On this day in movie history - The Adventure (1960):

The Adventure

directed by Michelangelo Antonioni,

written by Michelangelo Antonioni, Elio Bartolini and Tonino Guerra,

based on a story by Michelangelo Antonioni,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15, 1960.

Music by Giovanni Fusco.

Cast:

Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci, James Addams, Dorothy De Poliolo, Lelio Luttazzi, Giovanni Petrucci, Esmeralda Ruspoli, Enrico Bologna, Franco Cimino, Giovanni Danesi, Rita Molè, Renato Pinciroli, Angela Tomasi di Lampedusa, Vincenzo Tranchina, Prof. Cucco, Jack O'Connell.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 33.

Episode entitled: Model in the Lake.

Released May 15, 1959.

Directed by David Lowell Rich.

Written by Robert Shaw.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Whitney Blake, Richard Garland, Robert McQueeney, Charlie Shelander, Barbara Darrow, Louise Lewis, Pat O’Malley, Diana Anderson, George Eldredge, Gretchen Foster, Melinda Markey.

On this day in movie history - Las Vegas Shakedown (1955):

Las Vegas Shakedown

directed by Sidney Salkow,

written by Steve Fisher,

was released in the United States on May 15, 1955.
Music by Edward J. Kay.

Cast:

Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Patrick, Mary Beth Hughes, Elizabeth Patterson, James Millican, Robert Armstrong, Joe Downing, Lewis Martin, Mara McAfee, Charles Fredericks, Regina Gleason, Murray Alper, James Alexander, Frank Hanley, Allen Mathews, Sid Fields, Rory Mallinson, Matty Malneck, Eve Marley, Beverly Richards, Charles Sherlock, Paul Sorensen.

Born on this day – Mireille Darc:

Mireille Darc

Actress

Director

May 15, 1938 – August 28, 2017

Credits:

13 heures le journal (2005); 20 heures le journal (2013); 30 millions d’amis (1994); 300 choeurs pour + de vie (2011–2016); 4 fois D (1964); À belles dents (1966); Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes (2018); Allons au cinéma (1975–1976); Annie Girardot selon son coeur (2020); Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie (2008); Au-delà de l’écran (1963–1966); Balearic Caper (1966); Bande-annonce de ‘Week End’ (1967); Bibliothèque de poche (1967); Borsalino (1970); Borsalino and Co. (1974); C à vous (2009–2017); Cadence 3 (1983); Cannes 1968, révolution au palais (2018); Casino Royale (1967); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2009–2011); C’est encore mieux l’après-midi (1985); Champs-Elysées (1983–1989); Chroniques de France / Les 2D, Mireille Darc, Catherine Deneuve (1966); Cinéma (1966); Cinescope aujourd hui... (1975); Comme au cinéma (2004); Compression (2015); Cops Is Cops (1972); Coucou c’est nous! (1994); Dandelions by the Roots (1964); Death of a Corrupt Man (1977); Déchaînées (2009); Diamond Bikini (1971); Dim Dam Dom (1967–1969); Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (1974); Élection de Miss France (2012); Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970); En aparté (2005); En compagnie de Mireille Darc et d’Alain Delon pour Plus de Vie (2010); Envoyé spécial (1993); Face à l’image (2005); Femmina (1967); Fleur d’oseille (1967); Formule 1 (1984); Francis Veber artisan du rire: La mécanique dure rire (2002); François Chalais, la vie comme un roman (1997); Frank Riva (2003–2004); Gainsbourg, l’homme qui aimait les femmes (2010); Galia (1966); Godard Cinema (2022); Graffiti 60 (2004); Grand écran (1964); Hamlet, Prince de Danemark (1960); Hauteclaire ou le Bonheur dans le crime (1961); Histoires de cinema (2010); Histoires de fiction (2003); How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965); Il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973); Infrarouge (2009–2015); Jacques Deray: Le cinéma... ma vie (2005); J’ai rendez-vous avec vous (1996); Jamais avant le mariage (1982); Jeff (1969); Jolie poupée (1968); Journal de France (2012); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); La barbare (1989); La boîte à questions (2006–2012); La galerie France 5 (2014); La grande Bretèche (1960); La Grande Darka! (2019); La justice de Marion (1998); La naissance du Grand Blond (2005); La revenante (1960); La traversée du miroir (2009); La vie de château (1985); La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque (1986); L’ami de mon fils (1997); Langlois (1970); Le bleu de l’océan (2003); Le dernier des cinq (1973–1974); Le divan de Marc-Olivier Fogiel (2015); Le fantôme d’Henri Langlois (2004); Le grand échiquier (1982–1987); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2005–2012); Le grand restaurant (2011); Le journal de 20 heures (2007); Le palmarès des chansons (1966); Le petit dimanche illustré (1967); Le plus grand cabaret du monde (2006–2014); Le portrait (1999); Les 40 ans de la 2 (2004); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Les coeurs brûlés (1992); Les durs à cuire ou Comment supprimer son prochain sans perdre l’appétit (1964); Les enfants de la télé (2007); Les grosses têtes (2014); Les nouveaux aristocrates (1961); Les passagers (1977); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1975–1978); Les stars chantent Piaf pour Plus de Vie (2008); Les yeux d’Hélène (1994); L’été de nos quinze ans (1983); L’été en hiver (1964); Let’s Not Get Angry (1966); Lettre de Provins (1962); L’homme pressé (1977); L’humeur vagabonde (1971); Lignes de mire (1997); Lino, il n’était que lui-même (2012); L’inspecteur Leclerc enquête (1962–1963); L’invité (2016); L’invité du dimanche (1970); L’ombre au tableau (2021); Louis de Funès, l’homme qui a passé le mur du son (2013); Lundi en histoires (2015); Magic story (1962); Male Hunt (1964); Man in the Trunk (1973); Mardi cinema (1982); Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002); Micros et cameras (1968); Midi Trente (1972); Midi-Première (1975); Mireille Darc, la femme libre (2018); Monsieur (1964); Monsieur Cinéma (1968–1978); Mourir d’amour (1961); Ne m’oubliez pas: Hommage à Bernard Blier (1990); Ni figue ni raisin (1965); Ni vue ni connue (1997); Nulle part ailleurs (1995); Numéro un (1975–1981); O.K. patron (1974); Ombre et lumière (2001); On a tout essayé (2003–2007); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2003–2005); On n’est pas couché (2009–2011); ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision (2020); Paris aktuell (1968–1969); Pas sur la bouche (2011); Pena de muerte (1961); People in Luck (1963); Pierre Richard, l’art du déséquilibre (2005); Please, Not Now! (1961); Poivre et Sel in Numéro un (1978); Porte-bonheur (1984); Pour le cinéma (1974); Prigioniera di una vendetta (1993); Qui est-ce? (2010); Qui veut gagner des millions? (2009–2015); Rembob’Ina (2022); Reporters (1981); Réveillon chez Bob (1984); Sacrée soirée (1989–1992); Samedi soir (1971); Sapho (1997); Scénarios sur la drogue (2000); Si elle dit oui... je ne dis pas non (1983); Sidaction 2009 (2009); Someone Is Bleeding (1974); Squeak-squeak (1963); Stars 90 (1992); Studio Gabriel (1997); Summit (1968); Sur la route de Madison (2007); Système 2 (1975); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); T’empêches tout le monde de dormir (2007); Terre indigo (1996); The Blonde from Peking (1967); The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962); The Great Spy Chase (1964); The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Love Mates (1970); Thé ou café (2005–2014); The Pink Telephone (1975); The Probability Factor (1976); The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974); The Small Timers (1978); The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972); The Upper Hand (1966); Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969); Tilt (1967); To Kill a Cop (1981); Top à... (1973–1974); Tous à la une (1990); Tous les chats sont gris (1963); Trapped by Fear (1960); Troubleshooters (1971); Un jour, un destin (2011–2019); Variances (1969–1975); Vedro (2017); Ventura... dit Lino (1997); Vie privée, vie publique (2008); Virginie (1962); Vive le cinéma! (1973); Vivement dimanche (1999–2016); Vivement dimanche prochain (1998–2005); War Gods of Babylon (1962); Weekend (1967).

Born on this day – Peggy Pope:

Peggy Pope

Actress

Writer

May 15, 1929 – May 27, 2020

Credits:

9 to 5 (1980); ABC Comedy Special: The Rag Business (1978); Acts of Love and Other Comedies (1973); All Night Long (1981); Amanda's (1983); ...and Then It Happened (1972); Another Time, Another Place (1989); Anything But Love (1990); Ass Backwards (2013); Barnaby Jones (1978); Barney Miller (1977–1982); Bennett Brothers (1987); Between the Lines (1980); Bewitched (1968); Billy (1979); Biography (2006); Calucci's Department (1973); Camera Three (1967); Choke (2008); College Road Trip (2008); Curfew (1989); Dragonfly (1976); Ed (2002); Eight Is Enough (1978–1980); Empty Nest (1991); ER (1995); Fame (1978); For Members Only (1983); Four Lane Highway (2005); Girl Talk (1963); Hail (1972); Hart to Hart (1980–1982); Have Faith (1989); Highway to Heaven (1987); Hill Street Blues (1985); Hope & Faith (2004); Kangaroos in the Kitchen (1982); Kate & Allie (1987); Knots Landing (1981); Law & Order (2001); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999); Made for Each Other (1971); Mork & Mindy (1980); N.Y.P.D. (1967); Night Court (1984–1986); Nine to Five (1982); Nurses (1991); Oh, God! (1977); Once Bitten (1985); Peeping Times (1978); Revenge of the Gray Gang (1981); Rhoda (1978); Room for Two (1992); Roses Are for the Rich (1987); Santa Barbara (1986); Sisters (1991–1994); Soap (1979–1980); St. Elsewhere (1986); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Ten: Thirty One (2008); The Golden Girls (1986); The Grady Nutt Show (1981); The Last Starfighter (1984); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Outsider (1968); The Paper Chase (1985); The Substitute (1996); The Toughest Man in the World (1984); The Trials of O'Brien (1966); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Tooth and Consequences (1986); Too Close for Comfort (1986); Tough Cookies (1986); Toys (2016); Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five (1998).

Born on this day – Peter Shaffer:

Peter Shaffer

Writer

May 15, 1926 – June 6, 2016

Credits:

Written works for plays and radio:

Amadeus (1979); Balance of Terror (1957); Black Comedy (1965); Black Mischief (1983); Equus (1973); Five Finger Exercise (1958); How Doth the Little Crocodile? (1952); Lettice and Lovage (1987); The Battle of Shrivings (1970); The Establishment (1963); The Gift of the Gorgon; The Merry Roosters' Panto (1963); The Private Ear (1962); The Prodigal Father (1957); The Public Eye (1962); The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1958); The Salt Land (1955); The White Liars (1967); The Woman in the Wardrobe (1951); Whom Do I Have the Honour of Addressing? (1990); Withered Murder (1955); Yonadab (1985).

Movies and television:

Amadeus (1984); Amadeus (2009); Amadeus (2018); Aquarius (1970); Arena (1976–2013); Balance of Terror (1957); BBC 3 (1965); BBC Play of the Month (1970); Black Comedy (1976); Bookmark (1988); Equus (1977); Equus (2008); Estudio 3 (1964); Fifty Years on Stage (2013); Five Finger Exercise (1962); Fog City Mavericks (2007); Great Composers (1997); I askisi pente daktylon / Five Finger Exercise (1978); ITV Play of the Week (1955); Ki megy a nõ után (1973); Mavri komodia / Black Comedy (1995); Midsomer Murders (1998); National Theatre Live: Amadeus (2017); Noche de teatro (1974); O Fusível (1997); O Poder da Górgone (1999); Reputations (1998–2002); Review (1970); Sleuth: A Sleuthian Journey with Anthony Shaffer (2002); Studio One (1958); Television Theater (1997); Terror in der Waage (1960); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The Eighties (1971); The Evening Standard Drama Awards (1988); The Making of 'Amadeus' (2002); The Pad (and How to Use It) (1966); The Private Ear (1967); The Public Eye (1972); The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969); The Wicker Man (1973); The Young Set (1965); This Is Your Life (1992); To theatro tis Defteras (1970); To theatro tis Tetartis (1984); Working in the Theatre (1981).

Born on this day – Ursula Thiess:

Ursula Thiess

Actress

May 15, 1924 – June 19, 2010

Credits:

Movies and television:

This Is Your Life (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); The Detectives (1960–1961); Bandido! (1956); The Americano (1955); Bengal Brigade (1954); The Iron Glove (1954); Monsoon (1952); Keepers of the Night (1949).

Book:

...But I Have Promises to Keep: My Life Before, With and After Robert Taylor.