On this day in movie and book history - Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

Days of Wine and Roses

directed by Blake Edwards,

written by JP Miller,

based on the 1958 teleplay by JP Miller,

was released in the United States on December 26, 1962.

Music by Henry Mancini.

Cast:

Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford, Jack Klugman, Alan Hewitt, Tom Palmer, Debbie Megowan, Maxine Stuart, Jack Albertson, Leon Alton, Don Anderson, Carl Arnold, Roger Barrett, Russ Bender, Mary Benoit, Mel Blanc, Gail Bonney, Lynn Borden, Dick Crockett, Russell Custer, George DeNormand, Jennifer Edwards, Ella Ethridge, James Gonzalez, Lisa Guiraut, Chuck Hicks, Barbara Hines, Charlene Holt, Tai Yen Horowitz, Jerry Jensen, Kenner G. Kemp, Rita Kenaston, James Lanphier, Ken Lynch, John Bard Manulis, Mathew McCue, Harold Miller, Richard O'Brien, Doye O'Dell, Pat O'Malley, Alan Paige, Peggy Patten, Jack Riley, Tom Rosqui, Myrna Ross, Doc Scortt, Robert 'Buddy' Shaw, Stanley Sober, Olan Soule, Katherine Squire, Florence Stark, Bert Stevens, Lynn Terry, Arthur Tovey, John Truax, Charles Watts, Charles Wood.

Recommended reading - Day of Wine and Roses

Days of Wine and Roses

by JP Miller.
 
Published by Dramatist's Play Service.
Teleplay first published 1958.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0822202816
ISBN-13: 9780822202813
 
Description:
 
In the fast-moving milieu of Madison Avenue, social drinking is almost an occupational necessity, and one that fast-rising young Joe Clay adopts with too ready ease. Unfortunately, the girl he meets and marries shares his proclivity, and while they continue to tell themselves that they drink because they choose to, it is soon apparent that their habit has become a serious problem. But their failure to acknowledge this plunges them headlong into the shattering events of the play a career in shambles, a marriage destroyed, the esteem of friends and family lost, and a child who has become the innocent victim of their obsession. In the poignant ending of the play a spectre of hope arises but, more important, so does a galvanizing awareness of the depth of their torment, and of the lesson which their compulsive self-destruction must have for others.
 

Recommended reading - Days of Wine and Roses

Days of Wine and Roses

By David Westheimer.
 
Mass Market Paperback.
ISBN: B0000CLO9H
Published 1963.
Published by Bantam Books.
 
Description:
 
A story of Brandy Alexander and the insidious way alcohol can destroy a life. Based on JP Miller's play and includes three still pictures on back cover from the movie of the same name.
 

Born on this day – Lee Remick:

Lee Remick

Actress

Singer

December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991

Credits:

Dark Holiday (1989); Around the World in 80 Days (1989); Bridge to Silence (1989); Jesse (1988); Screen Two (1985); Emma's War (1987); Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987); American Playhouse (1985–1987); Of Pure Blood (1986); Great Performances (1986); Toughlove (1985); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Rearview Mirror (1984); Mistral's Daughter (1984); A Good Sport (1984); I Do! I Do! (1983); The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983); The Letter (1982); Tribute (1980); The Competition (1980); The Women's Room (1980); Ike: The War Years (1980); Haywire (1980); The Europeans (1979); Ike: The War Years (1979); Torn Between Two Lovers (1979); Wheels (1978); The Medusa Touch (1978); Breaking Up (1978); Telefon (1977); BBC Play of the Month (1972–1977); The Omen (1976); Hennessy (1975); A Girl Named Sooner (1975); Hustling (1975); Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974); QB VII (1974); A Delicate Balance (1973); The Blue Knight (1973); Of Men and Women (1973); And No One Could Save Her (1973); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972); Touch Me Not (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion (aka Never Give an Inch) (1971); A Severed Head (1971); Loot (1970); Hard Contract (1969); The Detective (1968); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); Damn Yankees! (1967); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Satan Bug (1965); Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); The Running Man (1963); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); Experiment in Terror (1962); Theatre '62 (1962); The Farmer's Daughter (1962); Sanctuary (1961); Wild River (1960); The Tempest (1960); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); These Thousand Hills (1959); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957–1958); Kraft Theatre (1953–1957); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954–1956); Studio One (1954–1956); Modern Romances (1954–1956); Mama (1949); Ponds Theater (1953); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950).

On this day in movie and book history - The Blue Knight (1973)

The Blue Knight

directed by Robert Butler,

written by E. Jack Newman,

based on the novel by Joseph Wambaugh,

a four-part made-for-TV film,

was originally broadcast on NBC from November 11 – 14, 1973.

Music by Nelson Riddle.

Cast:

William Holden, Lee Remick, Joe Santos, Sam Elliott, Eileen Brennan, Vic Tayback, Anne Archer, Lucille Benson, Ja'net DuBois, Mario Roccuzzo, Jamie Farr, David Moody, Gloria LeRoy, Richard Collier, Kenneth Wolger, George DiCenzo, Raymond Guth, Emile Meyer, Ernest Esparza III, John Quade, Janit Baldwin, Arell Blanton, Helen Boll, Simmy Bow, Don Calfa, Lou Cutell, Alan Fudge, John Furlong, Stan Haze, Howard Hesseman, Randy Kirby, Jon Korkes, Arthur Malet, Karmin Murcelo, Rudy Ramos, Paul Reid Roman, Lee Weaver, Jason Wingreen, Richard 'Dub' Wright, Harry Arnie, Katharine Bard, James Beach, Nanci Beck, Norland Benson, Roxanne Bonilla, Claire Brennen, Thomas Paul Carey, Ric Carrott, Stanley Bennett Clay, Patrick Dennis-Leigh, Larry Duran, Joseph X. Flaherty, Ben Frommer, Eddra Gale, Janie Greenspun, Raven Grey Eagle, Margie Haber, Monika Henreid, Janear Hines, Jan-Minika Hughes, J.S. Johnson, Richard E. Kalk, Wayne King Sr., Dudley Knight, Maryann Krakow, Bob Lauher, Norma Lee, David Lipp, Jay W. MacIntosh, E. Jack Neuman, Douglas T. O'Dell, Tim O'Denning, Danny 'Big Black' Rey, Richard Sarradet, Jeffrey Sayre, Christopher Seitz, Ken Smedberg, Nick St. Nicholas, Michael Stearns, Jack Tesler, Russell Thorson, Tom Tolbert, Dino Washington, John Sylvester White, Clint Young.

Recommended reading - The Blue Knight

The Blue Knight

by Joseph Wambaugh.
 
First published 1972.
Published by Grand Central Publishing.
Mass Market Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0446509191
ISBN-13: 978-0446509190
 
Description:
 

Ex-cop turned #1 New York Times bestselling writer Joseph Wambaugh forged a new kind of literature with his great early police procedurals. Gritty, luminous, and ultimately stunning, this novel is Wambaugh at his best – a tale of a street cop on the hardest beat of his life.

 

The Blue Knight.
 

Twenty and two. Those are the numbers turning in the mind of William "Bumper" Morgan: twenty years on the job, two days before he "pulls the pin" and walks away from it forever. But on the gritty streets of L.A., people look at Bumper like some kind of knight in armor – they've plied him with come-ons, hot tips, and the hard respect a man can't earn anywhere else. Now, with a new job and a good woman waiting for him, a kinky thief terrorizing L.A.'s choice hotels, and a tragedy looming, Bumper Morgan is about to face the only thing that can scare him: the demons that he's been hiding behind his bright and shiny badge...

 

“Marvelous … realistic, frightening, touching in its humanity. – Detroit Free Press.
 
“An extraordinary piece of craftsmanship.” – Los Angeles Times.

On this day in movie history - Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Anatomy of a Murder

directed by Otto Preminger,

written by Wendell Mayes,

based on the novel by Robert Traver,

was released in the United States on June 29, 1959.

Music by Duke Ellington.

Cast:

James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O’Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott, Orson Bean, Russ Brown, Murray Hamilton, Brooks West, Ken Lynch, John Qualen, Howard McNear, Alexander Campbell, Ned Wever, Jimmy Conlin, Royal Beal, Joseph Kearns, Don Ross, Lloyd Le Vasseur, James Waters, Joseph N. Welch, Danny the Dog, Duke Ellington, Irv Kupcinet, Lawrence K. Paquin, Chuck Ramsay, Mrs. Joseph Welch.

On this day in movie history - The Omen (1976)

The Omen

directed by Richard Donner,

written by David Seltzer,

was released in the United States on June 25, 1976.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Harvey Stephens, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, Robert Rietty, Tommy Duggan, John Stride, Anthony Nicholls, Holly Palance, Roy Boyd, Freda Dowie, Sheila Raynor, Robert MacLeod, Bruce Boa, Don Fellows, Patrick McAlinney, Dawn Perllman, Nancy Manningham, Miki Iveria, Betty McDowall, Nicholas Campbell, Burnell Tucker, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Guglielmo Spoletini, Ya’ackov Banai, Ann Barrass, Mark Baxter, Harvey Bernhard, Michael Byrne, Victor Harrington, Juba Kennerley, Leo McKern, Noel O’Connell, Bill Reimbold, Adam Rhodes, Massimo Serato, Tina Simmons, Christine Spooner, Damian John Spooner, Guy Standeven.

On this day in movie history - The Detective (1968)

The Detective

directed by Gordon Douglas,

written by Abby Mann,

based on the novel by Roderick Thorp,

was released in the United States on May 28, 1968.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman, Horace McMahon, Lloyd Bochner, William Windom, Tony Musante, Al Freeman Jr., Robert Duvall, Pat Henry, Patrick McVey, Dixie Marquis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Renée Taylor, Jim Inman, Tom Atkins, Jacqueline Bisset, Mikel Angel, Ted Beniades, Mark Dawson, James Dukas, Jan Farrand, Don Fellows, Tom Gorman, Sharon Henesy, Richard Krisher, Lou Krugman, Paul Larson, Alan Manson, Bette Midler, Earl Montgomery, Peg Murray, Lou Nelson, George Plimpton, Frank Raiter, Jilly Rizzo, Jose Rodriguez, Joe Santos, Diane Sayer, Arnold Soboloff, Philip Sterling, Stephen Wright, Peter York.