Erma Bombeck, on dedication:

 

When I stand before God at the end of my life,

I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say,
'I used everything You gave me'.
 
- Erma Bombeck.

Recommended reading - The Star Trek Reader II

The Star Trek Reader II

by James Blish.

Published by E P Dutton.
Published 1977.
First Edition.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0525209603
ISBN-13: 978-0525209607
 
Description:

Here for the first time in hardcover are 19 of the most exciting episodes that ever appeared on the award-winning Star Trek television series. Novelized by the renowned science fiction writer James Blish, each of these stories is a little gem with a permanent sparkle, and their combination a collector's item.

Born on this day – Ub Iwerks:

Ub Iwerks

Animator

Cartoonist

Inventor

Special effects technician

March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971

Credits:

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954); A Busy Day (1940); Africa Before Dark (1928); Africa Squeaks (1931); Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1934); Aladdin's Vamp (1926); Alaskan Sled Dog (1957); Ali Baba (1936); Alice and the Dog Catcher (1924); Alice and the Three Bears (1924); Alice at the Carnival (1927); Alice at the Rodeo (1927); Alice Cans the Cannibals (1925); Alice Charms the Fish (1926); Alice Chops the Suey (1925); Alice Cuts the Ice (1926); Alice Foils the Pirates (1927); Alice Gets in Dutch (1924); Alice Gets Stung (1925); Alice Helps the Romance (1926); Alice Hunting in Africa (1924); Alice in Slumberland (1926); Alice in the Alps (1927); Alice in the Big League (1927); Alice in the Jungle (1925); Alice in the Klondike (1927); Alice in the Wooly West (1926); Alice in Wonderland (1951); Alice Is Stage Struck (1925); Alice Loses Out (1925); Alice on the Farm (1926); Alice Picks the Champ (1925); Alice Plays Cupid (1925); Alice Rattled by Rats (1925); Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925); Alice the Beach Nut (1927); Alice the Collegiate (1927); Alice the Fire Fighter (1926); Alice the Golf Bug (1927); Alice the Lumberjack (1926); Alice the Peacemaker (1924); Alice the Piper (1924); Alice the Toreador (1925); Alice the Whaler (1927); Alice Wins the Derby (1925); Alice's Auto Race (1927); Alice's Balloon Race (1926); Alice's Brown Derby (1926); Alice's Channel Swim (1927); Alice's Circus Daze (1927); Alice's Day at Sea (1924); Alice's Egg Plant (1925); Alice's Fishy Story (1924); Alice's Knaughty Knight (1927); Alice's Little Parade (1926); Alice's Medicine Show (1927); Alice's Monkey Business (1926); Alice's Mysterious Mystery (1926); Alice's Picnic (1927); Alice's Spanish Guitar (1926); Alice's Spooky Adventure (1924); Alice's Three Bad Eggs (1927); Alice's Tin Pony (1925); Alice's Wild West Show (1924); Alice's Wonderland (1923); All Together (1942); All Wet (1927); Arctic Antics (1930); Autumn (1930); Baby Checkers (1940); Balloon Land (1935); Bear Country (1953); Beauty Shoppe (1940); Beaver Valley (1950); Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (2005); Blackboard Revue (1940); Bright Lights (1928); Bulloney (1933); Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949); Cave Man (1934); Cinderella (1922); Cinderella (1950); Circus (1932); Coo Coo the Magician (1933); Crop Chasers (1939); Cuckoo Murder Case (1933); Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956); Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955); Davy Jones' Locker (1934); Dick Whittington's Cat (1936); Disneyland, U.S.A. (1956); Don Quixote (1934); El terrible toreador (1929); Empty Socks (1927); Fiddlesticks (1930); Fiddling Around (1930); Fire! Fire! (1932); Flip's Lunch Room (1933); Flying Fists (1930); Fun and Fancy Free (1947); Funny Face (1932); Goldie Locks and the Three Bears (1922); Goliath II (1960); Great Guns (1927); Happy Days (1936); Harem Scarem (1928); Hell's Bells (1929); Hell's Fire (1934); High Up (1928); Hot Dogs (1928); Humpty Dumpty (1935); Hungry Hoboes (1928); Jack and the Beanstalk (1933); Jack Frost (1934); Jack the Giant Killer (1922); Jail Birds (1931); Johnny Tremain (1957); Jungle Cat (1960); Jungle Jitters (1934); Jungle Rhythm (1929); Lady and the Tramp (1955); Laughing Gas (1931); Little Boy Blue (1936); Little Orphan Willie (1930); Little Red Riding Hood (1922); Make Mine Music (1946); Mary Poppins (1964); Mary's Little Lamb (1935); Melodious Zach: O! Melodious Song (2014); Melody Time (1948); Men Against the Arctic (1955); Merry Mannequins (1937); Midnight Frolics (1938); Minnie's Yoo Hoo (1930); Movie Mad (1931); Nature's Half Acre (1951); Nell's Yells (1939); Nurse Maid (1932); Oh Teacher (1927); Oh What a Knight (1928); Old Mother Hubbard (1935); One Hour in Wonderland (1950); One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961); Ozzie of the Mounted (1928); Pale-Face (1933); Perri (1957); Peter Pan (1953); Phoney Express (1932); Plane Crazy (1928); Play Ball (1933); Pollyanna (1960); Poor Papa (1927); Porky and Gabby (1937); Porky's Badtime Story (1937); Porky's Super Service (1937); Prowlers of the Everglades (1953); Puddle Pranks (1930); Puppy Love (1932); Puss in Boots (1922); Puss in Boots (1934); Ragtime Romeo (1931); Rasslin' Round (1934); Reducing Crème (1934); Rickety Gin (1927); Ride 'Em Plowboy (1928); Rival Romeos (1928); Robin Hood, Jr. (1934); Room Runners (1932); Sagebrush Sadie (1928); Sardinia (1956); School Days (1932); Scrappy's Trip to Mars (1937); Secrets of Life (1956); See How They Won (1935); Simple Simon (1935); Sinbad the Sailor (1935); Skeleton Frolic (1937); Sky Scrappers (1928); Sleeping Beauty (1959); Sleigh Bells (1928); Snowtime (1938); So Dear to My Heart (1948); Soda Squirt (1933); Song of the South (1946); Spite Flight (1933); Spooks (1931); Springtime (1929); Steamboat Willie (1928); Stop That Tank! (1942); Stormy Seas (1932); Stratos-Fear (1933); Summer (1930); Summertime (1935); Tall Timber (1928); Techno-Cracked (1933); Ten Who Dared (1960); The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949); The African Lion (1955); The Air Race (1933); The Banker's Daughter (1927); The Barn Dance (1929); The Barnyard Battle (1929); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Birds (1963); The Blue Men of Morocco (1956); The Boston Tea Party (1966); The Brave Tin Soldier (1934); The Brementown Musicians (1935); The Bully (1932); The Cactus Kid (1930); The Carpenters (1941); The Egg Hunt (1940); The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922); The Fox Chase (1928); The Foxy Pup (1937); The Frog Pond (1938); The Gallopin' Gaucho (1928); The Goal Rush (1932); The Good Scout (1934); The Gorilla Hunt (1939); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956); The Haunted House (1929); The Headless Horseman (1934); The Horse on the Merry-Go-Round (1938); The Jazz Fool (1929); The Jungle Book (1967); The Karnival Kid (1929); The King's Tailor (1934); The Little Red Hen (1934); The Living Desert (1953); The Magical World of Disney (1954–1971); The Mechanical Cow (1927); The Merry Dwarfs (1929); The Mickey Mouse Club (1955); The Microbe Army (1935); The Milkman (1932); The Music Lesson (1932); The New Car (1931); The Ocean Hop (1927); The Office Boy (1932); The Ol' Swimmin' Hole (1928); The Olympic Elk (1952); The Opry House (1929); The Parent Trap (1961); The Plowboy (1929); The Queen of Hearts (1934); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); The Skeleton Dance (1929); The Soup Song (1931); The Sword in the Stone (1963); The Three Bears (1935); The Three Caballeros (1944); The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963); The Vanishing of S.S. Willie (2024); The Vanishing Prairie (1954); The Village Barber (1930); The Village Smitty (1931); The Village Specialist (1931); The Wise Owl (1940); Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960); Tom Thumb (1936); ToonHeads (2003); Trolley Troubles (1927); Two Lazy Crows (1936); Viva Willie (1934); Water Birds (1952); Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956); What a Life (1932); When the Cat's Away (1929); White Wilderness (1958); Wild Waves (1929); Willie Whopper (1933); Ye Olde Swap Shoppe (1940).

Born on this day – Richard Conte:

 

Richard Conte

Actor

March 24, 1910 – April 15, 1975

Born on this day – Joseph Barbera:

 

Joseph Barbera

Animator

Director

Producer

Artist

March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006

#TheFlintsones #TheJetsons #YogiBear #TopCat 

Born on this day – Murray Hamilton:

Murray Hamilton

Actor

March 24, 1923 – September 1, 1986

Born on this day – Byron Janis:

 

Byron Janis

Pianist

March 24, 1928 – March 14, 2024

Credits:
Movies and television:

Discorama (1965); Great Music from Chicago (1959); Hannibal Rising (2007); Harmoniques (1998); Les vendredis d'Apostrophes (2015); Prestige de la musique (1965); Pro Musicis: The Spirit of Music (1992); Six Pianos on One Disc (1966); The Bell Telephone Hour (1962–1963); The Byron Janis Story (2010); The Byron Janis Story (2010); The Ed Sullivan Show (1965); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1984).

Born on this day – Steve McQueen:

Steve McQueen

Actor

March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980

Credits:

Adam at Six A.M. (1970); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959–1960); An Enemy of the People (1978); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955); Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965); Beverly Hills Easter Parade (1959); Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973); Bullitt (1968); ‘Bullitt’: Steve McQueen’s Commitment to Reality (1998); Climax! (1958); Dixie Dynamite (1976); Family Affair (1952); Girl on the Run (1953); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Hell Is for Heroes (1962); Here’s Hollywood (1962); Honda CR250: Steve McQueen (1971); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); Junior Bonner (1972); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Lamp Unto My Feet (1955); Le Mans (1971); Le Mans Documentary Featurette (1971); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Matinee Theatre (1956); Nevada Smith (1966); Never Love a Stranger (1958); Never So Few (1959); On Any Sunday (1971); Papillon (1973); Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall (1960); Playwrights ‘56 (1955); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); Studio One (1957); Superstunt (1977); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The Big Story (1957); The Blob (1958); The Bob Hope Show (1960); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Coming of the Roads (1966); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1968); The Getaway (1972); The Great Escape (1963); The Honeymoon Machine (1961); The Hunter (1980); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Magnificent Rebel (1973); The Magnificent Seven (1960); The Reivers (1969); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1968); The Towering Inferno (1974); The War Lover (1962); Think Twentieth (1967); Tom Horn (1980); Trackdown (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961); West Point (1957); What’s My Line? (1966).

Born on this day – William Smith:

 

William Smith

Actor

March 24, 1933 – July 5, 2021

Born on this day – Curtis Hanson:

Curtis Hanson

Director

Writer

Producer

March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016

On this day in movie history - Quicksand (1950)

Quicksand

directed by Irving Pichel,

written by Robert Smith,

was released in the United States on March 24, 1950.

Music by Louis Gruenberg.

Cast:

Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre, Taylor Holmes, Art Smith, Red Nichols, Wally Cassell, Richard Lane, Patsy O'Connor, John Gallaudet, Minerva Urecal, Sidney Marion, Jimmie (Jimmy) Dodd, Lester Dorr, Kitty O'Neil, Jack Elam.

On this day in movie history - Immortal (2004)

Immortal

French title: Immortel, ad vitam,

directed by Enki Bilal,

written by Enki Bilal and Serge Lehman,

based on the comic books La Foire aux immortels and La Femme piège by Enki Bilal,

was released in France on March 24, 2004.

Music by Sigur Rós and Goran Vejvoda.

Cast:

Linda Hardy, Thomas Kretschmann, Charlotte Rampling, Yann Collette, Frédéric Pierrot, Thomas M. Pollard, Joe Sheridan, Corinne Jaber, Olivier Achard, Jerry Di Giacomo, Dominique Mahut, Gary Cowan, Augustin Legrand, Javon Constantin, Owen Steketee, Joel Mitchell, Shush Tenin, Vanessa Hope, Charles Maquignon, Derrick Brenner, Rhonda Edmonds Constantin, Tony Vanaria, David Gasman, Thierry René, Jacquelyn Toman, Eddie Crew, Mark Reed, Rochelle Redfield, Max Delor, Barbara Scaff, Dominic Gould, Geoffrey Carey, Allan Wenger, Paul Bandey, Coralie Seyrig, Goran Vejvoda, Helen Later, Paul Barrett, Leslie Clack, Lemmy Constantine, Robert Dauney, Geoffrey Greenhill, Irene Palko, Féodor Atkine, Jacques Bonnaffé, Patrice Bornand, Géraldine Bourgue, Bernard Brieux, Pierre-Jean Chérer, Anne-Laure Delpech, Nathalie Lacroix, Pierre Laplace, Lucienne Legrand, Marine Logier, Françoise Lorente, Michael Ozanon, Alexis Perret, Christophe Ratandra, Christophe Raymond, Philippe Risler, Jean-Claude Sachot, Christopher Thompson, Jean-Louis Trintignant.

On this day in movie history - Inside Man (2006)

Inside Man

directed by Spike Lee,

written by Russell Gewirtz,

was released in the United States on March 24, 2006.

Music by Terence Blanchard.

Cast:

Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Carlos Andrés Gómez, Kim Director, James Ransone, Bernie Rachelle, Peter Gerety, Victor Colicchio, Cassandra Freeman, Peter Frechette, Gerry Vichi, Waris Ahluwalia, Rafael Osorio, Rodney 'Bear' Jackson, Daryl Mitchell, Ashlie Atkinson, David Brown, Robert C. Kirk, Frank Stellato, Ken Leung, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Ed Onipede Blunt, Amir Ali Said, Lemon Andersen, Samantha Ivers, Peter Kybart, Jason Manuel Olazabal, Jeff Ward, Anthony Mangano, Michael Devine, Ed Bogdanowicz, Aaron Vexler, Anthony Borowiec, Joe Coots, Lionel Pina, Ken Ferrigni, Frank Hopf, Robert Testut, Craig M. Spitzer, Limary Agosto, Patrick Illig, Frank Composto, Rozanne Sher, Rachel Black, Gregory Dann, Ben Crowley, Shon Gables, Dominic Carter, Sandra Endo, Kandiss Edmundson, Al Palagonia, Florina Petcu, Agim Coma, John Speredakos, Baktash Zaher, Ernest Rayford, Julian Niccolini, Ed Crescimanni, Brad Leland.

On this day in television history - Justified (2015)

 

Justified
Season 6. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Trust.

Released March 24, 2015.

Directed by Adam Arkin.

Written by Graham Yost, Benjamin Cavell, Keith Schreier.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.
 
Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Mary Steenburgen, Justin Welborn, K Callan, Rick Gomez, Jonathan Tucker, Andrew J. West, Ryan Dorsey, Jonathan Kowalsky, Mykelti Williamson, Sam Elliott, Chandler Patton, Russell Bertolino, Gary Tiedemann.