Born on this day – Peter Graves:

Peter Graves

Actor

March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1967); 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006); 300 Miles for Stephanie (1981); 7th Heaven (1997–2007); A Man of Many Ideas (1954); A Rage to Live (1965); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); Addams Family Values (1993); AFI Life Achievement Award (1986); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); Airplane! (1980); Airplane: Long-Haul Version (2005); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Dad! (2007); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Angels in the Outfield (1951); Bayou (1957); Beginning of the End (1957); Behind the Legend: Timon (2004); Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953); Best of Friends (1981); Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1954); Biography (1987–2011); Biography International (1998); Black Tuesday (1954); Branded (1966); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Burke's Law (1995); Call to Danger (1968–1973); Canyon River (1956); Cavalcade of America (1956); CBS at 75 (2003); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Chevron Theatre (1953); Cimarron City (1959); Climax! (1957–1958); Cold Case (2006); Court Martial (1965–1966); Daniel Boone (1966); Darkstar: The Interactive Movie (2010); Dead Man on the Run (1975); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver (1976); Dean's Place (1976); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Death in Small Doses (1957); Diagnosis Murder (1997–1999); Dinah Shore: In Search of the Ideal Man (1973); Dinah! (1975–1976); Discover: The World of Science (with Peter Graves) (1983); East of Sumatra (1953); Fantasy Island (1978–1983); Fireside Theatre (1953–1955); Fort Defiance (1951); Fort Yuma (1955); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); Funny Face (1971); Fury (1955–1960); Gloria Swanson: The Greatest Star (1997); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Gunsmoke (1956); Harrison Ford: The Reluctant Hero (1998); Here's Hollywood (1961); High Seas Hijack (1977); Hold Back the Night (1956); House (2005); House of Mouse / How to Be a Spy (2001); House on Haunted Hill (1999); If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (1987); It Conquered the World (1956); Jack's Family Adventure (2010); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2009); Killers from Space (1954); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Laredo (1966); Las Vegas Beat (1961); Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust (2009); Lesley Ann Warren: A Cinderella Story (2000); Life with Lucy (1986); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street (1984); Magic at the Roxy (1976); Matinee Theatre (1956); Matt and Jenny (1980); Men in Black II (2002); Mickey Mouse Works (1999); Minoriteam (2006); Mission: Impossible (1967–1990); Mr. Kingston (1964); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Northern Lights (1993); Number One with a Bullet (1987); Other People, Other Places (1973); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Pioneers of Television (2011); Premiere (1968); Red Planet Mars (1952); Robbers' Roost (1955); Rogue River (1951); Route 66 (1962); Run for Your Life (1966); Savannah Smiles (1982); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Scream of the Wolf (1974); Sergeant Ryker (1968); Sidecar Racers (1975); Simon & Simon (1981); Solid Gold (1987); SST: Death Flight (1977); Stalag 17 (1953); Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (1980); Studio 57 (1954); Studio One (1956); Super Secret Movie Rules (2004); Survival Run (1979); Texas Across the River (1966); The 12th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1970); The 19th Annual CableACE Awards (1997); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997); The 5-Man Army (1969); The Alan Hamel Show (1980); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The All New Truth or Consequences (1966); The All Star Spangled Mission (1973); The Angry Beavers (1998); The Ballad of Josie (1967); The Bob Braun Show (1971); The Bobby Vinton Show (1976); The Carol Burnett Show (1970); The Clonus Horror (1979); The Congregation (1952); The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955); The Daily Show (1998); The David Frost Show (1972); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Telly Savalas (1974); The Dean Martin Show (1968–1971); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The F.B.I. (1967); The Factor (2007); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Gift of the Magi (1978); The Golden Girls (1991); The Great Adventure (1964); The Guns and the Fury (1981); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1972); The Invaders (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Long Gray Line (1955); The Love Boat (1978–1987); The Magical World of Disney (1966–1978); The Making of 'War & Remembrance' (2004); The Man Who Tore Down the Wall (1955); The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Mike Douglas Show (1968–1980); The Millionaire (1956); The Mysterious Monsters (1975); The Naked Street (1955); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Official Walkthrough of Darkstar (2010); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); The President's Plane Is Missing (1973); The Raid (1954); The Rebels (1979); The Red Skelton Hour (1969); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1977); The Tehran Incident (1979); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2007); The Underground Man (1974); The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires (1994); The Virginian (1964); The Winds of War (1983); The Winds of War: Making 'The Winds of War' (2004); The Yellow Tomahawk (1954); These Old Broads (2001); This Is Your Life (1971–1972); This Morning (1998); Today (2008); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Under the Law: Arrest and Seize (1973); Up Front (1951); Valley of Mystery (1967); Valley of the Old Ones (1974); War and Remembrance (1988); War Paint (1953); What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar (2009); Where Have All the People Gone (1974); Where's Raymond? (1953); Whiplash (1960–1961); Whiplash / Listen to the Beat (1961); Wichita (1955); Winning Your Wings (1942); With You in Spirit (2003); Wolf Larsen (1958); You Are the Jury (1987); Your Favorite Story (1954); Your Play Time (1954).

Born on this day – Robert Donat:

Robert Donat

Actor

Director

Writer

March 18, 1905 – June 9, 1958

Credits:

Compression (2024); El lado oscuro (2024); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Discovering Film (2020); The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (2019); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); The First Film (2015); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Living Famously (2003); Hitchcock: The Early Years (1999); 100 Years at the Movies (1994); Best of British (1987); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); The British Greats (1980); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958); Kraft Theatre (1956); Lease of Life (1954); The Magic Box (1951); The Cure for Love (1949); The Winslow Boy (1948); Captain Boycott (1947); Vacation from Marriage (1945); The New Lot (1943); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); The Citadel (1938); Knight Without Armor (1937); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The 39 Steps (1935); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); For Love or Money (1933); Over Night (1932); Men of Tomorrow (1932); The Cure for Love (1949); Alexander Korda, Kt (1956); Korda Interviews (1956); The Stained Glass at Fairford (1956); Royal Heritage (1952); Some of the Best (1944); Twenty Years After (1944); The Miracle of Sound (1940); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940).

Born on this day – Margaret Culkin Banning:

Margaret Culkin Banning

Writer

March 18, 1891 – January 4, 1982

Credits:

Books:

A Handmaid of the Lord (1924); A New Design for the Defense Decade (1951 / 1952); A Week in New York (1941); Conduct Yourself Accordingly (1944); Country Club People (1923); Echo Answers (1960); Enough To Live On (1941); Fallen Away (1951); Give Us Our Years (1950); Half Loaves (1921); His Side Of It (1931); I Took My Love to the Country (1966); Letters from England, Summer 1942 (1943); Letters to Susan (1936); Lifeboat Number Two (1971); Mesabi (1969); Mixed Marriage (1930); Money Of Her Own (1928); Path of True Love (1933); Prelude To Love (1930); Pressure (1927); Rich Girl, Poor Girl (1928); Salud! A South American Journal (1941); Spellbinders (1922); Such Interesting People (1979); The Case for Chastity (1937); The Convert (1957); The Dowry (1955); The First Woman (1935); The Iron Will (1936); The Minnesota Arrowhead Country (1941); The Quality of Mercy (1963); The Splendid Torments (1976); The Third Son (1934); The Vine and The Olive (1964); The Will of Magda Townsend (1974); The Women of the Family (1926); This Marrying (1920); Too Young To Marry (1938); Women for Defense (1942); You Haven’t Changed (1938).

Movies and television:

Matinee Theatre (1956); Woman Against Woman (1938).

Recommended reading - MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker (1968):

MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors

By Richard Hooker.

Filmed as M*A*S*H (1970), directed by Robert Altman.

Published by William Morrow Paperbacks.

First published 1968.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0688149553

ISBN-13: 978-0688149550

Description:

Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth. The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees."

For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide – all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart.

Introvert humor:

Judy Blume, on writing:

The best books come from someplace inside.

You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.

- Judy Blume.

On this day in movie history - Lee Unkrich Presents The Shining (2023)

Lee Unkrich Presents The Shining

A presentation by Lee Unkrich, of his book Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.
The venue was the David Geffen Theater, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, in the United States, on March 17, 2023.
Part of the Spotlights series.
Lee Unkrich is the Director, Animator and Editor of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.
Presentation introduced by Bernardo Rondeau, Senior Director, Film Programs.
After the presentation, a screening of The Shining (1980) was shown to the audience.

Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.
Written by Lee Unkrich and J. W. Rinzler.
Published by Taschen.