On this day in movie history - True Crime (1999)

True Crime

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Larry Gross, Paul Brickman and Stephen Schiff,

based on the novel by Andrew Klavan,

was released in the United States on March 19, 1999.

Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, LisaGay Hamilton, James Woods, Denis Leary, Bernard Hill, Diane Venora, Michael McKean, Michael Jeter, Mary McCormack, Hattie Winston, Penny Bae Bridges, Francesca Eastwood, John Finn, Laila Robins, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Erik King, Graham Beckel, Frances Fisher, Marissa Ribisi, Christine Ebersole, Anthony Zerbe, Nancy Giles, Tom McGowan, William Windom, Don West, Lucy Liu, Dina Eastwood, Leslie Griffith, Dennis Richmond, Frank Somerville, Dan Green, Nicholas Bearde, Frances Lee McCain, Cecil Williams, Casey Lee, Jack Kehler, Colman Domingo, Linda Hoy, Danny Kovacs, Kelvin Han Yee, Kathryn Howell, Beulah Stanley, George Maguire, Bill Wattenburg, Cathy Fithian, Roland T. Abasolo, Michael Halton, Jade Marx-Berti, Velica Marie Davis, John B. Scott, Edward Silva, Jordan Sax, Rob Reece, Walter Brown, Carmen Molinari, Annie Coffey, Bob Dini, Jodi Fung, Annie Lore, Marcus J. Oliver, Ray Raffaini.

On this day in movie history - Blackout (1954)

Blackout

a.k.a. Murder by Proxy,

directed by Terence Fisher,

written by Richard Landau,

based on the novel Murder by Proxy by Helen Nielsen,

was released in the United States on March 19, 1954.

Music by Ivor Slaney.

Cast:

Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies, Eleanor Summerfield, Andrew Osborn, Harold Lang, Jill Melford, Alvys Maben, Michael Golden, Nora Gordon, Alfie Bass, Arnold Diamond, Norman Fisher, Ann Gow, Lindsay Hooper, Cleo Laine, Delphi Lawrence, Arthur Lovegrove, Joe Phelps, Olive Sloane. 

Born on this day – Nancy Malone:

Actress

Producer

Director

Painter

Writer

March 19, 1935 – May 8, 2014

Born on this day – Richard Williams:

 

Animator

Voice actor

Director

Writer

March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019

Born on this day – Patrick McGoohan:

 

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009

Born on this day – Fred J. Scollay:

 

Actor

March 19, 1923 – November 3, 2015

Born on this day – Tige Andrews:

 

Actor

March 19, 1920 – January 27, 2007

Born on this day – Irving Wallace:

Writer

March 19, 1916 – June 29, 1990

Born on this day – Patricia Morison:

 

Actress

Mezzo-soprano singer

Painter

March 19, 1915 – May 20, 2018

Born on this day – Simone Renant:

 

Actress

March 19, 1911 – March 29, 2004

Credits:

Après l'amour (1947); Asmodée (1963); Au cinéma ce soir (1971); Au théâtre ce soir (1967–1975); Aurore et Victorien (1975); Bal Cupidon (1949); Bedevilled (1955); Cadavres en vacances (1963); Champs-Elysées (1983); Danger Flight 931 (1955); Dangerous Liaisons (1959); Dear Inspector (1977); Domino (1943); Échec au porteur (1958); École des vedettes (1962); Elles étaient douze femmes (1940); Il figlio di Lagardère (1952); Jenny Lamour (1947); La folle nuit (1932); La joie de vivre (1956); La moule (1934); La mystérieuse lady (1936); La nuit est à nous (1953); La tentation de Barbizon (1946); L'ange du foyer (1937); L'ange qu'on m'a donné (1946); Le mystérieux Monsieur Sylvain (1947); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1979); L'école des journalistes (1936); Les échos du cinéma (1962); Les étoiles de la chanson (1971); Les parents terribles (1960); Les pirates du rail (1938); Lettres d'amour (1942); L'homme de joie (1950); Liberté-liberté (1983); Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! (1961); Love and the Frenchwoman / Femme seule, La (1960); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Mam'zelle Bonaparte (1942); Monsieur Cinéma (1969); Nous irons à Valparaiso (1954); On ne roule pas Antoinette (1936); Pas de pitié pour les femmes (1950); Quelle famille! (1965); Romance à trois (1942); Si Paris nous était conté (1956); Tapage nocturne (1951); That Man from Rio (1964); The Adventures of Remi (1958); The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957); The Pearls of the Crown (1937); Thirteen Days of Love (1935); Three Men to Kill (1980); Three Murderesses (1959); Voyage sans espoir (1943); Wicked Duchess (1942).

Born on this day – Betty Compson:

Actress

Producer

March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974

Credits:

This Is Your Life (1954); Here Comes Trouble (1948); Second Chance (1947); Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947); Her Adventurous Night (1946); Claudia and David (1946); Danger! Women at Work (1943); Zis Boom Bah (1941); Escort Girl (1941); Invisible Ghost (1941); Roar of the Press (1941); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941); The Watchman Takes a Wife (1941); Laughing at Danger (1940); Strange Cargo (1940); Cafe Hostess (1940); Cowboys from Texas (1939); Mad Youth (1939); News Is Made at Night (1939); Hotel Imperial (1939); Under the Big Top (1938); Religious Racketeers (1938); Two Gun Justice (1938); The Beloved Brat (1938); Torchy Blane in Panama (1938); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); Port of Missing Girls (1938); Blondes at Work (1938); Federal Bullets (1937); God's Country and the Man (1937); Circus Girl (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Two Minutes to Play (1936); Killer at Large (1936); Bulldog Edition (1936); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); The Drag-Net (1936); The Millionaire Kid (1936); Laughing Irish Eyes (1936); August Weekend (1936); False Pretenses (1935); Manhattan Butterfly (1935); No Sleep on the Deep (1934); Notorious But Nice (1933); Destination Unknown (1933); West of Singapore (1933); Guilty or Not Guilty (1932); The Silver Lining (1932); Hollywood Halfbacks (1931); The Gay Diplomat (1931); Three Who Loved (1931); Virtuous Husband (1931); The Lady Refuses (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 13 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood, Series 1, No. 2 (1930); The Boudoir Diplomat (1930); She Got What She Wanted (1930); The Spoilers (1930); Inside the Lines (1930); Midnight Mystery (1930); Czar of Broadway (1930); Those Who Dance (1930); Isle of Escape (1930); The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930); Fashion News (1930); Blaze o' Glory (1929); Show of Shows (1929); Woman to Woman (1929); The Great Gabbo (1929); Skin Deep (1929); Street Girl (1929); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1929); On with the Show! (1929); Weary River (1929); Scarlet Seas (1928); The Barker (1928); The Docks of New York (1928); Court-Martial (1928); Life's Mockery (1928); The Masked Angel (1928); The Desert Bride (1928); The Big City (1928); Cheating Cheaters (1927); Temptations of a Shop Girl (1927); Say It with Diamonds (1927); The Ladybird (1927); Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927); The Belle of Broadway (1926); The Wise Guy (1926); The Palace of Pleasure (1926); Counsel for the Defense (1925); Dangerous Virtue (1925); The Pony Express (1925); Paths to Paradise (1925); Beggar on Horseback (1925); New Lives for Old (1925); Eve's Secret (1925); Locked Doors (1925); The Garden of Weeds (1924); The Fast Set (1924); Ramshackle House (1924); The Female (1924); The Enemy Sex (1924); White Shadows (1924); Miami (1924); The Stranger (1924); Woman to Woman (1923); The Royal Oak (1923); Hollywood (1923); The Woman with Four Faces (1923); The Rustle of Silk (1923); The White Flower (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 21 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 9 (1922); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (1922); Kick In (1922); To Have and to Hold (1922); The Bonded Woman (1922); Always the Woman (1922); Over the Border (1922); The Green Temptation (1922); The Law and the Woman (1922); The Little Minister (1921); Ladies Must Live (1921); At the End of the World (1921); For Those We Love (1921); Prisoners of Love (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 14 (1920); The Miracle Man (1919); The Devil's Trail (1919); The Little Diplomat (1919); The Light of Victory (1919); The Prodigal Liar (1919); The Terror of the Range (1919); The Sheriff (1918); Border Raiders (1918); All Dressed Up (1918); Never Surprise Your Wife (1918); Betty's Adventure (1918); Somebody's Baby (1918); Here Comes the Groom (1918); Circumstantial Evidence (1918); Whose Wife? (1918); Many a Slip (1918); Cupid's Camouflage (1917); Help! Help! Police! (1917); Their Seaside Tangle (1917); Betty Wakes Up (1917); Nearly a Papa (1917); Almost Divorced (1917); Love and Locksmiths (1917); Almost a Bigamist (1917); Betty's Big Idea (1917); Crazy by Proxy (1917); A Smoky Love Affair (1917); Won in a Cabaret (1917); Down by the Sea (1917); Five Little Widows (1917); A Bold, Bad Knight (1917); Almost a Scandal (1917); Those Wedding Bells (1917); His Last Pill (1917); Father's Bright Idea (1917); Love and the Ice Man (1917); Suspended Sentence (1917); Sauce for the Goose (1917); As Luck Would Have It (1917); Out for the Coin (1917); Hubby's Night Out (1917); Small Change (1917); Her Friend, the Chauffeur (1917); Her Crooked Career (1917); Lovers and Lunatics (1916); Cupid's Uppercut (1916); Hist! At Six O'Clock (1916); Sea Nymphs (1916); Some Kid (1916); Her Sun-Kissed Hero (1916); A Brass-Buttoned Romance (1916); Nearly a Hero (1916); Dad's Masterpiece (1916); When Clubs Were Trumps (1916); He Loved the Ladies (1916); That Doggone Baby (1916); He Wouldn't Tip (1916); The Making Over of Mother (1916); Those Primitive Days (1916); Inoculating Hubby (1916); His Baby (1916); The Browns See the Fair (1916); Almost a Widow (1916); Wanted: A Husband (1916); All Over a Stocking (1916); Her Celluloid Hero (1916); The Wooing of Aunt Jemima (1916); He's a Devil (1916); Potts Bungles Again (1916); Lem's College Career (1916); The Newlyweds' Mix-Up (1916); Eddie's Night Out (1916); A Leap Year Tangle (1916); He Almost Eloped (1916); The Janitor's Busy Day (1916); A Friend, But a Star Boarder (1916); Love and Vaccination (1916); The Deacon's Waterloo (1916); When Lizzie Disappeared (1916); Cupid Trims His Lordship (1916); Her Friend, the Doctor (1916); When the Losers Won (1916); A Quiet Supper for Four (1916); Her Steady Carfare (1916); Mingling Spirits (1916); Jed's Trip to the Fair (1916); Some Chaperone (1915); Love and a Savage (1915); Where the Heather Blooms (1915); Their Quiet Honeymoon (1915); Wanted: A Leading Lady (1915).

Desiderius Erasmus, on books:

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

- Desiderius Erasmus.