Born on this day – Tanya Roberts:

Tanya Roberts

Actress

October 15, 1949 – January 4, 2021

Credits:

27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 68th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1999); A View to a Kill (1985); A View to a Kill: Deleted Scenes with Introductions by John Glen (2006); A View to a Kill: Featurette (1985); A View to a Kill: Film '85 BBC Report (1985); A View to a Kill: The Royal Premiere (1985); Almost Pregnant (1992); Barbershop (2005); Biography (2000); Body Slam (1986); Bond Exhibit (2008); Burke's Law (1994); California Dreaming (1979); Charlie's Angels (1980–1981); Charlie's Angels: TV Tales (2002); Deep Down (1994); Designing Bond: Peter Lamont (2000); E! True Hollywood Story (2002–2006); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Charlie's Angels – Uncovered (1999); Eve (2005); Evening (1983); Eye on L.A. (1985); Famous Homes & Hideaways (2000); Fantasy Island (1982); Favorite Deadly Sins (1995); Fillmore! (2003); Fingers (1978); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1979); Happy Hour (1999); Hearts and Armour (1983); High Tide (1997); Hollywood '84 (1984); Hollywood Squares (2001–2004); Hot Line (1994–1996); Hour Magazine (1981); I Can't Believe I Wore That (2005); Inner Sanctum (1991); Inside 'A View to a Kill' (2000); Inside TV Land (2000); Investigating Tarzan (1997); James Bond 007 at the Movies (1986); James Bond: Licence to Thrill (1987); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1994); Legal Tender (1991); Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987) / Britain's Favourite Detectives (2014); Murder Me, Murder You (1983); Na sowas! (1985); Night Eyes (1990); Off Centre (2002); Pajama Party (2000); Pleasure Cove (1979); Politically Incorrect (2001); Purgatory (1988); Racquet (1979); Sheena (1984); Silk Stalkings (1995); Sins of Desire (1993); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); That '70s Show (1998–2004); The Alan Thicke Show (1981–1982); The Angry Beavers (1998); The Beastmaster (1982); The Beastmaster Chronicles (2020); The Blues Brothers Animated Series (1997); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1992); The Insider (2013); The John Davidson Show (1981); The Last Victim (1976); The List (2000); The Love Boat (1982); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Men Behind the Mayhem: The Special Effects of James Bond (2000); The Merv Griffin Show (1985); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Pandora Directive (1996); The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977); The Saga of 'the Beastmaster' (2005); The Test (2001); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1981–1982); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2008); The Yum Yum Girls (1976); Time & Again (2000); Tourist Trap (1979); TV Land Confidential (2007); Twisted Justice (1990); UnConventional (2004); Vega$ (1980); Waikiki (1980); Zuma Beach (1978).

Born on this day – Marie Laforêt:

Marie Laforêt

Actress

Singer

October 5, 1949 – November 2, 2019

Born on this day – Paul D'Amato:

Paul D'Amato

Actor

October 2, 1949 – February 19, 2024

Credits:

The Unusuals (2009); Light and the Sufferer (2007); The Living Wake (2007); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2005); Law & Order (1993–2002); The Opportunists (1999); Men Under Water (1998); Six Ways to Sunday (1997); Destination Anywhere (1997); Crimson Lights (1994); Dangerous Affairs (1993); American Playhouse (1988); Suspect (1987); A Case of Deadly Force (1986); F/X (1986); Murder Ink (1983); Heaven's Gate (1980); Firepower (1979); The Deer Hunter (1978); Heaven Can Wait (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Deadliest Season (1977); Slap Shot (1977); Code R (1977); Magnum Force (1973).

Stage play:

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1996).

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

Trapped

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Earl Felton and George Zuckerman,

was released in the United States on October 1, 1949.

Narrated by William Woodson.

Music by Sol Kaplan.

Cast:

Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt, James Todd, Russ Conway, Robert Karnes, Douglas Spencer, Lyle Latell.

On this day in movie history - Thieves’ Highway (1949):

Thieves’ Highway

directed by Jules Dassin,

written by A. I. Bezzerides,

based on the novel Thieves’ Market by A. I. Bezzerides,

was released in the United States on September 20, 1949.
Music by Alfred Newman and Cyril J. Mockridge.

Cast:

Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell, Joseph Pevney, Morris Carnovsky, Tamara Shayne, Kasia Orzazewski, Norbert Schiller, Hope Emerson, Walter Baldwin, Robert Bice, Howland Chamberlain, David Clarke, Roy Damron, Jules Dassin, Al Eben, Robert Foulk, Joe Haworth, Percy Helton, Ted Jordan, Frank Kreig, Saul Martell, Edwin Max, John Merton, Ann Morrison, James Nolan, David Opatoshu, Frank Richards, Maurice Samuels, Mario Siletti, Irene Tedrow, George Tyne, Dick Wessel, Harry Wilson.

On this day in movie history - White Heat (1949):

White Heat

directed by Raoul Walsh,

written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts,

based on a story by Virginia Kellogg,

was released in the United States on September 3, 1949.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly, Steve Cochran, John Archer, Wally Cassell, Fred Clark, G. Pat Collins, Paul Guilfoyle, Ian MacDonald, Robert Osterloh, Ford Rainey, Aline Towne, Jim Thorpe.

On this day in movie history - Madame Bovary (1949):

Madame Bovary

directed by Vincente Minnelli,

written by Robert Ardrey,

based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert,

was released in the United States on August 25, 1949.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockhart, Frank Allenby, Gladys Cooper, John Abbott, Harry Morgan, George Zucco, Ellen Corby, Eduard Franz, Henri Letondal, Esther Somers, Frederic Tozere, Paul Cavanagh, Vernon Steele, Dawn Kinney.

Born on this day – Martin Amis:

Martin Amis

Writer

August 25, 1949 – May 19, 2023

On this day in movie history - The Barton Mystery (1949):

The Barton Mystery

aka Le mystère Barton,

directed and written by Charles Spaak,

based on the play The Barton Mystery by Walter C. Hackett,

was released in France on August 19, 1949.
Music by Daniel Lesur.

Cast:

Françoise Rosay, Fernand Ledoux, Madeleine Robinson, Georges Lannes, Nathalie Nattier, Loleh Bellon, Jacques Torrens, Maurice Teynac, Jean Marchat, Victor Vina, Régine Dancourt, Jacques Mattler, Robert Moor, Geneviève Morel.

On this day in movie history - Too Late for Tears (1949):

Too Late for Tears

directed by Byron Haskin,

inspired by the April 1947 serial in the Saturday Evening Post,

and the July 1947 novel by Roy Huggins,

was released in the United States on August 13, 1949.
Music by R. Dale Butts.

Cast:

Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy, Kristine Miller, Barry Kelley, Billy Halop, Denver Pyle, Smoki Whitfield.

Born on this day – José Luccioni:

José Luccioni

Actor

August 1, 1949 – June 2, 2022

Credits:

Assassin's Creed II (2009); Asterix Versus Caesar (1985); Au théâtre ce soir (1976–1980); Beretta, derrière la voix (2013); Catherine & Co. (1975); Closed Shutters (1973); Comme un pot de fraises!.. (1974); Fan des années 70 (2012); Fan des années 80 (2010); Final Fantasy XV (2016); Final Fantasy XV: Comrades (2017); Gothic 3 (2006); Il était une fois... l'espace (1982); Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions (1979); Jour de pluie (2017); L'aventure humaine (2003); Le dernier homme (2012); Le mouton noir (1979); Le théâtre de Tristan Bernard (1975); Les amours des années 50 (1985); Les amours des années grises (1981); Les malheurs de la comtesse (1973); Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002); Murder Is a Murder (1972); N'oublie pas ton père au vestiaire... (1982); Nous ne l'avons pas assez aimée (1982); Overwatch 2 (2022); Pole Position (1984); Preuves à l'appui (1978); Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle (2006); Silver Anniversary (1979); Star Wars: The Old Republic / Video Game (2011); The Little Prince (2013); The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982–1983); The Saboteur (2009); Un matin de juin 40 (1974); Watch Dogs (2014).

On this day in movie history - Scene of the Crime (1949):

Scene of the Crime

directed by Roy Rowland,

written by Charles Schnee,

based on the article Smashing the Bookie Gang Marauders by John Bartlow Martin,

was released in the United States on July 28, 1949.
Music by André Previn.

Cast:

Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, John McIntire, Donald Woods, Norman Lloyd, Jerome Cowan, Tom Powers, Richard Benedict, Anthony Caruso, Robert Gist, Romo Vincent, Tom Helmore, Caleb Peterson, William Haade.

Born on this day – Maury Chaykin:

Maury Chaykin

Actor

July 27, 1949 – July 27, 2010

Recommended reading - The Moving Target / aka Harper (1949):

The Moving Target

aka Harper.

By Ross MacDonald.

ISBN-10: 037570146X

ISBN-13: 978-0375701467

Published 1949.

Back cover description:

CRIME FICTION

“Ross Macdonald remains the grandmaster, taking the crime novel to new heights by imbuing it with psychological resonance, complexity of story, and richness of style that remain awe-inspiring. Those of us in his wake owe a debt that can never be paid. – Jonathan Kellerman.

Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. There’s the sun-worshipping holy man whom Sampson once gave his very own mountain; the fading actress with sidelines in astrology and S&M. Now one of Sampson’s friends may have arranged his kidnapping. And as Lew Archer follows the clues from the canyon sanctuaries of the megarich to jazz joints where you get beaten up between sets, The Moving Target blends sex, greed, and family hatred into an explosively readable crime novel.

“Macdonald is one of a handful of writers in the [mystery] genre whose worth and quality surpass the limitations of the form.” – Los Angeles Times.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it was Ross Macdonald. Between the later 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his predecessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience whop walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.

VINTAGE CRIME / BLACK LIZARD

Born on this day – Shelley Duvall:

Shelley Duvall

Actress

Producer

Singer

Writer

July 7, 1949 – July 11, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Animal Express (1991); Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall…Merry Christmas (1991); Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall…Sweet Dreams (1991).

Movies and television:

19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 3 Women (1977); 50/50 / critique (2020); 9-1-1 (2018); A Conversation with Robert Altman (2000); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1997); Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1997); AFI Life Achievement Award (1994); Alberto Iglesias, el músico fiel (2006); Aliens for Breakfast (1995); Alone (1997); Altman (2014); An Accidental Studio (2019); An American Saturday Night (1991); Annie Hall (1977); Arena (1980); Backfield in Motion (1991); Baretta (1976); Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976); Boltneck (2000); Booker (1984); Brewster McCloud (1970); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Cannon (1973); Casper Meets Wendy (1998); Changing Habits (1997); Charlie Rose (1999); Cinderella: Rocked, Wired & Bluesed - The Greatest Video Hits / Segment: Shelter Me (2005); Cinderella: Shelter Me (1990); Clapper Board (1979 / 1981); Colorshopping Vol. 7 (2013); Debra Duncan (1998); Dr. Jack and Mr. Nicholson (2019); Dr. Phil (2016); Dreams in the Attic (2000); E! True Hollywood Story (2004); Earthquake Survival (1987); Entertainment Tonight (2016–2022); Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1987); Film '80 (1980); Filmworker (2017); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); Frankenweenie (1984 / 2012); Frasier (1995); Fridays (1981–1982); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2023); Frog (1988); Frogs! (1993); Good Morning, Texas (2000); Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight (1997); Hollywood Insider (2021); Home Fries (1998); Hour Magazine (1985); Howl: Inside the Forest Hills (2024); Howl: The Furlong Files (2023); Howl: The Shelley Files (2023); Hulkamania Forever (1990); It's a Bird's Life (1992); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Karussell (1981); Kubrick by Kubrick (2020); Kubrick Remembered (2014); L.A. Law (1994); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Late Night with David Letterman (1993); Les Chroniques du Mea (2014–2018); Live from Smodcastle: The Forest Hills Premiere (2023); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Mr. and Mrs. (1973); Manna from Heaven (2002); McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971); Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990); Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures (1986); Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1994); Nashville (1975); Newton's Apple (1994); Nightmare Classics (1989); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Popeye (1980); Popples (1986); Punch-Drunk Love (2002); Reel to Reel (1998); Robert Altman: Giggle and Give In (1996); Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018); RocketMan (1997); Room 237 (2012); Roxanne (1987); Saturday Night Live (1976 / 1977); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005); Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework (1997); Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992–1993); Six Different Kinds of Light John Alcott (2015); Spécial cinéma (1981); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001); Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man (1996); Steven Spielberg: An American Cinematheque Tribute (1989); Stories from Growing Up (1991); Suburban Commando (1991); Tale of the Mummy (1998); Tall Tales & Legends (1985–1986); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards (1989); The 12th Annual CableACE Awards (1991); The 17th Annual CableACE Awards (1995); The 1993 Annual Vision Awards (1993); The 20th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1993); The 4th Floor (1999); The 5th Annual Cable Ace Awards (1983); The 8th Annual Cable ACE Awards (1987); The 9th Annual CableACE Awards (1988); The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Best of Dan Aykroyd (1986); The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour (1982); The Chipmunks: Rockin' Through the Decades (1990); The David Frost Show (1971); The Directors (2000–2018); The Fairest of Them All (1983); The Forest Hills (2023); The Hughleys (1999); The Merv Griffin Show (1981); The Paul Simon Special (1977); The Player (1997); The Portrait of a Lady (1996); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1992); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Secret World of the Very Young (1984); The Shining (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1980); The Twilight Zone / Segment: A Saucer of Loneliness (1986); The Underneath (1995); Thieves Like Us (1974); Time Bandits (1981); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997); Twilight Theatre (1982); View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' (2007); VM Show Vol. 2 (2005); WatchMojo (2018); Welcome to the Basement (2013); Wishbone (1997).

On this day in movie history - The Big Steal (1949):

The Big Steal

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Gerald Drayson Adams, Daniel Mainwaring and Geoffrey Homes,

was released in the United States on June 29, 1949.
Based on the short story The Road to Carmichael's by Richard Wormser, published in The Saturday Evening Post (1942).
Music by Leigh Harline.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles, Ramon Novarro, Don Alvarado, John Qualen, Pascual García Peña.

Born on this day – Bruno Kirby:

Bruno Kirby

Actor

April 28, 1949 – August 14, 2006

Born on this day – Doug Sheehan:

Doug Sheehan

Actor

April 27, 1949 – June 29, 2024

Credits:

10 (1979); A Mom for Christmas (1990); Alice (1983); Battle of the Network Stars XVI (1984); Battle of the Network Stars XVII (1984); Charlie's Angels (1978); Cheers (1983); Clueless (1997–1999); Columbo (1993); Cops n Roberts (1995); Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990); Day by Day (1988–1989); Day by Day (1988–1989); Dear John (1980); Diagnosis Murder (2000); Dynasty (1982); Family Feud (1982); General Hospital (1979–1982); Heavens to Betsy (1995); In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988); Just Men! (1983); Kaz (1979); Knots Landing (1983–1988); Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again (2005); MacGyver (1990); Passions (2002); Promised Land (1997); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1999–2003); Stranger in My Bed (1987); Style & Substance (1998); That Was Then (2002); The $10,000 Pyramid (1983); The $25,000 Pyramid (1983); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Knots Landing Block Party (1993); The Magical World of Disney (1990); The Merv Griffin Show (1980–1985); The Regis Philbin Show (1982); What I Like About You (2003).

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.