On this day in movie history - Impact (1949):

Impact

directed by Arthur Lubin,

written by Jay Dratler and Dorothy Davenport,

based on a story by Jay Dratler,

was released in the United States on April 1, 1949.
Music by Michel Michelet.

Cast:

Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Anna May Wong, Robert Warwick, Clarence Kolb, Art Baker, William Wright, Mae Marsh, Sheilah Graham, Tony Barrett, Philip Ahn, Glen Vernon, Linda Leighton, Jason Robards, Erskine Sanford, Ruth Robinson, Lucius Cooke, Tom Greenway, Ben Welden, Joel Friedkin, Joe Kirk, William Ruhl, Mary Landa, Harry Cheshire.

On this day in movie history - The Set-Up (1949):

The Set-Up

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Art Cohn,

based on the book-length narrative poem by Joseph Moncure March,

was released in the United States on March 29, 1949.
Music by C. Bakaleinikof and Roy Webb.

Cast:

Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Percy Helton, Hal Fieberling, Darryl Hickman, Kenny O'Morrison, James Edwards, David Clarke, Phillip Pine, Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig.

Born on this day – Niels Arestrup:

Niels Arestrup

Actor

Writer

Director

February 8, 1949 – December 1, 2024

Credits:

20 heures le journal (1999–2014); 20h30 le dimanche (2021); 28' (2022); 96 heures (2014); A Private Affair (2002); A Prophet (2009); Albert Savarus (1993); Allons au cinéma (1976); Arte Journal (2024); At Eternity's Gate (2018); Au Field de la nuit (2014); Barbablù, Barbablù (1987); Baron noir (2016); Bouillon de culture (1991–1992); By the Sea (2015); C à vous (2011–2021); Calls (2019); Capitain Marleau (2017); Champs-Elysées (1982); Charlie Dingo (1987); Cinema 3 (2009–2010); Citizen Langlois (1995); City Empires (1998); Clique dimanche (2018); Compression (2024); Délit mineur (1994); Demain les mômes (1976); Diesel (1985); Diplomacy (2014); Diplomatie: Making of (2015); Divertimento (2022); Doux amer (1987); Dream On (2000); Du blues dans la tête (1981); Effraction (1986); En aparté (2023); Farewell (2009); Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette letter (2000); Film Önü / Arkasi (2020); Fragments of Antonin (2006); Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma (1987); Histoires abominables / Segment: La passion d'une femme sans Coeur (1979); I, You, He, She (1974); Jacques Audiard - Le cinéma à coeur (2021); La cerisaie (1982); La danse de mort (1982); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1977–1988); La dernière carte (1974); La femme abandonee (1992); La grande dune (1990); La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (1984); La guerre d'un seul homme (1981); La nuit des Césars (2006–2019); La nuit des Molières (1920); La part animale (2007); La part de l'ombre (2000); La passion d'une femme sans Coeur (1979); La rumba (1987); La traversée du miroir (2011); La vie de château (1984); Le candidat (2007); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1995); Le goûter chez Niels (1986); Le grand échiquier (1983); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2007–2016); Le grand soir (1976); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1980); Le pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz (1999); Le Rainbow Warrior (2006); Le retour d'Elisabeth Wolff (1982); Le roman du samedi (1980); Le Temps des Cerises (2008); Le tourbillon des jours (1979); Les apprentis sorciers (1977); Les derniers jours de la victime (1995); Les enquêtes d'Éloïse Rome (2002); Les héritiers (1981); Les loups entre eux (1985); Les papillons noirs (2022); Les poneys sauvages (1983); Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1982); Lettres à un jeune poète (2010); L'invitation (2009); L'invité (2021); L'oiseau bleu (1981); Lulu (1978); Lumiere (1976); Manon Roland (1989); Meeting Venus (1991); Memoirs of a French Whore (1979); Messieurs les jurés (1974); Miss O'Gynie et les hommes fleurs (1974); Myster Mocky présente (2020); Nulle part ailleurs (1995–2000); On est en direct (2021); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2001); On n'est pas couché (2015–2016); Our Children (2012); Papa lumière (2015); Parlez-moi d'amour (2002); Plus ça va, moins ça va (1977); Profession (2018); Rausch der Verwandlung (1989); Return to Montauk (2017); Rewind (1998); Sarah's Key (2010); Second Chance (1976); See You Up There (2017); Seuls (1981); Sincerely Charlotte (1985); Small World (2010); Sortie d'usine 2017 (2017); Stavisky (1974); Studio Gabriel (1996); Suite noire (2009); Tauwetter (1977); Télé Caroline (1989); The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005); The Big Picture (2010); The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007); The Dune (2013); The French Minister (2013); The Future Is Woman (1984); Thé ou café (2001–2015); The Song of Roland (1978); The Woman Cop (1980); Villa Caprice (2020); Ville étrangère (1988); Vivement dimanche (2015–2019); Vivement dimanche prochain (2011–2021); War Horse (2011); You Will Be My Son (2011).

On this day in movie history - Criss Cross (1949):

Criss Cross

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Daniel Fuchs,

based on the novel by Don Tracy,

was released in the United States on January 19, 1949.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Esy Morales, Tom Pedi, Percy Helton, Alan Napier, Griff Barnett, Meg Randall, Richard Long, Joan Miller, Edna Holland, John Doucette, Marc Krah, James O'Rear, John 'Skins' Miller, Jean Bane, Ralph Brooks, Dolores Castle, Michael Cisney, Corky (the Dog), Tony Curtis, Gene Evans, Sam Finn, Lee Tong Foo, Timmy Hawkins, Geraldine Jordan, George Lynn, Robert Osterloh, Garry Owen, Kenneth Patterson, Jose Portugal, Isabel Randolph, Suzanne Ridgway, Beatrice Roberts, Stephen Roberts, John Roy, Vito Scotti, Ann Staunton, Diane Stewart, Kippee Valez, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Winkler, Bud Wolfe.

Born on this day – Robert Palmer:

Robert Palmer

Singer

Songwriter

Musician

Producer

January 19, 1949 – September 26, 2003

Born on this day – Andy Kaufman:

Andy Kaufman

Actor

Comedian

January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984

On this day in movie history - Side Street (1949):

Side Street

directed by Anthony Mann,

written by Sydney Boehm,

was released in the United States on December 14, 1949.
Music by Lennie Hayton.

Cast:

Farley Granger, Cathy O’Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly, Jean Hagen, Paul Harvey, Edmon Ryan, Charles McGraw, Edwin Max, Adele Jergens, Harry Bellaver, Whit Bissell, John Gallaudet, Esther Somers, Harry Antrim, Ben Cooper, King Donovan, David Bauer, Anthony Dexter, Herb Vigran.