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 – 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).

Born on this day – Bob Haymes:

Bob Haymes

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

March 29, 1923 – January 27, 1989

Credits:

Albums:

The Complete Capitol Collection (2006); That's All: Bob Haymes Sings & Plays Bob Haymes (1984).

Songs:

Ebb Tide; No Other Love; Now At Last; Road Show; That's All; The Next Time Around; With These Hands.

Movies and television:

American Idol (2006); Around the Town (1950); Bandstand (1966); BBC Show of the Week (1967); BBC Swingin' Christmas (2010); Beautiful But Broke (1944); Beyond the Sea (2004); Blonde from Brooklyn (1945); Blondie's Lucky Day (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Campus Hoopla (1946); Celebrity Time (1952); Days of Our Lives (2003); Everwood (2004); Fargo (2014); Ford Star Revue (1951); Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1944); Gilmore Girls (2004); Great Performances (2005); Gulliver's Space Travels: Beyond the Moon (1965); Hey, Rookie (1944); Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999); Is Everybody Happy? (1943); It's a Business (1952); It's a Living (1988); It's Great to Be Young (1946); Mark Bautista: That's All (2013); Monkey Shines (1988); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); Sailor's Holiday (1944); Sex and the City (1999); Sing While You Dance (1946); So Dear to My Heart (1948); So You Think You Can Dance (2013); Sois jeune et tais-toi (2003); Songs for Sale (1951); Swing Out the Blues (1943); Television Screen Magazine (1946–1949); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1963); The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946); The Impatient Years (1944); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1960); The Money Jungle (1967); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956–1958); The Wedding Singer (1998); Tootsie (1982); Tubby Hayes: A Man in a Hurry (2015); Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943); Variety Views, #116 (1943); Village Barn (1948–1949); We, the People (1949).

Born on this day – Eileen Heckart:

Eileen Heckart

Actress

March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001

Credits:

8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2002); A Doll's House (1959); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Alice (1976); All the Way Home (1971); Annie McGuire (1988–1989); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1974); Ben Casey (1963); Breathing Lessons (1994); Broadway Legends (2002); Burnt Offerings (1976); Bus Stop (1956); Butterflies Are Free (1972); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); CBS Playhouse (1968); Corwin (1969); Cybill (1996–1998); Danger (1952); Dr. Kildare (1962); Ellen (1997); F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980); Flying High (1978); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Girl Talk (1967); Gloria (1983); Goodyear Playhouse (1953–1955); Gunsmoke (1965–1969); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Headliners & Legends (1998–2008); Heartbreak Ridge (1986); Heller in Pink Tights (1960); Highway to Heaven (1985); Home Improvement (1997); Hot Spell (1958); Josh, the Logan Legend (1986); Justice (1954); Kraft Theatre (1949–1957); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1955); Lily (1974); Little House on the Prairie (1979); Lou Grant (1980); Love & War (1993–1994); Love Story (1973); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1951); Miracle in the Rain (1956); Morning Maggie (1987); Murder One (1996); My Six Loves (1963); Naked City (1962–1963); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); New York Television Theatre (1966); Nine to Five (1987); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); One Life to Live (1986–1992); Out of the Blue (1979); Out There (1951); Partners in Crime (1984); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Playhouse 90 (1959); Ponds Theater (1954); Rhoda (1976); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Seize the Day (1986); Short Short Dramas (1952); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); Stephen King's Golden Tales / Segment: Do Not Open This Box (1985); Stuck with Each Other (1989); Studio One (1950–1957); Suddenly, Love (1978); Sunshine Christmas (1977); Suspense (1949–1952); Switch (1976); Table Settings (1982); Tales from the Darkside (1988); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994); The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (1994–1995); The 5:48 (1979); The 54th Annual Tony Awards (2000); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Bad Seed (1956); The Big Black Pill (1981); The Big Story (1951); The Cosby Show (1987); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Ellen Burstyn Show (1986); The F.B.I. (1965); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Felony Squad (1966); The First Wives Club (1996); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Fugitive (1964–1967); The Hiding Place (1975); The Honeymooners (1977 / 1978); The Little Foxes (1956); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975–1976); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1977); The New Breed (1961); The Recovery Room (1985); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Suzanne Somers Show (1994); The Tree (1969); The Trip to Bountiful (1953); The Victim (1972); The Web (1951); To Tell the Truth (1968); Trapper John, M.D. (1981–1984); Trauma Center (1983); Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story (1993); Ultimate Betrayal (1994); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Wedding Band (1974); White Mama (1980); Windows (1955); Zandy's Bride (1974).

Born on this day – Mary Johnson:

Mary Johnson

Blues singer

Accordionist

Songwriter

March 29, 1898 – July 20, 1983