Marianne Wiggins, on writing:

 

Because music is a language unto itself, when I'm writing, I need silence.

I need to hear the music and the rhythms of the words inside my thoughts.
- Marianne Wiggins.

Born on this day – Ring Lardner:

 

Ring Lardner

Writer

March 6, 1885 – September 27, 1933

Credits:
 

Bib Ballads (1915); The Golden Honeymoon And Haircut (1926); First and Last (1934); Gullible's Travels, Etc (1917); How to Write Short Stories – With Samples (1924); June Moon (1929); Letters from Ring (1979); Letters of Ring Lardner (1995); My Four Weeks in France (1918); Own Your Own Home (1919); Regular Fellows I Have Met (1919); Ring Around Max: The Correspondence of Ring Lardner and Max Perkins (1973); Ring Around the Bases: The Complete Baseball Stories of Ring Lardner (1992); Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al: The Comic Strip Adventures of Jack Keefe (1979); Round Up: The Stories of Ring W. Lardner (1929); Say It With Oil / Say It With Bricks: A Few Remarks about Wives (1923); Selected Stories (1997); Shut Up, He Explained (1962); Stop Me – If You’ve Heard This One (1929); Symptoms of Being 35 (1921); The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner (1914-1919); The Best Short Stories of Ring Lardner (1957 / 1959); The Big Town: How I and the Mrs. Go to New York to See Life and Get Katie a Husband (1921); The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner (2017); The Love Nest: And Other Stories. Charles Scribner's Sons (1926); The Real Dope (1919); The Story of a Wonder Man: Being the Autobiography of Ring Lardner (1927); The Young Immigrunts (1920); Treat 'em Rough: Letters from Jack the Kaiser Killer (1918); What of It? (1925); You Know Me Al – A Busher’s Letters (1916); Zanzibar: A Comic Opera in Two Acts (1903).

 

Movies and television:
 

A Day with Conrad Green (1980); Actor's Studio (1949); Al You Know Me (1915); Alibi Ike (1935); An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1972); And She Smiled (1996); Blonde Trouble (1937); Champion (1949); Climax! (1955); Elmer, the Great (1933); Fast Company (1929); Fore! (1922); Glorifying the American Girl (1929); Go and Get It (1920); Great Performances (1974); June Moon (1931); June Moon (1931); Kraft Theatre (1948); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 10 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 11 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 12 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 2 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 3 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 4 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 5 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 6 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 7 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 8 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 9 (1915); Mr. Carlis und seine abenteuerlichen Geschichten (1977); Oh, Baby! (1926); Ring Lardner's Harmony (2014); Ring Lardner's Horseshoes (2014); Ring Lardner's My Roomy (2014); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); So This Is New York (1948); Star Tonight (1955); Studio One (1948); The Busher (1923); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Fight (1930); The Golden Honeymoon (1980); The New Klondike (1926); Who Dealt? (1993).

Born on this day – Lidia Quaranta:

Lidia Quaranta

Actress

March 6, 1891 – March 5, 1928

Credits:

A drama among the beasts (1915); A Living Tomb (1912); A woman passed by (1922); Among roars of beasts (1913); An athlete's novel (1915); Auspicious Venus (1919); Baron Lagarde (1910); Buridano's donkey (1917); Cabiria (1914); Cheerful husbands (1914); Clio and Phyletes (1911); Diamonds and documents (1915); Fatal resemblance (1916); Flame in the flames (1917); Flame! (1920); Goodbye youth! (1913); I segreti dell'anima (1912); I want to cheat on my husband (1925); In the hands of destiny (1916); In the vortex of sin (1916); Iwna, the pearl of the Ganges (1914); Like a sister (1912); Margot (1914); Maria Bricca (1910); Mockery of Satan (1915); Mother's pity (1911); On the field of honor (1915); Pauline (1915); Pleasure train (1924); Severed from the World (1911); The avenging tiger (1918); The best revenge (1912); The Dagger Dance (1919); The dance of the veil (1918); The dangers of disguises (1914); The Dread of Doom (1913); The factory of the unexpected (1920); The Knights of Death (1910); The left jewel (1917); The Lost Daughter (1912); The Mad Mask (1915); The Man-Parrot (1917); The memories of the devil (1915); The Mysteries of Souls (1912); The Palace of Flames (1912); The Prince Adventurer (1916); The Race to Death (1917); The Romance of Death (1916); The smiles of a sunset (1913); The Solemn Hour (1912); The sweetest crown (1917); The Three Sentimentals (1921); The torn veil (1917); The treasure chest of millions (1914); The two orphans of Turin (1917); The unknown (1910); The Vampire (1914); The Vortex of Fate (1913); Tigris (1913); To like you more (1923); Treasure of the Louzate (1914); Unmasked (1913); When the hero returned (1918).

Born on this day – Furry Lewis:

Furry Lewis

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 6, 1895 – September 14, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

ABC Of The Blues Vol 26 (2010); All Kinds of Blues (2024); Back On My Feet Again (1961); Blues Magician (1999); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order: 1927–1929 (1990); Done Changed My Mind (1961); Essential Blues Masters (2010); Fourth and Beale (1992); Furry Lewis (1960); Furry Lewis 1927–1929 (2005); Furry Lewis 1927-28 (2007); Furry's Blues Live (2017); Good Morning Judge (2003); In His Prime 1927-1928 (1975); Kassie Jones (2008); Live At The Gaslight At The Au Go Go (2023); Masters Of Memphis Blues / CD A (2006); Memphis (2024); Memphis Blues Masters One (2013); Mistreatin Mama (2016); Mr Furry's Blues (2015); On the Road Again (1969); Party! At Home (2001); Presenting Furry Lewis (1927); Presenting the Country Blues (1969); Shake 'em on Down (1972); Take Your Time (2000); The Blues Collection 61: Beale Street Blues (1995); The Bluesville Years, Vol. 3: Beale Street Get-Down (1995); The Classic Years (2021); The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2007); The Legend of Furry Lewis (2022); Worried Blues (2017).

Songs:

Baby You Don’t Want Me; Big Chief Blues; Billy Lyons and Stack O'lee; Black Gypsy Blues; Blues Around My Bed; Cannon Ball Blues; Creeper's Blues; Don't You Wish Your Mama; Dry Land Blues; Early Recording Career; Falling Down Blues; Farewell I'm Growing Old; Furry Lewis Rag; Furry's Blues; Going To Brownsville; Good Morning Judge; I Will Turn Your Money Green; John Henry, Part 1; Judge Boushay Blues; Judge Harsh Blues; Kassie Jones; Kassie Jones, Parts 1 & 2; Lay My Burden Down; Mistreatin' Mama; Old Blue; Old Hobo; Roll and Tumble Blues; Shake ’em On Down; The Medicine Shows; White Lightnin’; Why Don't You Come Home Blues; Worried Blues.

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); Blues America (2013); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); Good Mornin' Blues (1978); Greenleaf (2020); Killer Diller (2004); Leon Russell - Homewood Session (1970); Masters of Country Blues: John Lee Hooker & Furry Lewis (1995); Memphis '69 (2019); Mississippi Grind (2015); Stranded in Canton (2005); The Blues (1962 / 2003); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Soul of a Man (2003); This Is Elvis (1981); W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975).

Born on this day – Lou Costello:

Lou Costello

Actor

Comedian

Producer

March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959

Credits:

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959); Wagon Train (1958); General Electric Theater (1958); Dance with Me, Henry (1956); Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955); Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955); Fireman Save My Child (1954); The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1954); Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Lost in Alaska (1952); Jack and the Beanstalk (1952); Comin' Round the Mountain (1951); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Africa Screams (1949); Mexican Hayride (1948); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); The Noose Hangs High (1948); The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947); Buck Privates Come Home (1947); The Time of Their Lives (1946); Little Giant (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); The Naughty Nineties (1945); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); Lost in a Harem (1944); In Society (1944); Hit the Ice (1943); It Ain't Hay (1943); Who Done It? (1942); Pardon My Sarong (1942); Rio Rita (1942); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942); Keep 'Em Flying (1941); Hold That Ghost (1941); In the Navy (1941); Buck Privates (1941); One Night in the Tropics (1940); The Cossacks (1928); Circus Rookies (1928); Rose-Marie (1928); The Battle of the Century (1927); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); The Taxi Dancer (1927); Monte Cristo (1922).

Born on this day – Rochelle Hudson:

Rochelle Hudson

Actress

March 6, 1916 – January 17, 1972

Credits:

Gallery of Horror (1967); Branded (1965); The Night Walker (1964); Strait-Jacket (1964); 77 Sunset Strip (1961); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Shower of Stars (1954); That's My Boy (1954); I'm the Law (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); The Unexpected (1952); Racket Squad (1951); Roots in the Soil (1949); Sky Liner (1949); Devil's Cargo (1948); Bush Pilot (1947); Queen of Broadway (1942); Rubber Racketeers (1942); The Officer and the Lady (1941); The Stork Pays Off (1941); Meet Boston Blackie (1941); Picture People No. 1: Stars in Defense (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 5: Art and Artists (1940); Girls Under 21 (1940); Babies for Sale (1940); Men Without Souls (1940); Island of Doomed Men (1940); Convicted Woman (1940); A Woman Is the Judge (1939); Konga, the Wild Stallion (1939); Smuggled Cargo (1939); Missing Daughters (1939); Pirates of the Skies (1939); Pride of the Navy (1939); Storm Over Bengal (1938); Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938); Rascals (1938); She Had to Eat (1937); Born Reckless (1937); That I May Live (1937); Woman-Wise (1937); Circus Daze (1937); Reunion (1936); Poppy (1936); The Country Beyond (1936); Everybody's Old Man (1936); The Music Goes 'Round (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); 20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936); Show Them No Mercy! (1935); Way Down East (1935); Curly Top (1935); Les Misérables (1935); Life Begins at 40 (1935); I've Been Around (1935); The Mighty Barnum (1934); Bosko's Parlor Pranks (1934); Imitation of Life (1934); Judge Priest (1934); Bachelor Bait (1934); Such Women Are Dangerous (1934); Harold Teen (1934); Mr. Skitch (1933); Walls of Gold (1933); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Doctor Bull (1933); Bosko's Picture Show (1933); Bosko the Musketeer (1933); Notorious But Nice (1933); Beau Bosko (1933); Bosko the Sheep-Herder (1933); Bosko's Knight-Mare (1933); Bosko the Speed King (1933); Love Is Dangerous (1933); Scarlet River (1933); Bosko in Person (1933); Lucky Devils (1933); She Done Him Wrong (1933); The Past of Mary Holmes (1933); Bosko in Dutch (1933); Screen Snapshots (1932); Penguin Pool Murder (1932); The Savage Girl (1932); Secrets of the French Police (1932); Bosko the Drawback (1932); Hell's Highway (1932); Ride Him, Bosko! (1932); Bosko the Lumberjack (1932); Bosko's Store (1932); Bosko at the Beach (1932); Beyond the Rockies (1932); Bosko's Dog Race (1932); Is My Face Red? (1932); Bosko's Party (1932); Girl Crazy (1932); Battling Bosko (1932); Bosko at the Zoo (1932); Bosko's Soda Fountain (1931); Are These Our Children (1931); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931); Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931); The Public Defender (1931); Everything's Rosie (1931); Yodeling Yokels (1931); Laugh and Get Rich (1931); Hold Anything (1930); Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930).

Born on this day – Lewis Gilbert:

Lewis Gilbert

Director

Producer

Writer

March 6, 1920 – February 23, 2018

Credits:

30 Years of James Bond (1992); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Cry from the Streets (1958); Alfie (1966); And the Word Was Bond (1999); Arctic Harvest (1946); Because That Road Is Trodden (1969); Before You Go (2002); Ben Casey (1964); Best Ever Bond (2002); Bienvenue (1977); Biography (1995); Break to Freedom (1953); Breakfast (2010); British Film Forever (2007); Carve Her Name with Pride (1958); Cast a Dark Shadow (1955); Damn the Defiant! (1962); Death at a Broadcast (1934); Dick Turpin (1934); Edmund North: The Man Who Made the Earth Stand Still (2008); Educating Rita (1983); Emergency (1962); Everything or Nothing (2012); Ferry to Hong Kong (1959); Film '72 (1977–2009); Friends (1971); Good Morning, Boys! (1937); Greatest Ever Screen Chases (2005); Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond (2002); Harmony Lane (1954); Haunted (1995); Inside 'Moonraker' (2000); Inside Q's Lab (2000); Inside 'the Spy Who Loved Me' (2000); Inside 'You Only Live Twice' (2000); James Bond Special Edition DVD Sampler (2002); James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002); Johnny on the Run (1953); Julie Walters: A Life on Screen (2014); Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000); Legends (2000–2002); Loss of Innocence (1961); Marry Me (1949); Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1994); Moonraker (1979); Moonraker: 007 in Rio (1979); Moonraker: Bond '79 (2006); Moonraker: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); Movie Connections (2009); My Name Is Bond... James Bond (1979); Not Quite Paradise (1985); Once a Sinner (1950); Operation Daybreak (1975); Over the Moon (1939); Paradise Lagoon (1957); Paul and Michelle (1974); Pinewood Film Studios Open Day (1977); Reach for the Sky (1956); Reputations (1999); Room for Two (1940); Sailors Do Care (1944); Scarlet Thread (1951); Seven Nights in Japan (1976); Shirley Valentine (1989); Sink the Bismarck! (1960); Skywatch (1960); Slap My Balls and Call Me Mildred (2015); Stepping Out (1991); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 7th Dawn (1964); The Adventurers (1970); The Annual British Academy Film and Television Awards (1984); The Divorce of Lady X (1938); The Golden Gong (1985); The Good Die Young (1954); The Hollywood Collection: Roger Moore, A Matter of Class (1995); The Hundred Hour Hunt (1952); The James Bond Story (1999); The Little Ballerina (1947); The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (1977); The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996); The Man Who Would Be Caine (1998); The Many Faces of... (2011); The Price of a Song (1935); The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954); The Slasher (1953); The South Bank Show (2008); The Spy Who Loved Me (1977); The Spy Who Loved Me: 007 in Egypt (2006); The Spy Who Loved Me: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); The Spy Who Loved Me: The Royal Premiere (1977); The Ten Year Plan (1945); The Ultimate Film (2004); This Is Your Life (1990–1994); Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952); Timeshift (2015); Under One Roof (1949); Wall of Death (1951); Whicker's World (1967); You Only Live Twice (1967); You Only Live Twice: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); You Only Live Twice: Whicker's World - Highlights from the 1967 BBC Documentary (2006).