Victor Hugo, on writers:

A writer is a world trapped in a person.

- Victor Hugo.
 

Recommended reading - Jim Kane

Jim Kane

by J.P.S. Brown
 
Filmed as Pocket Money (1972), directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
 
Hardcover.
Published 1970.
Published by E P Dutton.

ISBN 13: 9780803742291
ISBN 10: 0803742290
ASIN: 0803742290
 
Description:
 

Content with making an honest living hauling truckloads of horses from Mexico, Jim Kane – ranch hand, cattle trader, and bronco buster – is forced by a twist of fate to return to his job in Arizona, breaking colts for the rodeo.

Born on this day – John Ford:

John Ford

Director

February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973

Credits:

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1976); 7 Women (1965); Young Cassidy (1965); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Donovan's Reef (1963); How the West Was Won (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Two Rode Together (1961); Wagon Train (1957); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); Korea (1959); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Last Hurrah (1958); Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958); The Growler Story (1957); The Rising of the Moon (1957); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Searchers (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Mister Roberts (1955); The Long Gray Line (1955); Mogambo (1953); The Sun Shines Bright (1953); What Price Glory (1952); The Quiet Man (1952); This Is Korea! (1951); Rio Grande (1950); Wagon Master (1950); When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950); Pinky (1949); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949); Fireside Theatre (1949); 3 Godfathers (1948); Fort Apache (1948); The Fugitive (1947); It's Your America (1946); My Darling Clementine (1946); They Were Expendable (1945); Undercover (1944); German Industrial Manpower (1943); We Sail at Midnight (1943); December 7th (1943); At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army (1943); Torpedo Squadron (1942); The Battle of Midway (1942); Sex Hygiene (1942); How Green Was My Valley (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); The Long Voyage Home (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Along the Mohawk (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Stagecoach (1939); Submarine Patrol (1938); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); The Hurricane (1937); Wee Willie Winkie (1937); The Plough and the Stars (1936); Mary of Scotland (1936); The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); The Informer (1935); The Whole Town's Talking (1935); Judge Priest (1934); The World Moves On (1934); The Lost Patrol (1934); Doctor Bull (1933); Pilgrimage (1933); Flesh (1932); Air Mail (1932); Arrowsmith (1931); The Brat (1931); The Seas Beneath (1931); Up the River (1930); Born Reckless (1930); Men Without Women (1930); Salute (1929); The Black Watch (1929); Strong Boy (1929); Riley the Cop (1928); Napoleon's Barber (1928); Hangman's House (1928); Four Sons (1928); Mother Machree (1927); Upstream (1927); The Blue Eagle (1926); 3 Bad Men (1926); The Shamrock Handicap (1926); The Fighting Heart (1925); Thank You (1925); Kentucky Pride (1925); Lightnin' (1925); Hearts of Oak (1924); The Iron Horse (1924); Hoodman Blind (1923); North of Hudson Bay (1923); Cameo Kirby (1923); Three Jumps Ahead (1923); The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923); The Village Blacksmith (1922); Silver Wings (1922); Little Miss Smiles (1922); Jackie (1921); Sure Fire (1921); Action (1921); Desperate Trails (1921); The Wallop (1921); The Freeze-Out (1921); The Big Punch (1921); Just Pals (1920); Hitchin' Posts (1920); The Girl in Number 29 (1920); The Prince of Avenue A (1920); Marked Men (1919); A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919); Rider of the Law (1919); Ace of the Saddle (1919); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919); The Last Outlaw (1919); Riders of Vengeance (1919); The Gun Packer (1919); Gun Law (1919); Bare Fists (1919); Rustlers (1919); By Indian Post (1919); A Fight for Love (1919); The Fighting Brothers (1919); Roped (1919); Three Mounted Men (1918); The Craving (1918); A Woman's Fool (1918); Hell Bent (1918); The Scarlet Drop (1918); Thieves' Gold (1918); Wild Women (1918); The Phantom Riders (1918); Bucking Broadway (1917); A Marked Man (1917); The Secret Man (1917); Straight Shooting (1917); Cheyenne's Pal (1917); The Soul Herder (1917); The Scrapper (1917); The Trail of Hate (1917); The Tornado (1917).

Born on this day – Clark Gable:

Clark Gable

Actor

February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960

Born on this day – Helen Chandler:

Helen Chandler

Actress

February 1, 1906 – April 30, 1965

Credits:

Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938); It's a Bet (1935); Radio Parade of 1935 (1934); Unfinished Symphony (1934); Midnight Alibi (1934); Long Lost Father (1934); The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Dance Hall Hostess (1933); Alimony Madness (1933); Christopher Strong (1933); Behind Jury Doors (1932); Vanity Street (1932); A House Divided (1931); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); The Last Flight (1931); Salvation Nell (1931); Daybreak (1931); Dracula (1931); Mother's Cry (1930); Outward Bound (1930); Rough Romance (1930); The Sky Hawk (1929); Salute (1929); Mother's Boy (1929); The Joy Girl (1927); The Music Master (1927).

Born on this day – Andrea King:

Andrea King

Actress

Writer

February 1, 1919 – April 22, 2003

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960–1963); Arrest and Trial (1963); Band of Angels (1957); Biography (1996–1998); Blackenstein (1973); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Chevron Theatre (1952–1953); Cheyenne (1955 / 1956); City Detective (1954); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Dante (1960); Darby's Rangers (1958); Days of Our Lives (1974–1977); Dial 1119 (1950); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1969); Family Affair (1967); Fireside Theatre (1952–1954); Four Star Playhouse (1952); G.E. True (1963); General Electric Theater (1960); God Is My Co-Pilot (1945); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Gumby Adventures (1988); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hotel Berlin (1945); House of the Black Death (1971); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); Inevitable Grace (1994); It Happened in Springfield (1945); Johnny Midnight (1960); Lock Up (1960); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Mark of the Renegade (1951); Matinee Theatre (1956); Maverick (1959); Medical Center (1975); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Monty and the Movies (2025); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Murder, She Wrote (1990); My Wild Irish Rose (1947); Navy Nurse (1945); Outlaw Queen (1957); Perry Mason (1959–1963); Prescription: Murder (1968); Proudly We Serve (1944); Red Planet Mars (1952); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Roughly Speaking (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Shadow of a Woman (1946); Shotgun Slade (1961); Silent Fear (1956); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1988); Song of Surrender (1949); Southside 1-1000 (1950); State Trooper (1958–1959); Strange Stories (1956); Stump the Stars (1950); Surfside 6 (1962); The Alaskans (1959); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Color of Evening (1990); The Donna Reed Show (1960); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Linguini Incident (1991); The Man I Love (1946); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Ramparts We Watch (1940); The Tom Ewell Show (1960); The Very Thought of You (1944); The World in His Arms (1952); Tightrope (1959); Valentine's Day (1965); Your Play Time (1953).

Born on this day – Richard Hooker:

Richard Hooker

Writer

Surgeon

February 1, 1924 – November 4, 1997

Credits:

Books:

M*A*S*H Goes To Hollywood (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Las Vegas (1975); M*A*S*H Goes To London (1975); M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (1971); M*A*S*H Goes To Miami (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Montreal (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To Morocco (1975); M*A*S*H Goes To Moscow (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To New Orleans (1974); M*A*S*H Goes to Paris (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To San Francisco (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Texas (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To Vienna (1976); M*A*S*H Mania (1977); MASH (1968).

Movies and television:

Not M*A*S*H XXX (2010); W*A*L*T*E*R (1984); AfterMASH (1983); M*A*S*H (1972–1983); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); M*A*S*H (1970).