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

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 34.

Episode entitled: The $20 Plates.

Released May 16, 1958.

Directed by Allen H. Miner.

Written by Merwin Gerard.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Lynette Bernay, Logan Field, Joel Smith, Sara Taft, Paul Newlan, Charles Seel, Theodore Newton, Arthur Kendall, Joseph J. Greene, Jeanne Dante.

On this day in movie history - The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956):

The Man Who Knew Too Much

directed by Alfred Hitchcock,

written by John Michael Hayes,

based on a story by Charles Bennett and D. B. Wyndham-Lewis,

was released in the United States on May 16, 1956.
Music by Bernard Herrmann.
Song: Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be), performed by Doris Day.

Cast:

Doris Day, James Stewart, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles, Ralph Truman, Daniel Gélin, Mogens Wieth, Alan Mowbray, Hillary Brooke, Christopher Olsen, Reggie Nalder, Richard Wattis, Noel Willman, Alix Talton, Yves Brainville, Carolyn Jones, London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann, Covent Garden Chorus, Barbara Howitt, Patrick Aherne, Frank Albertson, Frank Atkinson, Walter Bacon, Frank Baker, John Barrard, Betty Baskcomb, Hyma Beckley, Paul Beradi, Eumenio Blanco, Arline Bletcher, Alexis Bobrinskoy, Lovyss Bradley, Janet Bruce, Naida Buckingham, Clifford Buckton, Barbara Burke, Nora Bush, Peter Camlin, Albert Carrier, Jimmy Charters, Abdelhaq Chraibi, Oliver Cross, Pauline Farr, Harry Fine, Alex Frazer, Wolf Frees, Milton Frome, Leo Gordon, Walter Gotell, Victor Harrington, Sam Harris, George Hilsdon, Alfred Hitchcock, Gladys Holland, Jimmie Horan, George Howe, Allen Jaffe, Philip Johns, Barbara Jones, Harold Kasket, Barry Keegan, Lou Krugman, Anne Kunde, Lloyd Lamble, Anthony Lang, Donald Lawton, Marion Lessing, Carl M. Leviness, Enid Lindsey, Mayne Lynton, Janet Macfarlane, Edward Manouk, Richard Marner, John Marshall, Lewis Martin, Louis Mercier, Lee Miller, Lola Morice, Ralph Neff, Leslie Newport, John O'Malley, Elsa Palmer, Liddell Peddieson, Jean Ransome, Arthur Ridley, Lucile Sewall, Alma Taylor.

On this day in movie history - Public Hero Number 1 (1935):

Public Hero Number 1

directed by J. Walter Ruben,

written by Wells Root,

based on a story by J. Walter Ruben and Wells Root,

was released in the United States on May 16, 1935.

Music by Edward Ward.

Cast:

Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris, Joseph Calleia, Paul Kelly, Lewis Stone, Paul Hurst, George E. Stone, Sam Baker, William Bailey, Brooks Benedict, Ed Brady, Frank Bruno, Lane Chandler, Cora Sue Collins, Helene Costello, Nell Craig, Frank Darien, James Flavin, Harry Geise, John George, Jonathan Hale, Henry Hall, Lillian Harmer, Eddie Hart, Edward Hearn, Al Hill, Arthur Housman, William Irving, Selmer Jackson, Gladden James, John Kelly, Anderson Lawler, Frank McGlynn Jr., Larry McGrath, Greta Meyer, Bob Montgomery, Bert Moorhouse, Frank Moran, Philip Morris, James C. Morton, Pat O'Malley, Jack Pennick, Lee Phelps, Russ Powell, Stanley Price, Frank Rice, Bert Roach, Teru Shimada, Landers Stevens, Carl Stockdale, Billy Sullivan, Zeffie Tilbury, Dorothy Vernon, Larry Wheat, Bill Wolfe, William Worthington, Tammany Young.

Born on this day – Solveig Dommartin:

Solveig Dommartin

Actress

Writer

Director

May 16, 1961 – January 11, 2007

Credits:

Ciné star (1987); Cinéma cinémas / segment: Lettre de la Sierra Morena (1983); Commandant Nerval (1996); Eiffel Tower Trilogy: Height, Weight & Gravity (1997); Faraway, So Close! (1993); I Can't Sleep (1994); It Would Only Take a Bridge (1998); Je t'ai dans la peau (1990); Navarro (1995); No Fear, No Die (1990); Spécial cinéma (1987); The Prisoner of St. Petersburg (1989); Tokyo-Ga (1985); Until the End of the World (1991); Wings of Desire (1987).

Born on this day – Yvonne Craig:

Yvonne Craig

Actress

Ballerina

May 16, 1937 – August 17, 2015

Born on this day – Martine Carol:

Martine Carol

Actress

May 16, 1920 – February 6, 1967

Credits:

Action of the Tiger (1957); Adorable Creatures (1952); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Atomic Agent (1959); Beach Casanova (1962); Beauties of the Night (1952); Bifur 3 (1945); Boum sur Paris (1953); Brunette ou blonde (1950); Evening Cabaret (1958); Caroline Chérie (1953); Square of Servants (1947); Filmmakers of our Time (1965); Cinépanorama (1957–1963); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Compression (2015); Daughters of Destiny (1954); Dear Caroline (1951); Defend My Love (1956); Live from... (1966); Are you sure of that? (1947); Film Fanfare (1956); Filmstadt Berlin (1958); Gala de l'Union (1960); Hell Is Empty (1967) Hollywood - Ein Vorort in vier Anekdoten (1959) I only love you... (1949); Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977); The Wolf Farm (1943); The Flower of Life (1947); The Nouvelle Vague, une bande à part (2022); La prima notte (1959); Lasciapassare per l'inferno (1966); The Last of the Six (1941); Desire and Love (1952); The Corruptors (1942); Echoes of Cinema (1961); Women Too (1966); The extravagant mission (1945); Lola Montès (1955); Love and the Frenchwoman (1960); Lucretia Borgia (1953); Madame du Barry (1954); Martine Carol, plus dure sera la chute (2019); Max & James & Danielle (2015); Max by Marcel (2009); Beware of blondes (1950); Mirror (1947); Nana (1955); We Will Go to Paris (1950); Operation Gold Ingot (1962); Personal and confidential (2007); Reflections of Cannes (1956–1966); Rendez-vous with Maurice Chevalier No. 1 (1957); Surprise New Year's Eve (1960); Riviera (1954); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Sextet (1948); Strangers in the House (1942); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); The Battle of Austerlitz (1960); The Bed (1954) The Betrayer (1961) The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The Foxiest Girl in Paris (1957); The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955) The Lovers of Verona (1949); The Stowaway (1958) This Is Show Business (1956); Thirty and Forty (1946); Thirty-six Candles (1956–1958); An Evening on the Beach (1961); A Wedding Night (1950); Valley Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1956); Makeup-free stars (1951); Surprise Trip (1947).

Born on this day – Mario Monicelli:

Mario Monicelli

Director

Writer

May 16, 1915 – November 29, 2010