Born on this day – Augusto Genina:

 

Director

Writer

Producer

January 28, 1892 – September 18, 1957

Louise Brooks (left) with Augusto Genina (right)

on the set of Prix de Beauté (1930).

 
Credits:

Frou-Frou (1955); Maddalena (1954); Three Forbidden Stories (1952); Devotion (1950); Cielo sulla palude (1949); Bengasi (1942); L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940); Castelli in aria (1939); Naples Under the Kiss of Fire (1937); Frauenliebe - Frauenleid (1937); Blumen aus Nizza (1936); Lo squadrone bianco (1936); La gondole aux chimères (1936); Non ti scordar di me (1935); Vergiss mein nicht (1935); Nous ne sommes plus des enfants (1934); Ne sois pas jalouse (1932); La femme en homme (1932); The Darling of Paris (1931); Mitternachtsliebe (1931); Les amours de minuit (1931); Prix de Beauté (Miss Europe);  (1930); n dramma a 16 anni (1929); Quartier Latin (1929); Liebeskarneval (1928); Scampolo (1928); La storia di una piccola Parigina (1928); Die Gefangene von Shanghai (1927); The White Slave (1927); Addio giovinezza! (1927); L'ultimo lord (1926); Il focolare spento (1925); La moglie bella (1924); Il Corsaro (1923); Cyrano de Bergerac (1923); Germaine (1923); La peccatrice senza peccato (1922); Lucie de Trecoeur (1922); Il castello della malinconia (1922); Una donna passò (1922); Marito, moglie e... (1921); L'incatenata (1921); La crisi (1921); Un punto nero (1921); I diabolici (1921); I tre sentimentali (1921); La douloureuse (1921); L'avventura di Dio (1920); Lo scaldino (1920); La ruota del vizio (1920); La donna e il cadavere (1920); Debito d'odio (1920); I due crocefissi (1920); Bel ami (1919); Lucrezia Borgia (1919); Le avventure di Bijou (1919); Noris (1919); La maschera e il volto (1919); Il principe dell'impossibile (1919); La fine di un vile (1918); L'emigrata (1918); Addio giovinezza! (1918); Femmina – Femina (1918); Il trono e la seggiola (1918); La menzogna (1918); Il siluramento dell'Oceania (1917); Kalidaa - la storia di una mummia (1917); Maschiaccio (1917); Lucciola (1917); Il dramma della corona (1916); La signorina Ciclone (1916); His Daughter's Second Husband (1916); Il sogno di un giorno (1916); Cento H.P. (1915); L'ultimo travestimento (1915); A Woman Wills (1915); La farfalla dalle ali d'oro (1915); La gelosia (1915); Mezzanotte (1915); Il motore 13 HP (1915); La fioraia di Como (1915); L'anello di Siva (1914); La fuga degli amanti (1914); La conquista dei diamanti (1914); Dopo il veglione (1914); La fuga dei diamanti (1914); I misteri del castello di Monroe (1914); Giovinezza trionfa! (1914); The Voice of Innocence (1914); Il piccolo cerinaio (1914); Lulu (1914); La parola che uccide (1914); The Broken Chain (1913); La moglie di sua eccellenza (1913); Troppo tardi! (1912); Beatrix d'Este (1912).

Born on this day – Colette, a.k.a. Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette:

 

Writer

Mime artist

Actress

January 28, 1873 – August 3, 1954

Credits:
 
Books and plays:
 

Chance Acquaintances (1952); Cheri (1920); Claudine at School (1900); Claudine in Paris (1901); Gigi (1945); Gigi: Play (1951); Green Sealing Wax (2020); The Collected Stories of Colette (2003); The Last of Cheri aka The End of Cheri (1926); The Vagabond (1911).

 
Movies and television:
 

Madelen, elle est tellement tout ça (2020); Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (2013); Chéri (2009); Mademoiselle Gigi (2006); L'enfant et les sortilèges (2004); Camaradagem (1999); L'enfant et les sortilèges (1994); Duo (1990); La seconde (1990); Le blé en herbe (1990); Julie de Carneilhan (1990); Chéri (1988); Gigi (1987); La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (1984); Le roman du samedi (1980); Claudine (1978); Le ciel de lit (1974); La seconde (1973); Plain-chant (1973); Cheri (1973); Away from It All (1973); Hora once (1969); The Gentle Libertine (1967); L'enfant et les sortilèges (1967); Kirmizi karanfiller (1962); Drengen og trolderiet (1962); Chéri (1962); École des vedettes (1960); Gigi (1958); Matinee Theatre (1958); Mitsou (1956); Le ciel de lit (1955); Journey to Italy (1954); The Immature Grain (1954); The Seven Deadly Sins (1952); Colette (1951); Chéri (1950); Minne (1950); Julie de Carneilhan (1950); Gigi (1949); Claudine à l'école (1937); Divine (1935); Ladies Lake (1934); La vagabonde (1932); Mädchen in Uniform (1931); La vagabonda (1918); Claudine à l'école (1917); Claudine à Paris (1917); Claudine s'en va (1917); Claudine en ménage (1917); Claudine (1913).

Elias Canetti, on writing:

The process of writing has something infinite about it.

Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.

- Elias Canetti.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day – January 27:

 In memory of all who died in the Holocaust.

On this day in movie history - Physical Evidence (1989)

Physical Evidence

directed by Michael Crichton,

written by Bill Phillips,

based on a story by Bill Phillips and Steve Ransohoff,

was released in the United States on January 27, 1989.

Music by Henry Mancini.

Cast:

Burt Reynolds, Theresa Russell, Ned Beatty, Kay Lenz, Ted McGinley, Tom O'Brien, Kenneth Welsh, Ray Baker, Ken James, Michael P. Moran, Angelo Rizacos, Lamar Jackson, Paul Hubbard, Larry Reynolds, Peter MacNeill, Laurie Paton, Don Granbery, Barry Flatman, Malcolm Stewart, Richard Fitzpatrick, J. Winston Carroll, Kathy Michael McGlynn, Djanet Sears, Claire Cellucci, Michael Donaghue, Anthony Sherwood, Angie McNab, Laurie Holden, David Clement, Steve Whistance-Smith, David Efron, Stan Barett, Kenny Bates, Matt Cooke, Michael Rothery, Gene Mack, Chris Thomas, Norm Henderson, Stewart Arnott, Eddie Driscoll, David Ferry, Victor Ertmanis, Michael Copeman, Diane Douglass, Allan Aarons, Steven Hunter, Jennifer Inch, François Klanfer, Terry Tweed, Louis Negin, Ken Roberts.

Born on this day – Bobby "Blue" Bland:

Blues singer

Songwriter

January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013

Born on this day – Dolores Moran:

Actress

January 27, 1926 – February 5, 1982

Credits:

Silver Lode (1954); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953–1954); Count the Hours! (1953); My Hero (1952); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Johnny One-Eye (1950); Movietown USA (1950); Christmas Eve (1947); The Man I Love (1946); Without Reservations (1946); Mr. Noisy (1946); Too Young to Know (1945); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); To Have and Have Not (1944); The Last Ride (1944); Old Acquaintance (1943); Three Cheers for the Girls (1943); The Hard Way (1943); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); Winning Your Wings (1942); The Ghost Breakers (1940).