On this day in movie history - Lover Come Back (1961 movie & novelization):

Lover Come Back

directed by Delbert Mann,

written by Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning,

was released in the United States on December 20, 1961.
Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Jack Kruschen, Ann B. Davis, Joe Flynn, Howard St. John, Karen Norris, Jack Albertson, Charles Watts, Donna Douglas, JoAnne Ludden-Paige.

Recommended reading:

Lover Come Back

By Marvin H. Albert.

Novelization.

ASIN: B000WLAQ8I

Published by Gold Medal.

Published 1962.

Description:

She was only the hottest item on Madison Avenue, that’s all. Carol Templeton, the huckster’s dream, the consumer’s morsel. And the sharpest thorn in the side of Jerry Webster, the slickest operator ever to spend a million bucks on a phony advertising campaign. Carol would do almost anything to beat this handsome devil at his own game – even if it meant bearding the beast in his own bedroom. Lover Come Back is based on the hilarious screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning. Starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day and Tony Randall, the motion picture was produced byThe 7 Pictures Corp, Nob Hill Productions, Inc., Arwin Productions, Inc., and released by Universal Pictures Co., Inc.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Family Portrait.

Released December 20, 1957.

Directed by John Peyser.

Written by Fenton Earnshaw and Lawrence B. Marcus.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Jacques Aubuchon, Christine White, Walter Maslow, Ron Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Hallene Hill, Raymond Bailey, Chet Stratton, Barbara Knudson, Peggy Leon, Laurie Carroll, Sid Melton.

Born on this day – David Breashears:

David Breashears

Cinematographer

Writer

Producer

Mountaineer

December 20, 1955 – March 14, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Every Man For Himself? (an article published in American Alpine Journal) (1988); Last Climb (1999); High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (1999); Everest: Mountain Without Mercy (1997).

Movies and television:

20/20 Wednesday (1997); ABC News Saturday Night (1998); Aliens: Ride at the Speed of Fright (1995); Ancient Graves: Voices of the Dead (1998); Ascent of Mount Everest (1983); CBS This Morning (2012); Charlie Rose (1997); Chasing Ice (2012); Cliffhanger (1993); Dangerous Earth (2016); Everest (1998); Everest (2015); Everest: The Death Zone (1998); Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine (1992); Expedition Earth (1990); Frontline (1983–2008); Frontline/World (2008); Galahad of Everest (1991); Great Wonders of the World (1993); Ice Climb (1993); Metanoia (2014); Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa (2002); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1998); Mount Everest, the East Face (1981); Mummies Revealed (2001); Nova (1997–2016); Remnants of Everest: The 1996 Tragedy (2007); Seven Years in Tibet (1997); The Making of Everest: On Location in the Death Zone (1997).

Born on this day – John Spencer:

John Spencer

Actor

December 20, 1946 – December 16, 2005

Credits:

100 Years of Hope and Humor (2003); 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006); 20 Years of Must See TV (2002); 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994); Albino Alligator (1996); An Evening at the Improv (1992); Another World (1964–1999); As the World Turns (1988); Black Rain (1989); Cafe Society (1995); Celebrity Dish (2000); Celebrity Poker Showdown (2003); Charlie Rose (2001); Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983); Cold Around the Heart (1997); Cop Land (1997); Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western (2004); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Early Edition (1997); Echoes (1982); Every Moment Counts (2002); F/X: The Series (1996); Far from Home (1989); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); Forget Paris (1995); From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One (1992); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Green Card (1990); H.E.L.P. (1990); Hiding Out (1987); In the Arms of a Killer (1992); Intimate Portrait (2001–2004); Key Exchange (1985); L.A. Doctors (1999); L.A. Law (1990–1994); L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration (1991); Law & Order (1990); Lesser Prophets (1997); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1997); Meteor (1979); Miami Vice (1986); O.K. Garage (1998); Once Again (1987); One Life to Live (1968–2013); Presumed Innocent (1990); Ravenous (1999); Ryan's Hope (1976); Saturday Night Live (2002); Sea of Love (1989); Simple Justice (1989); Spenser: For Hire (1986); Tavis Smiley (2004); The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (1991); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2001); The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002); The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2003); The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003); The 8th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1992); The Bob Braun Show (1975); The Doctors (1976); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2004–2005); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2006); The More You Know (1989); The Negotiator (1998); The Other Side of Victory (1979); The Outer Limits (1999); The Patty Duke Show (1963–1964); The Protector (1985); The Rock (1996); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2000–2001); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992); The Verne Miller Story (1987); The Wayne Brady Show (2004); The West Wing (1999–2006); The West Wing Documentary Special (2002); Touched by an Angel (1995); Tracey Takes On... (1997); Trinity (1998–1999); Twilight (1998); WarGames (1983); When No One Would Listen (1992); Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995).

Born on this day – Mala Powers:

Mala Powers

Actress

December 20, 1931 – June 11, 2007

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1962); About Faces (1960); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Arrest and Trial (1964); Bengazi (1955); Bewitched (1967–1968); Biography (1998); Bonanza (1959); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Bronco (1960); Calling the Shots (1988); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); Century of Cinema (1995); Charlie's Angels (1978 / 1979); Cheyenne (1960–1961); City Beneath the Sea (1953); City That Never Sleeps (1953); Crossroads (1957); Cyrano de Bergerac (1950); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Daniel Boone (1967); Death in Small Doses (1957); Doomsday Machine (1976); Dr. Kildare (1964); Edge of Doom (1950); Everglades! (1962); Fear No More (1961); Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961); Frontier Justice (1959); General Electric Theater (1961); Gentle Ben (1967); Geraldine (1953); Girl Talk (1964); Gypsy (1966); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1963); Hazel (1965–1966); Here Come the Brides (1969); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hitters (2002); Ironside (1970); Jericho (1966); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Lawman (1961); Lock Up (1960); Man on the Prowl (1957); Matinee Theatre (1957–1958); Maverick (1961); Mission: Impossible (1967); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Murder, She Wrote (1990); Outrage (1950); Perry Mason (1959–1966); Rage at Dawn (1955); Rawhide (1962); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Rogue's Gallery (1968); Rose of Cimarron (1952); Seis pasajes al infierno (1981); Sierra Baron (1958); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1987); Studio 57 (1955); Stump the Stars (1953–1964); Sugarfoot (1960); Surfside 6 (1961); Switch (1977); Tammy and the Bachelor (1957); TCM Remembers 2007 (2007); The Bob Cummings Show (1961); The Colossus of New York (1958); The Connextion (2005); The Ford Television Theatre (1955–1956); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958); The Gallant Men (1962); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1960–1961); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Man and the City (1971); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Rebel (1960); The Restless Gun (1958–1959); The Silent Force (1970); The Storm Rider (1957); The Unknown Terror (1957); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Yellow Mountain (1954); This Is the Life (1970–1972); This Is Your Life (1956–1958); Thriller (1962); Tombstone Territory (1960); Tough As They Come (1942); Undercurrent (1957); Wagon Train (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958); Where the Wind Dies (1976); Wide Country (1963); You Don't Say (1964); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Born on this day – John "Bud" Cardos:

John "Bud" Cardos

Director

Actor

Stuntman

December 20, 1929 – December 31, 2020

Born on this day – Nicole Maurey:

Nicole Maurey

Actress

December 20, 1925 – March 11, 2016

Credits:

Action (1957); Au théâtre ce soir (1972–1974); Avatar (1964); Blondine (1945); Call My Bluff (1968); Casablanca (1955); Catherine, il suffit d'un amour (1986); Champion House (1967–1968); Chanel Solitaire (1981); Comme du bon pain (1976); Companions of the Night (1953); Coulisses (1986); Creepy Classics (1987); Chaste Dwelling and pure (1967); Diary of a Country Priest (1951); Fan of the 80s (2012); Gloria (1977); High Time (1960); His and Hers (1961); Igor Cassini's Million Dollar Showcase (1956); Joseph Balsamo (1973); Juke Box Jury (1961); The Battle of the fire (1949); La demoiselle d'Avignon (1972); The Moon Dad (1977); The moral of History (1966); The Passenger (1974–1975); The Lost Sentence (1964); The Fourth Dimension (1970); The Lives of Others (1980); The life and passion of Dodin-Bouffant (1972); The Black Rider (1945); Fire in the Snow (1973); The Grand Batre (1997); The Hearth Cricket (1972); The Provocateur (1973); The five last minutes (1983–1989); The Writers (1973); Famous escapes (1972); Nights of Anger (1973); Little Boy Lost (1953); The eye in Coulisses (1953); Love in Monaco (1959); Lucien Leuwen (1973–1974) Marianne a star for Napoleon (1983); Marie Dorval (1973); Mariage à la Mode (1955); Me and the Colonel (1958); My Only Love (1971); Napoleon (1955); Christmas at the Four Winds (1971); Operation Magali (1953); Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! (1957); Pamela (1945); Coffee Break (1981); Placed in police custody (1994); Reflections Cannes (1959); Rendez-vous à Grenade (1951); Rogue's Yarn (1957) Rouletabille (1966); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Bad Times for Flies (1966); Secret of the Incas (1954); Section of the Missing (1956); Shooting Stars (1961); Sunday Night Thriller (1981); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The Big Risk (1965); The Bold and the Brave (1956); The Day of the Triffids (1963); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The House of the Seven Hawks (1959); The Jayhawkers! (1959); The Last Robin Hood (1952) The Most Wanted Man (1953); The Scapegoat (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958) The Very Edge (1963); The Weapon (1956) Top jury (1966); An Atrocious Little Music (1973); Why Bother to Knock (1961)