On this day in television history - Gang Busters (1942):

Gang Busters

serial directed by Noel Smith, Ray Taylor,

written by Al Martin, George H. Plympton, Morgan Cox, Phillips H. Lord, Victor McLeod,

based on the 1936–1957 radio series,

was released in the United States on March 31, 1942.

Music by Bernhard Kaun, Charles Henderson, Charles Previn, Clifford Vaughan, Frank Skinner, Franz Waxman, Hans J. Salter, Heinz Roemheld, Ralph Freed, Richard Hageman.

Chapter titles: The League of Murdered Men; The Death Plunge; Murder Blockade; Hangman's Noose; Man Undercover; Under Crumbling Walls; The Water Trap; Murder by Proxy; Gang Bait; Mob Vengeance; Wanted at Headquarters; The Long Chance; Law and Order.

Cast:

Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan, Robert Armstrong, Richard Davies, Joseph Crehan, George Watts, Ralf Harolde, John Gallaudet, William Haade, Victor Zimmerman, George J. Lewis, John Berkes, Pat O'Malley, Hugh Beaumont, Robert Barron, Chet Brandenburg, Kernan Cripps, Grace Cunard, Eddie Dean, William Desmond, George Eldredge, Edward Emerson, Eddie Fetherston, Eddie Foster, Art Fowler, Jack Gardner, Alan Gregg, Karl Hackett, Riley Hill, Jerry Jerome, Milton Kibbee, Ethan Laidlaw, Frank Marlowe, Charles McAvoy, Charles McMurphy, Paul McVey, Chuck Morrison, Jack Mulhall, Gene O'Donnell, Frank Penny, Jack Perrin, Stanley Price, Bob Reeves, Beatrice Roberts, Jeffrey Sayre, Charles Sherlock, Mickey Simpson, Jack C. Smith, Tom Steele, Phil Warren, Chalky Williams, Carleton Young.

Born on this day – Scott Wilson:

Scott Wilson

Actor

March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018

Credits:

A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984); All Access Pass (2014); Art of the Interview (2015); Bark! (2002); Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006); Big Stan (2007); Blue City (1986); Bonus Content (2014); Bosch (2014–2015); Bottleworld (2009); Castle Keep (1969); Chris Hardwick's All-Star Celebrity Bowling (2012); Clay Pigeons (1998); Coastlines (2002); Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (2017); Come Early Morning (2006); Comedy Is Pain (2009); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2001–2006); Damien (2016); Dead Man Walking (1995); Don't Let Go (2002); Dorfman in Love (2011); Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993); Enlightened (2011); Face Off (2014); Femme Fatale (1991); Five (2011); Flesh and Bone (1993); For Sale by Owner (2009); G.I. Jane (1997); Geronimo: An American Legend (1993); Guide Season (2002); Guys Choice Awards 2014 (2014); Hostiles (2017); In Cold Blood (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967); Inside the Walking Dead: Walker University (2014); Jesse (1988); Johnny Handsome (1989); Judge Dredd (1995); Junebug (2005); Justified (2011); Karen Sisco (2003); La ilegal (1979); Law & Order (2005); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Malone (1987); Monster (2003); Mother (1995); On the Line (1984); Open Window (2006); Our God's Brother (1997); Our Hollywood Education (1992); Pearl Harbor (2001); Puraido: Unmei no toki (1998); Pure Luck (1991); Radio Free Albemuth (2010); Robot Chicken (2017); Saving Grace B. Jones (2009); Saving Shiloh (2006); Scott Wilson: A Different Kind of Killer (2018); Shiloh (1996); Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999); Soul Survivors (1995); South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000); Talking Dead (2012–2018); Tall Tale (1995); The 17th Annual Satellite Awards (2012); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Animal (2001); The Aviator (1985); The Cross of Iberia (1990); The Debtors (1999); The Exorcist III (1990); The Grass Harp (1995); The Great Gatsby (1974); The Grissom Gang (1971); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Heartbreak Kid (2007); The Host (2006); The Jack Bull (1999); The Last Samurai (2003); The New Centurions (1972); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The OA (2016–2019); The Passover Plot (1976); The Playboy Morning Show (2014); The Right Stuff (1983); The Sensation of Sight (2006); The Sky Divers (1969); The Tracker (1988); The Twilight Zone / Quarantine (1986); The Walking Dead (2011–2018); The Walking Dead: Behind the Dead (2017); The Walking Dead: Cast and Creators Live at Paleyfest (2013); The Walking Dead: The Journey So Far (2016); The Way of the Gun (2000); The X-Files (2000); Young Guns II (1990).

Born on this day – Art Evans:

Art Evans

Actor

March 27, 1942 – December 21, 2024

Credits:

227 (1988); A Different World (1990–1991); A Fond Little Memory (1991); A Hill of Our Own (1996); A House Divided (2019); A Soldier's Story (1984); A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2022); Adventures in Babysitting (1989); After All (1999); Alien Rising (2013); Always Outnumbered (1998); Amazing Grace (1974); American Playhouse (1984); Anderson's Cross (2010); Beauty and the Baller (2017); Between Two Brothers (1982); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: They Towed My Car (1998); Big Time (1977); Bitter Harvest (1993); Boys Klub (2001); Bushwhacked (1995); CB4 (1993); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1993); Chico and the Man (1976); Christine (1983); Church (2010); City of Angels (2000); Class Reunion (1982); Claudine (1974); Deadly Rhapsody (2001); Death Wish (1974); Die Hard 2 (1990); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990); Downtown (1990); Dream On (1995); Ellen Bond Secret Agent (2018); Enos (1981); Everybody Hates Chris (2007); Family Matters (1994); First Family (1980); Forcin' the Blues (2011); Fright Night (1985); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); Gas (2004); Handsome Harry's (1985); Hill Street Blues (1981–1984); House Under Siege (2010); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979); In the Heat of the Night (1990); Interstate 60 (2002); Into the Night (1985); iSteve (2013); Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986); King (1978); L.A. Heat (1997); Last Man Standing (2011); Leadbelly (1976); Lincoln Heights (2007–2009); Long Time Gone (1986); Love That Girl! (2014); M*A*S*H (1979); Machete Joe (2010); Mad About You (1992); Maximum Security (1984); Metro (1997); Midnight Caller (1991); Minstrel Man (1977); Moe's World (1992); Mom (1990); Monk (2006); Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (1995); Murder Was the Case: The Movie / Segment: Natural Born Killaz (1995); Native Son (1986); Never Die Alone (2004); Nine to Five (1986–1988); Orphaned (2018); Performance (2008); Police Woman (1976); Pretend Time (2010); Real Husbands of Hollywood (2022); Revenge of the Nerds (1991); Roc (1994); Roddy McDowall: From Apes to Bats (2016); Roosevelt and Truman (1977); Ruthless People (1986); School Daze (1988); Seduced (1985); Shades of Ray (2008); Sisters (1972); Skag (1980); So Little Time (2001); Some Kind of Miracle (1979); Sonny Listening (2002); Stevie Wonder: Go Home (1985); Tales from the Hood (1995); Testify (2006); The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979); The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980); The Breaks (1999); The Cheapest Movie Ever Made (2000); The Cracker Factory (1979); The Fall Guy (1983); The Finishing Touch (1992); The Great White Hype (1996); The In-Laws (1979); The Main Event (1979); The Mighty Quinn (1989); The Orphan and the Dude (1975); The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022–2023); The Sarah Silverman Program. (2010); The Script (2002); The Seduction of Gina (1984); The Story of Us (1999); The Watermelon Heist (2003); The X-Files (2000); Trespass (1992); Tuff Turf (1985); Us Against Them (1997); Walker, Texas Ranger (1996); We Are Family (2012); What Is Fright Night? (2016); White of the Eye (1987); World War III (1982); Wrong Is Right (1982); Young Cesar (2007); Youngblood (1978); You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night (2016).

Born on this day – Françoise Dorléac:

Françoise Dorléac

Actress

March 21, 1942 – June 26, 1967

Credits:

4 times D (1964); Adorable Liar (1962); Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962); Billion Dollar Brain (1967); Ce soir ou jamais (1961); Chroniques de France (1966); Cinépanorama (1959); Circle of Love (1964); Cul-de-sac (1966); Behind the Screen (1966); Sun Dam Dom (1966); Discorama (1962); École des vedettes (1960); Unicef Gala (1966); Genghis Khan (1965); Big Screen (1964); Hollywood in Deblatschka Pescara (1965); Julie de Chaverny ou La double méprise (1967); The Gamberge (1962); Echoes of Cinema (1961–1962); Wolves in the Sheepfold (1960); The Little Ladies (1964); The Doors Slam (1960); The Three Hats claques (1962); Male Hunt (1964); Ni figue ni raisin (1965); Seventh art seventh box (1966); Teuf-teuf (1963); That Man from Rio (1964); The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961); The Soft Skin (1964); The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967); Tilt (1967); All the Gold in the World (1961); Where the Spies Are (1965).

Born on this day – George Armitage:

George Armitage

Director

Writer

Producer

March 2, 1942 – February 15, 2025

Credits:

Caged Heat (1974); Carrott Butts (196?); Coming Together (1970); Darktown Strutters (1975); Fighting Mad (1976); Gas-s-s-s / Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Grosse Pointe Blank (1997); Hit Man (1972); Hot Rod (1979); Joy Division (2010); Miami Blues (1990); Monty Nash (1971); Mutiny! (2021); Night Call Nurses (1972); Peyton Place (1967); Pochantonas Revenge (1975); Private Duty Nurses (1971); Tantruma (1975); The Big Bounce (2004); The Burning Bride (2025); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Late Shift (1996); Trophy (197?); Vigilante Force (1976); Von Richthofen and Brown (1971).

Born on this day – Josephine Hart:

Josephine Hart

Writer

March 1, 1942 – June 2, 2011

Books:

Catching Life By the Throat (2006); Damage (1991); Life Saving (2012); Magdalena the Sinner (1996); Oblivion (1995); Sin (1992); The Reconstructionist (2001); The Stillest Day (1998); The Truth About Love (2009); Words That Burn / poems (2008).

Movies and television:

Damage (1992); Friday Night (1993); Obsession (2023); Question Time (1995); Ruby (1998); Sunday AM (2006); The Reader (2008); Viaggio segreto (2006).

Born on this day – Oliviero Toscani:

Oliviero Toscani

Photographer

Actor

Director

Writer

February 28, 1942 – January 13, 2025

Credits:

Movies and television:

60 Minutes / Segment: Ciao Venezia (2000); Ah! Quels titres (1995); American Moon (2017); Anorexia. Storia di un'immagine (2008); Basilico - L'infinito è la in fondo (2023); Benetton: True Crime (2023); Blackboards (2000); Blood on the Carpet (2001); Camera Café (2003); Can Creativity Save the World? (2023); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2016); Closeup (2010); Closeup (2010); Corto circuito (1996); Da Clay ad Alì - La metamorfosi (2016); Daniel Pilon Chroniqueur (2016); Der radikale Gärtner - Grenzgänge in Kunst und Werbung (2009); Die Invasion der Ideen (2006); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); Eurotrash (1999); Femmefille (2014); Fotografi (2014); Il complotto di Tirana (2024); Illuminate - Oriana Fallaci (2019); Into the Image (2023); Kulturplatz (2011–2024); La Dolce Vita Grande (1973); La marche du siècle (2000); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2005); L'orfano (2002); Master of Photography (2016–2019); Maurizio Costanzo Show (1993); Meraviglie: La penisola dei tesori (2020); Milano-Roma (1998); Na plovárne (2004); Nulle part ailleurs (1996); Nulle part ailleurs. 1ère partie (2000); Oliviero Toscani, Pure Tuscany (2023); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2005); Paris-Berlin, le débat (2008); Personal Che (2007); PositivE (2021); Problema (2010); Revólver (1996); Rossotrevi - The red fountain (2018); Silenci? (2005); Stanotte a Firenze (2016); Stupefying! (2018); Surely Some Mistake (1997); The A to Z of Separating People from Their Money (1998); The Ax (2005); The Media Show (1989); Thé ou café (2005); The World's Best Sellers: The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996); Vaccini. 9 lezioni di scienza (2019); Vivement dimanche (2013); You Will Be with Us in Paradise (2019).

Born on this day – Michele Carey:

Michele Carey

Actress

February 26, 1942 – November 21, 2018

Credits:

TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); There’s Only One Elvis (2002); The Stay Awake (1988); In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro (1985); Rooster (1982); The Fall Guy (1982); Death Ray 2000 (1980); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Undercover with the KKK (1979); The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979); Starsky and Hutch (1977–1978); The Choirboys (1977); Man from Atlantis (1977); Delta County, U.S.A. (1977); Dirty Sally (1974); Adam’s Rib (1973); The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973); Savage (1973); The Norliss Tapes (1973); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1973); Love, American Style / Love and the Impressionist (1972); Elvis on Tour (1972); Gunsmoke (1972); Scandalous John (1971); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); The Animals (1970); It Takes a Thief (1970); The F.B.I. (1969); Mission: Impossible (1969); The Name of the Game (1969); Changes (1969); The Wild Wild West (1967–1969); Live a Little, Love a Little (1968); The Sweet Ride (1968); Run for Your Life (1967); T.H.E. Cat (1966); El Dorado (1966); Burke’s Law (1965); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); Wendy and Me (1965); The Spy with My Face (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964).

Born on this day – Harvey S. Laidman:

Harvey S. Laidman

Director

February 22, 1942 – January 3, 2025

Credits:

7th Heaven (1996–2004); ABC Weekend Specials (1978–1982); Airport (1970); Airwolf (1984–1985); Bums in Love (2011); California Fever (1979); Chicago Story (1981 / 1982); CHiPs (1979); Eight Is Enough (1977–1978); Eischied (1979); Falcon Crest (1982–1983); Family (1977); Flatbush (1979); For Love and Honor (1983); Game (2011); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Hernandez (1973); Hunter (1977); Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973); Jack & Me (2017); JAG (2002); Jake and the Fatman (1987–1988); Kaz (1978–1979); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Knight Rider (1983–1986); Knots Landing (1981–1982); Kojak (1978); Lou Grant (1978–1981); Magnum, P.I. (1983–1986); Matlock (1988–1994); Meathook (2025); Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1999); Most Wanted (1977); Night Shift (2011); Police Headquarters (1974); Quantum Leap (1993); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Red Sky at Morning (1971); Rescue 77 (1999); Safe Harbor (1999); Savannah (1997); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985–1987); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982); Shoot Out (1971); Showdown (1973); Silk Stalkings (1994–1995); Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give a Inch (1971); Steel Cowboy (1978); Street Hawk (1985); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982–1983); That Certain Summer (1972); The Blue Knight (1976); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972–1973); The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983–1984); The Fitzpatricks (1977); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Lazarus Syndrome (1979); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1981); The Paper Chase (1978); The Runaways (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1973); The Waltons (1973–1981); This Is the Life (1976); Today's F.B.I. (1981–1982); Tucker's Witch (1983); Walking Tall (1981); Wildside (1985).

Born on this day – Carol Lynley:

Carol Lynley

Actress

February 13, 1942 – September 3, 2019

Born on this day – Terry Jones:

Terry Jones

Comedian

Director

Historian

Actor

Writer

Member of Monty Python

February 1, 1942 – January 21, 2020

On this day in movie history - Time to Kill (1942):

Time to Kill

directed by Herbert I. Leeds,

written by Brett Halliday,

based on the novel by The High Window by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on January 22, 1943.
Music by Emil Newman, Cyril J. Mockridge and David Raksin.

Cast:

Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel, Doris Merrick, Ralph Byrd, Richard Lane, Sheila Bromley, Morris Ankrum, Ethel Griffies, James Seay, Ted Hecht, William Pawley, Syd Saylor, Lester Sharpe, Charles Williams, LeRoy Mason, George Melford.

Born on this day – Randy Boone:

Randy Boone

Actor

Singer

January 17, 1942 – August 28, 2025

Credits:

Songs:

Heart, Let's Go Out Tonight; It's So Hard To Tell Mama Goodbye; Just Waitin'; Lover Let Go; Ramblin' Rose; Tennessee Stud; The Five-Fifteen.

Movies and television:

Backtrack! (1969); Bonanza (1966); Cimarron Strip (1967–1968); Combat! (1966); Country Boy (1966); Dr. Minx (1975); Emergency! (1973); Gunsmoke (1975); Gypsy (1966); Hee Haw (1980); Highway to Heaven (1985); Hondo (1967); Hondo and the Apaches (1967); It's a Man's World (1962–1963); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Kung Fu (1975); Lassie (1973); Savages (1974); Terminal Island (1973); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Audition (2021); The Fugitive (1964); The Hanged Man (1964); The Nashville Sound (1972); The Quest (1976); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Virginian (1964–1966); The Wild Pair (1987); Wagon Train (1963); What's This Song? (1965); Where the Action Is (1966).

On this day in movie history - All Through the Night (1942):

All Through the Night

directed by Vincent Sherman,

written by Leonard Spigelgass and Edwin Gilbert,

based on a story by Leo Rosten and Leonard Spigelgass,

was released in the United States on January 10, 1942.
Music by Adolph Deutsch.
Song: All Through the Night by Arthur Schwartz and Johnny Mercer.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne, Jane Darwell, Frank McHugh, Peter Lorre, Judith Anderson, William Demarest, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Wallace Ford, Barton MacLane, Edward Brophy, Martin Kosleck, Jean Ames, Ludwig Stössel, Irene Seidner, James Burke, Ben Welden, Hans Schumm, Charles Cane, Frank Sully, Sam McDaniel, Eddy Chandler, Louis V. Arco, Emory Parnell, Henry Victor.

Born on this day – Maurizio Pollini:

Maurizio Pollini

Pianist

Conductor

Actor

January 5, 1942 – March 23, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5; Beethoven: Piano Sonata Nos.13, 14 & 15; Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.17 "The Tempest", 21 "Waldstein", 25 & 26 "Les Adieux"; Beethoven: Symphony No.6 "Pastorale"; Choral Fantasy; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage; BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83, IJB 83: I. Allegro non troppo; Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1; Brahms: Piano Quintet Op.34; Chopin: Etudes; Préludes; Polonaises; Chopin: Scherzi; Berceuse; Barcarolle; Edmond Appia, Maurizio Pollini & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN; Liszt: Sonata in B minor; Nuages gris; Unstern! Sinistre; La lugubre gondola; R.W.-Venezia; Manzoni: Masse: Omaggio a Edgard Varèse / Schoenberg: Kammersymphonie op.9; Maurizio Pollini & Frédéric Chopin; Maurizio Pollini & Ludwig van Beethoven; Maurizio Pollini, Berliner Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado; Maurizio Pollini, Berliner Philharmoniker & Giuseppe Sinopoli; Maurizio Pollini, Johannes Brahms & Quartetto Italiano; Maurizio Pollini, Johannes Brahms, Wiener Philharmoniker & Karl Böhm; Maurizio Pollini, Wiener Philharmoniker & Karl Böhm; Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 19; Schoenberg: The Piano Music; Schubert: Piano Sonatas D958 & D959; Schubert: The Late Piano Sonatas D 958, 959 & 960; 3 Piano Pieces D 946; Allegretto D 915; Schumann: Piano Concerto Op.54 / Schoenberg: Piano Concerto Op.42; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Symphonic Etudes; Schumann: Sonata for Piano Op.11; Fantasia Op.17; Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini, Gabriela Lechner, Gretchen Eder, Elisabeth Mach, Jorge Pita, Andreas Esders, Gerhard Eder, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Walter Hagen-Groll.

Movies, television and video:

Che tempo che fa (2009); Freunde fürs Leben (1999); Maurizio Pollini & Christian Thielemann: Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 (2013); Maurizio Pollini spielt Beethoven (2020); Maurizio Pollini: De Main De Maître (2014); Music on 2 (1972); Mythos Mozart - Musik für die Welt (2006); Récital Maurizio Pollini (2012); The Lively Arts (1976).

Born on this day – Fred Ward:

Fred Ward

Actor

Producer

December 30, 1942 – May 8, 2022

Credits:

A Night with Alexandra Powers - We Are in No Hurry ... (2020); Abandon (2002); Altman on His Own Terms (2000); American Playhouse (1985–1991); Armored (2009); Belle Starr (1980); Best Men (1997); Big Business (1988); Biography (1999); Birdseye (2002); Bob Roberts (1992); Bogart (1990); Cardiac Arrest (1979); Carny (1980); Cartesius (1974); Cast a Deadly Spell (1991); Catchfire (1990); Chain Reaction (1996); Circus (2000); Coast to Coast (2003); Corky Romano (2001); Dangerous Beauty (1998); De película (1986); Dice (2001); Enough (2002); Entertainment Tonight (2022); Equinox (1992); ER (2006–2007); Escape from Alcatraz (1979); Exit Speed (2008); Farewell (2009); Feast of Love (2007); Filter: The Best Things (2000); ...First Do No Harm (1997); Florida Straits (1986); Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2023); Full Disclosure (2001); Funky Monkey (2004); Georgetown (2002); Ginger in the Morning (1974); Great Books: The Right Stuff (2000); Grey's Anatomy (2006); Gun (1997); Hearts of the West (1975); Henry & June (1990); In Plain Sight (2010); Invasion Earth (1998); Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000); Joe Dirt (2001); Leverage (2012); Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993); Management (2008); 'Masked & Anonymous' Exposed (2003); Masked and Anonymous (2003); Miami Blues (1990); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); Off Limits (1988); Quincy, M.E. (1978); Realizing 'the Right Stuff' (2003); Red Team (1999); Reflections on Short Cuts (2004); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); Road Trip (2000); Ropewalk (2000); Secret Admirer (1985); Short Cuts (1993); Silkwood (1983); Southern Comfort (1981); Summer Catch (2001); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985); Sweet Home Alabama (2002); Swing Shift (1984); T-20 Years and Counting (2003); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The Age of the Medici (1973); The Chaos Factor (2000); The Crow: Salvation (2000); The Dark Wind (1991); The Hitchhiker (1987); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Last Ride (2004); The Making of 'Tremors' (1990); The Player (1992); The Price of Life (1987); The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988); The Right Stuff (1983); The Vivero Letter (1999); The West (1996); The Wild Stallion (2009); 10.5 (2004); 2 Guns (2013); 30 Minutes or Less (2011); Thunderheart (1992); Tilt (1979); Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982); Tremors (1990 / 2018); Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996); True Detective (2015); Two Small Bodies (1993); Two Small Bodies (1993); UFOria (1984); Un bruit qui rend fou (1995); Uncommon Valor (1983); United States of Tara (2009–2010); Wild Iris (2001).

Born on this day – Cassandra Harris:

Cassandra Harris

Actress

December 15, 1942 – December 28, 1991

Credits:

Celebrity Page (2018); Dick Barton: Special Agent (1979); Enemy at the Door (1980); Five Days (1986); For Your Eyes Only (1981); For Your Eyes Only: Bond in Greece (2006); For Your Eyes Only: The Royal Premiere (1981); Inside 'for Your Eyes Only' (2000); Late Night with David Letterman (1984); Remington Steele (1982–1985); Rough Cut (1980); Saturday Night at the Mill (1981); Shadows (1978); Space: 1999 (1977); The Don Lane Show (1981); The Exotic Locations of 'For Your Eyes Only' (2006); The Greek Tycoon (1978); The Sun James Bond 'For Your Eyes Only' Television Commercial / Video (1981).

On this day in movie history - Pittsburgh (1942):

Pittsburgh

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by Kenneth Gamet, Tom Reed, John Twist, Robert Fellows and Winston Miller,

based on a story by George Owen and Tom Reed,

was released in the United States on December 11, 1942.
Music by Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner.

Cast:

Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Frank Craven, Louise Allbritton, Shemp Howard, Thomas Gomez, Ludwig Stössel, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Fix, William Haade, Charles Coleman, Nestor Paiva, John Alban, Charles Arnt, Lois Austin, Don Barclay, Robert Barron, Brandon Beach, Brooks Benedict, Edward Biby, Ted Billings, Wade Boteler, Chet Brandenburg, Tex Brodus, James Carlisle, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jack Chefe, James Conaty, Harry Cording, Victor Cox, Hal Craig, Oliver Cross, Grace Cunard, Sayre Dearing, Jack Deery, William Desmond, Helen Dickson, John Dilson, Jimmy Dime, Ed Emerson, Bess Flowers, Douglas Fowley, Joe Garcio, Jack Gardner, Jack Gargan, Kenneth Gibson, Gus Glassmire, George Golden, Dick Gordon, William Gould, Bobbie Hale, Eddie Hall, Chuck Hamilton, Sam Harris, Winifred Harris, Carol Henry, Edward Keane, Joe Kirk, Ethan Laidlaw, Nolan Leary, Kay Linaker, Frank Marlowe, Alphonse Martell, Johnny Marvin, Larry McGrath, Mira McKinney, Paul McVey, Robert Milasch, Irving Mitchell, Sandra Morgan, Frances Morris, Edmund Mortimer, Charles Morton, Broderick O'Farrell, Monty O'Grady, Bob Perry, Lorin Raker, Bob Reeves, Cyril Ring, Robert Robinson, William Ruhl, Virginia Sale, Paul Scott, Harry Seymour, John Sheehan, Charles Sherlock, Jack C. Smith, Tom Steele, Sammy Stein, Brick Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, Ben Taggart, Dale Van Sickel, Frankie Van, Ray Walker, Glen Walters, Anthony Warde, Phil Warren.

On this day in movie history – Casablanca (movie & books):

Casablanca

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch,

based on the play Everybody Comes to Rick's by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison,

was released in the United States on November 26, 1942.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, S.Z. Sakall, Madeleine Lebeau, Dooley Wilson, Joy Page, John Qualen, Leonid Kinskey, Curt Bois.

Recommended reading:

Casablanca: As Time Goes by:

50th Anniversary Commemorative

By Frank Miller.

Published by‎ Andrews McMeel Pub.
Published 1992.
First Edition.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1878685147
ISBN-13: 978-1878685148

Description:

The leading lady was the producer's second choice. The leading man avoided his co-star between love scenes for fear of his wife's jealousy. Two of the stars didn't want to be in the movie in the first place. And nobody knew how the picture would end until the day they shot the final scene. Yet, out of this chaos came one of the enduring film favorites of all time – Casablanca.

For the First time, here is the whole story of Warner Bros. Production No. 410, from the original play that laid its foundation, through casting, writing, shooting, and post-production, to the series of lucky breaks that created one of the most everlastingly popular films of the last fifty years.

At every step along the road to Casablanca, the picture's creators had to make choices that later meant the difference between triumph and flop. Ronald Regan was initially announced to play one of the male leads. Producer Hal Wallis considered casting Ella Fitzgerald as Sam the piano player. Composer Max Steiner tried to cut "As Time Goes By." And sometimes the participants managed to make the right choices in spite of themselves.

Lavishly illustrated with a collection of photos, memos, blueprints and posters never before assembled in one book 'Casablanca: As Time Goes By...' paints the most complete picture ever of a movie that has mesmerized film-lovers and romantics for half a century.

The Scene-by-Scene Casablanca Film Guidebook:

A Detailed Look at the Hollywood Film Classic

By Michael Willian.

Published by Kerpluggo Books.

Published 2020.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0976242915

ISBN-13: 978-0976242918

Description:

It’s the ideal way to enjoy this American film classic – a comprehensive guidebook that walks you through Casablanca scene by scene. Breathing new life into the film, the guidebook is packed with intriguing insights, cool cast and film anecdotes, and countless closer looks at scene details, curiosities, historical tie-ins, gaffes and more. And it’s all presented in a smart, page turning format. Casablanca fans will be thrilled to have this humorous and insightful companion guiding them through this cinematic gem with fresh eyes.

Inside the guidebook you'll find: first-of-their kind illustrations showing the layouts of Rick's Cafe, the Casablanca Airport and the Paris street and bistro Rick and Ilsa visit, and where your favorite scenes take place in relation to one another; a complete chronology of key film scenes; a handy summary of World War II events leading up to the film's setting; the stories behind the countless World War II-era references that have lost their context over time; translations for the film's foreign language references, and the fascinating insights they unlock; a breakdown of songs in the film; film bookmarks for easy access to key details; And here is just a sampling of the things you'll discover: what popular chess strategy Rick invokes while playing both sides of the table, and the host of curiosities and gaffes involving the match; where Ilsa gets the gun she pulls on Rick; the incredible real-life story of how two Casablanca actors, then married, made their own World War II escape from France to America; Carl's profession before he waited tables at Rick's; the good luck symbol Ferrari displays outside the Blue Parrot; how to recreate Rick and Ilsa's Paris boat ride scene; what real-life plane was used for Strasser's arrival, and what became of it; whether Captain Renault's champagne recommendation to Strasser really was a good one.