On this day in movie history - The Masque of the Red Death (1964):

The Masque of the Red Death

directed by Roger Corman,

written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell,

was released in the United States on June 24, 1964.

Based on The Masque of the Red Death and Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe,

and Torture by Hope by Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam.
Music by David Lee.

Cast:

Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Robert Brown, Julian Burton, David Davies, Skip Martin, Gaye Brown, Verina Greenlaw, Doreen Dawn, Brian Hewlett, Sarah Brackett.

Born on this day – Christian Juttner:

Christian Juttner

Actor

May 20, 1964 – November 29, 2024

Credits:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1974–1977); Alice (1980); Ark II (1976); Bewitched (1972); Emergency! (1972); General Hospital (1981); I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978); Inside 'the Swarm' (1978); Ironside (1971–1974); Journey from Darkness (1975); Lou Grant (1979); Making the 'Return' Trip (2003); Medical Center (1976); Return from Witch Mountain (1978); Return of the Big Cat (1974); S.W.A.T. (1975); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Blair Witch Mountain Project (2002); The Boy Who Talked to Badgers (1975); The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980); The Healers (1974); The Magical World of Disney (1974–1980); The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance (1978); The New Mickey Mouse Club (1977); The Rookies (1974); The Swarm (1978); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); Wonder Woman (1976).

On this day in movie history - The Pawnbroker (1964):

The Pawnbroker

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin,

based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant,

was released in the United States on April 20, 1965.
Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:

Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez, Thelma Oliver, Eusebia Cosme, Marketa Kimbrell, Baruch Lumet, Juano Hernández, Linda Geiser, Nancy R. Pollock, Raymond St. Jacques, Charles Dierkop, John McCurry, Warren Finnerty, Jack Ader, Marianne Kanter, Ed Morehouse, Marc Alexander, Donny Burks, Robert Dahdah, Morgan Freeman, Hilda Haynes, E.M. Margolese, Donnie Melvin, Donnell O'Brien, Reni Santoni, Bill Steele.

Recommended reading - Nightmare, by Cornell Woolrich (1964):

Nightmare

By Cornell Woolrich.

Filmed as Fear in the Night (1946), directed and written by Maxwell Shane.

Paperback.

Published by Dell.

Published 1964.

ASIN: B0027Q9XOO

Description:

Anthology of six short stories. Story titles: I'll Take You Home, Kathleen / aka One Last Night; Screen Test / aka Preview to Death; I O U / aka I.O.U.–One Life; Three O'Clock; Nightmare / aka And So To Death; Bequest / aka Implacable Bequest.

Born on this day – Adrian Schiller:

Adrian Schiller

Actor

February 21, 1964 – April 2024

Credits:

A Cure for Wellness (2016); A Girl Goes for Dinner (2016); A Little Chaos (2014); A Touch of Frost (2000); Ashes in the Snow (2018); Ashes to Ashes (2009); Assassin's Creed III (2012); Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013); Assassin's Creed: Unity (2014); Beauty and the Beast (2017); Being Human (2010); Best of the Companions (2011); Best of the Doctor (2011); Black Earth Rising (2018); Bright Star (2009); Brighton Rock (2010); Bugs (1996); Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate (2013); Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010); Censor (2021); Coming Up (2010); Death in Paradise (2021); Doctor Who (2011); Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (2006); Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures (2021); Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion (2014); Dog Days (2025); Endeavour (2014); Fable III (2010); Father Brown (2024); Fields of Gold (2002); Genius (2018); George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002); Ghosts (1995); Going Postal (2010); GoldenEye 007 (2010); Good (2008); Goodbye Mondays (2018); Holby City (2012); In Search of Shakespeare (2004); Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (2009); Inside Suffragette (2016); Jester (2024); Judge John Deed (2002); Lot254 (2012); Man in an Orange Shirt (2017); My Family (2001); New Tricks (2010); Nostradamus (2006); Prime Suspect 2 (1992); Prime Suspect 3 (1993); Public Information Film (PIF) / Moment of Doubt / Department of Transport / Think! Road Safety / (2007); Raid: World War II (2017); Raised by Wolves (2020); Remainder (2015); Residue (2015); RKO 281 (1999); Screen One (1993); Significance (2015); Silent Witness (1996–2007); Silk (2011); Son of God (2014); Spotless (2015); Suburban Shootout (2007); Suffragette (2015); Suffragette: Looking Back, Looking Forward (2016); Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali (2002); Talking to the Dead (2013); The Bible (2013); The Bill (1995–2009); The Chelsea Detective (2023); The Crucible (2014); The Danish Girl (2015); The Devil's Mistress (2008); The Hollow Crown (2012); The IT Crowd (2007); The Kidnap (2000); The Last Kingdom (2018–2022); The Marlowe Sessions (2024); The Mercy (2018); The Musketeers (2014); The New Look (2024); The Secret Agent (2015); The Ten Commandments (2006); This Morning (2016); Tolkien (2019); Undercover (2016); Van der Valk (2022); Victor Frankenstein (2015); Victoria (2016–2019); Wild Target (2010); Zen (2011).

Recommended reading - Killer in the Rain

Killer in the Rain

By Raymond Chandler.

Published by Ballantine Books.

First published 1964.

Mass Market Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0345320204

ISBN-13: 978-0345320209

Description:

Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence. – Daily Telegraph.

One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain. – Sunday Times.

Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes. – Anthony Burgess.

Killer in the Rain collects together eight classic short stories by Raymond Chandler.

It was in the pulp detective magazines of the 1930s that Raymond Chandler's definitive take on the hard-boiled detective story first appeared.

Here then, from the well-thumbed pages of 'Black Mask' and 'Dime Detective Magazine', are eight of his finest stories including 'The Man Who Liked Dogs', 'The Lady in the Lake' and 'Bay City Blues'.

Sharper than a hoodlum's switchblade, more exciting than an unexpected red-head and stronger than a double shot of whisky, they are packed full of the punchy poetry and laconic wit that makes Chandler the undisputed master of his genre.

Best-known as the creator of the original private eye, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888 and died in 1959.

Many of his books have been adapted for the screen, and he is widely regarded as one of the very greatest writers of detective fiction.

His books include The Big Sleep, The Little Sister, Farewell, My Lovely, The Long Good-bye, The Lady in the Lake, Playback, Killer in the Rain, The High Window and Trouble is My Business.

Born on this day – Arkie Whiteley:

Arkie Whiteley

Actress

November 6, 1964 – December 19, 2001

Credits:

4 Play (1991); A Country Practice (1981); A Dinner of Herbs (2000); A Place in the World (1979); A Touch of Frost (2001); A Town Like Alice (1981); Australian Story (2004); Casualty (1995); Jaws on Trotters: The Making of 'Razorback' (2005); Kavanagh QC (1996–1997); Kings (1983); Love Hurts (1992); Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981); McCallum (1998); Menotti (1981); Mystery!: Gallowglass (1993); Natural Lies (1992); Parkinson in Australia (1981); People Like Us (1978); Perfect Scoundrels (1990); Princess Caraboo (1994); Prisoner (1982); Razorback (1984); Scandal (1989); Screen Two (1990); Slippery Slide (1980); Sporting Chance (1981); Spring & Fall (1980); Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990); The Grand (1998); The Killing of Angel Street (1981); The Last Musketeer (2000); The Young Doctors (1978); Tropical Heat (1993); Van der Valk (1991); Whiteley (2017); Without Warning (1999).

On this day in music history - Wednesday Morning, 3 AM, by Simon & Garfunkel (1964):

The album Wednesday Morning, 3 AM,

by Simon & Garfunkel,

was released on October 19, 1964.

On this day in movie history - Send Me No Flowers (1964):

Send Me No Flowers

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Julius Epstein,

based on the play by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore,

was released in the United States on October 14, 1964.
Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Paul Lynde, Clint Walker, Hal March, Edward Andrews, Clive Clerk, Patricia Barry, Dave Willock.

Born on this day – Diane Gaidry:

Diane Gaidry

Actress

Producer

October 11, 1964 – January 30, 2019

Credits:

The Rainbow Bridge Motel (2018); Concerned Lady for America (2006); Loving Annabelle (2006); Transaction (2005); Need (2005); Medium (2005); Bittersweet (2004); The Act (2004); Birth of Industry (2004); Alone (2003); The Dogwalker (2002); America So Beautiful (2001); Egg (2001); The Shy and the Naked (1998); After Lunch (1998); Love Without Socks (1998); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995); Frankenstein: The College Years (1991); Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990).

On this day in movie history - A Fistful of Dollars (1964):

A Fistful of Dollars

directed by Sergio Leone,

written by Sergio Leone, Víctor Andrés Catena, Jaime Comas Gil, Fernando Di Leo, Duccio Tessari, and Tonino Valerii,

based on a story by Sergio Leone, Adriano Bolzoni, Víctor Andrés Catena and Mark Lowell,

was released in Italy on September 12, 1964.
Based on the movie Yojimbo (1961), directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Music by Ennio Morricone (as Dan Savio).

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonté, W. Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, Joe Edger, Antonio Prieto, Pepe Calvo, Margherita Lozano, Daniel Martín, Benny Reeves, Richard Stuyvesant, Bruno Carotenuto, Aldo Sambreli, Antonio Moreno, Nino del Arco, Enrique Santiago, Umberto Spadaro, Fernando Sánchez Polack, José Riesgo, Luis Barboo, Frank Braña, Antonio Molino Rojo, Lorenzo Robledo, William R. Thompkins, José Canalejas, Álvaro de Luna, Nazzareno Natale, Antonio Pica.

On this day in movie history - Band of Outsiders (1964):

Band of Outsiders,

French title: Bande à part,

directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard,

based on the novel Fools' Gold by Dolores Hitchens,

was released in France on August 5, 1964.

Music by Michel Legrand.

Cast:

Anna Karina, Danièle Girard, Louisa Colpeyn, Chantal Darget, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur, Georges Staquet, Ernest Menzer, Jean-Claude Rémoleux, Michel Delahaye, Louis Jojot, Claude Makovski, Michèle Seghers, Jean-Luc Godard.