Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Douglas Sirk
Born: April 26, 1897
Died: January 14, 1987 (aged 89)
Bio: Douglas Sirk was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s.
Known for:
- Imitation of Life (1959)
- All That Heaven Allows (1955)
- Written on the Wind (1956)
- Magnificent Obsession (1954)
- The Tarnished Angels (1958)