Born on this day – Laura Hope Crews:

Actress

December 12, 1879 – November 13, 1942

Credits:
New York Town (1941); One Foot in Heaven (1941); The Flame of New Orleans (1941); Lady with Red Hair (1940); I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now (1940); Girl from Avenue A (1940); The Blue Bird (1940); Gone with the Wind (1939); Remember? (1939); Reno (1939); The Rains Came (1939); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); The Star Maker (1939); Idiot's Delight (1939); Thanks for the Memory (1938); The Sisters (1938); Doctor Rhythm (1938); Angel (1937); Confession (1937); The Road Back (1937); Camille (1936); Her Master's Voice (1936); The Melody Lingers On (1935); Escapade (1935); Behold My Wife! (1934); Lightning Strikes Twice (1934); The Age of Innocence (1934); If I Were Free (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); Rafter Romance (1933); Blind Adventure (1933); I Loved You Wednesday (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); Out All Night (1933); New Morals for Old (1932); Charming Sinners (1929); Blackbirds (1915); The Fighting Hope (1915).

Born on this day – Gustave Flaubert:

Writer

December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880

Credits:

November (1842); Madame Bovary (1856); Salammbo (1862); A Sentimental Education (1869); The Candidate (1874); The Temptation of Saint Antony (1874); Bouvard and Pacuchet (1881); Three Tales (1872); Golden Tales from Flaubert (1977); Early Writings (1991); Best Known Works of Gustave Flaubert (2004); A Simple Soul (1877); Bibliomania (1954); A Simple Heart (1995); Herodias (1877).

William Styron, on books:

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end.

You live several lives while reading.

- William Styron.

On this day in music history - The album Calm Within, by Laura Sullivan (2015)

 

Calm Within

by Laura Sullivan

was released on December 11, 2015

On this day in music history - The album Ama, by Cecilia Chailly (2001)

Ama

by Cecilia Chailly

was released on December 11, 2001.

On this day in movie history - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Driving Miss Daisy

directed by Bruce Beresford,

written by Alfred Uhry,

based on the play by Alfred Uhry,

was released in the United States on December 11, 1989.

Music by Hans Zimmer.

Cast:
Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle, Joann Havrilla, William Hall Jr., Alvin M. Sugarman, Clarice F. Geigerman, Muriel Moore, Sylvia Kaler, Carolyn Gold, Crystal Fox, Bob Hannah, Ray McKinnon, Ashley Josey, Jack Rousso, Fred Faser, Indra A. Thomas, Trilby Beresford, Dean DuBois, Jay Freer, Jen Harper, Martin Luther King, D. Taylor Loeb.

On this day in movie history - Pittsburgh (1942)

Pittsburgh

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by Kenneth Gamet, Tom Reed, John Twist, Robert Fellows and Winston Miller,

based on a story by George Owen and Tom Reed,

was released in the United States on December 11, 1942.

Music by Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner.

Cast:

Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Frank Craven, Louise Allbritton, Shemp Howard, Thomas Gomez, Ludwig Stössel, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Fix, William Haade, Charles Coleman, Nestor Paiva, John Alban, Charles Arnt, Lois Austin, Don Barclay, Robert Barron, Brandon Beach, Brooks Benedict, Edward Biby, Ted Billings, Wade Boteler, Chet Brandenburg, Tex Brodus, James Carlisle, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jack Chefe, James Conaty, Harry Cording, Victor Cox, Hal Craig, Oliver Cross, Grace Cunard, Sayre Dearing, Jack Deery, William Desmond, Helen Dickson, John Dilson, Jimmy Dime, Ed Emerson, Bess Flowers, Douglas Fowley, Joe Garcio, Jack Gardner, Jack Gargan, Kenneth Gibson, Gus Glassmire, George Golden, Dick Gordon, William Gould, Bobbie Hale, Eddie Hall, Chuck Hamilton, Sam Harris, Winifred Harris, Carol Henry, Edward Keane, Joe Kirk, Ethan Laidlaw, Nolan Leary, Kay Linaker, Frank Marlowe, Alphonse Martell, Johnny Marvin, Larry McGrath, Mira McKinney, Paul McVey, Robert Milasch, Irving Mitchell, Sandra Morgan, Frances Morris, Edmund Mortimer, Charles Morton, Broderick O'Farrell, Monty O'Grady, Bob Perry, Lorin Raker, Bob Reeves, Cyril Ring, Robert Robinson, William Ruhl, Virginia Sale, Paul Scott, Harry Seymour, John Sheehan, Charles Sherlock, Jack C. Smith, Tom Steele, Sammy Stein, Brick Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, Ben Taggart, Dale Van Sickel, Frankie Van, Ray Walker, Glen Walters, Anthony Warde, Phil Warren.