On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 17.
Episode entitled: The Second Best Killer.
Released January 15, 1960.
Directed by Robert B. Sinclair.
Written by Stuart Jerome and Maxwell Shane.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Ray Stricklyn, Penny Santon, Aline Towne, Ralph Votrian, Mari Lynn, Carl McIntire, Dick Wilson.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 16.
Episode entitled: The Man Who Went Straight.
Released January 8, 1960.
Directed by Francis D. Lyon.
Written by Stuart Jerome and Leonard Neubauer.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Robert H. Harris, Harry Bartell, Jarl Victor, Harry Landers, Rand Brooks, Don Kohler.

On this day in movie history – The Purple Gang (1959):

The Purple Gang

(1959)

directed by Frank McDonald,

written by Jack DeWitt,

was released in the United States on January 5, 1960.
Music by Paul Dunlap.

Cast:

Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake, Elaine Edwards, Marc Cavell, Jody Lawrance, Suzanne Ridgway, Joe Turkel, Victor Creatore, Paul Dubov, Ray Boyle, Kathleen Lockhart, Nestor Paiva, Lou Krugman, Robert Anderson, Mauritz Hugo, James Roosevelt.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 15.
Episode entitled: The Twisted Way.
Released January 1, 1960.
Directed by Marc Lawrence.
Written by Adam Williams.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Joanna Barnes, Charles Cooper, Walter Coy, Virginia Christine, Tetsu Komai, S. John Launer, Eddie Parker, Don Turner.

Born on this day – Chad McQueen:

Chad McQueen

Actor

Producer

December 28, 1960 – September 11, 2024

Credits:

A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story (2020); Biography (2004); Bullet II (1994); Celebrity Rides: Hollywood's Speeding Bullitt (2009); Death Ring (1992); Dust to Glory (2005); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Ed & Vern's Rock Store (2008); Fall: The Price of Silence (2001); Fever Pitch (1985); Filming at Speed: The Making of the Movie Le Mans (2001); Firepower (1993); Hadley's Rebellion (1983); Hollywood Beat (1993–2005); Hollywood Greats (1984); I Am Steve McQueen (2014); Indecent Behavior II (1994); Jesse Hawkes (1989); Jimmy Hollywood (1994); John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Martial Law (1990); Movies' Greatest Cars (2005); New York Cop (1993); Nightforce (1987); Number One Fan (1995); Papertrail (1998); Possessed by the Night (1994); Red Line (1995); Return to 'the Great Escape' (1993); River of Rage (1993); Skateboard (1978); Squanderers (1996); Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1989); Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005); Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (1998); Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015); Surface to Air (1998); The Fascination (1985); The Hunter (1980); The Karate Kid (1984); The Karate Kid Part II (1986); The Karate Kid Part III (1989); The Other Man (1994); The Way of the Karate Kid (2005); Tom Horn (1980); V (1984); Vicki! (1994); Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two (1992).

Recommended reading - To Kill a Mockingbird (1960):

To Kill a Mockingbird

By Harper Lee.

First published 1960.

Published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0060935464

ISBN-13: 978-0060935467

Description:

Winner of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize.

Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read.

“A first novel of such rare excellence that it will no doubt make a great many readers slow down to relish more fully its simple distinction. . . . A novel of strong contemporary national significance.” – Chicago Tribune.

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South – and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred.

One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father – a crusading local lawyer – risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.

Born on this day – Sólveig Anspach:

Sólveig Anspach

Director

Writer

December 8, 1960 – August 7, 2015

Born on this day – Ron Simons:

Ron Simons

Actor

Producer

November 30, 1960 – June 13, 2024

Credits:

25 to Life (2012); 27 Dresses (2008); A Storybook Ending (2020); After the Wedding (2019); Ambition's Debt (2017); Art Machine (2012); Being Us (2013); Blue Caprice (2013); Daredevil (2018); Easter Mysteries (2016); Gun Hill Road (2011); I Miss You (2019); Jonny Zero (2005); King Cobra (2016); Law & Order (2005–2009); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2007); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2015); Live Cargo (2016); Mother of George (2013); Multiverse (2019); Mystery Team (2009); Night Catches Us (2010); Nowhere Man (1996); Ordinary World (2016); Phoebe in Wonderland (2008); Police Quest: SWAT 2 (1998); Succession (2018); The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards (2014); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 67th Annual Tony Awards (2013); The 69th Annual Tony Awards (2015); The Assassin (2007); The Defenders (2017); The Resident (2019); The Seagull (2018); The Ticket (2016); The Warriors (2005); Then Came You (2018); Wolves (2016).

Born on this day – Susanne Lothar:

Susanne Lothar

Actress

November 15, 1960 – July 21, 2021

Recommended reading - Miami Mayhem (1960):

Miami Mayhem

By Marvin Albert.

Filmed as Tony Rome (1967), directed by Gordon Douglas.

Published 1960.

Published by Fawcett.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0449133869

ISBN-13: 978-0449133866

Description:

Miami. The city.

Rome. The man.

He’s a hard-living, hard-loving private detective, who’s been muscling through Miami’s vice longer than any punk in a baggy suit. He gets his fill of offers from women. But the brand of cruising he prefers is aboard his luxury power boat, the Straight Pass. The roads of pleasure and danger are many. But all the roads lead to Rome….

Filmed as "Tony Rome" in 1967. Then released as "Tony Rome"(1967) by the author based on the film script. It seemed a routine little job.... Just return a high-flying heiress to her worried papa. But some of a man's worst messes start out as routine little jobs. This one really hits the pedal, with a body on the floor of Tony's office, the head smashed by a bullet. The bait to catch the filler: a daisy-shaped, gold-and-diamond pin that couldn't bring enough to be worth anybody's trouble. Or worth murdering for...

Recommended reading - Send Me No Flowers (1960):

Send Me No Flowers

A play by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore.

Originally published 1960.

Published by Concord Theatricals.

Paperback.

ASIN: B0D5SYSRF9

ISBN-10: 057361525X

ISBN-13: 978-0573615252

Description:

A comedy in three acts.

David Wayne starred on Broadway as George Kimball, a Westchester commuter whose favorite hobby is hypochondria. When he mistakenly overhears his doctor discussing another patient with heart trouble, he prepares to meet the end bravely, sure it is 'his time'. Putting his affairs in order, he writes a heartbreaking letter to his wife to be read as his eulogy. He even arranges a good second husband for his soon-to-be widow, with a cemetery plot for three: himself, his wife and the new future 'Mister Kimball'.

On this day in movie history - Midnight Lace (1960):

Midnight Lace

directed by David Miller,

written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts,

based on the play Matilda Shouted Fire by Janet Green,

was released in the United States on October 13, 1960.
Music by Frank Skinner.

Cast:

Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowall, Herbert Marshall, Natasha Parry, Hermione Baddeley, John Williams, Richard Ney, Anthony Dawson, Rhys Williams, Richard Lupino, Hayden Rorke, Doris Lloyd, Gage Clarke, Elspeth March, Peter Adams, Rex Evans.

On this day in movie history - The Magnificent Seven (1960):

The Magnificent Seven

directed by John Sturges,

written by William Roberts,

was released in the United States on October 12, 1960.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Vladimir Sokoloff, Rosenda Monteros, Rico Alaniz, Pepe Hern, Natividad Vacío, Mario Navarro, Danny Bravo, John A. Alonzo, Enrique Lucero, Alex Montoya, Robert J. Wilke, Val Avery, Whit Bissell, Bing Russell, Manuel Alvarado, Henry Amargo, José Chávez, Roberto Contreras, Jim Davis, Valentin de Vargas, Larry Duran, Victor French, Edwin Max, Lalo Rios, Joseph Ruskin.

On this day in movie history - Spartacus (1960):

Spartacus

directed by Stanley Kubrick,

written by Dalton Trumbo,

based on the novel by Howard Fast,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1960.
Music by Alex North.

Cast:

Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, John Dall, Nina Foch, John Ireland, Herbert Lom, Charles McGraw, Joanna Barnes, Harold J. Stone, Woody Strode, Peter Brocco, Paul Lambert, Robert J. Wilke, Nicholas Dennis, John Hoyt, Frederic Worlock, Gil Perkins, Cliff Lyons.

Born on this day – Mary Mara:

Mary Mara

Actress

September 21, 1960 – June 26, 2022

Pictured right in her role as Sphere Builder Presage, in Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)

Credits:

7th Heaven (2004); A Civil Action (1998); Ally McBeal (1999); Becker (2001); Blue Steel (1990); Bones (2006); Boston Public (2002); Bound (1996); Break Even (2020); Claire (2007); Criminal Minds (2014); Crossing Jordan (2002); Dellaventura (1997); Dexter (2009); Dish: Gossip in Hollywood (2002); Doubt (2017); Eddie Dodd (1991); Em & Me (2004); Empire City (1992); Entertainment Tonight (2022); ER (1995–1996); Farscape (1999); Gideon's Crossing (2001); Good vs Evil (1999); Graham (1992); Gridiron Gang (2006); Hope & Gloria (1996); In the Blink of an Eye (1996); Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995); Joan of Arcadia (2004); Judging Amy (2001); Jumbo Girl (2004); Just Looking (1995); K-PAX (2001); Law & Order (1993–1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005); Lie to Me (2009); Lloyd (2001); Lost (2009); Love Potion No. 9 (1992); Monk (2005); Mr. Saturday Night (1992); Nash Bridges (1996–1997); Nip/Tuck (2005); North Shore (2004); NYPD Blue (1994–1998); Out of the Rain (1991); Paradise, FL (2015); Pet Pals (2014); Philly (2002); Philly Heat (1994); Pizza Time (2006); Poker Night (2000); Profiler (1999); Prom Night (2008); Ray Donovan (2013); Rude Awakening (2000); Saint Sinner (2002); Saving Grace (2009); Secrets and Lies (2015); Shameless (2013); Spicy City (1997); Star Trek: Enterprise (2004); Stranger Inside (2001); Swedish Auto (2006); Switched at Birth (1999); That's Life (2001); The Guardian (2004); The Handler (2003–2004); The Hard Way (1991); The Huntress (2001); The Mortality of Sara Lenson (2014); The Practice (2001); The Preppie Murder (1989); The Problem with Percival (2006); The Sphere and the Labyrinth (2015); The Visitor (1998); The West Wing (2001); Third Watch (2001); True Colors (1991); Undoing (2006); What Kind of Mother Are You? (1996); Without a Trace (2004); Woodie's Kitchen (2011).

Born on this day – Saskia Post:

Saskia Post

Actress

August 1, 1960 – March 16, 2020

Credits:

A Country Practice (1985–1988); All Together Now (1991); Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995); Bliss (1985); City Homicide (2010); Dogs in Space (1986); Eugenie Sandler P.I. (2000); Gary Petty (2000); Ladykiller (1996); Melba (1988); Ocean Girl (1996); One Night Stand (1984); Proof (1991); Return to Eden (1986); Short Cuts (2002); Sons and Daughters (1982–1983); The Sullivans (1982–1983); Throbbin' 84 (2024); True Love and Chaos (1997).

Born on this day – Jon Landau:

Jon Landau

Producer

Production Manager

Writer

July 23, 1960 – July 5, 2024

Credits:

A Quiet Place: Day One (2018–2019); Alita: Battle Angel (2019); Andaaz (2014); Assorted Nightmares: Janitor (2008); Avatar (2009); Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora (2010); Avatar: Production Materials (2010); Avatar: The Way of Water (2022); Beyond Glory (2015); Big Kids (2009); Brian May's Brief History of 3D (2011); Burning Questions (2022); Campus Man (1987); Capturing Avatar (2010); Cinema 3 (2010); Crew Film: TheVolume (2010); Crysis 2 (2011); Dick Tracy (1990); Dream Job (2012); Entertainment Tonight (2010); E-penser (2019); E-penser (2019); E-penser (2019); F/X (1986); Face of the Frog (2019); Fantastic (2009); FX Movie Download (2014); HBO First Look (1997); HBO First Look (1997–2002); Hey Jenny (2010); Hey Johnny (2010); Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989); Inside Pandora's Box (2023); Key Exchange (1985); Life After Film School (2009); Love (2015); Made in Hollywood (2019); Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (2012–2019); Making Mr. Right (1987); Manhunter (1986); Mr. H Reviews (2018); Poker Night Live (2018); Reflections on Titanic (2012); Requiem (1999); Scream Awards 2010 (2010); Scream Awards 2010 (2010); Secret Life of Old Rose: The Art of Gloria Stuart (2012); Solaris (2002); 'Solaris': Behind the Planet (2003); Tavis Smiley (2010); The 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2018); The 28th Satellite Awards (2024); The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010); The Fabulous Picture Show (2009); The Hollywood Machine (2002); The Imagineering Story (2019); The IMDb Show (2019); The Making of 'Alien³' (2003); The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World (2021); The Oscars (2023); Titanic (1997); Titanic: Audio Commentary by Actress Kate Winslet, Actress Gloria Stuart, Actor Lewis Abernathy, Co-Producer Jon Landau and Executive Producer Rae Sanchini (2005); Titanic: Breaking New Ground (1998); Titanic: EPK Press Kit (2005); Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron (2012); Titanic's Production: Behind the Scenes (2005); Today's Close Up (2010); Toruk: The First Flight (2016); Troldspejlet (2009); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2009); Western Stars (2019); What's Trending (2011); XLTV (1998).

July in movie history - Cage of Evil (1960):

Cage of Evil

directed by Edward L. Cahn,

written by Orville H. Hampton,

based on a story by Orville H. Hampton and Alexander Richards,

was released in the United States in July, 1960.
Exact release date unknown.
Music by Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter.

Cast:

Ronald Foster, Patricia Blair, Harp McGuire, John Maxwell, Preston Hanson, Doug Henderson, Hugh Sanders, Helen Kleeb, Robert Shayne, Owen Bush, Ted Knight, Howard McLeod, Eve Brent, Henry Darrow, Abel Franco, Joseph Hamilton, Jack Kenney, Gregg Martell, Patrick Miller, Ralph Neff, Ralph Sanford, Jack Tesler.

On this day in movie history - House of Usher, aka The Fall of the House of Usher (1960):

House of Usher,

aka The Fall of the House of Usher,

directed by Roger Corman,

written by Richard Matheson,

based on the short story The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released in the United States on June 18, 1960.
Music by Les Baxter.

Cast:
Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe, David Andar, Mario Bellini, Bill Borzage, Eleanor LeFaber, Nadajan, Ruth Oklander, George Paul, Géraldine Paulette, Phil Sulvestre, John Zimeas.