On this day in movie history - The Lost Weekend (1945):

The Lost Weekend

directed by Billy Wilder,

written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder,

based on the novel by Charles R. Jackson,

was released in the United States on November 29, 1945.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young, Anita Bolster, Lilian Fontaine, Frank Orth, Lewis Russell, Harry Tenbrook, Gene Ashley, Walter Baldwin, Harry Barris, Ian Begg, Eddie Borden, Jess Lee Brooks, Jack Rube Clifford, David Clyde, James Conaty, Willa Pearl Curtis, John Deauville, Helen Dickson, Clark Eggleston, Franklyn Farnum, John Garris, Dick Gordon, Jayne Hazard, Ted Hecht, Ernest Hilliard, Earle Hyman, Jerry James, Stan Johnson, Jack W. Johnston, Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky, Eddie Laughton, Perc Launders, Theodora Lynch, Bertram Marburgh, William Meader, James Millican, Frank Mills, Pat Moriarity, William Newell, William O'Leary, Peter Potter, Mark Power, Stanley Price, Craig Reynolds, The San Francisco Opera Company, Lester Sharpe, Lee Shumway, Sophie (the dog), Douglas Spencer, Al Stewart, Bunny Sunshine, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Emmett Vogan, Max Wagner, Milton Wallace, Gisela Werbisek, Crane Whitley, Ernest Whitman, Isabel Withers, Audrey Young.

On this day in movie history - Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982):

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid,

directed by Carl Reiner,

written by Carl Reiner, George Gipe and Steve Martin,

was released in the United States on May 4, 1982.
Music by Miklós Rózsa and Steve Goodman.

Cast:

Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Veronica Lake, Bette Davis, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Kirk Douglas, Fred MacMurray, James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Reni Santoni, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price, George Gaynes, Francis X. McCarthy, Adrian Ricard, Charlie Picerni, Gene LeBell, George Sawaya, Britt Nilsson, Jean Beaudine, John Easton Stuart, Ronald Spivey, Bob Hevelone, Dieter Curt, Phillip Kearns, Kent Deigaard, Eugene Brezany, Brad Baird, William Conrad, Charles McGraw, Jeff Corey, John Miljan, Brian Donlevy, Norma Varden, Edmond O'Brien, Wally Brown, David LeBell, Cheryl Smith.

Born on this day – Ray Milland:

Ray Milland

Actor

Director

January 3, 1907 – March 10, 1986

Credits:

The Gold Key (1985); The Sea Serpent (1985); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984); Hart to Hart (1979); Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983); Our Family Business (1981); The Dream Merchants (1980); The Attic (1980); Charlie's Angels (1976); Cave in! (1983); The Love Boat (1977); Game for Vultures (1979); Survival Run (1979); The Darker Side of Terror (1979); Oliver's Story (1978); Fantasy Island (1977); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Blackout (1978); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); Cruise Into Terror (1978); The Pyjama Girl Case (1977); Slavers (1977); The Uncanny (1977); Testimony of Two Men (1977); Oil (1977); Seventh Avenue (1977); The Last Tycoon (1976); Mayday at 40, 000 Feet! (1976); Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976); Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976); Aces High (1976); The Swiss Conspiracy (1976); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Ellery Queen (1975); Escape to Witch Mountain (1975); The Dead Don't Die (1975); Gold (1974); The Student Connection (1974); Terror in the Wax Museum (1973); The Big Game (1973); The House in Nightmare Park (1973); Cool Million (1972); Columbo (1971); The Thing with Two Heads (1972); Frogs (1972); Embassy (1972); Black Noon (1971); Night Gallery (1969); River of Gold (1971); ove Story (1970); The Name of the Game (1968); Company of Killers (1970); Bracken's World (1969); Daughter of the Mind (1969); Hostile Witness (1969); The Confession (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Silver Burro (1963); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963); Panic in Year Zero! (1962); The Premature Burial (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1961); King of Kings (1961); Markham (1959); Goodyear Theatre (1957); General Electric Theater (1953); Suspicion (1957); The Safecracker (1958); High Flight (1957); The River's Edge (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Three Brave Men (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); Lisbon (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955); A Man Alone (1955); The Ray Milland Show (1953); Dial M for Murder (1954); Let's Do It Again (1953); Jamaica Run (1953); The Thief (1952); Something to Live For (1952); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Close to My Heart (1951); Rhubarb (1951); Night Into Morning (1951); Circle of Danger (1951); A Life of Her Own (1950); A Woman of Distinction (1950); Copper Canyon (1950); It Happens Every Spring (1949); Alias Nick Beal (1949); Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948); Sealed Verdict (1948); The Big Clock (1948); So Evil My Love (1948); Variety Girl (1947); Golden Earrings (1947); The Trouble with Women (1947); California (1947); The Imperfect Lady (1946); The Well Groomed Bride (1946); Kitty (1945); The Lost Weekend (1945); Till We Meet Again (1944); Ministry of Fear (1944); The Uninvited (1944); Lady in the Dark (1944); The Crystal Ball (1943); Forever and a Day (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); The Major and the Minor (1942); Are Husbands Necessary? (1942); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); The Lady Has Plans (1942); Sullivan's Travels (1941); Skylark (1941); I Wanted Wings (1941); Arise, My Love (1940); Untamed (1940); The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940); Irene (1940); French Without Tears (1940); Everything Happens at Night (1939); Beau Geste (1939); Hotel Imperial (1939); Say It in French (1938); Men with Wings (1938); Tropic Holiday (1938); Her Jungle Love (1938); Wise Girl (1937); Ebb Tide (1937); Easy Living (1937); Wings Over Honolulu (1937); Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937); Three Smart Girls (1936); The Jungle Princess (1936); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); The Return of Sophie Lang (1936); Next Time We Love (1936); The Glass Key (1935); Alias Mary Dow (1935); Four Hours to Kill! (1935); The Gilded Lily (1935); One Hour Late (1934); Menace (1934); Charlie Chan in London (1934); Many Happy Returns (1934); We're Not Dressing (1934); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); Bolero (1934); This Is the Life (1933); Orders Is Orders (1933); Payment Deferred (1932); But the Flesh Is Weak (1932); Polly of the Circus (1932); The Man Who Played God (1932); Ambassador Bill (1931); Blonde Crazy (1931); Bought! (1931); Just a Gigolo (1931); Strangers May Kiss (1931); The Bachelor Father (1931); Passion Flower (1930); Way for a Sailor (1930); The Informer (1929); The Plaything (1929; The Lady from the Sea (1929); The Flying Scotsman (1929); Piccadilly (1929); Moulin Rouge (1928).