Born on this day – John Houseman:

John Houseman

Actor

Producer

September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988

Credits:

227 (1987); 2nd House (1976); A Christmas Without Snow (1980); A Night at Ford's Theater (1968); A Rose for Emily (1983); A.D. (1985); ABC Stage 67 (1966); AFI Life Achievement Award (1979–1984); All Fall Down (1962); American Playhouse (1983); American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022); America's Musical Theater (1985); Another Woman (1988); Aspen (1977); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bright Lights, Big City (1988); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Callow's Laughton (1987); Camera Three (1975–1976); Captains and the Kings (1976); Choices of the Heart (1983); Cinéastes de notre temps (1965); Citizen Kane (1941); Clarence Darrow (1974); Day at Night (1974); Dillinger (1960); Dracula A Symphony of Blood (2021); Executive Suite (1954); FDR (1982); Fear on Trial (1975); Film '73 (1973); Film Night (1976); Fireside Theatre (1949–1955); Freedom to Speak (1983); Ghost Story (1981); Gideon's Trumpet (1980); Good Morning America (1981); Great Performances (1975 / 1982); Hazard's People (1976); Her Twelve Men (1954); Holiday for Sinners (1952); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood Greats (1984); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1974); In the Cool of the Day (1963); Jane Eyre (1943); Journey to America (1964); Juilliard (1971); Julius Caesar (1953); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016); Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948); L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours (1990); Lincoln (1988); Lust for Life (1956); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Marco Polo (1982); Miss Susie Slagle's (1946); Moonfleet (1955); Mork & Mindy (1982); Murder by Phone (1982); My Bodyguard (1980); Nightlife (1986); Noble House (1988); Old Boyfriends (1979); Olympic Gala (1984); On Dangerous Ground (1951); Our Planet Tonight (1987); Our Town (1977); Our World (1987); Peace on Borrowed Time (1983); Pioneers of Television (2014); Plaisir du théâtre (1983); Playhouse 90 (1958–1959); Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018); Rollerball (1975); Roses in December (1982); Scrooged (1988); Seven Days in May (1964); Silver Spoons (1982–1987); Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976); Sorry, Wrong Number (1946); St. Ives (1976); Stages: Houseman Directs Lear (1981); Starring Katharine Hepburn (1981); Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024); Tales from the Mist: Inside 'the Fog' (2002); Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Adams Chronicles (1976); The Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Robin Williams (1988); The Associates (1980); The Babysitter (1980); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Best of Families (1977); The Best of Film Noir (1999); The Best of Hollywood (1998); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Blue Dahlia (1946); The Brand New Illustrated Journal of the Arts (1982); The British Greats (1980); The Cheap Detective (1978); The Cobweb (1955); The Company She Keeps (1951); The Complete Citizen Kane (1991); The Country Girl (1974); The David Frost Show (1972); The Displaced Person (1977); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Billy Wilder (1982); The Fog (1980); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (1984); The Great Adventure (1963); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1983); The Last Convertible (1979); The Late Show (1986); The Look of Scrooged (2006); The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938); The Merry Wives of Windsor (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1979–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1974–1980); The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988); The New Deal for Artists (1976); The New Steve Allen Show (1961); The Paper Chase (1973–1986); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Seven Lively Arts (1957–1958); The Six Million Dollar Man (1976); The South Bank Show (1988); The Television Annual: 1978/1979 (1979); The Time of Your Life (1976); The Unseen (1945); The Winds of War (1983); They Live by Night (1948); This Property Is Condemned (1966); Three Days of the Condor (1975); Today (1979); Too Much Johnson (1938); Truman at Potsdam (1976); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Two Weeks in Another Town (1962); Une légende, une vie (1974); Van Gogh: Darkness Into Light (1956); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); Wholly Moses! (1980); Wogan (1985); Writing: Plain & Fancy (1981); Your Favorite Story (1954).

On this day in movie history - St. Ives (1976):

St. Ives

directed by J. Lee Thompson,

written by Barry Beckerman,

based on the novel by The Procane Chronicle by Oliver Bleeck,

was released in the United States on September 1, 1976.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar, Michael Lerner, George Memmoli, Dick O’Neill, Elisha Cook Jr., Jerome Thor, Val Bisoglio, Burr DeBenning, Daniel J. Travanti, Stanley Brock, Tom Pedi, Joseph Roman, Walter Brooke, Jeff Goldblum, Robert Englund, Mark Thomas, Joe De Nicola, Bob Terhune, Don Hanmer, Norman Palmer, George Sawaya, Larry Martindale, Olan Soule, Louis H. Kelly, Rosalyn Marshall, Glenn Robards, Lynn Borden, Owen Pace, Morris Buchanan, Ben Young, John Steadman, Benjie Bancroft, Layla Bias Galloway, Jill Stone, Edward Cross, Al Beaudine, Jack Berle, Jerry Brutsche, Daniel Elam, Len Felber, Duke Fishman, Bob Harks, Michael Jeffers, Dale Johnson, John Marlin, John Hugh McKnight, Jim Michael, Ernesto Molinari, Dar Robinson, George Tracy, Paul Van.

On this day in movie history - Rollerball (1975 movie & book):

Rollerball

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by William Harrison,

based on the short story Roller Ball Murder by William Harrison,

was released in the United States on June 25, 1975.

Music by André Previn.

Adagio in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni.

Cast:

James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn, Pamela Hensley, Barbara Trentham, John Normington, Shane Rimmer, Burt Kwouk, Nancy Bleier, Richard LeParmentier, Robert Ito, Ralph Richardson.

Recommended reading:

Roller Ball Murder and Other Stories

by William Harrison.

ISBN-10: 0860078655

ISBN-13: 978-0860078654

Published 1975.

Anthology of short stories.

Contents:

Preface; The Warrior (1971); The Hermit (1968); Down the Blue Hole (1973); Eating It (1970); The Pinball Machines (1968); Roller Ball Murder (1973); The Blurb King (1971); A Cook’s Tale (1966); The Arsons of Desire (1972); The Good Ship Erasmus (1971); Under the House (1972); Nirvana, Götterdämmerung, and the Shot Put (1972); Weatherman: A Theological Narrative (1973).

Description:

Rollerball Murder – the deadly game of the twenty-first century. At a signal forty players run, skate and bike for their lives around a high banked, hardwood track, dodging the careening 25-pound oval balls which scatter and maim and over 300 miles an hour.

No rules, no rest periods, no substitutes. It’s play up or die. Just two hours of brute speed and crowd-pleasing carnage viewed simultaneously the world over on multivision …

Rollerball Murder is one of thirteen tightly written, provocative and, ultimately, unforgettable stories of the past, present and the horrifying future.

On this day in movie history - The Cheap Detective (1978):

The Cheap Detective

directed by Robert Moore,

written by Neil Simon,

was released in the United States on June 23, 1978.
Music by Patrick Williams.

Cast:

Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, James Coco, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, Fernando Lamas, Marsha Mason, Phil Silvers, Abe Vigoda, Paul Williams, Nicol Williamson, Emory Bass, Carmine Caridi, James Cromwell, Scatman Crothers, David Ogden Stiers, Vic Tayback, Carole Wells, John Calvin, Barry Michlin, Jonathan Banks, Lew Gallo, Lee McLaughlin, Zale Kessler, Jerrold Ziman, Wally K. Berns, Bella Bruck, Henry Sutton, Maurice Marks, Joe Ross, Dean Perry, George Rondo, Ronald L. Schwary, Louis H. Kelly, Charles Bastin, Armando Gonzales, Gary L. Dyer, Steven Fisher, Laurie Hagen, Lee Menning, Nancy Warren, Nancy Marlowe Coyne, Lynn Griffis, Paula Friel, Sheila Sisco, Lauren Simon, Cindy Lang, Martina Ritt, David Matthau, Gary Alexander, Michele Bernath, George Simmons, Joree Sirianni, Cornell Chulay, Edward Coch Jr., Bob Harks, Paul King, Murray Pollack, Arthur Tovey.