On this day in movie history - Anatomy of a Murder (1959):

Anatomy of a Murder

directed by Otto Preminger,

written by Wendell Mayes,

based on the novel by Robert Traver,

was released in the United States on June 29, 1959.
Music by Duke Ellington.

Cast:

James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott, Orson Bean, Russ Brown, Murray Hamilton, Brooks West, Ken Lynch, John Qualen, Howard McNear, Alexander Campbell, Ned Wever, Jimmy Conlin, Royal Beal, Joseph Kearns, Don Ross, Lloyd Le Vasseur, James Waters, Joseph N. Welch, Danny the Dog, Duke Ellington, Irv Kupcinet, Lawrence K. Paquin, Chuck Ramsay, Mrs. Joseph Welch.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 39.

Episode entitled: The Platter Pirates.

Released June 26, 1959.

Directed by Dan Alexander.

Written by Robert C. Dennis and Jon Kubichan.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gale Robbins, Tommy Farrell, Patricia Huston, Lou Krugman, Baynes Barron, Howard McLeod, Bruce Hayes, Frank Garfield, Robin Raymond.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 38.

Episode entitled: Mr. Grim’s Rabbits.

Released June 19, 1959.

Directed by David Butler.

Written by Melvin Levy.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Carole Mathews, Tim Graham, Ralph Clanton, Patricia Michon, Freeman Lusk, Terry Frost, Voorheis J. Ardoin, Michael Carr, Jerry Hall, Don Hix.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 37.
Episode entitled: Decoy in White.
Released June 12, 1959.
Directed by Sidney Lanfield.
Written by Robert Tallman.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Mike Road, Mike Mazurki, James Flavin, Judy Bamber, Maggie McCarter, Dorothea Lord.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 36.
Episode entitled: The Dangerous Game.
Released June 5, 1959.
Directed by Bretaigne Windust.
Written by Joel Kane, Allen H. Miner and Frank L. Moss.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Kasey Rogers, Jonathan Hole, Paul Lukather, Laurie Mitchell, House Peters Jr., Mary Gregory, Max Dommar.

June in music history - B.B. King Wails, by B.B. King And His Orchestra (1959):

B.B. King Wails

Album by B.B. King And His Orchestra,
released in June 1959.
Exact release date unknown.

Track list:

Joe Josea; I’ve Got Papers on You, Baby; Tomorrow Is Another Day; Come by Here; The Fool;  Love You So; The Woman I Love; We Can’t Make It Right; Treat Me Right; Time to Say Goodbye.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 35.
Episode entitled: High School Bride.
Released May 29, 1959.
Directed by John Brahm.
Written by Robert C. Dennis.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Jimmy Murphy, Marion Ross, Jeanne Bates, Rusty Lane, Deanna Ross, Phil Arnold.

Born on this day – Robyn Bernard:

Robyn Bernard

Actress

Musician

Singer

Pianist

May 26, 1959 – March 12, 2024

Credits:

Betty Blue (1986); Diva (1981); General Hospital (1984–1990); Hour Magazine (1986); Kings for a Day (1997); Maigret (1992); Roselyne and the Lions (1989); Simon & Simon (1983); The Facts of Life (1984); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); Tour of Duty (1988); Voices from the High School (2002); Whiz Kids (1983); Win, Lose or Draw (1988).

Born on this day – David Harris:

David Harris

Actor

Producer

May 23, 1959 – October 25, 2024

Credits:

18 Wheels of Justice (2001); A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion (1982); A Soldier's Story (1984); Any Day Now (2000); Attica (1980); Badge of the Assassin (1985); Benny's Place (1982); Black Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997); Brubaker (1980); Cop Rock (1990); Crime Story (1988); DEA (1990); Dead End City (1988); Death Penalty (1980); Dish Dogs (2000); Elementary (2014); Equal Justice (1991); ER (2000); Fatal Beauty (1987); Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993); Favorite Deadly Sins (1995); Fire with Fire (1986); First Wives Club (2019); Form, Space & Murder (1997); Great Performances (1977); Hill Street Blues (1984–1986); His Dying Wish (2016); In the Heat of the Night (1988); In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance (1994); Instinct (2018); James White (2015); Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976); Kojak (1977); Law & Order (2010); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2012); MacGyver (1986); Maniac (2013); Martial Law (1999); Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997); Mommy's Box (2016); North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985); NYPD Blue (1993–2002); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1998); Philly (2001); Profiler (1997); Purple Hearts (1984); Quicksilver (1986); Simon & Simon (1988); Straight (2014); The Andy Troy Show (2017); The Beginning: From Novel to Screen (2005); The Bob Show (2008); The Equalizer (1989); The Grindhouse Radio (2016); The Littlest Hobo (1982); The Phenomenon: Releasing the Warriors (2005); The Warriors (1979); The Warriors / Video Game (2005); The Warriors: Last Subway Ride Home (2015); The Way Home: Making the Warriors (2005); The White Shadow (1979); Under Cover (1987); Vietnam War Story (1987); Zoo Crew Two (2022).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 34.
Episode entitled: The Outsider.
Released May 22, 1959.
Directed by Don Taylor.
Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.
Music by Count Basie and Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Joyce Meadows, William Tregoe, Michael Garth, Nancy Valentine, Nestor Paiva, Ralph Moody, Ed Prentiss, Molly Dodd.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 32.
Episode entitled: The Baited Hook.
Released May 8, 1959.
Directed by Mark Sandrich Jr.
Written by Merwin Gerard.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Vic Perrin, Laurie Carroll, Buddy Lester, Jack Ging.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 31.
Episode entitled: Robber’s Roost.
Released May 1, 1959.
Directed by Sidney Lanfield.
Written by Jack Jacobs.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Stanley Dyrector, Robert E. Griffin, Evelyn Scott, Jim Hayward, Howard McLeod, Paul E. Burns.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 30.

Episode entitled: The Terror on Dark Street.

Released April 24, 1959.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Written by Jack Laird.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Jocelyn Brando, Carleton G. Young, Barbara Drew, John Milford, Jack Rice, Dick Wilson.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 29.
Episode entitled: The Fire Makers.
Released April 17, 1959.
Directed by Don Medford.
Written by Frank Moss.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, James Coburn, Leonard Nimoy, Georgine Darcy, Milton Frome, Steven Ritch, Maida Severn, Helen Conrad, Bud and Travis, Frank O’Connor.

Recommended reading - The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, by Mordecai Richler (1959):

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

By Mordecai Richler.

Filmed as The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), directed by Ted Kotcheff.

Published by Gallery Books.

First published 1959.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0671028472

ISBN-13: 978-0671028473

Description:

It is time to recognize Mr. Richler as one of North America's most powerful novelists. – The Washington Times.

A rasping humor pervades the book....It burgeons with its special talent and a vulgar vitality. – Chicago Tribune.

A fast-moving, entertaining, and bawdy novel. – The Washington Times.

Funny in the biting, subversive manner of Joseph Heller and Philip Roth. – Los Angeles Times.

Duddy Kravitz [is] Richler's most famous creation. – Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Richler has been praised for his clear-eyed vision and his realistic style.... The total effect is as brash and blatant as a sports car rally -- and as suggestive of power. It comes off brilliantly. – Alfred Kazin, The New York Times Book Review.

From Mordecai Richler, one of our greatest satirists, comes one of literature's most delightful characters, Duddy Kravitz -- in a novel that belongs in the pantheon of seminal twentieth century books.

Duddy -- the third generation of a Jewish immigrant family in Montreal -- is combative, amoral, scheming, a liar, and totally hilarious. From his street days tormenting teachers at the Jewish academy to his time hustling four jobs at once in a grand plan to "be somebody," Duddy learns about living -- and the lesson is an outrageous roller-coaster ride through the human comedy. As Richler turns his blistering commentary on love, money, and politics, The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz becomes a lesson for us all ... in laughter and in life.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 28.

Episode entitled: The Crush Out.

Released April 10, 1959.

Directed by Virgil W. Vogel.

Written by Ric Hardman.

Music by Count Basie and Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, William Phipps, Tyler McVey, James Chandler, Robert Burton, Michael Rye, Ashley Cowan, Mike Ragan, Patricia Lloyd, Carl McIntire.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 27.

Episode entitled: The Vanishing Lady.

Released April 3, 1959.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Written by Jack Jacobs.

Music by Lyn Murray.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Jack Mullaney, Mary LaRoche, Mary Scott, William Hudson, John Eldredge, Henry McCann.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 26.
Episode entitled: Ghost Town.
Released March 27, 1959.
Directed by John Brahm.
Written by Jack Laird, Lawrence Resner, John Francis Larkin and Boris Ingster.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Alan Marshal, Sally Todd, John Herman Shaner, Maggie McCarter, Charles Herbert, Bill Baldwin, Sid Melton.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 25.
Episode entitled: The Harpies.
Released March 20, 1959.
Directed by Fletcher Markle.
Written by Robert C. Dennis.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Beatrice Kay, Gail Kobe, Luana Anders, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Elmore Vincent, Judd Holdren.

Born on this day – Irene Cara:

Irene Cara

Singer

Writer

Actress

March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022

Credits:

20 to 1 (2010); 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); 9am with David & Kim (2006); A Celebration of Life: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. (1984); Aaron Loves Angela (1975); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); Ally McBeal (2002); American Bandstand (1980–1983); American Idol (2003–2012); American Playhouse (1983); Any Given Sunday (2006); Apple Pie (1975); Atomic Kitten: Kitten Diaries (2002); Bagets (1984); Beauty and the Beast (1992); Beyond Awareness to Action: Ending Abuse of Women (1995); Black Music in America: From Then Till Now (1971); Bob's Burgers (2013); Body Electric (2002–2006); Bring Back... Fame (2008); Britain's Got Talent (2011–2012); Busted Up (1986); Bustin' Loose (1988); Caged in Paradiso (1989); Cannonball (2017); Celebrity Splash! Australia (2013); Certain Fury (1985); Champs-Elysées (1983); Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003); China Cry: A True Story (1990); City Heat (1984); D.C. Cab (1983); Dancing Stars (2013); Dancing with the Stars (2009); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2003–2008); Die Hit-Giganten (2005); Die ultimative Chartshow (2005); DJ Bobo & Irene Cara: What a Feeling (2001); Domino Day (2007); Downtown: A Street Tale (2004); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Edle dråper (2002); Eight (2020); Elämäni Biisi (2022); Elephant Shoes (2005); Emu's World (1984); Entertainment Tonight (2007); Eufòria (2022); F.C. De Kampioenen (1990–1991); Fama ¡a bailar! (2008); Fame (1980–1984); Flashdance (1983); Gabriel's Fire (1991); Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion (2004); Ghostbusters (1984); Girls (2013); Glee (2012); Going Bananas (1984); Gone Country (2008); Granada Reports (2018); Greatest Ever 80s Movies (2007); Grey's Anatomy (2009); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); Happily Ever After (1989); Hasta luego cocodrilo (1992); Hearts Are Wild (1992); Hermanos: Cantaré, cantarás (1985); Hit Me, Baby, One More Time (2005); Hungry Hearts (2014); I Love 1980's (2001); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2005); Idol (2003); Idol (2005); Idol winner 2005 (2005); Idols (2003); Idols (2006); Idols (2007); Idool 2004 (2004); Irene (1981); Irene Cara: Anyone Can See (1982); Irene Cara: Breakdance (1984); Irene Cara: Downtown (2006); Irene Cara: Fame (1982); Irene Cara: Fame (Movie Version) (1980); Irene Cara: Fame (Show Version) (1982); Irene Cara: Flashdance... What a Feeling (1983); Irene Cara: Girlfriends (1987); Irene Cara: I Can Fly (1988); Irene Cara: My Baby (He's Something Else) (1982); Irene Cara: No One But You (1990); Irene Cara: Out Here on My Own (1980); Irene Cara: Out Here on My Own (Show Version) (1982); Irene Cara: Reach Out I'll Be There (1982); Irene Cara: The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream) (1984); Irene Cara: Why Me? (1983); It Takes Two (2007); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1983); Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (1980); Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 (2004); Killing 'em Softly (1982); King of the Hill (2002); KISS and Randi Reisfeld in Kids Are People, Too (1981–1982); Kojak (1976); Kommissar Rex (1995); La máquina de bailar (2006); La télé de Sébastien (2006); Les 30 ans du TOP 50 (2015); Les 50 ans du Disco - les stars chantent pour le Sidaction (2023); Les enfants de la télé (2017–2019); Lip Sync Battle (2015); Lip Sync Battle Philippines (2018); Lorraine (2016); Love of Life (1970-1971); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1984); Masked Singer Suomi (2020); Miss Tacuarembó (2010); Mitch Miller's Singalong Sampler (1981); Motormouth (1991); MTV 80s - Top 50 at the Movies! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); Music Box (2021); Musical Chairs (1975); My Music: Movie Songs (2007); Na sowas! (1983); Nacidas para sufrir (2009); Nip/Tuck (2008); Nöjesmaskinen (1983); On Location with: FAME (1980); One Hit Wonderland (2014); Operación triunfo (2002); PBS News Weekend (2022); Performance (1981); Peter Rabbit (2018); Popular (2000); Professor Hope's Thanksgiving Campus Comedy Capers (1983); Rapmania: The Roots of Rap (1990); Ray Parker Jr.: Girls Are More Fun (1985); Razzle Dazzle (2007); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Rovers (2016); Salute! (1983); Saturday Night Live (2001–2015); SHIMMER Volume 36 (2010); Show-Express (1980); Sister, Sister (1982); Six Feet Under (2002); Slovensko hladá SuperStar (2004); So You Think You Can Dance (2006); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2010); Solid Gold (1980–1984); Soul Train (1980); Sparkle (1976); Starmania (2002); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Sunburst II (1984); Super Idol (2004); Teen Spirit (2018); That's Dancing! (1985); The 19th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards (1989); The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards (1980); The 23rd Annual Grammy Awards (1981); The 26th Annual Grammy Awards (1984); The 28th Annual American Music Awards (1984); The 31st Annual Grammy Awards (1989); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The 56th Annual Academy Awards (1984); The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2005); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The Annual American Image Awards (1984); The Boys (2019); The Brothers Johnson: Kick It to the Curb (1988); The David Letterman Show (1980); The Disco Ball (2003); The Dorsey Robinson Show (1984); The Electric Company (1971–1972); The Full Monty (1997); The Gavin & Lott Show (1983); The Hughes Corporation: What A Feeling (2006); The Internship (2013); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Jungle King (1994); The Longshot (1986); The Magic Voyage (1992); The Masked Singer (2022); The Merv Griffin Show (1980–1985); The Middle (2013); The Midnight Special (1980); The Pop 'N' Rocker Game (1983); The Simpsons (2016); The Switch Drag Race (2015); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1981); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Voice Israel (2013); The Wendy Williams Show (2011); The X Factor UK (2007–2016); Top of the Pops (1982); Top of the Pops (1982); Trust Us with Your Life (2012); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2014); Tu cara me suena (2014); UK Championship Snooker (2015); Un paso adelante (2002); Vegas (2008); Verstehen Sie Spaß? (2001); VH1 Goes Inside (2003); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (2000); Wetten, dass..? (2001); What's Happening!! (1977); Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016); Zeg 'ns Aaa (1984).