Charlaine Harris, on reading:

 

Here's to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.

- Charlaine Harris.

Born on this day – Ferdinand Schubert:

Ferdinand Schubert

Composer

October 18, 1794 – February 26, 1859

Compositions:

Filiae Regum; Hirtenmesse, op. 13; Messe F-Dur (1830), op. 10; Regina Coeli; Requiem, op. 9; Salve Regina, op. 12.

Born on this day – Fannie Hurst:

 

Fannie Hurst

Writer

October 18, 1889 – February 23, 1968

Credits:

 
Books & plays:
 

A President Is Born (1928); Anatomy of Me: A Wonderer in Search of Herself (1958); Back Pay (1921); Back Street (1931); Every Soul Hath Its Song (date?); Fannie Hurst: A Biographical Sketch, Critical Appreciation and Bibliography (1928); Fannie Hurst: In Her Own Words, 1952-1968: Love Notes to Her Deceased Husband, Jacques S. Danielson (date?); Five And Ten (1929); Four Daughters (1941); Gaslight Sonatas (1918); Humoresque - Scholar's Choice Edition (date?); Humoresque (1919); Humoresque: A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It: A Tapestry of Emotion: Stories of Love, Loss, and Laughter in 20th Century America (1920); Humoresque: And Other Stories (1919); Imitation of Life (1933); It Is to Laugh (1927); Just Around the Corner: Original Edition (date?); Just Around the Corner: Romance en Casserole (1914); Lummox (1923); Mannequin (1926); My Favorite Story (1928); No Food with My Meals (1935); Procession (1929); Romance en Casserole (date?); Song of Life (1927); Star Dust A Story Of An American Girl (1921); Star Dust: Original Edition (date?); The Land of the Free (1917); The Official Chaperon (1909); The stories of Fannie Hurst (date?); The Vertical City - Scholar's Choice Edition (date?); The Vertical City (1922); Today Is Ladies' Day (1939); We are ten (1937); White Christmas (1942).

 

Movies and television:
 

A Petal on the Current (1919); A Son's Ingratitude (1912); Aghla min hayati (1965); Anneler ve Kizlari (1971); Back Pay (1922 / 1930); Back Street (1932 / 1941 / 1961); Big Joe's Happiness Exchange (1951); Biography (1961); Celebrity Time (1950); Five and Ten (1931); Four Daughters (1938); Four Mothers (1941); Four Wives (1939); Hello, Everybody! (1933); Her Great Chance (1918); Hitler's Reign of Terror (1934); Humoresque (1920 / 1946); Imitação da Vida (1960); Imitation of Life (1934 / 1959); It's a Problem (1952); Just Around the Corner (1921); Lummox (1930); Mannequin (1926); Matinee Theatre (1956); One Hundred Pennies (1954); Person to Person (1954); Ponds Theater (1954); See It Now (1953); Seven Kadin Unutmaz (1965); Stardust (1921); Symphony of Six Million (1932); Take Thirty (1964); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Day She Paid (1919); The Good Provider (1922); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Nth Commandment (1923); The Painted Angel (1929); The Untamed Lady (1926); The Younger Generation (1929); This Is Your Life (1957); Wheel of Chance (1928); Who Said That? (1950); Young at Heart (1954).

Born on this day – Miriam Hopkins:

Miriam Hopkins

Actress

October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972

Credits:

Hollywood Horror House (1970); The Flying Nun (1969); The Chase (1966); Russ Meyer's Fanny Hill (1964); The Outer Limits (1964); Route 66 (1963); General Electric Theater (1954–1962); The Children's Hour (1961); The Investigators (1961); Play of the Week (1961); Matinee Theatre (1957); Climax! (1957); Studio One (1955); The Ray Milland Show (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1951–1955); The Whistler (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953); Curtain Call (1952); Carrie (1952); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); Betty Crocker Star Matinee (1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); The Mating Season (1951); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Heiress (1949); Old Acquaintance (1943); A Gentleman After Dark (1942); Lady with Red Hair (1940); Virginia City (1940); The Old Maid (1939); Wise Girl (1937); Woman Chases Man (1937); The Woman I Love (1937); Men Are Not Gods (1936); These Three (1936); Splendor (1935); Barbary Coast (1935); Becky Sharp (1935); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); She Loves Me Not (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (1934); All of Me (1934); Design for Living (1933); The Stranger's Return (1933); The Story of Temple Drake (1933); Trouble in Paradise (1932); The World and the Flesh (1932); Dancers in the Dark (1932); Two Kinds of Women (1932); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931); 24 Hours (1931); The Smiling Lieutenant (1931); Fast and Loose (1930); The Home Girl (1928).

Born on this day – Johnny Temple:

 

Johnny Temple

Blues singer

Guitarist

October 18, 1906 – November 22, 1968

Credits:

Albums:

Johnnie Temple 1935-1940: From Mississippi to Chicago (The Blues) (1997); Johnnie Temple Vol. 2 1938-1940 (2005); Johnnie Temple Vol. 3 1940-1949 (2005); Johnny Temple's Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out (2006); Lead Pencil Blues (2015); Presenting Johnnie Temple (1935); Vol. 1 1935-1938 (2005).

Songs:

Beale Street Sheik; Between Midnight and Dawn; Big Boat Whistle; Big Leg Woman; Big Woman Blues; County Jail Blues; East Saint Louis Blues; Every Dog Must Have His Day; Fare You Well; Gimme Some of That Yum Yum Yum; Gonna Ride 74; Hoodoo Women; I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again; Jacksonville Blues; Lead Pencil Blues; Louise Louise Blues; Mama's Bad Luck Child; Mean Baby Blues; New Louise Louise Blues; New Vicksburg Blues; Olds "98" Blues; Peeping Through The Keyhole; Pimple Blues; Rhythm Mama; Snapping Cat; So Lonely And Blue; Something in the Moon That Gives Me a Thrill; Stavin' Chain; The Evil Devil Blues; What Is It That Smells Like Gravy?; Yum, Yum, Yum.

Born on this day – Evelyn Venable:

Evelyn Venable

Actress

October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993

Credits:

Alice Adams (1935); Beautiful Dreamer (1935); Cradle Song (1933); David Harum (1934); Death Takes a Holiday (1934); Double Door (1934); Female Fugitive (1938); Fright Night (1947); Happy-Go-Lucky (1936); Harmony Lane (1935); He Hired the Boss (1943); Heritage of the Desert (1939); Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938); I 10 del Texas (1961); Lucky Cisco Kid (1940); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934); My Old Kentucky Home (1938); North of Nome (1936); Of Black America (1968); Pinocchio (1940); Racketeers in Exile (1937); Screen Snapshots, Series 15, No. 6 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 16, No. 4 (1936); Star for a Night (1936); Streamline Express (1935); The County Chairman (1935); The Frontiersmen (1938); The Headleys at Home (1938); The Little Colonel (1935); Uncivil War Birds (1946); Vagabond Lady (1935).

Born on this day – Boogie Woogie Red:

Boogie Woogie Red

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

October 18, 1925 – July 2, 1992

Credits:

Albums:

Live at the Blind Pig (1974); Red Hot (1977).

Songs:

After Hours; Blues for My Baby; Bumble Bee Blues; Got to Find My Baby; Mean Ol' Frisco; Old Time Shuffle; Prison Bound; Red's Boogie; Red's Rhumba; Red's Rumba; Relaxin; Showtime; Sisterly Love; Step Down on It; Take Five; The Reefer Song; Viper Song; When I Was Young; You Put a Spell on Me.