Monday, March 16, 2026

Born on this day – Mildred Washington:


Mildred Washington


Actress

March 16, 1905 – September 7, 1933

Credits:

A Man of Sentiment (1933); Bed of Roses (1933); Blonde Venus (1932); Hearts in Dixie (1929); In Old Kentucky (1927); Morning Glory (1933); Only Yesterday (1933); Roman Scandals (1933); Tenderfeet (1928); The Shopworn Angel (1928); The Thoroughbred (1930); Torch Singer (1933); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927).

Born on this day – Alec Seward:


Alec Seward


Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 16, 1901 – May 11, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

Creepin’ Blues (1965); Late One Saturday Evening (1996); The Back Porch Boys (2002).

Songs:

Be Kind Blues; Big Hip Mama; Big Hip Mamma; Blues All Around My Head; Blues All Around My Head #2; C.C. Rider; Cousin John; Creepin’ Blues; Early Morning Blues; Evil Woman Blues; Feel So Good; Feels so Good; Friday the Thirteenth Blues; Goin’ Back Home; Goin’ Down Slow; Her Ways Are so Sweet; Hide Me In Thy Bosom; I Made A Mistake In Life; I Wish I’d Listened; It’s My Desire; Late Evening Blues; Late One Saturday Evening; Let A Good Thing Do; Little Annie Blues; Me and My Baby; Piney Woods; Risin’ Sun Shine On; Rock Me Darlin’; Sorry Woman Blues; Sweet Woman; Trouble in Mind; What Has Annie Got.

Born on this day – I.A.R. Wylie:


I.A.R. Wylie


Writer

March 16, 1885 – November 4, 1959

Credits:

Written work:

A Feather in Her Hat (1934); All Sorts (1919); Ancient Fires (1924); Armchair Stories (1916); Black Harvest (1926); Brodie and the Deep Sea (1920); Candles for Therese (1951); Children of Storm (1920); Claire Serrat (1959); Dividing Waters (1911); Eight Years in Germany (1914); Five Years to Find Out (1914); Flight to England (1943); Furious Young Man (1936); Happy Endings (1915); Ho, the Fair Wind (1945); Holy Fire: And Other Stories (1920); Home Are the Hunted (1959); In Different Keys (1911); Jungle Law (1923); Keeper of the Flame (1942); My German Year (1910); My Life With George: An Unconventional Autobiography (1940); Prelude to Richard (1934); Rambles in the Black Forest (1911); Rogues & Company (1921); Side Shows (1923); Some Other Beauty (1930); Storm in April (1946); Strangers Are Coming (1941); The Dark House (1922); The Daughter of Brahma (1913); The Duchess in Pursuit (1917); The Germans (1911); The Hermit Doctor of Gaya (1916); The Inheritors, and With Their Eyes Open (1936); The Mad Busman, and Other Stories (1926); The Native Born, or, The Rajah's People (1910); The Novels of Elinor Wylie (1934); The Paupers of Portman Square (1913); The Red Mirage (1913); The Shining Heights (1918); The Silver Virgin (1929); The Temple of Dawn (1915); The Things We Do, and Other Stories (1932); The Undefeated (1957); The Underpup (1938); The Young in Heart (1938); To The Vanquished (1934); Toward Morning (1918); Tristram Sahib (1915); Where No Birds Sing (1947).

Movies and television:

A Feather in Her Hat (1935); A Man Must Live (1925); Evenings for Sale (1932); For Valour (1917); Four Sons (1928 / 1940); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Matinee Theatre (1957); Phone Call from a Stranger (1952); Pilgrimage (1933); Rheingold Theatre (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1952); Shattered Idols (1922); Someday (1935); Stronger Than Death (1920); That Man's Here Again (1937); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Birth of Patriotism (1917); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Foreign Legion (1928); The Gaiety Girl (1924); The Grass Orphan (1922); The Man in Motley (1915); The Price of Redemption (1920); The Road to Reno (1938); The Secret's Price (1915); The Under-Pup (1939); The Unknown (1915); The Wonderful Story (1922 / 1932); The Young in Heart (1938); Torch Song (1953); Two Mothers (1916); Vivacious Lady (1938); Young Nowheres (1929).

Vickie Karp, on reading and writing:


When we read, we start at the beginning and continue until we reach the end.
When we write, we start in the middle and fight our way out.

- Vickie Karp.

Sunday, March 15, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Highwaymen (2019):


The Highwaymen

directed by John Lee Hancock,
written by John Fusco,
was released in the United States on March 15, 2019.
Based on the true Bonnie and Clyde case (1931–1934).
Music by Thomas Newman.


Cast:

Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Thomas Mann, Dean Denton, Kim Dickens, William Sadler, W. Earl Brown, David Furr, Jason Davis, Josh Caras, David Born, Brian F. Durkin, Kaley Wheless, Alex Elder, Emily Brobst, Edward Bossert, Jake Dashnaw, Jane McNeill, Karson Kern, Jesse C. Boyd, Kevin Sangston, Robert Bryan Davis, Luray Cooper, Johnny McPhail, Silas Cooper, Jeff Pope, Arvin Combs, Joe Knezevich, Billy Slaughter, Brandon O'Dell, Dean J. West, Don Stallings, David Dwyer, Steve Vernon, Carter Maharrey, Justin Smith, Cullen Moss, Alan Wells, Josh Ventura, Michael Draper, Timothy McKinney, Luke Loveless, Allen Lopez, Ian Pitre, Billy  Johnston, Izzy G., Savanna Renee, Mitch Eakins, Matthew Paul Martinez, Todd Barnett, Troy Anthony Hogan, Taj Marqui Paul, Russell L. Welch III, Nicolas J. Lefebvre, Stephen L. Kelly, Robert Streeck, Donald Robert Mohr, Brad Napp, Sophia Silver, Lynden Orr, Makani Ravello, Samantha Hunter Ogan, Mikey Kelley, Leigh Anne Tuohy, Collins Tuohy, Teddy Orr, Skip Stellrecht, Jon Briddell, David Zyler, Lexi Elizabeth Audler, Tony Beard, William Buster Benefield, Brett Beoubay, Rusty Bourg, James Breaux, Matthew Rush Campbell, Rebecca Chulew, Kyle Clements, Sheenan Cole, Jay Conlin, Karen Dalferes, Daniel B. Davis, Michael Patrick Fogarty, Gregory Fountain, Karla Garcia, Johnny Ray Gibbs, Chad Governale, Gene Kevin Hames Jr., Christopher Hart, Timothy Hinrichs, Jackie Jenkins Jr., Andreanna L Jenson, Steve Kish, John C. Klein, Darrel J Lee, Lamar Lott, Tonya Maldonado, Aaron Mitchell, Zach Mooney, Destry Mushtare, Bryan Regan, Lester Savoie, William Schaff, Natalie Sibille, Steven Skipper, Lindsay Small Barrios, Toney Chapman Steele, Cameron Washington, Michael Wozniak, Mike A. Young.

On this day in music history:

Angels & Ecstasy by Herb Ernst (1997)


Angels & Ecstasy
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 15, 1997.
Track list: Angel Wings; Angel of the Lovers; Sweet Devotion; Two Hearts Enfolded; Magic Love; Touch; Heaven on Earth; Romantique Fantastique; The Joining.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1968)
Star Trek: Voyager (2000)


Star Trek
Season 2. Episode 25.
Episode entitled: Bread and Circuses.
Released March 15, 1968.
Directed by Ralph Senensky.
Written by Gene Roddenberry, Gene L. Coon, John Kneubuhl.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, William Smithers, Logan Ramsey, Ian Wolfe, William Bramley, Rhodes Reason, Bart La Rue, Jack Perkins, Max Kleven, Lois Jewell, Paul Baxley, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Tony Dante, Chester Hayes, Roger Holloway, Shep Houghton, Jeannie Malone, Bob Orrison, Eddie Paskey, Gil Perkins, Paul Stader, Tom Steele, Joe Walls.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 6. Episode 20.
Episode entitled: Good Shephard.
Released March 15, 2000.
Directed by Winrich Kolbe.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Dianna Gitto, Joe Menosky, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Paul Baillargeon.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jay Underwood, Michael Reisz, Kimble Jemison, Zoe McLellan, Tom Morello, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Tina Kotrich, Nichole McAuley, Louis Ortiz.