Voltaire, on writing:

Writing is the painting of the voice.

- Voltaire.

On this day in movie history - Diabolique (1996):

Diabolique

directed by Jeremiah Chechik,

written by Don Roos,

based on the original screenplay by Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi, René Masson and Frédéric Grendel,

in turn based on the novel She Who Was No More by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac,

was released in the United States on March 22, 1996.
Music by Randy Edelman.

Cast:

Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates, Spalding Gray, Shirley Knight, Allen Garfield, Adam Hann-Byrd, Donal Logue, Diana Bellamy, Clea Lewis, J.J. Abrams, O'Neal Compton, Bingo O'Malley, Stephen Liska, James Kisicki, Kevin Vinay, Cory Pattak, Kate Young, Sophia Salguero, Hank Stohl, Zachary Mott, Jesse Sky Ross, Tony Amen, Daniel Conley, Aaron D. Frankel, Daniel Kremer, Phil Nardozzi, Steve Patterson.

On this day in music history - Urban Blues, by John Lee Hooker (1967):

Urban Blues

Album by John Lee Hooker,

released March 22, 1967.

Track list:

Cry Before I Go; Boom Boom Boom; Backbiters & Syndicaters; Mr. Lucky; By Own Blues; I Can't Stand To Leave You; Think Twice Before You Go; I'm Standing In Line; Hot Spring Water Pt.1; Hot Spring Water Pt.2; The Motor City Is Burning; Want Ad Blues.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 27.
Episode entitled: A Kid Up There.
Released March 22, 1960.
Directed by Paul Stewart.
Written by Ian Hamilton and Maxwell Shane.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Bert Freed, Connie Gilchrist, Al Ruscio, Jimmy Baird, Gil Frye.

Born on this day – Maxie Solters:

Maxie Solters

Actress

Producer

Writer

March 22, 1987 – August 15, 2024

Credits:

4th Annual Young Entertainer Awards Red Carpet Interviews 2019 (2019); Adventures in Online Dating (2016–2017); After Lately (2011); Anger Management (2013); Birnkrant 616 (2006–2007); Blind Ambition (2008); Bloody Bobby (2016); Boyfriend Application (2015); Broken at Love (2013); Chooch (2016); CLIMAX! The Series (2017); Couples Therapy (2011); FaceBack (2014); Female Friendly (2018); Havenhurst (2016); In the Moment (2014); Jilted (2015); Last Place Trophy (2016); Legend of Fall Creek (2021); Limitless Love (2015); One and Only (2015); Sea Horse (2013); Shark Bites (2013); Sharp (2013); Six (2022); So Likeable: An Inside Peek at ‘Please Like Me’ (2015); Sour Milk (2012); Teens Wanna Know (2015); The Dog Days of Winter (2006); The Good, the Bad, and the Bloody (2024); The Pet Peeve Police (2018).

Born on this day – Bruno Ganz:

Bruno Ganz

Actor

Director

Cinematographer

March 22, 1941 – February 16, 2019

Credits:

4Pop (2004); 5% de risque (1980); Bread and Tulips (2000); Brot (2011); Canto alla durata - Omaggio a Peter Handke (2017); Ceremonia de clausura - 54º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2006); Charlie Rose (2005); Chikita (1961); Children of Nature (1991); Circle of Deceit (1981); Claudio Abbado - Die Stille hören (2003); Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra (2015); Closed Circuit (1983); Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007); Colors in the Dark (2010); Continuarà... (2009); Copacabana (2007); Das Ende ist mein Anfang (2010); Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes (2011); Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002); Der Bernd (2012); Der Erfinder (1980); Der grosse Kater (2010); Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (1960); Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige (1972); Der Park (1985); Der Pendler (1986); Der sanfte Lauf (1967); Der Spaßvogel (1964); Deutscher Filmpreis 2014 (2014); Deutscher Filmpreis 2017 (2017); Diario senza date (1995); Días de cine (2017); Die Bakchen (1974); Die Goldene Kamera (2014); Die Mutter (1971); Die Schlacht bei Lobositz (1968); Die Unberatenen (1966); Die Ursache bin ich selbst (1986); Die Vitusmacher (2006); Die Wette (1990); Downfall (2004); Ein starker Abgang (2008); Eine große Familie (1970); El río de oro (1986); El trabajo de un actor (1985); Epoca: The Making of History (2002); Epsteins Nacht (2002); Er spielte seinen Schatten mit - Der Schauspieler Klaus Kammer (2002); Er, der Hut, sitzt auf ihm, dem Kopf (2006); Erfolg (1991); Es Dach überem Chopf (1962); Especially on Sunday / La domenica specialmente (1991); Eternity and a Day (1998); Etwas wird sichtbar (1981); Faraway, So Close! (1993); Fermata Etna (1981); Fortuna (2018); Frühlings Erwachen (1966); Gala from Berlin (1991); Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti (1982); Gegen Ende der Nacht (1998); Geschichte einer Liebe (1978); Geysir und Goliath (2010); Giovanni Segantini - Magic of Light (2015); Hands Up! (1981); Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (2005); Heidi (2015); Heller Tag (1994); A Hidden Life (2019); Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013); Alias Kurban Saïd (2004); Amnesia (2015); Anwalt Abel (1996); Asmara (1993); Återkomster (1994); Bankomatt (1989); Baruto no gakuen (2006); Bayerischer Filmpreis 2016 (2017); Behind Me - Bruno Ganz (2002); Boulevard Bio (2002); Brandnacht (1992); Il grande Fausto (1995); Im Dickicht der Städte (1968); In Order of Disappearance (2014); In the White City (1983); In Times of Fading Light (2017); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I (2001); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II (2001); Julia's Disappearance (2009); Karussell (1981); Killer aus Forida (1983); Knife in the Head (1978); Krieg und Frieden (1982); Kulturplatz (2005); La forza del passato (2002); La provinciale (1980); Lady of the Camelias (1981); Le quatuor des possibles (1993); L'Ellipse (1998); Logik des Gefühls (1982); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis (2005); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis 2010 (2010); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis 2011 (2011); Lumiere (1976); Lumière and Company / Wim Wenders (1995); Luther (2003); Maß für Maß (1968); Menschen bei Maischberger (2004); Naquele Dia em Lisboa (2023); NeXt (2000); Nicolas Bouvier, 22th Hospital Street (2005); Night Train to Lisbon (2013); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979); Of Women and Horses (2011); Oggetti smarriti (1980); Peer Gynt (1971); Peter Przygodda, Schnittmeister (1994); Polenta (1980); Prague (1992); Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1973); Private Resistance (1985); Remember (2015); Retour à la bien-aimée (1979); Saint-Ex (1996); Schrödingers kat (1990); Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (1978); Signé croisette (1998); Sommergäste (1976); Sounds and Silence (2009); Spiel für Dein Land (2015); Stairway to Nowhere (2008); Strapless (1989); Sul nome Bach (2011); Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich (1991); Tatort (1996); Taxiphone: El Mektoub (2010); The 2010 European Film Awards (2010); The 2011 European Film Awards (2011); The Absence (1992); The American Friend (1977); The Architecture of Doom (1989); The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008); The Big Ben Cinematic Universe (2018); The Boys from Brazil (1978); The Counselor (2013); The House That Jack Built (2018); The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992); The Last Days of Chez Nous: Featurette (1992); The Last Days of Chez Nous: Interview Excerpts (1992); The Left-Handed Woman (1977); The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1989); The Little Prince (2011); The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The Marquise of O (1976); The Naked King (2019); The Party (2017); The Reader (2008); The Tobacconist (2018); The Vatican (2013); The Wild Duck (1976); The Witness (2018); Tödliches Schweigen (1996); Torquato Tasso (1969); Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou (2008); Un amore di donna (1988); Universum (1997); Unknown (2011); Unknown: The Story (2011); Unknown: What Is Known? (2011); Unsere Besten (2003); Väter und Söhne - Eine deutsche Tragödie (1986); Vitus (2006); Von einem der auszog - Wim Wenders' frühe Jahre (2007); Von Zeit zu Zeit (1989); WerAngstWolf (2000); Who the F... Is Roger Rossmeisl (2020); Wings of Desire (1987); Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (2003); Winter Journey (2019); You Can't Go Home Again (1999); Youth Without Youth (2007); Zur Person (2001).

Born on this day – M. Emmet Walsh:

M. Emmet Walsh

Actor

March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024

Credits:

Outlaw Posse (2024); A Little White Lie (2023); M. Emmet Walsh: Defining the Character (2022); Dotty & Soul (2022); The Immaculate Room (2022); The Righteous Gemstones (2019–2022); American Gigolo (2022); The Mimic (2020); Knives Out (2019); South of Bix (2019); Sneaky Pete (2019); Raising Buchanan (2019); Faith, Hope & Love (2019); Sorry, Not Sorry (2019); Toto (2018); Change in the Air (2018); Shifting Gears (2018); The 4th Annual Carney Awards (2018); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2018); The Man for the Part (2016); Captain America: Civil War Reenactors (2016); Boiling Pot (2015); Adventure Time (2012–2015); Empire (2015); The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015); Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories (2014); 5-Second Films (2014); Calvary (2014); Cigar Man (2013); Pound Puppies (2010–2013); Love Sick Love (2012); Damages (2012); Arthur Newman (2012); The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012); Army Wives (2012); The Assignment (2010); Chasing 3000 (2010); 'Til Death (2010); Pound Puppies (2010); Odds & Ends (2009); Comedy Is Pain (2009); Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency (2009); Youth in Revolt (2009); Don McKay (2009); Haunted Echoes (2008); Your Name Here (2008); Sherman's Way (2008); Big Stan (2007); Man in the Chair (2007); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); The Kite Runner (2007); Only in LA (2005); Greener Mountains (2005); Racing Stripes (2005); Christmas with the Kranks (2004); The Guardian (2001); Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003); Charlie Lawrence (2003); Baggage (2003); What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002); The Mind of the Married Man (2001–2002); Snow Dogs (2002); Frasier (2001); Night Visions / Reunion (2001); Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1999–2001); Eyeball Eddie (2001); Christmas in the Clouds (2001); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); Ed (2000); Gideon's Crossing (2000); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000); Poor White Trash (2000); NYPD Blue (2000); Jack of Hearts (1999); Monster! (1999); Me and Will (1999); Random Hearts (1999); The Wild Thornberrys (1999); The Iron Giant (1999); Wild Wild West (1999); The X-Files (1999); Nightmare in Big Sky Country (1998); Men in White (1998); Erasable You (1998); Tracey Takes On... (1998); Twilight (1998); Chairman of the Board (1997); My Best Friend's Wedding (1997); The Killing Jar (1997); Retroactive (1997); The West (1996); Early Edition (1996); Romeo + Juliet (1996); The Lottery (1996); Albino Alligator (1996); A Time to Kill (1996); Portraits of a Killer (1996); The Outer Limits (1996); Criminal Hearts (1996); Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995); From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1995); Panther (1995); Dead Badge (1995); The Way West (1995); Baseball (1994); Relative Fear (1994); Home Improvement (1994); Probable Cause (1994); The Glass Shield (1994); Camp Nowhere (1994); Madness of Method (1994); Cops and Robbersons (1994); Bitter Harvest (1993); Wilder Napalm (1993); The Jackie Thomas Show (1993); The Music of Chance (1993); Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992); Wild Card (1992); The Naked Truth (1992); Equinox (1992); White Sands (1992); Killer Image (1992); The 6th Annual Independent Spirit Awards (1991); Silverfox (1991); Fourth Story (1991); The Flash (1990); The Civil War (1990); Narrow Margin (1990); Love and Lies (1990); The Nerd (1989); Chattahoochee (1989); Catch Me If You Can (1989); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Thunderground (1989); Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989); Unsub (1989); The Mighty Quinn (1989); Brotherhood of the Rose (1989); Red Scorpion (1988); War Party (1988); Clean and Sober (1988); Sunset (1988); The Milagro Beanfield War (1988); No Man's Land (1987); Harry and the Hendersons (1987); Murder Ordained (1987); The Abduction of Kari Swenson (1987); Raising Arizona (1987); Broken Vows (1987); Vanishing America (1986); Amazing Stories (1986); The Magical World of Disney (1986); Back to School (1986); The Deliberate Stranger (1986); Resting Place (1986); Critters (1986); Wildcats (1986); The Best of Times (1986); The Right of the People (1986); The Hitchhiker (1986); The Twilight Zone / Dealer's Choice (1985); ABC Weekend Specials (1985); Fletch (1985); Missing in Action (1984); Courage (1984); Grandview, U.S.A. (1984); The Outlaws (1984); The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984); You Are the Jury (1984); Blood Simple (1984); Scandalous (1984); AfterMASH (1984); Silkwood (1983); Night Partners (1983); ABC Afterschool Specials (1983); Blade Runner (1982); Fast-Walking (1982); The Escape Artist (1982); Cannery Row (1982); Reds (1981); Little House on the Prairie (1981); Back Roads (1981); Hellinger's Law (1981); East of Eden (1981); High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980); Ordinary People (1980); Raise the Titanic (1980); Brubaker (1980); City in Fear (1980); Skag (1980); The Gift (1979); The Jerk (1979); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979); Dear Detective (1979); No Other Love (1979); James at 16 (1978); Straight Time (1978); A Question of Guilt (1978); Superdome (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1976–1978); Red Alert (1977); Airport '77 (1977); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1977); Slap Shot (1977); Gibbsville (1976); Nickelodeon (1976); Mikey and Nicky (1976); Bound for Glory (1976); The Invasion of Johnson County (1976); Baretta (1975–1976); Kate McShane (1975); Crime Club (1975); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Waltons (1975); At Long Last Love (1975); Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975); The Rockford Files (1975); Amy Prentiss (1974); McMillan & Wife (1974); The Gambler (1974); Doctor Dan (1974); Serpico (1973); Kid Blue (1973); The Sandy Duncan Show (1972); The Bob Newhart Show (1972); Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972); What's Up, Doc? (1972); Nichols (1971–1972); The Don Rickles Show (1972); Bonanza (1971); Ironside (1971); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971); All in the Family (1971); They Might Be Giants (1971); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); Cold Turkey (1971); Julia (1971); Arnie (1970); Little Big Man (1970); The Traveling Executioner (1970); End of the Road (1970); Alice's Restaurant (1969); Stiletto (1969); The Skirts of Happy Chance (1969); Midnight Cowboy (1969); N.Y.P.D. (1969); The Doctors (1968).