Born on this day – Wanda Capodaglio:

Wanda Capodaglio

Actress

January 1, 1889 – August 30, 1980

Credits:

The rattle cap (1970); The end of the adventure (1969); Toh è morta la nonna! (1969); Pirandello's world (1968); Io ti amo (1968); Le mie prigioni (1968); Il ragazzo che sapeva amare (1967); La fiera delle vanità (1967); No One Can Judge Me (1966); Luisa Sanfelice (1966); David Copperfield (1966); Ritorna il tenente Sheridan (1963); Blood wedding (1963); More pink than yellow (1962); The beautiful adventure (1962); Il caso Maurizius (1961); The rattlesnake (1958); Jane Eyre (1957); Little Women (1955); Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954); La donna che inventò l'amore (The woman who invented love) (1952); La portatrice di pane (The bread carrier) (1950); The Earth Cries Out (1949); Crossroads of Passion (1948); La monaca di Monza (The nun of Monza) (1947); The Lovers (1946); The models of via Margutta (1946); Resurrezione (Resurrection) (1944); Tears of Blood (1944); In due si soffre meglio (In two you suffer better) (1943); Gelosia (Jealousy) (1942); Acque di primavera (Spring waters) (1942); Avanti c'è posto... (Next there is room...) (1942); Regina di Navarra (Queen of Navarre) (1942); Piccolo hotel (Small hotel) (1939); La marcia nuziale (The wedding march) (1915); The Naked Truth (1914).

Born on this day – Frank Stokes:

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

January 1, 1877 – September 12, 1955

Carl Sagan, on books and writing:

 

What an astonishing thing a book is.

It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles.

But one glance at it and you're inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years.

Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you.

Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions,
binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs.

Books break the shackles of time.

A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.
 
- Carl Sagan.

Born on this day – John Denver:

 

Singer

Songwriter

Guitarist

Actor

Activist

December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997

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On this day in movie history - The Bishop Murder Case (1929)

The Bishop Murder Case

directed by David Burton and Nick Grinde,

written by S.S. Van Dine and Lenore J. Coffee,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on December 31, 1929.

Music by William Axt.

Cast:

Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis, George F. Marion, Zelda Sears, Bodil Rosing, Carroll Nye, Charles Quatermaine, James Donlan, Sidney Bracey, Clarence Geldart, Delmer Daves, Nellie Bly Baker.

Born on this day – Rosalind Cash:

Actress

December 31, 1938 – October 31, 1995

Born on this day – Rex Allen:

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

December 31, 1920 – December 17, 1999