Jhumpa Lahiri, on fiction:

Fiction is the only way I know a human being can inhabit the mind of another human being.

- Jhumpa Lahiri.

On this day in music history - The album In the Wake, by Ann Sweeten (2011)

In the Wake

by Ann Sweeten

was released on November 28, 2011.

On this day in movie history - Port of New York (1949)

Port of New York

directed by László Benedek,

written by Eugene Ling and Leo Townsend,

based on a story by Arthur A. Ross and Bert Murray,

was released in the United States on November 28, 1949.

Narrated by Chet Huntley.

Music by Sol Kaplan.

Cast:

Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K.T. Stevens, Yul Brynner, Arthur Blake, Lynne Carter, John Kellogg, William Challee, Neville Brand, Barry Brooks, Harry Brown, George M. Carleton, Stephen Chase, Steve Crandall, Sayre Dearing, Ann Doran, Frank Fenton, Fred Graham, Raymond Greenleaf, Chuck Hamilton, Patricia Hawkins, Joe Haworth, Chet Huntley, Stan Johnson, Doyle Manor, Joe Mantell, Jean McBride, Mickey McCardle, James Nolan, Tudor Owen, John Parris, Steve Pendleton, David Perry, Alexander Pope, Gordon Richards, Henry Rowland, Glenn Thompson, Larry Thompson, Harlan Warde.

Born on this day – Michael Ritchie:

Director

Producer

November 28, 1938 – April 16, 2001

Born on this day – Gloria Grahame:

Actress

Singer

November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981

Born on this day – Mario Nascimbene:

Composer

November 28, 1913 – 6 January 6, 2002

Born on this day – David Miller:

 

Director

Writer

Producer

November 28, 1909 – April 14, 1992

Directing Doris Day and Tony Curtis, on the set of Midnight Lace (1960).

 

Credits:

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (1981); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Love for Rent (1979); The Best Place to Be (1979); Bittersweet Love (1976); Executive Action (1973); Hail, Hero! (1969); Hammerhead (1968); Captain Newman, M.D. (1963); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Back Street (1961); Midnight Lace (1960); Happy Anniversary (1959); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Opposite Sex (1956); Diane (1956); Twist of Fate (1954); Sudden Fear (1952); Saturday's Hero (1951); Our Very Own (1950); Love Happy (1949); Top o' the Morning (1949); Women in Defense (1946); Flying Tigers (1942); Further Prophecies of Nostradamus (1942); Sunday Punch (1942); Billy the Kid (1941); More About Nostradamus (1941); The Happiest Man on Earth (1940); Drunk Driving (1939); Ice Antics (1939); The Great Heart (1938); Nostradamus (1938); Fisticuffs (1938); It's in the Stars (1938); Modeling for Money (1938); Penny's Party (1938); La Savate (1938); Equestrian Acrobats (1937); Tennis Tactics (1937); Penny Wisdom (1937); Gilding the Lily (1937); Dexterity (1937); Hurling (1936); Dare-Deviltry (1936); Aquatic Artistry (1936); Racing Canines (1936); Table Tennis (1936); Let's Dance (1936); A Sports Parade Subject: Crew Racing (1935); Trained Hoofs (1935).