Born on this day – Horace McCoy (1955)

 

Writer

April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955

Credits:

Appointment in Berlin (1943); Bad for Each Other (1953); Bronco Buster (1952); Dangerous Crossroads (1933); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dangerous to Know (1938); Daughters of Destiny (1954); El Alaméin (1953); Fatal Lady (1936); Flight for Freedom (1943); Fury of the Jungle (1933); Gentleman Jim (1942); Her Resale Value (1933); Hold the Press (1933); Hunted Men (1938); Island of Lost Men (1939); King Kong (1933); King of the Newsboys (1938); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Maverick (1957); Montana Belle (1952); Parole Fixer (1940); Parole! (1936); Persons in Hiding (1939); Postal Inspector (1936); Prison Farm (1938); Queen of the Mob (1940); Rage at Dawn (1955); Soldiers of the Storm (1933); Speed Wings (1934); Television Spy (1939); Texas (1941); Texas Lady (1955); Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Fireball (1950); The Hollywood Handicap (1932); The Lusty Men (1952); The Road to Denver (1955); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Turning Point (1952); The World in His Arms (1952); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); TV de Vanguarda (1953); Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974); Undercover Doctor (1939); Valley of the Sun (1942); Western Union (1941); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Women Without Names (1940).

Born on this day – Claire Windsor (1972)

Actress

April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Little Journey (1927); A Son of the Sahara (1924); Barefoot Boy (1938); Blondes by Choice (1927); Born Rich (1924); Broken Chains (1922); Brothers Under the Skin (1922); Captain Lash (1929); Cross Streets (1934); Dance Madness (1926); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Domestic Meddlers (1928); Dr. Jim (1921); Eyes of Youth (1919); Fashion Madness (1928); Fashion News (1930); Fools First (1922); For Sale (1924); Foreign Devils (1927); Grand Larceny (1922); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); In the Heart of a Fool (1920); Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder (1952); Just a Woman (1925); Kiss of Araby (1933); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Little Church Around the Corner (1923); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midstream (1929); Money Talks (1926); Nameless Men (1928); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); One Clear Call (1922); Rich Men's Wives (1922); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Satan and the Woman (1928); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 13 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 23 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 4 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 16 (1926); Self Defense (1932); Show People (1928); Sister to Judas (1932); Souls for Sables (1925); Souls for Sale (1923); The Acquittal (1923); The Blot (1921); The Bugle Call (1927); The Claw (1927); The Constant Woman (1933); The Denial (1925); The Dixie Handicap (1924); The Eternal Three (1923); The Frontiersman (1927); The Grain of Dust (1928); The Lady Who Lied (1925); The Luck of the Irish (1920); The Opening Night (1927); The Pest (1919); The Raiders (1921); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The White Desert (1925); Tin Hats (1926); To Please One Woman (1920); Too Wise Wives (1921); Topper (1937); What Do Men Want? (1921); What's Worth While? (1921).

Mr. Rogers' wisdom:

 

The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas;
they're always "in the wings".
That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep
rather than the flashy and the superficial.
 
- Fred Rogers.

Henry Miller, on writing:

 

Writing is its own reward.
- Henry Miller.

On this day in music history - The album Ember, by Breaking Benjamin (2018)

Ember

by Breaking Benjamin

was released on April 13, 2018.

On this day in music history - Tango in the Night, by Fleetwood Mac (1987)

Tango in the Night

by Fleetwood Mac,

was released on April 13, 1987.

On this day in movie history - Mother Knows Best (1997)

 

Mother Knows Best

directed by Larry Shaw,

written by Lisa Friedman Bloch and Kathy Kirtland Silverman,

was released in the United States on April 13, 1997.

Based on the true 1990 Lee Goldsmith case.

Music by Patrick Williams.

Cast:

Joanna Kerns, Christine Elise, Grant Show, Jessica Walter, Sherman Augustus, David Spielberg, Kristen Dalton, Jeanette O'Connor, Michael Covert, Eric Robertson, Annabelle Weenick, Giselle Fernandez, Jeff Olson, Alan Gregory, Douglas Caputo, Joey Miyashima, Nancy Peterson, Michael Flynn, Melissa Pace-Tanner (credited as Melissa Pace), George Sullivan, Jeffrey Hanson, Gerald Henderson, Caitlin E.J. Meyer.