Born on this day – James Mitchum:

James Mitchum

Actor

May 8, 1941 – September 20, 2025

Credits:

Ambush Bay (1966); Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood (1990); Blackout (1978); Code Name Zebra (1987); Colli di cuoio (1989); Colorado Territory (1949); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Enemy (1990); Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime (1992); Girls Town (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Hollywood Cop (1987); Im Dschungel ist der Teufel los (1982); In Harm's Way (1965); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); Marked for Murder (1990); Massacre at Grand Canyon (1964); Mercenary Fighters (1988); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Monstroid (1980); Moonrunners (1975); Raiders of the Magic Ivory (1988); Ride the Wild Surf (1964); Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood (2018); Stickfighter (1994); The 18th Rudolph Valentino Awards (1990); The Beat Generation (1959); The High Chaparral (1969); The Invincible Six (1970); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Last Movie (1971); The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961); The Money Trap (1965); The Ransom (1977); The Tramplers (1965); The Victors (1963); Thunder Road (1958); Trackdown (1976); Two-Lane Blacktop (1971); Young Guns of Texas (1962).

On this day in movie history - Citizen Kane (1941 movie & book):

Citizen Kane

directed by Orson Welles,

written by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles,

John Houseman, Roger Q. Denny and Mollie Kent,

was released in the United States on May 1, 1941.
Music by Bernard Herrmann.

Cast:

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris, Fortunio Bonanova, Gus Schilling, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus, Harry Shannon, Sonny Bupp, Buddy Swan, Don Ackerman, Loretta Agar, John Alban, Demetrius Alexis, Peter Allen, William Alston, Baudelio Alva, T. Lockwood Arbright, Sam Ash, Michael Audley, Walter Bacon, Harry A. Bailey, Richard Barr, Alva Baudena, Brandon Beach, Charles Bennett, Joan Blair, William A. Boardway, Danny Borzage, Robert Brent, James Brought, Morgan Brown, Harry Burkhardt, William Calkins, Porter Chase, Gene Chervow, J.J. Clark, Dorothy Cleveland, Edmund Cobb, Eddie Coke, Nat 'King' Cole, Tom Coleman, Gene Coogan, Sally Corner, Gino Corrado, Herbert Corthell, Maurice Costello, Irene Crosby, Charles Cross, Thomas A. Curran, Louise Currie, Jack Curtis, Ed Dahlen, Ernie Daniels, Coy Danz, Margaret Davis, Tim Davis, Dona Dax, Marie Day, Petra R. de Silva, Gayle DeCamp, Frances Deets, Carl Deloro, George DeNormand, Eddie Dew, John Dilson, Robert Dudley, Lou Duello, Suzanne Dulier, Art Dupuis, Pauline Easterday, Al Eben, Johnny Eckert, Jack Egan, Carl Ekberg, Richard Elmore, Edith Evanson, Carl Faulkner, Juanita Fields, Bess Flowers, Jack Floyd, Ray Flynn, Monty Ford, Jean Forward, Olin Francis, Louise Franklin, Al Frazier, Guy Gada, Gloria Gale, Captain Garcia, Jack Gargan, Bud Geary, Rudy Germane, Bob Gladman, Renee Godfrey, Jerry Gordon, Peter Gowland, Jimmy Grant, Jesse Graves, Ernest Grooney, Jack Gwynne, Robert Haines, Frank Haney, Harry Harris, Sam Harris, Lew Harvey, Henry Hebert, Edward L. Hemmer, Cliff Herd, Bryan 'Slim' Hightower, Harlan Hoagland, John Huettner, Mitchell Ingraham, Jack Itay, Jack Jahries, Walter James, George W. Jimenez, CeePee Johnson, Clayton Jones, Edna Mae Jones, Harry Jones, Alexander Julian, William Kane, Arthur Kay, Ivy Keene, Kenneth Kendall, E. Kerry, Milton Kibbee, Laura Knight, Alan Ladd, Mike Lally, Carmen Laroux, Perc Launders, Walter Lawrence, Robert Lawson, Bert LeBaron, David Ledner, Adam Linke, J.D. Lockhart, Mary Lorraine, Ellen Lowe, Ludwig Lowry, Buck Mack, James T. Mack, Evelyn Mackert, Teddy Mangean, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jack Manolas, Joe Manz, Loretta Marsh, Mickey Martin, Clyde McAtee, Major McBride, Lee McCluskey, John McCormack, Frank McLure, Charles Meakin, Hercules Mendez, Jim Merritt, Buddy Messinger, E.G. Miller, Irving Mitchell, Bert Moorhouse, Philip Morris, Jack Morton, Louis Natheaux, Frances E. Neal, Lillian Nicholson, Leda Nicova, George Noisom, Joseph North, John Northpole, Field Norton, William H. O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Frank O'Connor, Paddy O'Flynn, Lillian O'Malley, Edward Peil Jr., Gerald Pierce, Thomas Pogue, Russ Powell, J.R. Ralston, Terrance Ray, Jack Raymond, Alton Redd, William Reed, Guy Repp, Jolane Reynolds, Sam Rice, Verne Richards, Suzanne Ridgway, Cyril Ring, Myrtle Rishell, Jack Robbins, Don Roberts, George Rogers, Victor Romito, Benny Rubin, Shimen Ruskin, Edward Ryan, Jack Ryan, Robert Samven, Walter Sande, Jack Santoro, Francis Sayles, Dick Scott, Ruth Seeley, George Sherwood, Brent Shugar, Bruce Sidney, Guy Smith, Roy Smith, Vince Speaker, George Sperry, Sam Steele, Tom Steele, Ralph Stein, Bert Stevens, Landers Stevens, Dimas Sutteno, Jack Taylor, Norman Taylor, Bob Terry, Karl Thomas, Robert B. Tobin, Gregg Toland, Kathryn Trosper, Fred Trowbridge, Glen Turnbull, Gohr Van Vleck, Harry J. Vejar, Tim Wallace, Ken Weaver, Charles West, Larry Wheat, Patrick Whitney, Jan Wiley, Bill Wilkens, Larry Williams, Tudor Williams, Richard Wilson, Vivian Wilson, Roland Winters, Vera Winters, Arthur Yeoman, Louis Young.

Recommended reading:

Citizen Kane

By Orson Welles & Herman J. Mankiewicz.

Published by Methuen Drama.

Published 2002.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0413771873

ISBN-13: 978-0413771872

Description:

"A definitive chronicle of the making of the film" – Sheridan Morley, Films & Filming.

"Citizen Kane revolutionised film-making, and the question of its authorship is as important to the cinema as that of Hamlet to the theatre ... Pauline Kael explains how the picture came to be made and concludes that the man most responsible for its creation was not Welles but Herman J. Mankiewicz" – Kenneth Tynan, Observer.

The complete screenplay of one of the world's most famous and controversial films.

This is the complete companion to Citizen Kane - the film that was "designed to shock" (Kenneth Tynan) - one of the best-loved and best-known movies in the history of Hollywood and still the most staggering film debut ever. Not only was this Orson Welles's first film as actor and director but most of the cast were also new to the cinema. Yet so controversial was the subject matter that an $842,000 bribe and the concentrated wrath of the Hearst newspaper empire combined in an attempt to strangle its distribution. And the authorship of the film is still a subject of conflict.

Pauline Kael's long essay, "Raising Kane", dissects a maze of Hollywood lore to re-evaluate these and many other fascinating stories about the making of this remarkable film. Her account is followed by the original screenplay, illustrated with stills and frame enlargements.

Born on this day – Claudine Auger:

Claudine Auger

Actress

April 26, 1941 – December 18, 2019

Credits:

A Bay of Blood (1971); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971); Adriatic Sea of Fire (1968); Alerte à Orly (1964); Anyone Can Play (1967); Asalto al casino (1981); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (1995); Best Ever Bond (2002); Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971); Bloody Sun (1974); Borsalino and Co. (1974); Christine (1958); Cinéma (1966); Cinémas (2010); Climb It, Tarzan! (2011); Come ti chiami, amore mio? (1969); Compression (2023); Credo (1983); Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra (1976); Danny Thomas Special: On the Road to Lebanon (1966); Desire (1992); Die goldenen Schuhe (1983–1984); Emmenez-moi au Ritz (1977); Equinozio (1971); Escalation (1968); Fantastica (1980); Flic Story (1975); Fregoli (1981); Games of Desire (1964); Gli ordini sono ordini (1972); Grand Amphi (1971); Great Performances / The Man Who Married a French Wife (1981); Gypsy (1966); I bastardi (1968); Il colpaccio (1976); Il gioco dei 9 (1991); Il mistero del tempio indiano (1963); Il padre di famiglia (1967); Il pentito (1985); In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995); In the French Style (1963); Italiques (1971); James Bond 007 at the Movies (1986); James Bond in the Bahamas (2008); James Bond's 'Spectre' with Jonathan Ross (2015); Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta (1963); Komm, süßer Tod (1969); Kvitt eller dobbelt (1994); La bocca (1991); La caméra explore le temps (1964); La nasse (1978); La nuit des 7 d'or (1985); La nuit des Césars (1979–1991); La piovra (1990); L'associé (1979); Le masque de fer (1962); Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1961); Les moutons de Panurge (1961); Les oiseaux de Meiji Jingu (1974); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1982); L'homme de Marrakech (1966); L'intrépide (1975); Listen, Let's Make Love (1968); Lobster for Breakfast (1979); L'ombra della sera (1994); Lovers and Liars (1979); Mardi cinema (1987); Medical Center (1972); Men Always Lie (1995); Oggi ho vinto anch'io (1989); Pane, burro e marmellata (1977); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1990); Pour cent millions (1990); Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (2006); Prestami tua moglie (1980); Que c'est triste Paris (1976); Qui c'est ce garçon? (1987); Reflets de Cannes (1965); Secret Places (1984); Signé croisette (1993); Spia - Il caso Philby (1977); Sport en fête (1973); Summertime Killer (1972); Take Thirty (1965); Terrain vague (1960); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The Bermuda Triangle (1978); The Bob Hope Show (1966); The Devil in Love (1966); The Devil's Lieutenant (1984); The Ed Sullivan Show (1965); The Exotic Locations of 'Thunderball' (2006); The Incredible World of James Bond (1965); The Killing Game (1967); The Man who Married a French Wife (1984); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994); The Red and the Black (1997); The Seven Deadly Sins / L’Envie (1962); The South Bank Show (2008); The Sparrow's Fluttering (1988); The Steve Lawrence Show (1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966); Thunderball (1965); Thunderball: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); Thunderball: Production Footage (1964); Thunderball: The London Pavillion Premiere (1965); Triple Cross (1966); Un amore di donna (1988); Un orage immobile (1995); Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978); Una bella grinta (1965); Una grande storia d'amore (1988); What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986); Yoyo (1965).

Born on this day – Ryan O’Neal:

Ryan O’Neal

Actor

Producer

April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023

Credits:

Bones (2006–2017); Knight of Cups (2015); Slumber Party Slaughter (2012); 90210 (2010); Waste Land (2007); Desperate Housewives (2005); Miss Match (2003); Malibu's Most Wanted (2003); People I Know (2002); Epoch (2001); Bull (2000–2001); The List (2000); Gentleman B. (2000); Coming Soon (1999); Zero Effect (1998); An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997); Hacks (1997); Faithful (1996); The Larry Sanders Show (1995); Man of the House (1995); The Man Upstairs (1992); 1775 (1992); Good Sports (1991); Small Sacrifices (1989); Chances Are (1989); Sam Found Out: A Triple Play (1988); Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987); Fever Pitch (1985); Irreconcilable Differences (1984); Partners (1982); So Fine (1981); Green Ice (1981); Obsession (1981); The Main Event (1979); Oliver's Story (1978); The Driver (1978); A Bridge Too Far (1977); Nickelodeon (1976); Barry Lyndon (1975); Paper Moon (1973); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); What's Up, Doc? (1972); Wild Rovers (1971); Love Hate Love (1971); Love Story (1970); The Games (1970); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1969); The Big Bounce (1969); Peyton Place (1964–1969); European Eye (1968); Wagon Train (1964); Perry Mason (1964); The Virginian (1963); Empire (1962–1963); My Three Sons (1962); Leave It to Beaver (1961); Westinghouse Playhouse (1961); Two Faces West (1961); Laramie (1961); Bachelor Father (1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961); General Electric Theater (1960); The Untouchables (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1960).

Born on this day – David Leland:

David Leland

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

April 20, 1941 – December 24, 2023

Credits:

The Borgias (2012); Virgin Territory (2007); Concert for George (2003); Band of Brothers (2001); The McCartney Years (1999); The White River Kid (1999); The Land Girls (1998); When Saturday Comes (1996); Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Playback (1995); The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992); Traveling Wilburys: Inside Out (1990); Traveling Wilburys: She's My Baby (1990); Crossing the Line (1990); Tom Petty: I Won't Back Down (1989); Traveling Wilburys: Handle with Care (1988); Checking Out (1988); Personal Services (1987); Wish You Were Here (1987); Mona Lisa (1986); Arena (1985); The Jewel in the Crown (1984); R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only (1983); Flying Into the Wind (1983); Birth of a Nation (1983); Made in Britain (1982); The Missionary (1982); Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981); Time Bandits (1981); The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981); Play for Today (1981); Bull Week (1980); Ripping Yarns (1979); Target (1978); The Devil's Crown (1978); Warrior Queen (1978); BBC Play of the Month (1973); Gawain and the Green Knight (1973); Barlow at Large (1973); Van der Valk (1972); The Pied Piper (1972); The Last of the Mohicans (1971); One Brief Summer (1971); Scars of Dracula (1970); Underground (1970); Julius Caesar (1970); 1917 (1970); Parkin's Patch (1969); Spindoe (1969); Callan (1969); The Sign of Four (1968); The Queen Street Gang (1968); Sat'day While Sunday (1967); Four People (1966).

Born on this day – Alf Clausen:

Alf Clausen

Composer

March 28, 1941 – May 29, 2025

Credits:

1941 (1979); A Love Letter to Jack Benny (1981); A Very Retail Christmas (1990); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); ALF (1986–2004); Bette (2000–2001); Career Opportunities (1991); Channel 99 (1988); Charmed (2003); Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1989–1990); Christine Cromwell (1989–1990); Dads (1986–1987); Diminishing Returns (2018–2019); Donny and Marie (1977); Dragnet (1987); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Face the Music (1980–1981); Fame (1984); Fast-Walking (1982); Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986); Forced Vengeance (1982); Half Baked (1998); Harry (1987); Hey Arnold! (1996–2004); Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002); Hey Arnold!: 24 Hours to Live (1994); Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie (2017); Homer's Sugar Mound (2011); Into the Night (1985); Level Seven (2025); Lime Street (1985–1986); Los Cuentos de Cri Cri (1984); Lots of Luck (1985); Maude (1975); May the 12th Be with You (2024); Memories of Moonlighting (2006); Micki + Maude (1984); Mirrors (1985); Miss All-American Beauty (1982); Moonlighting (1985–1989); Morning Joe (2021); Morning Joe Weekend (2025); Mr. Mom (1983); Murder in Three Acts (1986); Mutts (1988); My First Love (1988); My Life and Times (1991); My Science Project (1985); Nostalgia Critic (2009); Now and Again (1999); Number One with a Bullet (1987); Omnibus (1980); Partners in Crime (1984); Police Story: The Watch Commander (1988); Rogue Not Quite One (2023); Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997); Scrat's Continental Crack-Up (2010); She Knows Too Much (1989); Spacecats (1991); SparkShorts (2019); Splash (1984); Stranded (1986); The Beastmaster (1982); The Critic (1994–2001); The Eiger Sanction (1975); The Force Awakens from Its Nap (2021); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2015); The Last Starfighter (1984); The Magical World of Disney (1987); The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979); The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2024); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988); The Simpsons (1990–2025); The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice! (2010); The Simpsons Have Landed (1996); The Simpsons Take the Bowl (2014); The Simpsons: Access All Areas (2010); 'The Simpsons': America's First Family (2000); The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio (1996); The Simpsons: Wrestling (2001); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Undefeated (1969); The Wickedest Witch (1989); This Is Kate Bennett... (1982); Three Days of the Condor (1975); Time Walkers (2025); Too Young to Die (2015); Up the Creek (1984); WatchMojo (2017); Weird Science (1985); Wise Guys (1986); Wizards and Warriors (1983).

Born on this day – Bruno Ganz:

Bruno Ganz

Actor

Director

Cinematographer

March 22, 1941 – February 16, 2019

Credits:

4Pop (2004); 5% de risque (1980); Bread and Tulips (2000); Brot (2011); Canto alla durata - Omaggio a Peter Handke (2017); Ceremonia de clausura - 54º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2006); Charlie Rose (2005); Chikita (1961); Children of Nature (1991); Circle of Deceit (1981); Claudio Abbado - Die Stille hören (2003); Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra (2015); Closed Circuit (1983); Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007); Colors in the Dark (2010); Continuarà... (2009); Copacabana (2007); Das Ende ist mein Anfang (2010); Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes (2011); Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002); Der Bernd (2012); Der Erfinder (1980); Der grosse Kater (2010); Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (1960); Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige (1972); Der Park (1985); Der Pendler (1986); Der sanfte Lauf (1967); Der Spaßvogel (1964); Deutscher Filmpreis 2014 (2014); Deutscher Filmpreis 2017 (2017); Diario senza date (1995); Días de cine (2017); Die Bakchen (1974); Die Goldene Kamera (2014); Die Mutter (1971); Die Schlacht bei Lobositz (1968); Die Unberatenen (1966); Die Ursache bin ich selbst (1986); Die Vitusmacher (2006); Die Wette (1990); Downfall (2004); Ein starker Abgang (2008); Eine große Familie (1970); El río de oro (1986); El trabajo de un actor (1985); Epoca: The Making of History (2002); Epsteins Nacht (2002); Er spielte seinen Schatten mit - Der Schauspieler Klaus Kammer (2002); Er, der Hut, sitzt auf ihm, dem Kopf (2006); Erfolg (1991); Es Dach überem Chopf (1962); Especially on Sunday / La domenica specialmente (1991); Eternity and a Day (1998); Etwas wird sichtbar (1981); Faraway, So Close! (1993); Fermata Etna (1981); Fortuna (2018); Frühlings Erwachen (1966); Gala from Berlin (1991); Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti (1982); Gegen Ende der Nacht (1998); Geschichte einer Liebe (1978); Geysir und Goliath (2010); Giovanni Segantini - Magic of Light (2015); Hands Up! (1981); Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (2005); Heidi (2015); Heller Tag (1994); A Hidden Life (2019); Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013); Alias Kurban Saïd (2004); Amnesia (2015); Anwalt Abel (1996); Asmara (1993); Återkomster (1994); Bankomatt (1989); Baruto no gakuen (2006); Bayerischer Filmpreis 2016 (2017); Behind Me - Bruno Ganz (2002); Boulevard Bio (2002); Brandnacht (1992); Il grande Fausto (1995); Im Dickicht der Städte (1968); In Order of Disappearance (2014); In the White City (1983); In Times of Fading Light (2017); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I (2001); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II (2001); Julia's Disappearance (2009); Karussell (1981); Killer aus Forida (1983); Knife in the Head (1978); Krieg und Frieden (1982); Kulturplatz (2005); La forza del passato (2002); La provinciale (1980); Lady of the Camelias (1981); Le quatuor des possibles (1993); L'Ellipse (1998); Logik des Gefühls (1982); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis (2005); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis 2010 (2010); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis 2011 (2011); Lumiere (1976); Lumière and Company / Wim Wenders (1995); Luther (2003); Maß für Maß (1968); Menschen bei Maischberger (2004); Naquele Dia em Lisboa (2023); NeXt (2000); Nicolas Bouvier, 22th Hospital Street (2005); Night Train to Lisbon (2013); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979); Of Women and Horses (2011); Oggetti smarriti (1980); Peer Gynt (1971); Peter Przygodda, Schnittmeister (1994); Polenta (1980); Prague (1992); Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1973); Private Resistance (1985); Remember (2015); Retour à la bien-aimée (1979); Saint-Ex (1996); Schrödingers kat (1990); Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (1978); Signé croisette (1998); Sommergäste (1976); Sounds and Silence (2009); Spiel für Dein Land (2015); Stairway to Nowhere (2008); Strapless (1989); Sul nome Bach (2011); Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich (1991); Tatort (1996); Taxiphone: El Mektoub (2010); The 2010 European Film Awards (2010); The 2011 European Film Awards (2011); The Absence (1992); The American Friend (1977); The Architecture of Doom (1989); The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008); The Big Ben Cinematic Universe (2018); The Boys from Brazil (1978); The Counselor (2013); The House That Jack Built (2018); The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992); The Last Days of Chez Nous: Featurette (1992); The Last Days of Chez Nous: Interview Excerpts (1992); The Left-Handed Woman (1977); The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1989); The Little Prince (2011); The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The Marquise of O (1976); The Naked King (2019); The Party (2017); The Reader (2008); The Tobacconist (2018); The Vatican (2013); The Wild Duck (1976); The Witness (2018); Tödliches Schweigen (1996); Torquato Tasso (1969); Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou (2008); Un amore di donna (1988); Universum (1997); Unknown (2011); Unknown: The Story (2011); Unknown: What Is Known? (2011); Unsere Besten (2003); Väter und Söhne - Eine deutsche Tragödie (1986); Vitus (2006); Von einem der auszog - Wim Wenders' frühe Jahre (2007); Von Zeit zu Zeit (1989); WerAngstWolf (2000); Who the F... Is Roger Rossmeisl (2020); Wings of Desire (1987); Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (2003); Winter Journey (2019); You Can't Go Home Again (1999); Youth Without Youth (2007); Zur Person (2001).

Born on this day – Florence Delay:

Florence Delay

Writer

Actress

March 19, 1941 – July 1, 2025

Credits:

Novels, essays, plays:

Act of the Passion (1983); Beauténébreux (1999); Catalina, Inquest (1994); Dit Nerval (1999); Etxemendi (1990); Graal théâtre (1977–1981); It seems to me (1987); La sortie au jour (1987); Le divin Narcissus 1987); Les Moitiés (1991); L'Hexaméron (1990); Love Race During Mourning (1986); Marco Polo (1985); Michée, Aggée, Zechariah, Malachie, (2001); Midnight on the Games (1973); My Spain (2008); Red Carnation on the Sand (1994); Red score (1988); Rich and Light (1983); Six Galician Poems (1998); Small Prose Forms after Edison (1987); Suzanne's Weeks (1991); The Brief Seduction (1997); The Celestine (1989); The Decadence of Illiteracy (1988); The Eclypse of the Ball (1987); The End of Ordinary Times (1996); The Failure of the Party (1980); The Foghorn Ouch (1975); The Great Theatre of the World followed by Trial in the Separation of the Soul and the Body (2004); The Man from Luxembourg (1998); The Sound Solitude of the Bullfighter (1989).

Movies & television:

Apostrophes (1978–1989); Collections privées / Segment: Kusa-Meikyu (1979); Deep Water (1981); Droit d'auteurs (1997–2001); Georges Bernanos, Histoire d'un homme libre (2019); La memoria fértil (1986); L'ambassade (1973); L'amitié (2022); Le bateau livre (2008); Le cercle de minuit (1997); Le jouet criminel (1969); Les ailes de la colombe (1981); Les deux mémoires (1974); Les visages de Jeanne (2004); L'homme en question (1978); Los años Arruza (1996); Mort de Raymond Roussel (1975); Ouvrez les guillemets (1973); Portraits d'écrivains (1986); Réception de Simone Veil à l'Académie Française (2010); Sans Soleil (1983); See Here My Love (1978); The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962); Un siècle d'écrivains (2000); Vol de nuit (2004).

On this day in movie history - Sleeper’s West (1941):

Sleeper’s West

directed by Eugene Forde,

written by Brett Halliday, Lou Breslow and Stanley Rauh,

based on the novel Sleeper's East by Frederick Nebel,

was released in the United States on March 14, 1941.
Music by Cyril J. Mockridge.

Cast:

Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Louis Jean Heydt, Edward Brophy, Don Costello, Ben Carter, Donald Douglas, Oscar O'Shea, Harry Hayden, Hamilton MacFadden, Ferike Boros, George Chandler, James Conaty, Oliver Cross, Ralph Dunn, Harold Goodwin, Jesse Graves, Sherry Hall, Paul Kruger, Sam McDaniel, Charles Meakin, Charles R. Moore, Mantan Moreland, George O'Hanlon, Dick Rush, Syd Saylor, Allen D. Sewall, Harry Strang, Charles Tannen, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones.

Born on this day – Wolfgang Petersen:

Wolfgang Petersen

Director

Writer

Producer

March 14, 1941 – August 12, 2022

Credits:

37 degrees (2006); 4Pop (2004); 60 Million for Phantásia - How the 'Neverending Story' Goes to the Cinema kam (1984); Air Force One (1997); Anna and Totò (1972); Attacking Troy (2007); On the Kreuz legt (1974); Avenger (2006); Bambi Award 1984 (1984); Bernd Eichinger - Wenn das Leben zum Kino wird (2000); Bicentennial Man (1999); Please turning pages (1985); Charlie Rose (2000); Chicxulub (2006); Corazón de... (2006); Creating an Emotion (2000); Das Boot - The Complete TV Series (1985); The boat / The Boat (1985); Das ist Ihr Leben (1979); THAT! (2016); De película (1986); The Bernd (2012); Der Eine - der Andere (1969); Días de cine (2010); The golden Camera 1999 (1999); The Red Flag (1968); The City in the Valley (1975); Enemy Mine (1985); Film Genre (2002); Film legends. German (2005); Glamoroso! (1998); Hans im Glück (1976); Houses on Sunset Boulevard (1990); HBO First Look (1995–2006); Hollywood in Munich (1984); Hollywood Insider (2018) (2021); Hollywood Science (2006); Hollywood, Germany (1997); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2012); HypaSpace (2006); I Will Kill You, Wolf (1971); Ich nicht (1969); In the Line of Fire (1993); In the Line of Fire: Behind the Scenes with the Secret Service (1993); In the Line of Fire: Catching the Counterfeiters (2001); In the Line of Fire: How'd They Do That? (2001); Instinct (1999); Cuckoo Years (1967); My Leben (2009); Michael Ballhaus - Encounter with the Eye of Hollywood (2001); Mundo VIP (2000); Well, that's it! (1983); NDR Talk Show (2016); Open Wound German Film (2017); One or the Other (1974); One Vision (1998); Ôsama no buranchi (1997); Oskar Langenfeld. 12 times / Starbuck Holger Meins (2002); Outbreak (1995); Plan exercise (1977); Poseidon (2006); Poseidon: A Ship on a Soundstage (2006); Poseidon: Upside Down (2006); Red Corner (1997); Reimagining the Neverending Story (2014); Rogue Waves (2006); Black and White as Days and Nights (1978); Shattered (1991); Shipmate's Diary (2006); Shooting 'In the Line of Fire' (1993); Smog (1973); City on Stilts (1965); Stardust Hollywood - Stardust and Gods (2013); In some places Glatteis (1975); Tatort (1971–1977); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The Agency (2001); The Boat (1981); The Consequence (1977); The Directors (2000); The Making of 'Air Force One' (1997); The Making of 'Shattered' (1991); The Making of 'Troy' (2004); The NeverEnding Story (1984); The Perfect Storm (2000); Sounds mean more to me than words - Klaus Doldinger (2016); Treffpunkt Kino (1985); Troy (2004); Troy in Focus (2007); Troy: An Effects Odyssey (2004); Troy: From Ruins to Reality (2005); Troy: In the Thick of Battle (2005); Van der Valk and the Rich (1973); Four against the Bank (1976); Wetten, dass..? (1991–1993); Wolfgang Petersen: My Way to Hollywood (1995).

On this day in movie history - Rage in Heaven (1941 movie & novel):

Rage in Heaven

directed by W.S. Van Dyke, Robert B. Sinclair and Richard Thorpe,

written by Christopher Isherwood and Robert Thoeren,

based on the novel by James Hilton,

was released in the United States on March 7, 1941.
Music by Bronislau Kaper, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Eugene Zador.

Cast:

Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Lucile Watson, Oskar Homolka, Philip Merivale, Matthew Boulton, Aubrey Mather, Frederick Worlock, Francis Compton, Gilbert Emery, Ludwig Hardt.

Recommended reading:

Rage in Heaven

By James Hilton.

a.k.a. Dawn of Reckoning.

Filmed as Rage in Heaven (1941) directed by W.S. Van Dyke.

ASIN: B00087E97K

Published by A.H. King.

First published 1925.

First Edition.

Description:

The novel Dawn of Reckoning, was first published in London in 1925. In 1932, it was published in New York under the title Rage in Heaven. In 1941, it was adapted in the movie 'A Rage in Heaven', a psychological thriller about the destructive power of jealousy which was directed by W. S. Van.

In this story, Phillip Monrell and his former college roommate Ward Andrews arrive at the Monrell home, where they meet Phillip's mother's secretary Stella Bergen. They are both strongly attracted to her but she ends up marrying the idle Phillip. Phillip is put in charge of the family steel mill, but is not suited for the job. He begins to exhibit signs of mental illness, particularly abnormal jealousy of any competition for his wife's affections. Despite this, he hires Ward to be the chief engineer at the mill. Eventually, Phillip's paranoid suspicion that Ward and Stella love each other drives him to try to kill his rival at work. Ward confronts him and quits. Stella, convinced that her husband is insane, leaves him and meets Ward. Phillip phones them and promises to grant her a divorce if Ward will talk with him in person. Despite Stella's misgivings, Ward agrees to see him. However, Phillip provokes a loud argument and Ward leaves. Afterwards, the madman kills himself, carefully framing Ward for the crime. Ward is arrested, convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed. A frantic Stella is unable to convince anyone of his innocence. The day before the execution, she is visited by Dr. Rameau, a psychiatrist who had been treating Phillip. He is convinced that Phillip committed suicide and that he would have left some message bragging about it. They go to the Monrell mansion and start searching. Mrs. Monrell reveals that her son kept diaries; then, Clark, the butler, recalls that he mailed a package to Paris. They take a flight to France and find the book, which saves Ward from execution.

Born on this day – Michael Villella:

Michael Villella

Actor

March 6, 1941 – November 23, 2024

Credits:

Amazing Stories (1987); Audition (2011); Getting Away with Murder (2007); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); Gotham / aka The Dead Can't Lie (1988); Hard to Die (1990); Love Letters (1983); Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres (2010); Sorority House Massacre II (1990); The Slumber Party Massacre (1982); The White Room (2008); Wild Orchid (1989); Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991).

Born on this day – John Aprea:

John Aprea

Actor

Producer

March 4, 1941 – August 5, 2024

Credits:

A Guide for the Married Woman (1978); A Man Called Sloane (1979); After You (2013); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986); American Anthem (1986); American Heiress (2007); Another World (1989–1998); Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (1987); Brother (2000); Bullitt (1968); Caged Heat (1974); Cold (2021); Cold Case (2009); Comeback (1982); Confessions of a Male Prostitute (1992); Crazy Mama (1975); Crazy Times (1981); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2013); Cyber Tracker (1994); Dark Image (2017); Dark Justice (1993); Days of Our Lives (1999–2012); Dead Man on Campus (1998); Deadly Ransom (1998); Decker (2016–2017); Direct Hit (1994); Dirty People (2012); Drive Share (2017); Falcon Crest (1987); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1989); Fix-it City (1978); Full House (1988–1991); Fuller House (2017); Getting Physical (1984); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985); Heaven Help Us (1994); Interglobal Trading Fund (2012); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); Kate McShane (1975); Knots Landing (1988); Lie to Me (2010); Lost Angelas (2019); Mannix (1970); Matt Houston (1982–1984); Melrose Place (1993); Mrs. Columbo (1979); My Brother Jack (1997); Mystery Woman: At First Sight (2006); New Jack City (1991); Night Court (1989); NYPD Blue (2005); On Cinema (2013–2016); Pacific Blue (1999); Philly (2001–2002); Picasso Trigger (1988); Private Eye (1987); Renegade (1995); Rough Crossing (1997–2005); Savage Beach (1989); Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993); Sharkskin (2015); Silk Stalkings (1993–1995); Simon & Simon (1985); Snapshot (2014); Space Junk (2019); Stevie D (2016); Stingray (1985); Street Hawk (1985); Sunset Park (1996); Sweet Kill (1972); Tales from the Darkside (1988); That Girl (1969); The 16th Annual Soap Opera Awards (2000); The Act (1983); The Another World Reunion (2003); The A-Team (1985); The Bay (2020–2023); The Christmas Pageant (2011); The Dark Side of Tomorrow (1970); The District (2000); The F.B.I. (1973); The Fall Guy (1986); The First Annual 'on Cinema' Oscar Special (2013); The Game (1997); The Gangster Chronicles (1981); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Godfather Saga (1977); The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992); The Grasshopper (1970); The Hat Squad (1993); The Idolmaker (1980); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The Montefuscos (1975); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Rock Rainbow (1978); The Rookies (1975); The Second Annual 'On Cinema' Oscar Special (2014); The Seven-Ups (1973); The Sopranos (1999); The Stepford Wives (1975); The Streetsweeper (2002); Three's a Crowd (1984); To the Limit (1995); Vengeance Unlimited (1998); Wonder Woman (1979).

Born on this day – William Hjortsberg:

William Hjortsberg

Writer

February 23, 1941 – April 22, 2017

Credits:

Books:

Alp (1969); Angel's Inferno (2020); Falling Angel (1978); Gray Matters (1971); Jubilee Hitchhiker (2012); Manana (2015); Nevermore (1994); Odd Corners (2004); Sometimes Horses Don't Come Back (1963); Symbiography (1973); Tales and Fables (1985); Toro! Toro! Toro! (1974).

Movies:

Rich Hall's Continental Drifters (2011); Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' (2002); Angel Heart (1987); Legend (1985); The Georgia Peaches (1980); Thunder and Lightning (1977).

Born on this day – Michael Apted:

Michael Apted

Director

Producer

February 10, 1941 – January 7, 2021

Born on this day – Ron Thompson:

Ron Thompson

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

Dancer

January 31, 1941 – April 13, 2024

Credits:

American Me (1992); American Playhouse / This Ain't Bebop (1989); American Pop (1981); Amy Prentiss (1974); An Interview with Joe Black (2017); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1962); Baretta (1975–1976); Bottleneck (2006); Bronk (1975); Brown Eye, Evil Eye (1968); Cagney & Lacey (1985); [Cargo] (2018); Chicks, Man (2018); Crisis Center (1997); Death Ring (1992); Deep Cover (1992); Ethnically Ambiguous (2020); Fallen Arches (2000); Gena (2018); Happy Winter Solstice (2014); Hate Horses (2017); Ironside (1974); Last Days of Coney Island (2015); Low Town (2017); Mannix (1974); Natasha Hall (2021); Quincy M.E. (1977); Stitches (2017); Suffrage (2023); Tellers (2019); The Actor's Choice (2018–2019); The Dream Makers (1975); The Greatest American Hero (1982); The Gun (1974); The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell (2023); The No Mercy Man (1973); The Only One in the Room (2020); The Rebels (1976); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Waltons (1980); The White Buffalo (1977); This Ain't Bebop (1989).

Born on this day – Jessica Walter:

Jessica Walter

Actress

January 31, 1941 – March 24, 2021