On this day in movie history – M*A*S*H (1970 movie & book):

M*A*S*H

directed by Robert Altman,

written by Ring Lardner Jr.,

based on the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker,

was released in the United States on March 18, 1970.

Music by Johnny Mandel.

Cast:

Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, Rene Auberjonois, David Arkin, Jo Ann Pflug, Gary Burghoff, Fred Williamson, Michael Murphy, Indus Arthur, Ken Prymus, Bobby Troup, Kim Atwood, Timothy Brown, John Schuck, Dawne Damon, Carl Gottlieb, Tamara Wilcox-Smith, G. Wood, Bud Cort, Danny Goldman, Corey Fischer.

Recommended reading:

MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors

By Richard Hooker.

Filmed as M*A*S*H (1970), directed by Robert Altman.

Published by William Morrow Paperbacks.

First published 1968.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0688149553

ISBN-13: 978-0688149550

Description:

Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth. The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees."

For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide – all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart.

Born on this day – Miho Nakayama:

Miho Nakayama

Actress

Singer

March 1, 1970 – December 6, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

After School (1985); All for You (1990); Angel Hearts (1988); C (1985); Catch the Nite (1988); Dé eaya (1991); Deep Lip French (1996); Exotique (1986); Groovin' Blue (1997); Hide 'n' Seek (1989); Jeweluna (1990); Manifesto (1999); Mellow (1992); Merry Merry (1989); Mid Blue (1995); Mind Game (1988); Neuf Neuf (2019); Olive (1998); One and Only (1987); Pure White (1994); Summer Breeze (1986); Wagamama na Actress (1993).

Movies and television:

108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba (2019); Ai Uta: Yakusoku no Nakuhito (2019); Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai (1991); Aitsu to watashi (1986); Be-Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy (1986); Bi bappu haisukuru (1985); Bokura no jidai (2012); Butterfly Sleep (2017); Docchini suruno (1989); FNS Music Festival: Part 1 (2015); FNS Music Festival: Part 2 (2015); Fujiko Fujio no Yume Camera (1986); Goodbye, Someday (2010); Heisei Sasameyuki (2018); Home & Away (2002); I Have to Buy New Shoes (2012); Idol Hotline: Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School- Tokusei Videotape (1988); Keishichô 0 gakari: Seikatsu anzen ka nandemo sôdanshitsu (2021); Kenja no ai (2016); Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru (1989); Kizoku Tantei (2017); Last Letter (2020); Lesson in Murder (2022); Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight (2018); Love 2000 (2000); Love Letter (1995); Love Story (2001); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Mahou no Rinobe (2022); Maido Osawagase Shimasu (1985–1987); Mama wa aidoru! (1987); Marmalade Boy (2018); Meoto manzai (2001); Mikaiketsu no Onna (2018); Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu (1993); Moshimo negai ga kanaunara (1994); Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School (1987); Nami no kazu dake dakishimete (1991); Natsu Taiken Monogatari (1985–1986); Nemureru mori (1998); Ohima nara Kite yo ne! (1987); Oishii kankei (1996); Platonic (2014); Prescription Police (2019); Sailor Fuku Hangyaku Doumei (1986–1987); Shiawase ni naru mittsu no kaimono (2013); Smap×Smap (2010); Somebody Loves Her (1992); Suteki na Kataomoi (1990); Tales of the Bizarre / Segment: Kyôfu no tezawari (1990); The Forest Without Flowers and Fruits (2017); The High School Heroes (2021); Things You Can Tell by Looking at Them (2020); Tokyo biyori (1997); Tokyo Nijusan Ku Onna (2019); Tonneruzu no Mina-san no Okage desu (1988–1997); VS Arashi (2017); W no higeki (2019); Waka Okusama wa Udemakuri (1988); World Open Wide (2016); Yonimo kimyô na monogatari: Autumn 2017 Special (2017); Zatoichi (1989).

Born on this day – Torsten Michaelis:

Torsten Michaelis

Actor

January 31, 1970 – August 17, 2025

Credits:

1. Mai (2008); Ägyptens versunkene Hafenstadt - Ein Mythos taucht auf (2013); Angst in meinem Kopf (2018); Arme Millionäre (2006); Bella Block (2012); Berlin Station (2018); Bronstein's Children (1991); Castles and Palaces of Europe (2013); Close (2004); Cologne P.D. (2011); Das Joshua-Profil (2018); Der Clown (2000); Der kleine Herr Friedemann (1990); Der Kriminalist (2011–2016); Der letzte Zeuge (2007); Der Raketenmann - Wernher von Braun und der Traum vom Mond (2009); Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1988); Der Uranberg (2010); Der Verleger (2001); Die gestundete Zeit (1989); Die Männer vom K3 (2000); Die Stunde des Wolfes (2011); Die unheimliche Leichtigkeit der Revolution (2021); Die vielen Gesichter der USA: Der Fotograf Martin Schoeller (2023); Drachenlanze (2012); Drakensang: The Dark Eye (2008); Ein Dorf schweigt (2009); Eine Stadt wird erpresst (2006); Engel mit einem Flügel (1991); Ernst Thälmann (1986); Five Years (2013); Frantz (2016); Geheimnisvolle Orte (2004); Geisterjäger John Sinclair: Edition 2000 (2005–2013); Genug ist nicht genug (2009); Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation (2009); Gold für den König (1987); Greed: Black Border (2009); Großstadtrevier (2004); Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee (2013); Hallo, Onkel Doc! (1998); Heiter bis tödlich - Hauptstadtrevier (2012–2014); Hotel Lux (2011); In aller Freundschaft (1999–2019); Inspektor Rolle (2002–2004); Kabale und Liebe (2005); Kafka's the Burrow (2014); Kai aus der Kiste (1988); Konrads Erbtanten (1982); Legendäre Raddampfer (2012); Leipzig Homicide (2020); Let the Cat Out of the Bag (2005); Letzte Spur Berlin (2015); Lila, Lila (2009); Lotte Jäger und das tote Mädchen (2016); March of the Penguins (2005); Merle Trilogy: Hörspielserie (2017); My Führer (2007); Naked Among Wolves (2015); Never Too Late for Justice (2017); Nord bei Nordwest (2015); Notruf Hafenkante (2012); NVA (2005); Offroad (2012); Police Call 110 (1987–2011); Polnische Ostern (2011); Praxis mit Meerblick (2022); R.I.S (2007); Rache (1996); Raus aus dem Käfig - Wohin mit Europas Affen (2005); Sarah Kohr (2022); Schatten der Gerechtigkeit (2009); Shores of Hope (2012); SOKO Wismar (2004–2019); Special Unit (2007–2008); Spielzeugland (2007); Star Wars: Dark Lord / Podcast Series (2008); Star Wars: Rebels / Podcast Series (2014–2015); Sturmzeit (1999); Tatort (1998–2022); Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (2014); The Final Days (2008); The Fox (2015–2018); The Reader (2008); The Same Sky (2017); The Skin of Others (2018); Theresa Wolff - Waidwund (2022); This Is Not a Hotel (1996); Trauzeugen (2023); Unknown (2011); Victor Vran (2015); WaPo Berlin (2020); We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (2021); Wendland - Stiller und der rote Faden (2024); Where's Wanda? (2024); Wie ein Vogel im Schwarm (1990); Wilsberg (2009); Wolffs Revier (2003); Zwölf Winter (2009).

On this day in movie history - The Projectionist (1970):

The Projectionist

directed and written by Harry Hurwitz,

was released at the Rochester Film Festival in the United States on October 17, 1970.
Music by Igo Kantor and Erma E. Levin.

Cast:

Chuck McCann, Ina Balin, Rodney Dangerfield, Jára Kohout, Harry Hurwitz, Mike Gentry, Lucky Kargo, David Holliday, Sam Stewart, Alex Stevens, Robert Lee, Stephen Philips, Morocco, Clara Rosenthal, Jacqueline Glenn, Robert Staats, Robert King, Rita Bennett, João Fernandes.

On this day in movie history - Monte Walsh (1970 movie & novel):

Monte Walsh

directed by William A. Fraker,

written by David Zelag Goodman and Lukas Heller,

based on the novel by Jack Schaefer,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1970.
Music by John Barry.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitchell Ryan, Jim Davis, G.D. Spradlin, John Hudkins, Raymond Guth, John McKee, Michael Conrad, Tom Heaton, Ted Gehring, Bo Hopkins, John McLiam, Allyn Ann McLerie, Matt Clark, Charles Tyner, Jack Colvin.

Recommended reading:

Monte Walsh

By Jack Schaefer.

First published 1963.

Published by University of New Mexico Press.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0826358578

ISBN-13: 978-0826358578

Description:

Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The novel explores the cowboy lives of Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the West changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must part ways to pursue new ways of life. Chet marries and goes on to become a successful merchant and then a politician, while Monte can only find solace in continuing the cowboy's way of life until the very end.

"Many consider Monte Walsh one of the best Westerns ever written." – True West.

Jack Schaefer was a journalist and writer known for his authentic and memorable characters set in the American West. Schaefer received the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award in 1975 and the Saddleman Award in 1986 from the Western Writers of America. His popular Western novels include Shane (1949) and Monte Walsh (1963).

On this day in movie history - Violent City (1970):

Violent City

Italian title: Città violenta,

aka The Family,

directed by Sergio Sollima,

written by Sauro Scavolini, Gianfranco Galligarich, Lina Wertmüller and Sergio Sollima,

based on a story by Dino Maiuri and Massimo De Rita,

was released in Italy on September 17, 1970.
Music by Ennio Morricone.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Jill Ireland, Umberto Orsini, Michel Constantin, Ray Saunders, Benjamin Lev, Peter Dane, Corinne Dunne, Richard Dunne, Iver Gilborn, Denny Hulme, Rémy Julienne, Stirling Moss, Beryl Salvatore, George Savalas, Jo Siffert, Robert Spafford, Goffredo Unger, Arnold Williams.

On this day in movie history - Five Easy Pieces (1970):

Five Easy Pieces

directed by Bob Rafelson,

written by Adrien Joyce,

based on a story by Bob Rafelson and Adrien Joyce,

was released in the United States on September 12, 1970.

Music credits:
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903, by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49, by Frédéric Chopin.
Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4, by Frédéric Chopin.
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Fantasy in D minor, K. 397, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Four songs by Tammy Wynette:
Stand by Your Man.
D-I-V-O-R-C-E.
Don't Touch Me.
When There's a Fire in Your Heart.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, Ralph Waite, Billy "Green" Bush, Irene Dailey, Toni Basil, Helena Kallianiotes, William Challee, John Ryan, Fannie Flagg, Marlena MacGuire, Sally Ann Struthers, Lorna Thayer, Richard Stahl, Garrett Cassell, Clay Greenbush, Bob Rafelson.