Friday, October 4, 2024

Born on this day – Louis Lumière:


Louis Lumière


Director

Producer

Cinematographer

One of the pioneers of photography and cinema

October 5, 1864 – June 6, 1948

Credits:
Le prince de Galles (1902); Le chalet du cycle (1900); La tour Eiffel (1900); Pont d'Iéna (1900); Danses espagnoles (1900); Inauguration de l'exposition universelle (1900); Expérience du ballon dirigeable de M. Santos-Dumont: II. Le ballon et son moteur (1900); Expérience du ballon dirigeable de M. Santos-Dumont: I. Sortie du ballon (1900); Guillaume Tell (1900); La rue des nations, II (1900); Vue prise d'une plate-forme mobile I (1900); Encierro de toros (1899); Défilé de voitures de bébés à la pouponnière de Paris (1899); La petite fille et son chat (1899); Troyes: l'hôtel de ville (1899); La Mi-Carême, Char et batailles de confettis (1899); Départ en gondole de LL. MM. (1898); Barbe bleue (1898); Panorama pendant l'ascension de la Tour Eiffel (1898); Le défilé de chevaux du tailleur de pierres Vautier (1898); La vie et la passion de Jésus-Christ (1898); Un lourd chargement (1898); Peinture à l'envers (1898); Lourdes (1898); Le squelette joyeux (1898); Belfast, alerte de pompiers: film Lumière n° 723 (1897); Panorama des quais de la Saône à Lyon pris d'un bateau (1897); Cuirassiers traversant la Saône à la nage (1897); Substitutions (1897); Les joueurs de cartes arrosés (1897); Discussion (1897); Lourdes, procession I (1897); Danseuse de ballet (1897); Jerusalem, Jaffa Gate, East Side (1897); Nice, panorama du casino pris d'un bateau (1897); Laveuses sur la rivière (1897); Place du Pont (1897); Le rémouleur et l'assiette au noir (1897); Jean Who Cries and Jean Who Laughs (1897); Touristes revenant d'une excursion (1897); Scènes d'enfants (1897); Ronde enfantine (1897); Repas en famille (1897); Petit frère et petite soeur (1897); Menuisiers (1897); Marché (1897); Leçon de bicyclette (1897); The Childrens Seaside Frolic (1897); Enfant et chien (1897); Embarquement pour la promenade (1897); Place de l'Opéra (1897); Danse serpentine (1897); Douche après le bain (1897); Bataille de neige (1897); Jeu du pot-cassé (1896); Bains sur le Rhône (1896); Schaffouse, Chûtes du Rhin vues de loin (1896); Aquarium (1896); Pêcheurs raccommodant les filets (1896); Le tsar Nicolas II à Paris (1896); Carmaux, défournage du coke (1896); Aquarium (1896); Melbourne (1896); Le Marché aux poissons (1896); Quai de l'Archevêché (1896); Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train (1896); Genève (Exposition 1896): rentrée à l'étable (1896); Bataille de boules de neige (1900); Course en sacs (1896); Parvis de Notre-Dame (1896); Panorama des rives de la Seine à Paris, III (1896); Fêtes franco-russes: Cherbourg, Entrée des Souverains russes et du président de la République sous le hall (1896); Concours de boules (1896); Champs-Élysées (1896); Enfants jouant aux billes (1896); Laveuses (1896); Repas en famille (1896); Radeau avec baigneurs (1896); Premiers pas de bébé (1896); Bicycliste (1896); Londres, alerte de pompiers: film Lumière n° 246 (1896); L'arrivée en voiture (1896); Retour d'une promenade en mer (1896); Bains en mer (1896); Cuirassiers à cheval (1896); Débarquement (1896); Barque en mer (1896); Londres, Entrée du cinématographe (1896); Récréation à la Martinière (1896); Paris, Champs-Elysées (voitures) (1896); Bataille de femmes (1896); Départ en voiture (1896); Concert (1896); Lancement d'un navire (1896); Partie de boules (1896); Marseille, la Canebière (1896); Arrivée d'un train à Perrache (1896); Serpent (1896); Ateliers de La Ciotat (1896); Baths at Milan, Italy (1896); Children at Play (1896); Childish Quarrel (1896); Demolition d'un mur, II (1896); Demolition of a Wall (1896); Pont de Westminster (1896); Assiettes tournantes (1896); The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896); Voltige (1896); The Arrival of a Train (1896); Jongleur au ballon (1896); Pêche aux sardines (1896); Écriture à l'envers (1896); Mauvaises herbes (1896); Pompiers: Attaque du feu (1895); Photographe (1895); Partie de tric-trac (1895); Le maréchal-ferrant (1895); Lyon, place Bellecour (1895); Le déjeuner du chat (1895); Discussion de Monsieur Janssen et de Monsieur Lagrange (1895); Boat Leaving the Port (1895); Horse Trick Riders (1895); Jumping the Blanket (1895); Baby's Meal (1895); Fishing for Goldfish (1895); Cordeliers' Square in Lyon (1895); The Sea (1895); Blacksmith Scene (1895); The Waterer Watered (1895); Bocal aux poissons-rouges (1895); The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895); Leaving the Factory (1895); The Mechanical Butcher (1895); Transformation by Hats, Comic View (1895);Défilé de voitures de bébés à la pouponnière de Paris (1899); La petite fille et son chat (1899); La Mi-Carême, Char et batailles de confettis (1899); Panorama pendant l'ascension de la Tour Eiffel (1898); Place du Pont (1897); Arab Cortege, Geneva (1896); Enfants jouant aux billes (1896); Enfants jouant aux billes (1896); Repas en famille (1896); Pélicans (1896); Bicycliste (1896); Londres, Entrée du cinématographe (1896); Lancement d'un navire (1896); Partie de boules (1896); Marseille, la Canebière (1896); Arrivée d'un train à Perrache (1896); Demolition d'un mur, II (1896); Demolition of a Wall (1896); The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896); Voltige (1896); The Arrival of a Train (1896); Écriture à l'envers (1896); Boat Leaving the Port (1895); Horse Trick Riders (1895); Jumping the Blanket (1895); Baby's Meal (1895); Fishing for Goldfish (1895); Cordeliers' Square in Lyon (1895); The Sea (1895); Blacksmith Scene (1895); The Waterer Watered (1895); The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895); Leaving the Factory (1895); The Mechanical Butcher (1895).

Betsy Byars, on writing:

 
Writing is like anything – baseball playing, piano playing, sewing, hammering nails.
The more you work on it, the better you get.
But it seems to take a longer time to get better at writing than hammering nails.
- Betsy Byars.


Recommended reading - The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day


The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day

by Cornelius Ryan.


First published 1959.

Published by Simon & Schuster.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0671890913

ISBN-13: 978-0671890919

Description:

The unparalleled, classic work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II – the Allied invasion of Normandy.

The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan’s unsurpassed account of D-Day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany.

This book, first published in 1959, is a must for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth.



Born on this day – Buster Keaton:


Buster Keaton


Actor

Comedian

Director

Stuntman

October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966


Born on this day – George Sidney:


George Sidney


Director

Producer

October 4, 1916 – May 5, 2002


Born on this day – Stan Dragoti:


Stan Dragoti


Director

Writer

October 4, 1932 – July 13, 2018


Credits:
Necessary Roughness (1991); She's Out of Control (1989); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); Mr. Mom (1983); Love at First Bite (1979); McCoy (1975); Dirty Little Billy (1972).

Born on this day – Anne Rice:


Anne Rice


Writer

October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021


Credits:

Books: 

Interview with the Vampire (1976); The Vampire Lestat (1985); The Queen of the Damned (1988); The Tale of the Body Thief (1992); Memnoch the Devil (1995); The Vampire Armand (1998); Merrick (2000); Blood and Gold (2001); Blackwood Farm (2002); Blood Canticle (2003); Prince Lestat (2014); Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (2016); Blood Communion (2018); The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983); Beauty's Punishment (1984); Beauty's Release (1985); Beauty's Kingdom (2015); The Complete Vampire Chronicles (1989); The Vampire Chronicles Collection (1992); The Vampire Chronicles: Books 1-3 (2003); The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle (2013); The Mummy (1989); The Passion of Cleopatra (2017); The Reign of Osiris (2022); The Witching Hour (1990); Lasher (1993); Taltos (1994); Pandora (1998); Vittorio the Vampire (1999); Out of Egypt aka The Young Messiah (2005); The Road to Cana (2008); Angel Time (2009); Of Love and Evil (2010); The Wolf Gift (2012); The Wolves of Midwinter (2013); The Feast of All Saints (1979); Cry to Heaven (1982); Exit to Eden (1985); Belinda (1986); Servant of the Bones (1996); Violin (1997); The Anne Rice Reader (1997); The Master of Rampling Gate (1991); Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story (2012); The Wolf Gift: The Graphic Novel (2014); Called Out of Darkness (2008); Anne Rice-Boxed Set (1993); Belinda / Exit to Eden (2010); Into the Mummy's Tomb (1989); The New Gothic (1991); The Ultimate Zombie (1993); The Vampire Omnibus (1995); The Vampire Hunters' Casebook (1996); American Gothic Tales (1996); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); Blood Thirst (1997); Freniere (1976); Interview with the Vampire (excerpt) (1976); The Master of Rampling Gate (1984); The Vampire Lestat (excerpt, part 1) (1985); The Vampire Lestat (excerpt, part 2) (1985); Doctor (1990); Ballad of the Sad Rat (1995).

Movies and television:

20/20 / Segment: Vampire Empire (2003); A Place Among the Dead (2020); Ancient Mysteries (1994); Anne Rice's the Talamasca (2025); Biography (2000); Bookmark (1993); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2006); Charlie Rose (1994–2005); Crossing Over with John Edward (2002); Earth Angels (2001); Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018); Ellen (1996); Entertainment Tonight (2021); Exit to Eden (1994); Great Books (1993–1999); Interview with the Vampire (1994 / 2011); Interview with the Vampire / TV Series (2022–2024); Interview with the Vampire: In the Shadow of the Vampire (2001); ITW ThrillerFest Banquet Awards (2014); La galerie France 5 (2018); Larry King Live (2003); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2012); Lestat (2006); Lestat, Louis, and the Vampire Phenomenon (2014); Mayfair Witches (2023 / 2025); MsMojo (2023); Night Bites: Women and Their Vampires (2003); Prisoners of Gravity (1993–1994); Queen of the Damned (2002); Rag and Bone (1998); Scarborough Country (2005); SexTV (2001–2002); Talk Stoop (2016); The 700 Club (2010); The Book Show (2011); The Colbert Report (2012); The Factor (2005); The Feast of All Saints (2001); The Future of Fear (2011); The Hour (2012); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2012–2013); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1991); The Queen of the Damned (2011); The Real Vampire Files (2010); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2000); The Undead Series (2016); The Vampire Lestat (2011); The Young Messiah (2016); Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth (2020); Without Walls (1993).