On this day in movie history - The Terror (1963):

The Terror

directed by Roger Corman, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Hale,

Monte Hellman, Jack Hill, Dennis Jakob and Jack Nicholson,

written by Leo Gordon, Jack Hill and Roger Corman,

was released in France on May 30, 1963.
Music by Ronald Stein.

Cast:

Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dick Miller, Dorothy Neumann, Jonathan Haze.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 36.
Episode entitled: The System.
Released May 30, 1958.
Directed by David Rich.
Written by Keith Hunter and Bernard C. Schoenfeld.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Tol Avery, Rose Marie, Ted de Corsia, Paul Newlan, Howard Wendell, Gregg Martell, Dehl Berti, Ann Doran, Paul Maxey, Joe McGuinn, Frank J. Scannell, Bess Flowers, Hans Moebus.

On this day in movie history - While the City Sleeps (1956 movie & novel):

While the City Sleeps

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Casey Robinson,

based on the novel The Bloody Spur by Charles Einstein,

was released in France on May 30, 1956.
Inspired by the true 1946 case the Chicago serial killer William Heirens.
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.

Cast:

Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Howard Duff, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, John Drew Barrymore, James Craig, Ida Lupino, Robert Warwick, Mae Marsh, Ralph Peters, Sandra White, Larry J. Blake, Celia Lovsky, Ed Hinton, Pitt Herbert, Vladimir Sokoloff, David Andrews, Eddie Baker, Ralph Brooks, Leonard Carey, Russell Custer, John Damler, Sayre Dearing, George DeNormand, Joe Devlin, Sam Finn, Mike Lally, Andrew Lupino, Ralph Manza, Mickey Martin, Joey Ray, Cosmo Sardo, Charles Sherlock, Olan Soule, Bert Stevens, Carleton Young.

Recommended reading:

The Bloody Spur

By Charles Einstein.

Filmed as While the City Sleeps (1956), directed by Fritz Lang.

Inspired by the true 1946 case of the Chicago serial killer William Heirens.

Published by Black Curtain Press.
First published 1953.
ISBN-10: 1627551158
ISBN-13: 9781627551151

Description:

HELP ME FOR GOD’S SAKE.
Later the doctors would use these words to decipher the riddle of a perverted killer.
Right now, the lipstick scrawl signaled the start of New York's greatest manhunt.

Born on this day – Meredith MacRae:

Meredith MacRae

Actress

Singer

Talk show host

May 30, 1944 – July 14, 2000

Born on this day – Michael J. Pollard:

Michael J. Pollard

Actor

May 30, 1939 – November 20, 2019

Born on this day – Michael Small:

Michael Small

Composer

May 30, 1939 – November 24, 2003

Born on this day – Audrey Flack:

Audrey Flack

Visual artist

Painter

Printmaker

Sculptor

Photographer

Writer

May 30, 1931 – June 28, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Art & Soul: Notes on Creating (1986); Audrey Flack: On Painting (1981); Audrey Flack: The Daily Muse (1989); Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, a Retrospective 1950–1990 (1992); Louisa Ignacia Roldan (1978); On Carlo Crivelli / Art Magazine 55 (1981); The Haunting Images of Louisa Roldan (1979); With Darkness Comes Stars: Audrey Flack, a Memoir (2024).

Television:

Amy & Monte: A Legacy of Love and Creativity (2024); Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack (2019).