Colors, Critters, Cats, and my Journey with MS

Saturday, April 13, 2024

Born on this day – Paul Sorvino:

Actor

Opera singer

Writer

Sculptor

April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022

Credits:

A Fine Mess (1986); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993); A Place for Heroes (2014); A Question of Honor (1982); A Touch of Class (1973); A Winter Rose (2014); Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game (2017); Acts of Desperation (2018); Age Isn't Everything (1991); Airship Dracula (2012); Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2016); Almost Partners (1987); American Perfekt (1997); Angel and Big Joe (1976); As Long As We Both Shall Live (2016); Backstreet Justice (1994); Bad Blood (2017); Bad Impulse (2019); Beneath the Leaves (2019); Bert D'Angelo / Superstar (1976); Betrayed by Innocence (1986); Bloodbrothers (1978); Blue Heat: The Case of the Cover Girl Murders (1997); Bulworth (1998); Careful What You Wish For (2015); Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008); Chasing Gold (2016); Cheaters (2000); Chiefs (1983); Chiller (1985); Ciao America (2002); Cold Deck (2015); Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014); Cover Me (1995); Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2017); Cruising (1980); Cry Uncle (1971); Dead Broke (1998); Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972); Detours (2016); Dick Tracy (1990); Divorce Invitation (2012); DMZ (1990); Doc West (2009); Dog Watch (1997); Don't Touch My Daughter (1991); Drinks with Dee Dee Sorvino (2020); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1997); Dummy (1979); Elementary (2014); Escape Clause (1996); Executor (2017); For the Love of Money (2012); Foreclosed (2013); God Don't Make the Laws (2011); Godfather of Harlem (2019–2021); Goodfellas (1990); Goodnight, Joseph Parker (2004); Grandfathered (2016); Great Performances (1974); Greetings from the Shore (2007); Gutfeld! (2021); Handy Manny (2011); Harlem Aria (1999); Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002); Houdini (1998); How Sweet It Is (2013); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); I, the Jury (1982); Iggy Azalea Feat. Rita Ora: Black Widow (2014); Imaginary Friend (2012); Immigrant (2013); Insight (1979); It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974); Jack & Bobby (2004); Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012); Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (1997); Kidnapped in Romania (2016); Kill the Irishman (2011); Kiss-Kiss, Dahlings! (1992); Knock Off (1998); Last Hour (2008); Law & Order (1991–1992); Lily of the Feast (2010); Longshot (2001); L'onore e il rispetto (2006); Lost and Found (1979); Lost Cat Corona (2017); Love Is All There Is (1996); Made for Each Other (1971); Mafia Doctor (2003); Mambo Italiano (2003); Melanie (1982); Men with Guns (1997); Micmacs (2009); Mineville (2010); Money Talks (1997); Moonlighting (1986); Most Guys Are Losers (2020); Most Wanted (1997); Mr. 3000 (2004); Mr. Fix It (2006); Murder, She Wrote (1989); My Mother's Secret Life (1984); Nixon (1995); No Deposit (2015); Off the Wall (1983); Oh, God! (1977); Once Upon a Time in Queens (2013); Papa (2018); Parallel Lives (1994); Paulie (2013); Perfume (2001); Plan B (2001); Price for Freedom (2017); RebelTaxi (2015); Reds (1981); Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008); Rhode Island Blue (2001); Romeo + Juliet (1996); Rules Don't Apply (2016); Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009); Scriptfellas (1999); See Spot Run (2001); Seventh Avenue (1977); Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue (1974); Sicilian Vampire (2015); Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); Still Standing (2004–2006); Streghe verso nord (2001); Surviving (1985); Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974); That Championship Season (1982); That's Life (2000–2002); The Amati Girls (2000); The Art of the Cigar (1996); The Bandit Hound (2016); The Birthday Cake (2021); The Brink's Job (1978); The Bronx Bull (2016); The Brooklyn Banker (2016); The Cooler (2003); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The Devil's Carnival (2012); The Family Man (2000); The Firm (1993); The Gambler (1974); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2014); The Great American Heist (2022); The Greg Gutfeld Show (2015); The Hybrids Family (2015); The Oldest Rookie (1987–1988); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); The Red Maple Leaf (2016); The Rocketeer (1991); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Stuff (1985); The Thin Blue Lie (2000); The Trouble with Cali (2012); The Wild Stallion (2009); Today's F.B.I. (1981); Triggerman (2009); Turk 182 (1985); Undercover Grandpa (2017); Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986); Very Close Quarters (1984); Welcome to Acapulco (2019); We'll Get By (1974–1975); Where's Poppa? (1970); With Intent to Kill (1984); Without Consent (1994); Wives' Tales (2008); Work with Me (1999).

Born on this day – Herman Raucher:

Writer

April 13, 1928 – December 28, 2023

Credits:

Books:

A Glimpse of Tiger (1971); Maynard's House (1980); Summer of '42 (1971); There Should Have Been Castles (1978); Watermelon Man (1970).

Movies and television:

Sweet November (2001); Ode (1999); Morning Patrol (1987); The Great Santini (1979); The Other Side of Midnight (1977); Ode to Billy Joe (1976); Remember When (1974); Class of '44 (1973); Summer of '42 (1971); Watermelon Man (1970); Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969); Sweet November (1968); Follow That Dream (1962); Studio One (1958); Matinee Theatre (1957); Goodyear Playhouse (1956); The Alcoa Hour (1956).

Born on this day – Stanley Donen:

Director

Choreographer

April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019

Credits:

24th Annual Academy Awards (1952); A Date with Judy (1948); AFI Life Achievement Award (1985); American Masters (2004–2008); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Arabesque (1966); Audrey Hepburn Remembered (1993); Autodefensa (2022); Bedazzled (1967); Best Foot Forward (1943); Big City (1948); Blame It on Rio (1984); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988); Ceremonia de clausura 44ª edición del Festival de Cine de San Sebastián (1996); Charade (1963); Ciné regards (1979); Cinema (1969); Cinema 3 (1989); Cinéma cinémas (1986); Cover Girl (1944); Damn Yankees (1958); Deep in My Heart (1954); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Fearless Fagan (1952); Film '80 (1980); Film Review (1967); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Funny Face (1957); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Great Performances (1996); Hey, Rookie (1944); Holiday in Mexico (1946); Hollywood U.K. British Cinema in the Sixties (1993); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2009); Indiscreet (1958); Inside the Actors Studio (1995); It's Always Fair Weather (1955); Jam Session (1944); Kansas City Kitty (1944); Killer McCoy (1947); Kismet (1955); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Les mystères du premier film (1995); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1976); Lionel Richie: Dancing on the Ceiling (1986); Living in a Big Way (1947); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Love Letters (1999); Love's Labour's Lost (2000); Lucky Lady (1975); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Moonlighting (1986); Movie Movie / Baxter's Beauties of 1933 / Dynamite Hands (1978); No Leave, No Love (1946); Omnibus (1995); On the Town (1949); Once More, with Feeling! (1960); Pierrot the Fool (1984); Pour le cinéma (1969); Private Screenings (2006); Revista de cine (1976); Rich, Young and Pretty (1951); Royal Wedding (1951); Saturn 3 (1980); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (1997); Sodankylä Forever (2010); Staircase (1969); Stanley Donen: You Just Do It (2010); Surprise Package (1960); Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); That's Entertainment!: The Masters Behind the Musicals (2004); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The Children of Lindos (1960); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Audrey Hepburn (1991); The Grass Is Greener (1960); The Hollywood Fashion Machine (1995); The Hollywood Soundtrack Story (1995); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Lionel Richie Collection (2003); The Little Prince (1974); The Making of Lionel Richie's Dancing on the Ceiling (1986); The Nation's Favourite Dance Moment (2013); The Pajama Game (1957); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); This Time for Keeps (1947); Two for the Road (1967); What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002); Zapper n'est pas jouer (1990).

Born on this day – Mari Blanchard:

Actress

April 13, 1923 – May 10, 1970

Credits:

It Takes a Thief (1968); The Virginian (1967); Burke's Law (1965); Valentine's Day (1965); Breaking Point (1964); McLintock! (1963); Twice-Told Tales (1963); Don't Knock the Twist (1962); Perry Mason (1962); The Detectives (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Gunslinger (1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); Klondike (1960–1961); Rawhide (1959–1961); Sea Hunt (1960); Bronco (1960); Mr. Lucky (1960); Laramie (1960); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Shotgun Slade (1959); Bachelor Father (1959); Sugarfoot (1959); Not for Hire (1959); The Texan (1959); The Green Peacock (1958); Karasu (1958); The Witches from Another World (1958); No Place to Land (1958); The Frank Sinatra Show (1957); The Millionaire (1957); Jungle Heat (1957); She Devil (1957); Stagecoach to Fury (1956); Canasta de cuentos mexicanos (1956); The Cruel Tower (1956); Casablanca (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); It's a Great Life (1955); The Crooked Web (1955); The Return of Jack Slade (1955); Son of Sinbad (1955); The Linkletter Show (1955); Climax! (1955); Destry (1954); Black Horse Canyon (1954); Rails Into Laramie (1954); The Veils of Bagdad (1953); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); Terry and the Pirates (1952); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952); Back at the Front (1952); Assignment: Paris (1952); The Brigand (1952); Something to Live For (1952); The Frank Sinatra Show (1951); Overland Telegraph (1951); The Unknown Man (1951); Ten Tall Men (1951); Bannerline (1951); No Questions Asked (1951); On the Riviera (1951); Mr. Music (1950); Copacabana (1947).