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

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 25.

Episode entitled: The Chicago Bluebeard.

Released March 14, 1958.

Directed by David Rich.

Written by Donald Clark and Oscar Millard.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Vaughn Taylor, Bart Burns, Amzie Strickland, Mary Adams, Betty Hanna, Paul Newlan, Molly Glessing, Mildred Law, Edward Earle, Courteen Landis.

On this day in movie history - Sleeper’s West (1941):

Sleeper’s West

directed by Eugene Forde,

written by Brett Halliday, Lou Breslow and Stanley Rauh,

based on the novel Sleeper's East by Frederick Nebel,

was released in the United States on March 14, 1941.
Music by Cyril J. Mockridge.

Cast:

Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Louis Jean Heydt, Edward Brophy, Don Costello, Ben Carter, Donald Douglas, Oscar O'Shea, Harry Hayden, Hamilton MacFadden, Ferike Boros, George Chandler, James Conaty, Oliver Cross, Ralph Dunn, Harold Goodwin, Jesse Graves, Sherry Hall, Paul Kruger, Sam McDaniel, Charles Meakin, Charles R. Moore, Mantan Moreland, George O'Hanlon, Dick Rush, Syd Saylor, Allen D. Sewall, Harry Strang, Charles Tannen, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones.

On this day in movie history - The Frog a.k.a. La grenouille (1908):

The Frog

a.k.a. La grenouille,

3-minute silent short,

directed Segundo de Chomón,

released in France on March 14, 1908.
Cast: Julienne Mathieu.

Born on this day – Carol Speed:

Carol Speed

Actress

Singer

Writer

March 14, 1945 – January 14, 2022

Credits:

Songs:

I Can Make It (1973); My Soul is a Witness (1974).

Books:

Gods in Polyester, or a Survivors’ Account of 70s Cinema Obscura (2004); Inside Black Hollywood (1980); The Georgette Harvey Story (2002).

Movies and television:

Abby (1974); American Pimp (1999); Black Samson (1974); Bummer (1973); Days of Our Lives (1970); Disco Godfather (1979); Dynamite Brothers (1974); Getting Away from It All (1972); Julia (1970); Love Hate Love (1971); Sanford and Son (1972); Savage! (1973); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); Tenafly (1973); The Big Bird Cage (1972); The Girls of Huntington House (1973); The Mack (1973); The New Centurions (1972); The Paul Lynde Show (1972); The Psychiatrist (1970); Village Vengeance (2006).

Born on this day – Anita Morris:

Anita Morris

Actress

March 14, 1943 – March 2, 1994

Credits:

Radioland Murders (1994); Trade Winds (1993); Me and the Kid (1993); Little Miss Millions (1993); Major Dad (1993); A Different World (1992); Matlock (1989–1992); Melrose Place (1992); Eerie, Indiana (1992); Pros and Cons (1991); Off and Running (1991); Tales from the Crypt (1991); WIOU (1990–1991); Good Grief (1990); Martians Go Home (1989); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989); A Sinful Life (1989); Who's the Boss? (1989); Murder, She Wrote (1989); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); Circus of the Stars #13 (1988); 18 Again! (1988); Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1987); Miami Vice (1987); Aria (1987); Cheers (1987); A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986); Ruthless People (1986); Blue City (1986); Absolute Beginners (1986); A Masterpiece of Murder (1986); Circus of the Stars #11 (1986); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985–1986); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Berrenger's (1985); The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984); Maria's Lovers (1984); The Hotel New Hampshire (1984); The Rolling Stones: She Was Hot (1984); The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984); Eubie Blake: A Century of Music (1983); The Magic Show (1983); Circus of the Stars #7 (1982); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1982); Working in the Theatre (1982); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The Merv Griffin Show (1982–1984); So Fine (1981); Big Blonde (1980); The Happy Hooker (1975); The Broad Coalition (1972); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972).

Born on this day – Wolfgang Petersen:

Wolfgang Petersen

Director

Writer

Producer

March 14, 1941 – August 12, 2022

Credits:

37 degrees (2006); 4Pop (2004); 60 Million for Phantásia - How the 'Neverending Story' Goes to the Cinema kam (1984); Air Force One (1997); Anna and Totò (1972); Attacking Troy (2007); On the Kreuz legt (1974); Avenger (2006); Bambi Award 1984 (1984); Bernd Eichinger - Wenn das Leben zum Kino wird (2000); Bicentennial Man (1999); Please turning pages (1985); Charlie Rose (2000); Chicxulub (2006); Corazón de... (2006); Creating an Emotion (2000); Das Boot - The Complete TV Series (1985); The boat / The Boat (1985); Das ist Ihr Leben (1979); THAT! (2016); De película (1986); The Bernd (2012); Der Eine - der Andere (1969); Días de cine (2010); The golden Camera 1999 (1999); The Red Flag (1968); The City in the Valley (1975); Enemy Mine (1985); Film Genre (2002); Film legends. German (2005); Glamoroso! (1998); Hans im Glück (1976); Houses on Sunset Boulevard (1990); HBO First Look (1995–2006); Hollywood in Munich (1984); Hollywood Insider (2018) (2021); Hollywood Science (2006); Hollywood, Germany (1997); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2012); HypaSpace (2006); I Will Kill You, Wolf (1971); Ich nicht (1969); In the Line of Fire (1993); In the Line of Fire: Behind the Scenes with the Secret Service (1993); In the Line of Fire: Catching the Counterfeiters (2001); In the Line of Fire: How'd They Do That? (2001); Instinct (1999); Cuckoo Years (1967); My Leben (2009); Michael Ballhaus - Encounter with the Eye of Hollywood (2001); Mundo VIP (2000); Well, that's it! (1983); NDR Talk Show (2016); Open Wound German Film (2017); One or the Other (1974); One Vision (1998); Ôsama no buranchi (1997); Oskar Langenfeld. 12 times / Starbuck Holger Meins (2002); Outbreak (1995); Plan exercise (1977); Poseidon (2006); Poseidon: A Ship on a Soundstage (2006); Poseidon: Upside Down (2006); Red Corner (1997); Reimagining the Neverending Story (2014); Rogue Waves (2006); Black and White as Days and Nights (1978); Shattered (1991); Shipmate's Diary (2006); Shooting 'In the Line of Fire' (1993); Smog (1973); City on Stilts (1965); Stardust Hollywood - Stardust and Gods (2013); In some places Glatteis (1975); Tatort (1971–1977); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The Agency (2001); The Boat (1981); The Consequence (1977); The Directors (2000); The Making of 'Air Force One' (1997); The Making of 'Shattered' (1991); The Making of 'Troy' (2004); The NeverEnding Story (1984); The Perfect Storm (2000); Sounds mean more to me than words - Klaus Doldinger (2016); Treffpunkt Kino (1985); Troy (2004); Troy in Focus (2007); Troy: An Effects Odyssey (2004); Troy: From Ruins to Reality (2005); Troy: In the Thick of Battle (2005); Van der Valk and the Rich (1973); Four against the Bank (1976); Wetten, dass..? (1991–1993); Wolfgang Petersen: My Way to Hollywood (1995).

Born on this day – Bertrand Blier:

Bertrand Blier

Writer

Director

Actor

March 14, 1939 – January 20, 2025

Credits:

1, 2, 3, Freeze (1993); 100 films per 100 personalities (1999); 30th Committee Greenland Central (2022); Riding on the 21st (Filmed Diary: December 22, 2020 as of January 17, 2021) (2021); A City Runs Through the Festival (2007); A Look Through His Lens (2024); A Secret (2007); All About Actresses (2009); Let's go to the cinema (1976); Antenne 2 Midi (1981); Apostrophes (1981); Arte Journal (2025); Good looking gesture (2024); Father-in-law (1981); Belmondo, itinerary... (2011); Belmondo the influencer (2020); Bertrand Blier, the man against it... (2008); Bertrand Blier, the unrepentant iconoclast (2022); Blier by Nice (2003); Blier, Leconte, Tavernier: Three Lives of Cinema (2020); Bogart (1989); Bouillon de culture (1996); Cold Buffet (1979); C à vous (2019); Café Picouly (2010); Tonight (or never!) (2008); Cinéast(e)s (2015); Cinema (1985–1990); Cinema by Albert Dupontel (2017); Cinépanorama (1963); Claude M Loves the Cinema (2012); Clique Sunday (2019); Comme au cinéma (1999–2001); Composers / Directors, Dialogue impossible? (2002); De Caunes/Garcia - The Best of Nowhere Elsewhere 2... continuation and end! (2005); Dead Tired (1994) Stand up crabs, The sea is rising! (1983); Días de cine (1996); Dix de der (1976) Footprints (2011); Wives Fatales (1976); Gérard Depardieu, grandeur nature (2015); Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978); Going Places (1974); Heart of the Festival (2002); Heavy Duty (2019); Hitler, don't know (1963); Horror Castle (1963) How Much Do You Love Me? (2005); If I Were a Spy (1967) Once upon a time... (2010); In the Tracks Of (2010); Never Alone with You (1995); Hail Marielle (2013); Day de fête (2007); Keep an Eye Out (2018); Konbini (2019–2025); The Big Week (2024); The Grimace (1966); The Night of the Caesars (1982–2011); The trilogy of 'Monocle' (2003); The Golden Age of Advertising (2023); The Clouzot Scandal (2017); The actors (2000); Chops (2003); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1979); The Extravagant J.C.D Dreyfus's Little Life (2021); L'hebdo cinéma (2008); The Guest (2005–2022); The Thursday Guest (1981); Monday in Stories (2015); My Life Is Hell (1991); Marco Perrin (2010); Ménage (1986); Thank You Life (1991); Metropolis (2000); Michael Serrault, un clown en liberté (2015); Pieces of Cannes (2021); Moving Pictures (1992); My Best Friend's Girl (1983); My Man (1996); Our Zamis Lé Hyens (2005); Nowhere Else (1991–1998); Nowhere Else Cinema (2001); Océaniques - Des idées des hommes des oeuvres (1991); Light and Shadow (2002); One Tried Everything (2005); On n'est pas couché (2010); Our History (1984); Dad Alexandre, Maxime & Eduardo (2015); Patrick Dewaere (1992); Patrick Dewaere, l'enfant du siècle (2003); Patrick Dewaere, my hero (2022); Pedal dure (2004); Pierrot le Fou / (1989–1990); For film (1971–1974); Profession comic (1987); Double-sided (2002–2004); Sacrée soirée (1989); Hi Terriens (2010); Soir 3 (1979); Sonata for Solange - The Story of Handkerchiefs (2003); Cinema Special (1980); Stars (1981); Tchi tcha (2019); The Black Monocle (1961); The Clink of Ice (2010); The Jesus Rolls (2019); Tea or Coffee (2001); The Seventh Juror (1962); Too Beautiful for You (1989); Troubleshooters (1971); One film that looks like me (2015); One Day, One Destiny (2007–2019); A century writers (1999); Friday, it's Julie (2000); Vivement dimanche (2000–2007); Vive dimanche prochaine (2009); Women and War (1961).