Quote of the day
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.... Blushes are the sign of guilt; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.
Vicki Baum

Born: January 24, 1888
Died: August 29, 1960 (aged 72)
Bio: Hedwig Baum was an Austrian writer. She is known for Menschen im Hotel, one of her first international successes. It was made into a 1932 film and a 1989 broadway musical.
Known for:
- Grand Hotel (1929)
- Love and Death in Bali (1937)
- Stud. chem. Helene Willfüer (1939)
- Hotel Shanghai. (1939)
- The weeping wood (1943)