Born on this day – Virginia Woolf:

Writer

January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941

Credits:

40 Model Essays (2005); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); A Haunted House and Other Short Stories (1944); A Letter to a Young Poet (2021); A Moment's Liberty (1990); A Room of One's Own (1928); A Society (1921); A World of Fiction (1983); A Writer's Diary (1953); Alaska Stories (1995); Between the Acts (1941); Books & Portraits (1978); Cape Cod Stories (2002); Chicago Stories (1993); Classic Women's Short Stories (2020); Collected Short Stories (2019); Contemporary Writers (1965); Famous and Curious Animal Stories (1989); Fathers: A Literary Anthology (2011); Florida Stories (1993); Flush (1933); Granite and Rainbow (1958); Identity And Self Respect (1952); Into the London Fog (2020); Jacob's Room (1922); Kew Gardens (1919); Letters to Change the World: From Pankhurst to Orwell (2018); Los Angeles Stories (1991); Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems (1994); Magical Realist Fiction (1984); Melymbrosia (1981); Moment And Other Essays (1948); Moments of Being (1976); Monday or Tuesday (1921); Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown (1929); Mrs. Dalloway (1925); Mrs. Dalloway's Party (1973); New Orleans Stories (1992); Night and Day (1919); Nurse Lugton's Curtain (1991); Freshwater (1935); On Being Ill (1930); On Not Knowing Greek (1925); Orlando (1928); Paper Darts (1991); Passionate Apprentice (1990); Reviewing (1939); Roger Fry: A Biography (1940); San Francisco Stories (1990); San Francisco Thrillers (1995); Selected Letters (1990); Southwest Stories (1993); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); Street Haunting (2022); Texas Stories (1995); That Kind of Woman: Stories from the Left Bank and Beyond (1991); The Common Reader (1925); The Common Reader: Second Series (1932); The Complete Shorter Fiction (1993); The Death of the Moth and Other Essays (1942); The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Five (1984); The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Four (1982); The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume One (1977); The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Three (1980); 30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die (2019); The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Two (1978); The Essays, Vol. 1 (1967); The Essays, Vol. 2 (1967); The Essays, Vol. 3 (1967); The Essays, Vol. 4 (1967); The Essays, Vol. 5 (1986); The Essays, Vol. 6 (2011); The Lady in the Looking Glass (1960); The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 1 (1975); The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 2 (1976); The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 3 (1977); The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 4 (1978); The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 5 (1979); The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 6 (1980); The London Scene (1931); The Mark On The Wall & Other Short Fiction (1917); The Mark on the Wall (1917); The Platform of Time (2007); The Voyage Out (1915); The Waves (1931); The Widow and the Parrot (1985); The Years (1937); Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid (1941); Three Guineas (1938); To the Lighthouse (1927); Travels With Virginia Woolf (1993); Two Stories (1917); Walter Sickert (1978); Witches' Brew (1984); Women and Fiction (1975); Women and Writing (1979); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Jhumpa Lahiri, on writing:

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.
Style and personality are irrelevant.
They can be formal or casual.
They can be tall or short or fat or thin.
They can obey the rules or break them.
But they need to contain a charge.
A live current, which shocks and illuminates.
 
- Jhumpa Lahiri.

On this day in movie history - La Notte (1961)

 

La Notte

a.k.a. The Night

directed by Michelangelo Antonioni,

written by Michelangelo Antonioni, Ennio Flaiano and Tonino Guerra,

was released in Italy on January 24, 1961.

Music by Giorgio Gaslini.

Cast:

Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Rosy Mazzacurati, Maria Pia Luzi, Guido A. Marsan, Vittorio Bertolini, Vincenzo Corbella, Ugo Fortunati, Gitt Magrini, Giorgio Negro, Roberta Speroni, Valentino Bompiani, Roberto Danesi, Umberto Eco, Giansiro Ferrata, Giorgio Gaslini, Alceo Guatelli, Odile Jean, Ottiero Ottieri, Salvatore Quasimodo, Ettore Univelli, Eraldo Volonté.

Born on this day – Kip Anderson:

 

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 24, 1938 – August 29, 2007

Born on this day – Ernest Borgnine:

Actor

January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012

Credits:

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–2012); The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012); Snatched (2011); Love's Christmas Journey (2011); SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini Bottom (2011); The Lion of Judah (2011); Night Club (2011); Another Harvest Moon (2010); RED (2010); The Genesis Code (2010); Enemy Mind (2010); SpongeBob's Boating Bash (2010); The Wishing Well (2009); SpongeBob's Truth or Square (2009); ER (1994); The Prologue to Houdini Magic's Expert at the Card Table (2008); Frozen Stupid (2008); Aces 'N' Eights (2008); Strange Wilderness (2008); A Grandpa for Christmas (2007); Oliviero Rising (2007); La cura del gorilla (2006); That One Summer (2005); Rail Kings (2005); 3 Below (2005); The Blue Light (2004); Barn Red (2004); The Trail to Hope Rose (2004); Renegade (2004); The Long Ride Home (2003); The District (2000); Whiplash (2002); September 11 (2002); Family Law (1999); 7th Heaven (1996); Touched by an Angel (1994); SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (2001); The Kiss of Debt (2000); Castle Rock (2000); Hoover (2000); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); The Last Great Ride (2000); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999); The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island (1999); Shadows of the Past (1999); Early Edition (1996); An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998); All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996); Mel (1998); 12 Bucks (1998); BASEketball (1998); Small Soldiers (1998); JAG (1995); Gattaca (1997); McHale's Navy (1997); The Single Guy (1995); Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996); Pinky and the Brain (1995); All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996); Captiva Island (1995); Veterinarian Christine II: The Temptation (1995); Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1995); The Commish (1991); Spirit of the Season (1994); Der blaue Diamant (1993); Verinarian Christine (1993); The Simpsons (1989); Mistress (1992); Home Improvement (1991); Mountain of Diamonds (1991); The Last Match (1991); Tides of War (1990); Any Man's Death (1990); Ocean (1989); Laser Mission (1989); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears (1989); The Big Turnaround (1988); Moving Target (1988); Bensonhurst (1988); Qualcuno pagherà (1988); Skeleton Coast (1988); The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988); Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987); The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Highway to Heaven (1984); Airwolf (1984–1986); Alice in Wonderland (1985); The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985); The Manhunt (1984); Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984); Code Name: Wild Geese (1984); The Last Days of Pompeii (1984); Masquerade (1983); Carpool (1983); Young Warriors (1983); Blood Feud (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Magnum, P.I. (1980); The Love Boat (1977); Deadly Blessing (1981); High Risk (1981); Escape from New York (1981); Super Fuzz (1980); When Time Ran Out... (1980); The Black Hole (1979); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); The Double McGuffin (1979); Ravagers (1979); Convoy (1978); Cops and Robin (1978); The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978); Crossed Swords (1977); The Greatest (1977); Future Cop (1976); Fire (1977); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Holiday Hookers (1976); Shoot (1976); Hustle (1975); The Devil's Rain (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1974); Sunday in the Country (1974); Law and Disorder (1974); Twice in a Lifetime (1974); Legend in Granite (1973); The Neptune Factor (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Revengers (1972); The Boxer (1972); The Trackers (1971); Hannie Caulder (1971); Bunny O'Hare (1971); Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971); Willard (1971); Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); The Adventurers (1970); A Bullet for Sandoval (1969); The Wild Bunch (1969); The Split (1968); Ice Station Zebra (1968); The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968); Get Smart (1965); The Dirty Dozen (1967); Chuka (1967); Run for Your Life (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); McHale's Navy (1962); The Oscar (1966); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); Wagon Train (1957); McHale's Navy (1964); General Electric Theater (1953); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Barabbas (1961); I briganti italiani (1961); Il re di Poggioreale (1961); The Last Judgment (1961); The Blue Angels (1960); Go Naked in the World (1961); Laramie (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1956); Pay or Die! (1960); Man on a String (1960); Season of Passion (1959); The Rabbit Trap (1959); Torpedo Run (1958); The Badlanders (1958); The Vikings (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); Three Brave Men (1956); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Catered Affair (1956); Jubal (1956); The Square Jungle (1955); The Last Command (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); Run for Cover (1955); Marty (1955); Fireside Theatre (1949); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); The Lone Wolf (1954); Vera Cruz (1954); The Bounty Hunter (1954); Waterfront (1954); Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954); Johnny Guitar (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Danny Thomas Show (1953); From Here to Eternity (1953); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); Rocky King, Detective (1950); Kraft Theatre (1947); Shadow of the Cloak (1951); Goodyear Playhouse (1951); The Mob (1951); Captain  and His  Rangers (1949); The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951); China Corsair (1951).

Born on this day – Viora Daniel:

Actress

January 24, 1902 – May 9, 1980

Credits:

Bulldog Pluck (1927); One Chance in a Million (1927); Quarantined Rivals (1927); Old Shoes (1925); The Cowboy and the Lady (1922); The Son of a Sheik (1922); Cold Feet (1922); 'Twas Ever Thus (1922); Saturday Night (1922); A Barnyard Cavalier (1922); Be My Wife (1921); A Pair of Sexes (1921); In for Life (1921); Let Me Explain (1921); The Easy Road (1921); The Life of the Party (1920); The Fourteenth Man (1920); The Sins of St. Anthony (1920); Thou Art the Man (1920); Young Mrs. Winthrop (1920).

Born on this day – Henry King:

 

Actor

Director

Producer

January 24, 1886 – June 29, 1982

Credits:

23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919); A Bell for Adano (1945); A Bolt from the Sky (1915); A False Friend (1913); A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919); A Game of Wits (1917); A Mexican Tragedy (1913); A Midnight Call (1913); A Perilous Ride (1913); A Romance of the Ozarks (1913); A Sporting Chance (1919); A Tenderfoot Hero (1913); A Woman's Heart (1913); A Yank in the RAF (1941); Abide with Me (1914); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); All the World to Nothing (1918); An Actor's Strategy (1913); Any Woman (1925); Back to Primitive (1913); Beauty and the Rogue (1918); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Big Brother (1916); Bitter Sweets (1914); Black Beauty (1913); Blue Blood and Yellow (1915); Brass Buttons (1919); By Impulse (1913); Called Back (1914); Captain from Castile (1947); Carolina (1934); Carousel (1956); Chad Hanna (1940); Crooked Road (1916); David and Bathsheba (1951); Deep Waters (1948); Dice of Destiny (1920); Eyes That Cannot See (1915); Faith's Reward (1916); For Her Brother's Sake (1913); For the Commonwealth (1915); Fury (1923); Harbor (1930); Haunting Shadows (1919); Hearts or Diamonds? (1918); Hell Harbor (1930); Help Wanted - Male (1920); Her Atonement (1913); Her Father (1913); His Excellency (1914); His Last Crooked Deal (1913); Hobbs in a Hurry (1918); Houses of Glass (1915); I Loved You Wednesday (1933); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); In Humble Guise (1915); In Old Chicago (1938); In the Hands of the Law (1917); Jesse James (1939); Jim's Reward (1913); Joy and the Dragon (1916); King of the Khyber Rifles (1953); King Social Briars (1918); Letters Entangled (1915); Life, Love and Liberty (1913); Lightnin' (1930); Little Mary Sunshine (1916); Little Old New York (1940); Lloyd's of London (1936); Love and War in Mexico (1913); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Magic Melody (1913); Margie (1946); Marie Galante (1934); Maryland (1940); Melita's Sacrifice (1913); Merely Mary Ann (1931); My Lips Betray (1933); Nerve (1914); O. Henry's Full House (1952); One Hour Before Dawn (1920); One More Spring (1935); Over the Hill (1931); Partners Again (1926); Pay Dirt (1916); Powers That Prey (1918); Prince of Foxes (1949); Ramona (1936); Remember the Day (1941); Romola (1924); Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925); Sacrificial Fires (1914); Salvage (1921); Saved from Himself (1915); Scepter of Suspicion (1917); Seventh Heaven (1937); Shadows and Sunshine (1916); She Goes to War (1929); Should a Wife Forgive? (1915); Six Feet Four (1919); Social Briars (1918); Some Liar (1919); Sonny (1922); Souls in Pawn (1917); Southern Pride (1917); Stanley and Livingstone (1939); State Fair (1933); Stella Dallas (1925); Sunshine and Gold (1917); Tender Is the Night (1962); The Acid Test (1915); The Apache Kid (1913); The Birthmark (1913); The Black Swan (1942); The Bliss of Ignorance (1915); The Bond Boy (1922); The Bravados (1958); The Breed of the West (1913); The Bride's Silence (1917); The Burden Bearer (1913); The Butterfly (1915); The Camera's Testimony (1913); The Climber (1917); The Country Doctor (1936); The Coveted Heritage (1914); The Crooked Road (1916); The Cruise of the Hell Ship (1914); The Devil's Bait (1917); The Dolls of Intrigue (1915); The Dream of Loco Juan (1914); The Eternal Duel (1914); The Eyes of the World (1930); The Fallen Standard (1915); The Fruit of Folly (1915); The Ghost of Rosy Taylor (1918); The Gunfighter (1950); The Imprint (1914); The Legend of Lovers Leap (1913); The Locked Heart (1918); The Love Liar (1915); The Magic Flame (1927); The Maid of the Wild (1915); The Mainspring (1917); The Mask (1914); The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917); The Mate of the Schooner 'Sadie' (1913); The Measure of a Man (1914); The Medal of Honor (1913); The Message of the Rose (1913); The Mistress of Shenstone (1921); The Moth and the Flame (1913); The Mysterious Hand (1913); The Nemesis (1915); The Oath of Hate (1916); The Outlaw's Gratitude (1913); The Padre's Strategy (1913); The Path of Sorrow (1913); The Pomp of Earth (1915); The Power of Evil (1916); The Power of Print (1914); The Price of Fame (1915); The Pursuit of Pleasure (1915); The Rat (1914); The Sand Lark (1916); The Sands of Life (1914); The Seventh Day (1922); The Silver Lining (1914); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952); The Song of Bernadette (1943); The Split Nugget (1913); The Stained Pearl (1916); The Sting of the Lash (1921); The Stranger (1914); The Sun Also Rises (1957); The Test of Manhood (1914); The Tomboy (1915); The Unexpected (1914); The White Dove (1920); The White Sister (1923); The Will o' the Wisp (1914); The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926); The Woman Disputed (1928); The Woman in Room 13 (1932); This Earth Is Mine (1959); This Hero Stuff (1919); To Love and Cherish (1913); Today and Tomorrow (1915); Toil and Tyranny (1915); Tol'able David (1921); Told at Twilight (1917); Turning the Table (1913); Twelve O'Clock High (1949); Twin Kiddies (1917); Uncharted Channels (1920); Untamed (1955); Unto Herself Alone (1915); Up Romance Road (1918); Vengeance of the Dead (1917); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); Way Down East (1935); When a Man Rides Alone (1919); When Brothers Go to War (1913); When Fate Was Kind (1914); When He Sees (1913); When Justice Sleeps (1915); When Might Is Right (1916); When the Clock Stopped (1913); When We Were 21 (1921); Where the West Begins (1919); Who Knows? (1916); Who Pays? (1915); Wilson (1944); You've Got to Pay (1913).