Born on this day – Spencer Tracy:

Actor

April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967

Born on this day – Walter Huston:

Actor

Singer

April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950

Born on this day – Winchell Smith:

 

Writer

April 5, 1871 – June 10, 1933

Credits:

Three on a Spree (1961); Broadway Television Theatre (1952); Kraft Theatre (1949–1951); The Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950); Brewster's Millions (1945); Brewster's Millions (1935); Lightnin' (1930); The Love Doctor (1929); The Fortune Hunter (1927); Going Crooked (1926); Miss Brewster's Millions (1926); Thank You (1925); The Wheel (1925); Lightnin' (1925); The Boomerang (1925); The Bandolero (1924); The Saphead (1920); The Lambs' All-Star Gambol (1914).

Anne Lamott, on writing and reading:

Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation.

It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea.

You can't stop the raging storm,
but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship.
 
- Anne Lamott.

On this day in music history - The album Songs of Ned Rorem, by Susan Graham (2000)

Songs of Ned Rorem

by Susan Graham

was released on April 4, 2000.

On this day in music history - The album Slick Chick, by Lee Aaron and the Swingin’ Barflies (2000)

Slick Chick

by Lee Aaron and the Swingin’ Barflies

was released on April 4, 2000.

European album cover:

On this day in movie history - The Black Cat (1981)

The Black Cat

directed by Lucio Fulci,

written by Biagio Proietti, Lucio Fulci and Biagio Proie

based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released in Italy on April 4, 1981.

Music by Pino Donaggio.

Cast:

Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck, Al Cliver, Dagmar Lassander, Bruno Corazzari, Geoffrey Copleston, Daniela Doria, Lucio Fulci, Vito Passeri.