932 – February 23, 2010

Credits:

Cine Chalom (2020); X-Men (2000); The Spreading Ground (2000); Dragonslayer (1981); The Bed (1980); Alien (1979); Simon Simon (1970); Morning, Noon and Night (1967); This Time Tomorrow (1966); A Penny for Your Thoughts or 'Birds, Dolls & Scratch' English Style (1965).

Born on this day – Ann Lynn:

Ann Lynn

Actress

November 7, 1933 – August 30, 2020

Credits:

A Family at War (1972); A Shot in the Dark (1964); A Thinking Man as Hero (1973); Adam Adamant Lives! (1966); Are You Ready for the Music? (1965); Armchair Theatre (1958–1970); Baby Love (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1961–1963); Boyd Q.C. (1961); Callan (1969); Casualty (1994); Comedy Connections (2007); Crown Court (1973–1983); Damn the Defiant! (1962); Dixon of Dock Green (1966); Doctor in Distress (1963); Drama 61-67 (1962); EastEnders (1991–1994); Emergency-Ward 10 (1966); Escape (1967); Espionage (1964); Flame in the Streets (1961); Four in the Morning (1965); Ghost Squad (1962); Gideon C.I.D. (1966); Great Performances (1976); Happy Ever After (1969); Harriet's Back in Town (1973); Hine (1971); Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973); I Accuse! (1958); I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967); ITV Play of the Week (1960–1967); ITV Playhouse (1967–1981); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1970); ITV Television Playhouse (1963); Johnny You're Wanted (1956); Just Good Friends (1984–1986); Keep It Clean (1956); King Lear (1974); Late Night Drama (1974); Man at the Top (1970–1971); Manhunt (1970); Minder (1979–1980); Moment of Indiscretion (1958); Naked Fury (1959); No Hiding Place (1961–1966); Only Fools and Horses (1996); Out of This World (1962); Piccadilly Third Stop (1960); Public Eye (1966); Redcap (1966); Rooms (1975); Screamtime (1983); Screenplay (1979); Secret Agent (1965); Separation (1968); Sergeant Cork (1963–1966); Shadows (1976); Special Branch (1973); Spy Trap (1975); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Starting Out (1986); Strip Tease Murder (1961); Strongroom (1962); Suspense (1960 / 1962); Teletale (1964); The Baron (1966); The Bill (1994); The Black Torment (1964); The Champions (1968); The Cheaters (1961–1962); The Count of Monte Cristo (1956); The Expert (1969–1971); The Flying Doctor (1959); The Girl-Getters (1964); The Gold Robbers (1969); The Love Machine (1971); The Mask of Janus (1965); The Other Side of Underneath (1972); The Party's Over (1965); The Professionals (1978); The Pursuers (1961); The Saint (1967); The Scales of Justice (1962); The Secret Thread (1962); The Spy's Wife (1972); The Uncle (1966); The Vise (1958–1959); The Wednesday Play (1967); The Wind of Change (1961); The Zoo Gang (1974); Theatre 625 (1964–1966); Theatre 70 (1960); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1972); Thursday Theatre (1965); W. Somerset Maugham (1970); Welsh Triple Bill (1978); Westway (1976); Who Pays the Ferryman? (1977); Z Cars (1968).

Born on this day – James Houghton:

James Houghton

Writer

Actor

November 7, 1948 – August 27, 2024

Credits:

AC/DC: If You Want Blood, You Got It (1979); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Aspen (1977); Barnaby Jones (1979); CHiPs (1978); Code R (1977); Days of Our Lives (1981); Dynasty (1976); Fantasy Island (1982–1983); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Hotel (1983–1984); I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978); Knots Landing (1979–1983); Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again (2005); Lake of Fire: James Houghton on Superstition (2019); Man with a Camera (1959); McKeever and the Colonel (1962–1963); More American Graffiti (1979); North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986); One on One (1977); Purple People Eater (1988); Remington Steele (1985); See How She Runs (1978); Superstition (1982); Sweet Sugar (1972); Tales from the Darkside (1984–1986); The Bold and the Beautiful (2006); The Colbys (1986–1987); The Dark Side of Innocence (1976); The Knots Landing Block Party (1993); The Love Boat (1983–1986); The Next Step Beyond (1978); The Richard Boone Show (1964); The Twilight Zone (1962); The Young and the Restless (1973––2006); Trauma Center (1983); Trials of the Wild (2018); Working in the Theatre (2004–2007).

Born on this day – Daniela Giordano:

Daniela Giordano

Actress

November 7, 1947– December 16, 2022

Credits:

Batton Story (1976); Bloody Friday (1972); Bolidi sull'asfalto a tutta birra! (1970); Daniela's Inquisition (2017); Dante's Project (2015); Death Walks on High Heels (1971); Ein kalter Tag (2017); Erba Celeste (2015); Eurotika! (1999); Evil Eye (1975); Find a Place to Die (1968); Four Gunmen of the Holy Trinity (1971); Four Times That Night (1971); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020); Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay (1970); Help Me Have No Human Ways (2015); I barbieri di Sicilia (1967); Il fidanzamento (1975); Il lungo giorno del massacro (1968); Inquisition (1977); Jean-Roch Coignet (1969); Kara Murat: Seyh Gaffar'a Karsi (1977); Killer's Gold (1979); La cameriera (1974); La sfida dei MacKenna (1970); L'adolescente (1976); Le segrete esperienze di Luca e Fanny (1980); L'infermiera... di mio padre (1976); Lobo the Bastard (1971); Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973); Mondo Macabro (2001); Ombre roventi (1970); Play-Boy (1967); Reflections in Black (1975); Sexy Susan Sins Again (1968); Soror (2022); Stay Away from Trinity... When He Comes to Eldorado (1972); The 5-Man Army (1969); The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972); The Girl in Room 2A (1974); The Naked Doorwoman (1976); The Night of the Scorpion (1972); The World of Shadows (2015); Trinity and Sartana Are Coming (1972); Un toro da monta (1976); Un'estate, un inverno (1971); Vedo nudo (1969); Violent Rome (1975); Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972).

Born on this day – Joseph Ziegler:

Joseph Ziegler

Actor

Theatre director

November 7, 1953 – July 28, 2025

Credits:

Co-founder of the Soulpepper theatre company.
 
Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1989); Amreeka (2009); Black Harbour (1996–1999); Blue Murder (2001–2002); Dick Francis: In the Frame (1989); Dieppe (1993); Dinner at Lucy's (2009); Due South (1994–1995); E.N.G. (1993); Empire, Inc. (1983); Focus (2001); Forever Knight (1995); Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer (1993); Hamlet (Solo) (2007); Heritage Minutes (2005); Leap Years (2001); Murdoch Mysteries (2021); North of 60 (1994); Nurses (2020); Oh, What a Night (1992); Open Heart (2004); Our Fathers (2005); Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994); Relic Hunter (2001); Robin & Mark & Richard III (2016); Side Effects (1994–1996); Slings and Arrows (2005); Sprnva (2014); Stratford Festival: Macbeth (2017); Street Legal (1989–1992); Ten Minute Call (2018); The Circle Game (1994); The Grid (2004); The Hitchhiker (1989); The Matthew Shepard Story (2002); The Trojan Horse (2008); Timon of Athens (2018); To Save the Children (1994); Tom Stone (2002); Tribulation (2000); Twelfth Night (1986); Twists of Terror (1997); War of the Worlds (1988); Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002).

On this day in movie and book history - 52 Pick-up (1986)

52 Pick-up

directed by John Frankenheimer,

written by John Steppling and Elmore Leonard,

based on the novel by Elmore Leonard,

was released in the United States on November 7, 1986.

Music by Gary Chang.

Cast:

Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover, Robert Trebor, Lonny Chapman, Kelly Preston, Doug McClure, Clarence Williams III, Alex Henteloff, Michelle Walker, Philip Bartko, Tom Byron, Herschel Savage, Ron Jeremy, Amber Lynn, Sharon Mitchell, Ines Ochoa, Allyson Palmeter, Katherine Poland, Debra Satell, Amy White, Charles Bowden, Marc Castenada, Mike Caruso, Steven Clawson, Christopher Cory, Maurice Jenkins, John Kahnen, Bobby Ponce, Ray Vela, Robin Bronfman, Debra Berger, Laisa Carrie, Blackie Dammett, Barbara Ferris, John Francis, Conroy Gedeon, Bill Gratton, Jai M. Jefferson, Lenora Logan, Mark M. Mayuga, Lorrie Lovett, Sandra Perron, Barbara Summers, William John Murphy, Anthony Palmer, Frank Sivero, Arlin Miller, Erica Boyer, Barbara Dare, Jamie Gillis, Nicholas Grabowsky, Bill Kucera, Cara Lott, Pat Manning, Randy West, Honey Wilder.

Recommended reading:

 

52 Pick-up

by Elmore Leonard.
 

a.k.a. Fifty-Two Pick Up.

Published by Mariner Books.
First published 1974.

ISBN-10: 0062266004
ISBN-13: 978-0062266002
 
Description:
 

Detroit businessman Harry Mitchell had had only one affair in his twenty-two years of happy matrimony. Unfortunately someone caught his indiscretion on film and now wants Harry to fork over one hundred grand to keep his infidelity a secret. And if Harry doesn't pay up, the blackmailer and his associates plan to press a lot harder – up to and including homicide, if necessary. But the psychos picked the wrong pigeon for their murderous scam. Because Harry Mitchell doesn't get mad ... he gets even.

 

"Probably no one knows this nation's rogues, bent cops, and sleazebags better than Elmore Leonard." – Newsday.
 
“An absolute master.” – The Detroit News.

On this day in movie and book history - Betty Blue (1986 and 1985)

Betty Blue

directed and written by Jean-Jacques Beineix,

based on the novel by Philippe Djian,

was released in the United States on November 7, 1986.

Music by Gabriel Yared.

Cast:

Béatrice Dalle, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo de Haviland, Jacques Mathou, Clémentine Célarié, Vincent Lindon, Louis Bellanti, Philippe Laudenbach, Claude Aufaure, Dominique Besnehard, Raoul Billerey, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Dominique Pinon.

Recommended reading:

Betty Blue

by Philippe Djian.
 
French title: French: 37°2 le matin (37.2°C in the Morning).
Published by Little, Brown Book Group.
First published 1985.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0349101108
ISBN-13: 978-0349101101
 
Description:
 
This is a full-fledged lovers' tragedy between a drifter-turned-writer and the fatally flawed Betty, his muse and obsessive promoter.
 

On this day in movie history - Sid & Nancy (1986)

Sid & Nancy

directed by Alex Cox,

written by Alex Cox and Abbe Wool,

was released in the United States on November 7, 1986.

Music by Dan Wool.

Cast:

Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Andrew Schofield, Xander Berkeley, Perry Benson, Tony London, Sandy Baron, Sy Richardson, Edward Tudor-Pole, Biff Yeager, Courtney Love, Rusty Blitz, John Spacely, Coati Mundi, Ed Pansullo, Vincent J. Isaac, J. Steven Markus, Anne Lambton, Sallie Anne Field, Kathy Burke, Sara Sugarman, Mark Monero, Michele Winstanley, Andy Bradford, Tom Little, Barbara Coles, Pete Lee-Wilson, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Stuart Fox, Victoria Harwood, Jude Alderson, James Snell, Niven Boyd, Miguel Sandoval, Richard W. Barker III, Patti Tippo, John M. Jackson, Peter McCarthy, Desirée Erasmus, Gloria LeRoy, Milton Selzer, Bruce J. Magrane, Stefanie Auerbach, Jeffrey Kumer, Bradley Lieberman, Tricia Bartholome, Jeanne McCarthy, John Snyder, Ron Moseley, Fox Harris, Iggy Pop, Suchi Asano, Dan Wool, Mitch Dean, Circle Jerks, Angel Dove, Sherice Prince, Kelly Louise Lynn, Sri Johnston, Jamie L. Crowe, Julie St. Claire, Raymond Rosario, Daniel Louis Rivas, Favian Xavier, Al Alu, Bob Ellis, Peyton Kirkpatrick, Jimmy Emig, Keith Morris, Alexander Folk, Dick Rude, G.J. Thomson, Lawrence Bell Jr., Rome Jefferson Jr., Cat Vicious, Eric Barrett, Alex Cox, Colin Davis, Gary Finan, Peter Jaques, Ken Leicht, Branden Marlowe, David McCarthy, Slash, Anthony Straeger, Jaynie Sustar, Reg Thomason, Barrie Wild, Del Zamora.