On this day in movie history - Lady in Cement (movie & novel):

Lady in Cement

directed by Gordon Douglas,

written by Marvin H. Albert and Jack Guss,

based on the novel by Marvin H. Albert,

was released in the United States on November 20, 1968.

Music by Hugo Montenegro.

Cast:

Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, Martin Gabel, Lainie Kazan, Pat Henry, Dan Blocker, Steve Peck, Virginia Wood, Richard Deacon, Frank Raiter, Peter Hock, Alex Stevens, Christine Todd, Mac Robbins, Tommy Uhlar, Rey Baumel, Pauly Dash, Andy Jarrell, Al Algiro, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Lanita Kent, Joe E. Lewis, Charlene Mathies, Shirley Parker, B.S. Pully, Jilly Rizzo, Chris Robinson, Coz Serrapere, Dick Sterling, Bunny Yeager.

Recommended reading:

The Lady in Cement

By Marvin H. Albert.

Also published under the pseudonym Anthony Rome.

ASIN: B000MOWZWA

Published by Pocket Books Inc.

1st edition.

Published 1961.

Paperback.

Description:

The private-eye business was slow, so Anthony Rome when skin-diving. But instead of treasure he found a woman's naked body – her feet embedded in a block of cement! She had last been seen alive at a ritzy party given by wealthy heiress Gretchen Forrest. Also at the party had been bigtime tough Al Mungo, who claimed he'd quit the rackets. Anthony Rome started asking questions. And one morning he woke up swollen, bruised and beaten. He hadn't learned much – except that Mungo hadn't lost his heavy touch, and that somewhere along the line, Mungo had picked up a very special interest in lovely Gretchen Forrest!

On this day in movie history – Pillow Talk (movie & novel):

Pillow Talk

directed by Michael Gordon,

written by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro and Clarence Greene,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1959.
Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Karen Norris, Julia Meade, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio, Lee Patrick, Mary McCarty, Alex Gerry, Hayden Rorke, Valerie Allen, Jacqueline Beer, Arlen Stuart.

Recommended reading:

Pillow Talk

By Marvin H. Albert.

Published by Gold Medal.

Published 1959.

ASIN: B000ARHC90

Vintage paperback

Filmed as Pillow Talk (1959), directed by Michael Gordon.

Back cover description:

Good connections.

Doris Day plays the interior decorator who has designs on men.

Rock Hudson and Tony Randall are the men who fall for her, hook, line and sinker.

Born on this day – Marvin H. Albert:

Marvin H. Albert

Writer

January 22, 1924 – March 24, 1996

Credits:

Books:

A Dancer's Progress and Schodinger's Cat (1993); A Nightmare to Dreamland (1985); All the Young Men (1960); Apache Rising (1987); Back in the Real World (1986); Becoming a Mother (1982); Bimbo Heaven (1990); Broadsides and Boarders (1958); Clayburn (1989); Crazy Joe (1974); Dark Goddess (1978); Driscoll's Diamonds (1974); Duel at Diablo (1966); Get Off at Babylon (1987); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Hidden Lives (1981); I'd Love to But I Have a Game (1993); Last Train to Bannock (1989); Long Teeth (1987); Miami Mayhem (1960); My Kind of Game (1962); No Chance in Hell (1960); Operation Lila (1983); Party Girl (1958); Rider from Wind River (1988); Skylark Mission (1973); Some Die Hard (1961); Stone Angel (1986); Strike Force 7 (1975); The Divorce (1965); The Don Is Dead (1972); The Gargoyle Conspiracy (1975); The Girl with No Place to Hide (1959); The Golden Circle (1987); The Hoods Come Calling (1958); The Lady in Cement (1961); The Last Smile (1988); The Long White Road (1957); The Man in Black (1990); The Medusa Complex (1982); The Midnight Sister (1989); The Pink Panther (1964); The Reformed Gun (1989); The Riviera Contract (1992); The Untouchables (1987); The Vendetta (1972); The VIPs (1963); The Zig-Zag Man (1991); Three Rode North (1989); Till It Hurts (1960); Trail of a Tramp (1958); Valley of the Assassins (1975); What's New Pussy Cat? (1965).

Movies and television:

À corps et à cris (1989); A Twist of Sand (1968); Bullet for a Badman (1964); Duel at Diablo (1966); Lady in Cement (1968); Nick Quarry (1968); Pour cent millions (1992); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Law and Jake Wade (1958); The Ugly Ones (1966); Tony Rome (1967); Wahdah be-Wahdah (1984).