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Faux Hitler in the "play within a play"
in Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Emanuel Swedenborg (1688; died January 29, 1688) Swedish scientist and philosopher;
True Christian Religion;
Heaven and Hell
Anton Chekhov (1860; died July 15, 1904) Russian playwright and short story writer,;
Uncle Vanya;
The Cherry Orchard;
Three Sisters; "The Darling"
Romain Rolland (1866; died December 30, 1944) French playwright, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic;
Jean-Christophe (10 volumes);
Colas Breugnon;
Clérambault;
Pierre et Luce;
L'âme enchantée (7 volumes); biographical essays including those of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda; Nobel Prize in Literature (1915)
Ernst Lubitsch (1892; died November 30, 1947) German-American filmmaker;
Ninotchka;
Trouble in Paradise;
The Shop Around the Corner;
Heaven Can Wait;
To Be or Not to Be;
Honorary Academy Award, (1946)
Edward Abbey (1927; died March 14, 1989) American novelist and essayist;
The Monkey Wrench Gang;
Desert Solitaire
Died on this day:
Edward Lear (1888; born May 12, 1812) English artist and writer;
A Book of Nonsense; "The Owl and the Pussycat"
Sara Teasdale (1933; born August 8, 1884) American poet known for
Flame and Shadow;
Love Songs; Pulitzer: Special Citation (Letters, 1918)
H. L. Mencken (1956; born September 12, 1880) American man of letters known for
The American Language
Robert Frost (1963; born March 26, 1874) American poet; "Mending Wall"; "The Road Not Taken"; "Fire and Ice"; "Nothing Gold Can Stay"; "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"; four Pulitzer Prizes (1924, 1931, 1937, 1943)
Inoue Yasushi (1991; born May 6, 1907) Japanese poet, essayist, short fiction writer, and novelist;
Aru gisakka no shogai (
The Counterfeiter);
Wind and Waves;
Tun-huang;
Confucius;
Shirobamba;
Asunaro Monogatari;
Ryoju;
The Bullfight; The Roof Tile of Tempyo;
Lou-Lan;
The Flood
Bonus Classic:
Cao Xueqin (c. 1720-c. 1764) Chinese author;
Dream of the Red Chamber (
Honglou Meng), one of the "Four Great Classical Novels"
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