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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 28.
Episode entitled: Diary of a Bomber.
Released March 29, 1960.
Directed by Jerry Hopper.
Written by Adam Williams.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Debbie Megowan, Robert Carricart, Maggie McCarter, Mark Neiman, Robert Stevenson, Coleman Francis, Robert Nash.

On this day in movie history - The Set-Up (1949 movie & novel):

The Set-Up

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Art Cohn,

based on the book-length narrative poem by Joseph Moncure March,

was released in the United States on March 29, 1949.
Music by C. Bakaleinikof and Roy Webb.

Cast:

Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Percy Helton, Hal Fieberling, Darryl Hickman, Kenny O'Morrison, James Edwards, David Clarke, Phillip Pine, Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig.

Recommended reading:

The Set-Up

By Joseph Moncure March.

Filmed as The Set-Up (1949), directed by Robert Wise.

The Lost Classic by the Author of The Wild Party.

Illustrated by Erik Kriek.

Book-length narrative poem.

Published by Korero Press.

First published 1928.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1912740087

ISBN-13: 978-1912740086

Description:

"A ringside seat at a heavyweight bout is what is offered by Mr. March in this astonishing narrative… episodes that make the blood boil, and the hair rise…tragic pathos so deep as almost to defeat any faith in man." – New York Times Book Review, upon original 1928 publication.

"It’s a cross between a graphic novel and a heavily illustrated epic poem. It has the feel of a lost treasure one would find on a back shelf of some forgotten bookstore. And yet, somehow it seems crisp and new. . . . If you can imagine there was a month-long collaboration where Eric Powell, Charles Burns and Will Eisner were all locked in a studio together, you will be able to envision exactly what this art looks like. Kriek’s illustrations employ black and grey tones with a moody effect. And he’s not handcuffed into any formal page layout or size. Some illustrations are full pagers, some are spot illustrations in weird shapes, and some overflow to two pages. There are no word balloons, and as this is a poem, there’s great flexibility and freshness to each and every page layout." – Pop Culture Squad.

"So prolifically illustrated it reads like a graphic novel. Striking artwork." – Bud's Art Books.

"The tale is told in relentless rhyme and pitiless beats presaging modern Hip Hop culture. This is dawn-era storytelling with classical themes delivered as primordial Rap in its purest, most primal form." – Comics Review.

Written in 1928, The Set-Up is a long narrative poem about the boxing underworld - a hard-boiled tragedy told in syncopated rhyming couplets. When the work was first published it made the bestseller list, and in 1949 it was turned into an award-winning film featuring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. This reprinting of the original, unchanged 1928 poem features dynamic, specially commissioned artwork by Erik Kriek that vividly conveys the story of Pansy, an up-and-coming black prize fighter who takes on all comers. When he was in the ring, "It was over before you knew it. He'd carve you up like a leg of mutton. And drop you flat with a sock on the button." Pansy's complicated love life leads to a spell in prison and his career subsequently takes a nosedive; but he continues to box until the fateful night his fight managers and opponent triple-cross him and he meets a grisly end at the hands of a vengeful gang.

On this day in movie history - Night Editor (1946):

Night Editor

directed by Henry Levin,

written by Hal Smith,

was released in the United States on March 29, 1946.
Based on the Night Editor radio program,

episode titled Inside Story, by Scott Littleton.
Music by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Cast:

William Gargan, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell, Coulter Irwin, Roy Gordon, Charles D. Brown, Paul E. Burns, Harry Shamnon, Frank Wilcox, Robert Kellard.

Born on this day – Andrew Pyper:

Andrew Pyper

Writer

March 29, 1968 – January 3, 2025

Credits:

Books:

1001 Names and Their Meanings (2012); Breaking and Entering (2012); Call Roxanne (2012); Camp Sacred Heart (2012); Dime Bag Girl (2012); House of Mirrors (2012); If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now (2012); Kiss Me (1996); Lost Girls (1999); Magnificent (2012); Oracle (2021); Sausage Stew (2012); The Author Shows a Little Kindness (2012); The Damned (2015); The Demonologist (2013); The Earliest Memory Exercise (2012); The Guardians (2011); The Homecoming (2019); The Killing Circle (2008); The Only Child (2017); The Residence (2020); The Trade Mission / aka Dark Descent (2002); The Wildfire Season (2005); Toronto Noir / Akashic Noir (2008); Unnerving Magazine: Issue #14 (2020); X-Ray (2012).

Television:

Biology of Story (2016); Oracle (2021); Oracle 2: The Dreamland Murders (2022); Shock Docs (2021).

Born on this day – Bud Cort:

Bud Cort

Actor

Writer

Director

March 29, 1948 – February 11, 2026

Credits:

Affections (2016); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); Altman on His Own Terms (2000); An Evening at the Improv (1989); And the Band Played On (1993); Arrested Development (2006); Bates Motel (1987); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Behind the Scenes: 'But I'm a Cheerleader' (2001); Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976); Bob (1992); Brain Dead (1990); Brave New World (1980); Brewster McCloud (1970); But I'm a Cheerleader (1999); C.C.P.D. (1992); Camp Midnite (1989); Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue (1992); Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins (2022); Coyote Ugly (2000); Criminal Minds (2010); Die Laughing (1980); Dogma (1999); Dream Corp LLC (2014); Dream On (1992); Eagleheart (2012); Electric Dreams (1984); Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1983); Funny or Die Presents... (2010); Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Girl in the Cadillac (1995); Going Under (1991); Gun (1997); Hal (2018); Harold and Maude (1971); Heat (1995); Hotels - Geschichte und Geschichten (1989–1990); Hysterical (1982); I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); Insight (1982); Interview-Director Keith Gordon Discusses 'the Chocolate War' (2007); Invaders from Mars (1986); Iron and Beyond (2002); Isle of Dogs (2018); Jack's Place (1993); Jeff Lynne: Video (1984); Jitters (1997); Justice League Unlimited (2006); Love at Stake (1987); Love Letters (1983); M*A*S*H (1970); Made (2001); Making It in Hollywood (1976); Maria's Lovers (1984); Martini Ranch: Reach (1988); Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal (2005); Midnight Caller (1989); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1969); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Out of the Dark (1988); Paid in Puke (2023); Pollock (2000); Pumping Iron (1977); Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' (2002); Room 222 (1969); SBS World News (2024); Screen Two (1995); She Dances Alone (1981); Shootout (2007); Siskel & Ebert (2000); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Son of Hitler (1979); South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000); Static Shock (2003); Sunday Night Live (1984); Superman: The Animated Series (1996–1998); Sweet Charity (1969); Sweet Jane (1998); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of the Unexpected (1985); Ted & Venus (1991); Telephone (1986); The Annual American Cinematheque Award Honors Bette Midler (1987); The Big Empty (2003); The Chocolate War (1988); The Doctors (1968); The Governor & J.J. (1969); The Hallucinating Trip (1975); The Hitchhiker (1987); The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004); The Little Prince (2015); The Mask (1996–1997); The Million Dollar Hotel (2000); The Movies (2019); The Number 23 (2007); The One Dollar Diary (2002); The Pink Popcast (2023); The Roseanne Show (2000); The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984); The Strawberry Statement (1970); The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1998); The Traveling Executioner (1970); The Twilight Zone (1988); Theodore Rex (1995); This Is an Adventure (2005); This Is Your Life (1971); Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1992); Ugly Betty (2007); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Why Shoot the Teacher (1977).

Born on this day – Vangelis:

Vangelis

Composer

March 29, 1943 – May 17, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992); Albedo 0.39 (1976); Alexander (2004); Antarctica (1983); Beaubourg (1978); Blade Runner (1994); Blade Runner Trilogy: 25th Anniversary (2007); Chariots of Fire – The Play: Music from the Stage Show (2012); Chariots of Fire (1981); China (1979); Direct (1988); Earth (1973); El Greco (1998); El Greco: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007); Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit (1972); Foros Timis Ston Greco (1995); Heaven and Hell (1975); Hypothesis (1978); Ignacio (aka Do You hear the Dogs Barking? and Entends-tu les chiens aboyer) (1975); Invisible Connections (1985); Juno to Jupiter (2021); La Fête sauvage (1976); L'Apocalypse des animaux (1973); Mask (1985); Mythodea – Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey (2001); Nocturne: The Piano Album (2019); Oceanic (1996); Opéra sauvage (1979); Rosetta (2016); See You Later (1980); Soil Festivities (1984); Spiral (1977); The City (1990); The Dragon (1978); Voices (1995).

Movies and television:

« 2084 » par Softhera: le making of (2023); 090909 (2018); 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992); 2 Broke Girls (2017); 20 to 1 (2010); 2002 FIFA World Cup (2001); 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet (1969); 5,000 Lies (1966); 9-1-1: Lone Star (2023); A Horror Sci-Fi Picture: Director's Cut (2013); Aeternus (2008); Alega Gang: Public Enemy No. 1 of Cebu (1988); Alexander (2004); Alien Replicant Ninja Legend Shindaiohmaru: Rise of an Elemental Assassin (2012); Amore (1974); Anafora ston Ioanni Kapodistria (2021); Antarctica (1983); Aphrodite's Child (1969); Are We Done Yet? (2007); Ashes to Ashes (2008); Atop the Fourth Wall (2013); Banda sonora (2009); BaseBoys (2018); Bassie & Adriaan (1982–1994); Beach Memories (2012); Bell Jingler (2017); Bitter Moon (1992); Black Milk (1999); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner 2049 (2017); Boomers (2016); Boots & Saddles (1980); Britain's Got More Talent (2016); Britain's Got Talent (2015); Brows Held High (2013); Bruce Almighty (2003); Candyman (1992); Cannonball (2017); Captain Jokes Parrot's Disaster of the Caribbean (2017); Cavafy (1996); Celeste (1991); Chacun pour tous (2018); Chariots of Fire (1981); Chart show (2009); ClothesFree TV Preview: Nudes in the News (2011); Collateral (2004); Copperfield: Tornado of Fire (2001); Cosmos (1980); Crap: Big Brother (2001); Crime and Passion (1976); Crystal Eyes (1982); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004); Dancing for Oliver (2006); Dancing Stars (2012); Death of a Princess (1980); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Der Kurier des Kaisers (2018); Der Mond scheint auch für Untermieter (1995); Die Macht der Elektronengehirne (2017); Diminishing Returns (2020); Diminishing Returns Diminisodes (2021); Discorama (1969); Do It (1985); Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? (1975); Documentary Now! (2016); Donna Summer: A Hot Summer Night (1983); Donna Summer: State of Independence (1982); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1992); Drakkhen (1989); Dumb Animals (1985); Dynamite (1978); Ecuba (2004); El club lento (2023); El Greco (2007); Empire of Light (2022); Enigma: Return to Innocence (1993); Entre Oscuros Sueños (2018); Epiheirisis Apollon (1968); ERT Eidiseis (1975); Es begann bei Tiffany (1979); Fight Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander (2005); Final Score (2016); Flashbacks (1980); Francesco (1989); Frau Pepi und die Buben (1996); Frenitis (1971); Fresh Off the Boat (2019); Fringe (2012); From the Edge of the City (1998); Fundamental Frolics (1981); Fur: You Deserve It (1982); G (1983); Gallant Eagle 82 (1982); Gamer (2011); Genius Party Beyond (2008); Gent de paraula (2011); Gintberg på kanten (2015); GoGoManTV (2016); Good Burger (1997); Good Morning Britain (2018); Gordon, Gino & Fred's Road Trip (2021); Gorodok (1993); Granny (2022); Granny's Funeral (2012); Hochu vsyo znat' (1991); Homecoming (2018); Hooves of Fire (1999); How I Became a Gangster (2019); How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000); I agapi einai... elefantas (2000); I Hope (2001); Ici rien (2011); I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp (2018); Im Schatten der Angst (1988); Industry (2022); Intikam Kadini (1979); Island Peak 2011 (2013); Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II (1992); Jmenuju Se Martin (2014–2017); Jon & Vangelis: I Hear You Now (1979); Jon & Vangelis: The Friends of Mr. Cairo (1981); Jon Anderson: Tour of the Universe (2005); Kicking & Screaming (2005); Kinect Sports (2010); Kovy (2015); Koyla (1997); La fête sauvage (1976); La mer volée (1992); La perdiz (1981); La Petite Fille De La Mer (2013); Land der Berge (2007); L'apocalypse des animaux (1973); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011); Late Show with David Letterman (2011); Le cantique des créatures: Georges Braque ou Le temps different (1975); Le cantique des créatures: Georges Mathieu ou La fureur d'être (1974); Le divan (1991); Leif 'Loket' Olsson in BingoLotto (2009); Leo & Tony's Parody Center Show (2017); Les dossiers de l'écran (1989); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977); L'invité de FR3 (1980); London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder (2012); L'opéra sauvage (1976–1984); Lorraine (2016); Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers (2014); Madagascar (2005); Magnum, P.I. (1984); Married... with Children (1991–1993); Mater amatísima (1980); Matt Houston (1982); Meikingu obu 'Nankyoku monogatari' (1983); Melody (1974); MenT (2017); Micro Men (2009); Mike & Mike (2016); Millions (2004); Missing (1982); Modern Greeks: C.P. Cavafy (2007); Monkey Dust (2005); Monte Video (1994); Mouseio Goulandri Fysikis Istorias (1990); Mr Lonely and Your Soul (2017); Mr. Mom (1983); Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie (2014); My Life (1993); Ninja Dragon (1986); Nostalgia Critic (2010); Nuclear Now (2022); Nudes in the News (2007); O adelfos mou... o trohonomos (1963); Old Dogs (2009); Old School (2003); On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019); Oreines symfonies (2019); Österreich-Bild (2015); Ostorozhno, Zadov (2004); Pablo Picasso Painter (1981); Papadopoulos & Sons (2012); Para não esquecer (Recollecting) (2022); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992–1993); Parks and Recreation (2011); Parousies: Eirini Pappa (1981); Perfect Is the Enemy of Good (2005); Perla negra (1994); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1991); Poslední zvonení (1998); Power Connection (1995); Prkosna delta (1980); Projekt X (1998); Q.E.D. (1982); Quinceañera (1987); Ready or Not, Here I Come (1985); Reflections (2020); Rien à foutre (aka Zero Fucks Given) (2021); Resurrecting 'Alexander' (2005); Rio 92 Earth Summit (1992); Riptide (1984); River Journeys (1984); Rock'n Roll (2017); Roja (1992); Rude Tube (2010–2011); Rupture: A Matter of Life OR Death (2011); Ryttarprinsen: drömmen om ett mästerskap (2015); Salut, Jerusalem (1972); Sanders Shorts (2014); Saturday Afternoon AFL (1994); Savage and Beautiful (1984); Serpentarius (2019); Sex-Power (1970); Shawn's Final Countdown (2011); Show Pänggggg - oder: Gäste zum Fernsehen (1969); Single White Female (1992); Sirenata en B (1984); Skies (1983); Skintight (1981); So isses (1987); Someone to Watch Over Me (1987); Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies (2013); Sounds of the 80s (2016); STAR WARS EP 5: Attack of the Phantom Past (2016); State of Independence: Jon Anderson & The Contemporary Youth Orchestra (2010); Stranger Than Fiction (2006); Stranger Things (2016–2022); Susret (2011); Swiadectwo (2008); Taal (1999); Tag (2017); Terminator II (1989); The Bounty (1984); The Challengers (1991); The Cinema Snob (2012); The Death of 'Alexander' (2005); The Defiant Ones (2017); The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick (2007); The Empire of the Supernatural: The Hidden Worlds of Power (1977); The End for Shawn (2013); The Face of Medusa (1967); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2016); The Holiday (2006); The Holy Mecca (2019); The J2 Project (2002); The Jackals (1981); The Kid from L.A. (1978); The King of Ads, Part 2 / Chanel No. 5: The Swimming Pool (1979); The Legend of the Trifle (2013); The Legend of Wolf Lodge (1987); The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (1984); The Mantle of Love (1978); The Middle (2010); The Nanny (1995); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1980); The Plague (1992); The Pretenders: Greatest Hits (2000); The Real Chariots of Fire (2012); The Real Hustle (2008); The Rose King (1986); The Saqar (2020); The Sermon (2021–2022); The Seven Sages of Antiquity (2010); The Simpsons (1992); The Third Law (2019); The Third Solution (1988); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014–2017); The Trip to Greece (2020); The Year of Living Dangerously (1982); Three Times (2005); Timewatch (2009); Top of the Pops (1980–1982); Top of the Pops 2 (1999–2012); Track & Field (1983); Trashed (2012); Troldspejlet (2000); True Crime (2020); Twilight of Shadows (2014); Two Minus One (1995); Ugly Betty (2007); Ultra Flesh (1980); Unser Auto wird 100 (1985); 'V': The Hot One (1978); Vacation (1983); Vacation (2015); Vampire in Venice (1988); Vangelis - De Soleil et D'Eau (1980); Vangelis - The Man and His Music (1984); Vangelis and the Journey to Ithaka (2013); Vangelis in Vangelis - The Man and His Music (1984); Vangelis in Vangelis: The Interviews (2016); Vangelis Scores 'Alexander' (2005); Vangelis: Chariots of Fire (1981); Vangelis: Conquest of Paradise (1992); Vangelis: Mythodea - Music for the NASA Mission, 2001 Mars Odyssey (2001); Vasilis Saleas: Elsewere (1996); Vasilis Saleas: L'enfant (1996); Vasilis Saleas: The Will of the Wind (1996); Verve (1973); We Can Be Heroes (2020); While We're Young (2014); Will & Grace (1999); Willkommen Österreich (2008–2012); Wings on Their Heels: The Making of 'Chariots of Fire' (2005); Wir sind Kaiser (2009); WKRP in Cincinnati (1982); Wonders of Life (1985); Young Sheldon (2020).

Born on this day – Scott Wilson:

Scott Wilson

Actor

March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018

Credits:

A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984); All Access Pass (2014); Art of the Interview (2015); Bark! (2002); Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006); Big Stan (2007); Blue City (1986); Bonus Content (2014); Bosch (2014–2015); Bottleworld (2009); Castle Keep (1969); Chris Hardwick's All-Star Celebrity Bowling (2012); Clay Pigeons (1998); Coastlines (2002); Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (2017); Come Early Morning (2006); Comedy Is Pain (2009); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2001–2006); Damien (2016); Dead Man Walking (1995); Don't Let Go (2002); Dorfman in Love (2011); Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993); Enlightened (2011); Face Off (2014); Femme Fatale (1991); Five (2011); Flesh and Bone (1993); For Sale by Owner (2009); G.I. Jane (1997); Geronimo: An American Legend (1993); Guide Season (2002); Guys Choice Awards 2014 (2014); Hostiles (2017); In Cold Blood (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967); Inside the Walking Dead: Walker University (2014); Jesse (1988); Johnny Handsome (1989); Judge Dredd (1995); Junebug (2005); Justified (2011); Karen Sisco (2003); La ilegal (1979); Law & Order (2005); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Malone (1987); Monster (2003); Mother (1995); On the Line (1984); Open Window (2006); Our God's Brother (1997); Our Hollywood Education (1992); Pearl Harbor (2001); Puraido: Unmei no toki (1998); Pure Luck (1991); Radio Free Albemuth (2010); Robot Chicken (2017); Saving Grace B. Jones (2009); Saving Shiloh (2006); Scott Wilson: A Different Kind of Killer (2018); Shiloh (1996); Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999); Soul Survivors (1995); South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000); Talking Dead (2012–2018); Tall Tale (1995); The 17th Annual Satellite Awards (2012); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Animal (2001); The Aviator (1985); The Cross of Iberia (1990); The Debtors (1999); The Exorcist III (1990); The Grass Harp (1995); The Great Gatsby (1974); The Grissom Gang (1971); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Heartbreak Kid (2007); The Host (2006); The Jack Bull (1999); The Last Samurai (2003); The New Centurions (1972); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The OA (2016–2019); The Passover Plot (1976); The Playboy Morning Show (2014); The Right Stuff (1983); The Sensation of Sight (2006); The Sky Divers (1969); The Tracker (1988); The Twilight Zone / Quarantine (1986); The Walking Dead (2011–2018); The Walking Dead: Behind the Dead (2017); The Walking Dead: Cast and Creators Live at Paleyfest (2013); The Walking Dead: The Journey So Far (2016); The Way of the Gun (2000); The X-Files (2000); Young Guns II (1990).