Sunday, March 31, 2024

On this day in movie history - Ghost in the Shell (2017):


Ghost in the Shell,
directed by Rupert Sanders,
written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler and Ehren Kruger,
based on the Manga comic book series by Masamune Shirow,
was released in the United States on March 31, 2017.
Music by Clint Mansell and Lorne Balfe.


Cast:
Scarlett Johansson, Kaori Yamamoto, "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, Michael Carmen Pitt, Andrew Morris, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han, Lasarus Ratuere, Juliette Binoche, Peter Ferdinando, Kaori Momoi, Danusia Samal, Anamaria Marinca, Michael Wincott, Yutaka Izumihara, Tawanda Manyimo, Daniel Henshall, Rila Fukushima, Chris Obi, Adwoa Aboah, Pete Teo, Hugh Han.

On this day in music history - Heart of Silence, by Peter Kater and Michael Brant DeMaria (2015):

The album Heart of Silence,
by Peter Kater and Michael Brant DeMaria,
was released on March 31, 2015.

On this day in movie history - W. C. Fields and Me (1976):


W. C. Fields and Me,
directed by Arthur Hiller,
written by Bob Merrill,
based on the book by Carlotta Monti and Cy Rice,
was released in the United States on March 31, 1976.
Music by Henry Mancini.


Cast:
Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley, Jack Cassidy, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar, Paul Stewart, Billy Barty, Allan Arbus, Milt Kamen, Louis Zorich, Andrew Parks, Linda Purl, Selma Archerd, Paul Barselou, John Bleifer, Buff Brady, Donald Briggs, Mathilda Calnan, Frank De Vol, Eddie Firestone, Jacques Foti, John Furlong, Jack Griffin, Bob Harks, Crane Jackson, Jimmy Joyce, George Loros, Patch Mackenzie, Paul Mantee, Mary McLain, Victor Millan, Carlotta Monti, Judith Novgrod, Gerald Peters, Leoda Richards, Hank Rolike, Clay Tanner, Elizabeth Thompson, Kenneth Tobey, William Wintersole, Steffen Zacharias, Bill Zuckert.

On this day in movie history - Police Python 357 (1976):


Police Python 357,
aka The Case Against Ferro,
directed by Alain Corneau,
written by Alain Corneau and Daniel Boulanger,
based on the novel The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing,
was released in France on March 31, 1976.
Music by Georges Delerue.


Cast:
Yves Montand, François Périer, Simone Signoret, Stefania Sandrelli, Mathieu Carrière, Vadim Glowna, Claude Bertrand, Gabriel Doulcet, Alice Reichen, Tony Rödel, Georges-Fréderic Dehlen, Serge Marquand, Stéphane Macha, Roger Muni, Malvina Penne, Michel Ruhl, Franz Sauer, Daniel Breton.

On this day in movie history - Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960):


Please Don’t Eat the Daisies,
directed by Charles Walters,
written by Isobel Lennart,
based on the novel by Jean Kerr,
was released in the United States on March 31, 1960.
Music by David Rose.


Cast:
Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, Jack Weston, John Harding, Margaret Lindsay, Carmen Phillips, Mary Patton, Charles Herbert, Stanley Livingston, Flip Mark, Baby Gellert.