Born on this day – Coleen Gray:

Coleen Gray

Actress

October 23, 1922 – August 3, 2015

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1961); Adam-12 (1970); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); Apache Drums (1951); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Arrow in the Dust (1954); Bonanza (1968); Branded (1965); Bright Promise (1969); Bus Stop (1961); Captain David Grief (1959); Celanese Theatre (1952); Climax! (1956); Copper Sky (1957); Coronado 9 (1961); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Cry from the Mountain (1985); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Danger (1951); Days of Our Lives (1966); Dear Phoebe (1955); Death of a Scoundrel (1956); Destination 60, 000 (1957); Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971); Emergency! (1972); Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (1951); Family Affair (1968); Father Is a Bachelor (1950); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Frontier (1956); Frontier Gambler (1956); Fury at Furnace Creek (1948); General Electric Theater (1960); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961); Hell's Five Hours (1958); Hong Kong (1961); Insight (1960); Ironside (1968); Johnny Rocco (1958); Judd for the Defense (1968); Kansas City Confidential (1952); Kiss of Death (1947); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Las Vegas Shakedown (1955); Lawman (1961); Lucky Nick Cain (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Mannix (1971); Markham (1959); Matinee Theatre (1957); Maverick (1961); McCloud (1974); Mike Hammer (1959); Mister Ed (1961); Models Inc. (1952); Mother (1978); My Three Sons (1965); Nightmare Alley (1947); P.J. (1967); Perry Mason (1960); Playhouse 90 (1958); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Rawhide (1962); Red River (1948); Riding High (1950); Run for Your Life (1967); Sabre Jet (1953); Saints and Sinners (1962); Sand (1949); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Shotgun Slade (1960); Star in the Dust (1956); Starlight Theatre (1951); State Fair (1945); Tales from the Darkside (1986); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Tennessee's Partner (1955); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1963); The Best Place to Be (1979); The Black Whip (1956); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1971); The Dakotas (1963); The Deputy (1960); The F.B.I. (1971); The Faith of Our Children (1957); The Fake (1953); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Killing (1956); The Late Liz (1971); The Leech Woman (1960); The Magical World of Disney (1960); The Millionaire (1955); The Name of the Game (1969); The Phantom Planet (1961); The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Sleeping City (1950); The Tall Man (1961); The Twinkle in God's Eye (1955); The Unexpected (1952); The Vampire (1957); The Vanquished (1953); The Virginian (1966); The Wild Dakotas (1956); Three Little Girls in Blue (1946); Town Tamer (1965); Whiz Kids (1984); Wide Country (1962); Window on Main Street (1962).

On this day in movie history - The Sleeping City (1950):

The Sleeping City

directed and written by George Sherman,

was released in the United States on September 20, 1950.
Music by Frank Skinner.

Cast:

Richard Conte, Coleen Gray, Richard Taber, John Alexander, Peggy Dow, Alex Nicol, Carroll Ashburn, Frank Baxter, Dort Clark, Mickey Cochran, Russell Collins, James Daly, Henry Hart, Ralph Hertz, Tom Hoirer, Richard Kendrick, Jack Lescoulie, Jimmy Little, William Martel, Rod McLennan, Florence Morrison, James O'Neill, Herbert Ratner, Hugh Reilly, Ernest Sarracino, Robert Strauss, Michael Strong, Mimi Strongin, Victor Sutherland, Frank M. Thomas, Frank Tweddell, James J. Van Dyk.

On this day in movie history - Kiss of Death (1947):

Kiss of Death

directed by Henry Hathaway,

written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer,

based on a story by Eleazar Lipsky,

was released in the United States on August 13, 1947.
Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Taylor Holmes, Howard Smith, Karl Malden, Robert Adler, Rollin Bauer, Harry Bellaver, Dennis Bohan, Nina Borget, Susan Cabot, Alexander Campbell, Harry Carter, Dort Clark, Eva Condon, Harry Cooke, Harold Crane, Frank DeKova, James Doody, Mildred Dunnock, Arthur Foran Jr., David Fresco, Harold Gary, Don Giovanni, Marilee Grassini, James Charles Heard, Eda Heinemann, Lou Herbert, Herbert Holcombe, Arthur Holland, Harry Kadison, Robert Karnes, Ronald King, Arthur Kramer, John Kullers, Harry Landers, Perc Launders, Franklyn Lenthall, Paul Lilly, Pat Malone, Iris Mann, John Marley, Gregg Martell, Charles McClelland, Norman McKay, Richard Midgley, Carl Milletaire, Millard Mitchell, Mary Morrison, Consuela O'Connor, Gloria O'Connor, William O'Leary, Wendell K. Phillips, Yvonne Rob, Stephen Roberts, Anthony Ross, Mel Ruick, Jack Rutherford, Lee Sanford, Bernard Sell, George Shelton, Irene Shirley, J. Scott Smart, A. George Smith, John Stearns, Richard Taber, Victor Thorley, Lawrence Tiernan, Tito Vuolo, Milton Wallace, Jesse White, Bill Zuckert.

On this day in movie history - The Killing (1956 movie & novel):

The Killing

directed and written by Stanley Kubrick,

dialogue written by Jim Thompson,

based on the novel Clean Break, by Lionel White,

was released in the United States on May 20, 1956.
Music by Gerald Fried.

Cast:

Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted de Corsia, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook Jr., Joe Sawyer, James Edwards, Timothy Carey, Kola Kwariani, Jay Adler, Tito Vuolo, Dorothy Adams, Herbert Ellis, James Griffith, Cecil Elliott, Joe Turkel, Steve Mitchell, Mary Carroll, William Benedict, Charles Cane, Robert B. Williams, Tom Coleman, Rodney Dangerfield, Franklyn Farnum, John George, Art Gilmore, Sol Gorss, Harry Hines, Kenner G. Kemp, Carl M. Leviness, Hal J. Moore, Harvey Parry, Richard Reeves, Frank Richards, Arthur Tovey.

Recommended reading:

Clean Break

By Lionel White.

Filmed as The Killing (1956), directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Published by Chosho Publishing.

First published 1955.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1958425516

ISBN-13: 978-1958425510

Description:

Johnny Clay, an ex-con determined to strike it rich, has worked out a fool-proof scheme to knock off a racetrack payroll. The two million bucks should be enough to last him a lifetime or two. But a two-faced dame has another idea: Let Johnny do the work, then she'll grab the swag for herself and her boyfriend.

Johnny Clay’s plan to rob the Long Island race track was daring and highly original. Johnny, an ex-convict, had spent his prison years thinking through every possible hitch to his scheme until he was sure it could go off like clockwork.

His four confederates were not known to the police for they were not professional criminals. They had been picked because they were ordinary nondescript men, all with money problems and a touch of larceny in their hearts. Mike Henty was a bartender at the track and George Peatty a cashier, both essential inside men. Martin Unger, a court stenographer, had put up the initial cash and Randy Kennan, a cop, was to get the money away from the track after Johnny had done the actual robbing.

There were in addition three others who were to do a specific jobs for a cash payment. To one of these men fell the assignment of shooting the favorite in the famous Canarsie Stakes. Once this was accomplished, the robbery was set into motion.

The crime in this story is a grand coup, fantastic yet completely possible if everything clicked. So too has Lionel White achieved a grand coup in the telling of the story as he concentrates first on one character then on another, picking up the individual threads and building them into a brilliantly integrated climax. Clean Break is a masterpiece of originality, a highly plotted and ingeniously executed story of suspense.

On this day in movie history - Las Vegas Shakedown (1955):

Las Vegas Shakedown

directed by Sidney Salkow,

written by Steve Fisher,

was released in the United States on May 15, 1955.
Music by Edward J. Kay.

Cast:

Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Patrick, Mary Beth Hughes, Elizabeth Patterson, James Millican, Robert Armstrong, Joe Downing, Lewis Martin, Mara McAfee, Charles Fredericks, Regina Gleason, Murray Alper, James Alexander, Frank Hanley, Allen Mathews, Sid Fields, Rory Mallinson, Matty Malneck, Eve Marley, Beverly Richards, Charles Sherlock, Paul Sorensen.

On this day in movie history - Kansas City Confidential (1952):

Kansas City Confidential

directed by Phil Karlson,

written by George Bruce and Harry Essex,

based on a story by Rowland Brown and Harold Greene,

was released in the United States on November 11, 1952.
Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam, Dona Drake, Mario Siletti, Howard Negley, Carleton Young, Don Orlando, Ted Ryan, Orlando Beltran, Ray Bennett, Chet Brandenburg, Barry Brooks, Charles Cane, Edward Coch, James Conaty, Tom Dillon, George Dockstader, Paul Dubov, Paul Fierro, Eddie Foster, Dick Gordon, Tom Greenway, William Haade, Al Hill, Harry Hines, Paul Hogan, Don House, Vivi Janiss, Helen Kleeb, Paul Kruger, Mike Lally, Roger Moore, House Peters Jr., Lee Phelps, Sam Pierce, Paul Ravel, Joey Ray, Carlos Rivero, Ric Roman, Frank J. Scannell, Sam Scar, Jack Shea, Charles Sherlock, Brick Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, Phil Tead, Archie Twitchell, George D. Wallace, Kay Wiley, Jeff York.