Born on this day – John Cassavetes:

John Cassavetes

Actor

Director

Writer

December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989

Credits:

A Woman Under the Influence (1974); Affair in Havana (1957); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Alexander the Great (1963); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); Appointment with Adventure (1956); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955); Bandits in Rome (1968); Before Opening Night (2010); Big Trouble (1986); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965–1967); Brass Target (1978); Breaking Point (1963); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Capone (1975); Channing (1963); Climax! (1956); Columbo (1972); Combat! (1965); Crime in the Streets (1956); Danger (1954–1955); Devil's Angels (1967); A Child Is Waiting (1963); Dr. Kildare (1962); Edge of the City (1957); Faces (1968); Flesh & Blood (1979); General Electric Theater (1959); Gloria (1980); Gloria (1999); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Heroes (1977); Husbands (1970); Johnny Staccato (1959–1960); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); King Kongs Faust (1985); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kraft Theatre (1955–1956); Love Streams (1984); Lux Playhouse (1959); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Machine Gun McCain (1969); Minnie and Moskowitz (1971); Marvin & Tige (1983); Mikey and Nicky (1976); NBC Television Opera Theatre (1954); Nightside (1973); Off to See the Wizard (1968); Omnibus (1954); Opening Night (1977); Our Virgin Island (1958); Playhouse 90 (1957); Ponds Theater (1955); Profiles in Courage (1965); Pursuit (1958); Rawhide (1961); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); Rosemary's Baby (1968); Saddle the Wind (1958); Shadows (1958); She's So Lovely (1997); Studio One (1958); Taxi (1953); Tempest (1982); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Elgin Hour (1955); The Fury (1978); The Haircut (1982); The Incubus (1981); The Killers (1964); The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963); The Long, Hot Summer (1966); The Night Holds Terror (1955); The Virginian (1966); The Webster Boy (1962); Too Late Blues (1961); Two-Minute Warning (1976); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981); Woman Under the Influence (2017); You Are There (1953).

On this day in movie history - Whose Life Is It Anyway? (movie & play):

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

directed by John Badham,

written by Reginald Rose,

based on the play by Brian Clark,

was released in the United States on December 2, 1981.
Music by Arthur B. Rubinstein.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban, Thomas Carter, Kaki Hunter, Kenneth McMillan, Janet Eilber.

Recommended reading:

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Play by Brian Clark.

Published 1979.

Paperback

Published by Cornelsen.

ISBN 13: 9783454665902

ISBN 10: 3454665906

ASIN: 3454665906

Description:

Ken Harrison, is a successful sculptor with a beautiful girlfriend and everything to live for until a car wreck leaves him paralyzed for life, with no hope of physical recovery. When this charming, witty, angry young man chooses to die his doctors and nurses are determined that he must continue to live.

On this day in movie history - A Woman Under the Influence (1974):

A Woman Under the Influence

directed and written by John Cassavetes,

was released in the United States on November 18, 1974.
Music by Bo Harwood.

Cast:

Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands, Katherine Cassavetes, Matthew Labyorteaux, Matthew Cassel, Christina Grisanti, George Dunn, Mario Gallo, Eddie Shaw, Angelo Grisanti, Charles Horvath, James Joyce, John Finnegan, Cliff Carnell, Frank Richards, Hugh Hurd, Leon Wagner, Dominique Davalos, Xan Cassavetes, Pancho Meisenheimer, Sonny Aprile, Ellen Davalos, Joanne Moore Jordan, John Hawker, Sylvester Words, Elizabeth Deering, Jackie Peters, Elsie Ames, N.J. Cassavetes.

On this day in movie history - Gloria (1980):

Gloria

directed and written by John Cassavetes,

was released in the United States on October 1, 1980.
Music by Bill Conti.

Cast:

Gena Rowlands, Julie Carmen, Tony Knesich, Gregory Cleghorne, Buck Henry, John Adames, Lupe Garnica, Jessica Castillo, Tom Noonan, Ronald Maccone, George Yudzevich, Gary Howard Klar, William E. Rice, Frank Belgiorno, J.C. Quinn, Alex Stevens, Sonny Landham, Harry Madsen, Shanton Granger, John Pavelko, Ray Baker, Ross Charap, Irvin Graham, Michael Proscia, T.S. Rosenbaum, Santos Morales, Meta Shaw Stevens, Marilyn Putnam, John Finnegan, Gaetano Lisi, Richard M. Kaye, Steve Lefkowitz, George Poidomani, Lawrence Tierney, Asa Adil Qawee, Vincent Pecorella, Iris Fernandez, Jade Bari, David Resnick, Thomas J. Buckman, Joe Dabenigno, Bill Wiley, John M. Sefakis, Val Avery, Walter Dukes, Janet Ruben, Ferruccio Hrvatin, Edward Wilson, Basilio Franchina, Carl Levy, Warren Selvaggi, Nathan Seril, Vladimir Drazenovic, Edward Jacobs, Brad Johnston, Jerry Jaffe, Chris McCabe Adams, Maja Niles, Jerry Schram, Filomena Spagnuolo.

On this day in television history – Johnny Staccato (TV show & book):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Naked Truth.

Released September 10, 1959.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by Richard Berg.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast: John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Chick Chandler, Michael Landon, Stacy Harris, Nick Cravat, Ruta Lee, Robert H. Harris, Frank Sully, Shelly Manne, Pete Candoli, Red Norvo, Red Mitchell, John / Johnny Williams, Barney Kessel, Monica Lewis, Joe Ploski.

Recommended reading:

Johnny Staccato

By Frank Boyd.

Published by Gold Medal Books.

Published 1960.

ASIN: B0DSZXQGML

Description:

A smooth man on the ivories, hot on the trigger, and cool in a jam – he’s the toughest private eye to hit America in a decade.

On this day in movie history - The Night Holds Terror (1955):

The Night Holds Terror

directed and written by Andrew L. Stone,

was released in the United States on July 13, 1955.
Based on the true 1953 Courtier case.
Music by Lucien Cailliet.

Cast:

Jack Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes, David Cross, Eddie Marr, Jack Kruschen, Joyce McCluskey, Jonathan Hale, Barney Phillips, Roy Neal, Joel Marston, Guy Kingsford, Stanley Andrews, Charles Herbert, Barbara Woodell, William Woodson.

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

The Killers

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Gene L. Coon,

based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway,

was released in the United States on July 7, 1964.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Clu Gulager, John Cassavetes, Ronald Reagan, Claude Akins, Norman Fell, Virginia Christine, Don Haggerty, Robert Phillips, Kathleen O'Malley, Ted Jacques, Irvin Mosley, Jimmy Joyce, Burt Mustin.