Thursday, March 28, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Big Caper (1957):


The Big Caper,
directed by Robert Stevens,
written by Martin Berkeley,
based on the novel by Lionel White,
was released in the United States on March 28, 1957.
Music by Albert Glasser.


Cast:
Rory Calhoun, Mary Costa, James Gregory, Robert H. Harris, Roxanne Arlen, Corey Allen, Paul Picerni, Patrick McVey, Florenz Ames, Louise Arthur, Roscoe Ates, Valentin de Vargas, Melody Gale, Terry Kelman, James Nolan, Voltaire Perkins, Jack Shea, Ray Teal, Rusty Wescoatt.

On this day in movie history - The Blue Gardenia (1953):


The Blue Gardenia,
directed by Fritz Lang,
written by Charles Hoffman,
based on the novella The Gardenia by Vera Caspary,
was released in the United States on March 28, 1953.
Music by Raoul Kraushaar.


Cast:
Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell, Richard Erdman, George Reeves, Ruth Storey, Ray Walker, Nat King Cole, Dolores Fuller.

Born on this day – Annie Wersching:


Annie Wersching

Actress

Below as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard


March 28, 1977 – January 29, 2023

Credits:

24 (2009–2010); 24 in 24 (2009); Angel (2003); Anthem (2019); Below the Beltway (2010); Birds of Prey (2002); Blue Bloods (2014); Blue-Eyed Butcher (2012); Body of Proof (2013); Bosch (2014–2021); Boston Legal (2006); Bruce Almighty (2003); Castle (2013–2015); Charmed (2004); Code Black (2016); Cold Case (2006); Company Man (2007); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2010); Dallas (2013); Doubt (2017); E-Ring (2005); Extant (2014); Frasier (2003); General Hospital (2007); Grounded: Making the Last of Us (2013); Harry's Law (2012); Hawaii Five-0 (2011); Hell's Kitchen (2018); Intelligence (2014); Journeyman (2007); Killer Instinct (2005); Lopez Tonight (2010); Major Crimes (2016); NCIS (2010); No Ordinary Family (2011); Out of Practice (2005); Partners (2011); Revolution (2013); Rizzoli & Isles (2011); Runaways (2017–2019); Star Trek: Enterprise (2002); Star Trek: Picard (2020); Supernatural (2007); That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars (2019); The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2007); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2010); The Catch (2016); The Last of Us - The Definitive Playthrough (2019); The Last of Us (2013); The Last of Us: One Night Live (2014); The Other Mother (2017); The Ready Room (2022); The Rookie (2019–2022); The Showdown (2006); The Surrogate (2013); The Vampire Diaries (2015–2016); Timeless (2017–2018); Touch (2013).

Born on this day – Nelson Algren:


Nelson Algren

Writer

March 28, 1909 – May 9, 1981

Credits:

Books:

A Walk on the Wild Side (1956); Chicago, a City On the Make (poems) (1951); Never Come Morning (1942); Somebody in Boots (1935); The Devil's Stocking (1983); The Last Carousel (1973); The Man with the Golden Arm (1949); The Neon Wilderness (1947); The Texas Stories of Nelson Algren (1995).

Movies and television:

Algren's Last Night (2003); America After Dark (1957); Book Beat (1963–1974); Calendar (1963); Danger (1951); Day at Night (1974); Down You Go (1951); Fearless Frank (1967); Goldstein (1964); Nelson Algren Live (2016); Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day (2001); NET Playhouse (1970); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Shoestring Theatre (1960); The David Susskind Show (1963); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); The Merv Griffin Show (1965); The New Deal for Artists (1976); Today (1965); Walk on the Wild Side (1962).

Liane Moriarty, on writing:


My real thinking and planning gets done when I'm doing something else,
like driving or walking or taking a shower.

- Liane Moriarty.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

On this day in music history - 7800° Fahrenheit, by Bon Jovi (1985):

The album 7800° Fahrenheit,
by Bon Jovi,
was released on March 27, 1985.

Born on this day – Maria Ewing:


Maria Ewing

Opera singer

Soprano

March 27, 1950 – January 9, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Carmen (2010); Don Giovanni (1984); From This Moment On (1990); La damoiselle elue; Iberia; Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (1987); Pelléas et Mélisande (1992); Shéhérazade:  Alborada del gracioso; Ma mère l'oye; La valse; L'éventail de Jeanne - Fanfare; La vallée des cloches (1991).

Movies and television:

Carmen (1985–1989); Carmen by Georges Bizet (1991); Cosi fan tutte (1978); Dido and Aeneas (1995); Grâce à la musique (1980); Great Performances (1984–1995); La Périchole (1982); L'incoronazione di Poppea (1984); Salome (1992); The Barber of Seville (1981); The Marriage of Figaro (1976); The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1987); The South Bank Show (1997); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem (1988).