Marianne Wiggins, on writing:

 

Because music is a language unto itself, when I'm writing, I need silence.

I need to hear the music and the rhythms of the words inside my thoughts.
- Marianne Wiggins.

Born on this day – Ring Lardner:

 

Ring Lardner

Writer

March 6, 1885 – September 27, 1933

Credits:
 

Bib Ballads (1915); The Golden Honeymoon And Haircut (1926); First and Last (1934); Gullible's Travels, Etc (1917); How to Write Short Stories – With Samples (1924); June Moon (1929); Letters from Ring (1979); Letters of Ring Lardner (1995); My Four Weeks in France (1918); Own Your Own Home (1919); Regular Fellows I Have Met (1919); Ring Around Max: The Correspondence of Ring Lardner and Max Perkins (1973); Ring Around the Bases: The Complete Baseball Stories of Ring Lardner (1992); Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al: The Comic Strip Adventures of Jack Keefe (1979); Round Up: The Stories of Ring W. Lardner (1929); Say It With Oil / Say It With Bricks: A Few Remarks about Wives (1923); Selected Stories (1997); Shut Up, He Explained (1962); Stop Me – If You’ve Heard This One (1929); Symptoms of Being 35 (1921); The Annotated Baseball Stories of Ring W. Lardner (1914-1919); The Best Short Stories of Ring Lardner (1957 / 1959); The Big Town: How I and the Mrs. Go to New York to See Life and Get Katie a Husband (1921); The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner (2017); The Love Nest: And Other Stories. Charles Scribner's Sons (1926); The Real Dope (1919); The Story of a Wonder Man: Being the Autobiography of Ring Lardner (1927); The Young Immigrunts (1920); Treat 'em Rough: Letters from Jack the Kaiser Killer (1918); What of It? (1925); You Know Me Al – A Busher’s Letters (1916); Zanzibar: A Comic Opera in Two Acts (1903).

 

Movies and television:
 

A Day with Conrad Green (1980); Actor's Studio (1949); Al You Know Me (1915); Alibi Ike (1935); An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1972); And She Smiled (1996); Blonde Trouble (1937); Champion (1949); Climax! (1955); Elmer, the Great (1933); Fast Company (1929); Fore! (1922); Glorifying the American Girl (1929); Go and Get It (1920); Great Performances (1974); June Moon (1931); June Moon (1931); Kraft Theatre (1948); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 10 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 11 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 12 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 2 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 3 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 4 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 5 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 6 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 7 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 8 (1915); Letters from Bugs to Gus, No. 9 (1915); Mr. Carlis und seine abenteuerlichen Geschichten (1977); Oh, Baby! (1926); Ring Lardner's Harmony (2014); Ring Lardner's Horseshoes (2014); Ring Lardner's My Roomy (2014); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); So This Is New York (1948); Star Tonight (1955); Studio One (1948); The Busher (1923); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Fight (1930); The Golden Honeymoon (1980); The New Klondike (1926); Who Dealt? (1993).

Born on this day – Lidia Quaranta:

Lidia Quaranta

Actress

March 6, 1891 – March 5, 1928

Credits:

A drama among the beasts (1915); A Living Tomb (1912); A woman passed by (1922); Among roars of beasts (1913); An athlete's novel (1915); Auspicious Venus (1919); Baron Lagarde (1910); Buridano's donkey (1917); Cabiria (1914); Cheerful husbands (1914); Clio and Phyletes (1911); Diamonds and documents (1915); Fatal resemblance (1916); Flame in the flames (1917); Flame! (1920); Goodbye youth! (1913); I segreti dell'anima (1912); I want to cheat on my husband (1925); In the hands of destiny (1916); In the vortex of sin (1916); Iwna, the pearl of the Ganges (1914); Like a sister (1912); Margot (1914); Maria Bricca (1910); Mockery of Satan (1915); Mother's pity (1911); On the field of honor (1915); Pauline (1915); Pleasure train (1924); Severed from the World (1911); The avenging tiger (1918); The best revenge (1912); The Dagger Dance (1919); The dance of the veil (1918); The dangers of disguises (1914); The Dread of Doom (1913); The factory of the unexpected (1920); The Knights of Death (1910); The left jewel (1917); The Lost Daughter (1912); The Mad Mask (1915); The Man-Parrot (1917); The memories of the devil (1915); The Mysteries of Souls (1912); The Palace of Flames (1912); The Prince Adventurer (1916); The Race to Death (1917); The Romance of Death (1916); The smiles of a sunset (1913); The Solemn Hour (1912); The sweetest crown (1917); The Three Sentimentals (1921); The torn veil (1917); The treasure chest of millions (1914); The two orphans of Turin (1917); The unknown (1910); The Vampire (1914); The Vortex of Fate (1913); Tigris (1913); To like you more (1923); Treasure of the Louzate (1914); Unmasked (1913); When the hero returned (1918).

Born on this day – Furry Lewis:

Furry Lewis

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 6, 1895 – September 14, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

ABC Of The Blues Vol 26 (2010); All Kinds of Blues (2024); Back On My Feet Again (1961); Blues Magician (1999); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order: 1927–1929 (1990); Done Changed My Mind (1961); Essential Blues Masters (2010); Fourth and Beale (1992); Furry Lewis (1960); Furry Lewis 1927–1929 (2005); Furry Lewis 1927-28 (2007); Furry's Blues Live (2017); Good Morning Judge (2003); In His Prime 1927-1928 (1975); Kassie Jones (2008); Live At The Gaslight At The Au Go Go (2023); Masters Of Memphis Blues / CD A (2006); Memphis (2024); Memphis Blues Masters One (2013); Mistreatin Mama (2016); Mr Furry's Blues (2015); On the Road Again (1969); Party! At Home (2001); Presenting Furry Lewis (1927); Presenting the Country Blues (1969); Shake 'em on Down (1972); Take Your Time (2000); The Blues Collection 61: Beale Street Blues (1995); The Bluesville Years, Vol. 3: Beale Street Get-Down (1995); The Classic Years (2021); The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2007); The Legend of Furry Lewis (2022); Worried Blues (2017).

Songs:

Baby You Don’t Want Me; Big Chief Blues; Billy Lyons and Stack O'lee; Black Gypsy Blues; Blues Around My Bed; Cannon Ball Blues; Creeper's Blues; Don't You Wish Your Mama; Dry Land Blues; Early Recording Career; Falling Down Blues; Farewell I'm Growing Old; Furry Lewis Rag; Furry's Blues; Going To Brownsville; Good Morning Judge; I Will Turn Your Money Green; John Henry, Part 1; Judge Boushay Blues; Judge Harsh Blues; Kassie Jones; Kassie Jones, Parts 1 & 2; Lay My Burden Down; Mistreatin' Mama; Old Blue; Old Hobo; Roll and Tumble Blues; Shake ’em On Down; The Medicine Shows; White Lightnin’; Why Don't You Come Home Blues; Worried Blues.

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); Blues America (2013); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); Good Mornin' Blues (1978); Greenleaf (2020); Killer Diller (2004); Leon Russell - Homewood Session (1970); Masters of Country Blues: John Lee Hooker & Furry Lewis (1995); Memphis '69 (2019); Mississippi Grind (2015); Stranded in Canton (2005); The Blues (1962 / 2003); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Soul of a Man (2003); This Is Elvis (1981); W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975).

Born on this day – Lou Costello:

Lou Costello

Actor

Comedian

Producer

March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959

Credits:

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959); Wagon Train (1958); General Electric Theater (1958); Dance with Me, Henry (1956); Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955); Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955); Fireman Save My Child (1954); The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1954); Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Lost in Alaska (1952); Jack and the Beanstalk (1952); Comin' Round the Mountain (1951); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Africa Screams (1949); Mexican Hayride (1948); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); The Noose Hangs High (1948); The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947); Buck Privates Come Home (1947); The Time of Their Lives (1946); Little Giant (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); The Naughty Nineties (1945); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); Lost in a Harem (1944); In Society (1944); Hit the Ice (1943); It Ain't Hay (1943); Who Done It? (1942); Pardon My Sarong (1942); Rio Rita (1942); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942); Keep 'Em Flying (1941); Hold That Ghost (1941); In the Navy (1941); Buck Privates (1941); One Night in the Tropics (1940); The Cossacks (1928); Circus Rookies (1928); Rose-Marie (1928); The Battle of the Century (1927); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); The Taxi Dancer (1927); Monte Cristo (1922).

Born on this day – Rochelle Hudson:

Rochelle Hudson

Actress

March 6, 1916 – January 17, 1972

Credits:

Gallery of Horror (1967); Branded (1965); The Night Walker (1964); Strait-Jacket (1964); 77 Sunset Strip (1961); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Shower of Stars (1954); That's My Boy (1954); I'm the Law (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); The Unexpected (1952); Racket Squad (1951); Roots in the Soil (1949); Sky Liner (1949); Devil's Cargo (1948); Bush Pilot (1947); Queen of Broadway (1942); Rubber Racketeers (1942); The Officer and the Lady (1941); The Stork Pays Off (1941); Meet Boston Blackie (1941); Picture People No. 1: Stars in Defense (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 5: Art and Artists (1940); Girls Under 21 (1940); Babies for Sale (1940); Men Without Souls (1940); Island of Doomed Men (1940); Convicted Woman (1940); A Woman Is the Judge (1939); Konga, the Wild Stallion (1939); Smuggled Cargo (1939); Missing Daughters (1939); Pirates of the Skies (1939); Pride of the Navy (1939); Storm Over Bengal (1938); Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938); Rascals (1938); She Had to Eat (1937); Born Reckless (1937); That I May Live (1937); Woman-Wise (1937); Circus Daze (1937); Reunion (1936); Poppy (1936); The Country Beyond (1936); Everybody's Old Man (1936); The Music Goes 'Round (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); 20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936); Show Them No Mercy! (1935); Way Down East (1935); Curly Top (1935); Les Misérables (1935); Life Begins at 40 (1935); I've Been Around (1935); The Mighty Barnum (1934); Bosko's Parlor Pranks (1934); Imitation of Life (1934); Judge Priest (1934); Bachelor Bait (1934); Such Women Are Dangerous (1934); Harold Teen (1934); Mr. Skitch (1933); Walls of Gold (1933); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Doctor Bull (1933); Bosko's Picture Show (1933); Bosko the Musketeer (1933); Notorious But Nice (1933); Beau Bosko (1933); Bosko the Sheep-Herder (1933); Bosko's Knight-Mare (1933); Bosko the Speed King (1933); Love Is Dangerous (1933); Scarlet River (1933); Bosko in Person (1933); Lucky Devils (1933); She Done Him Wrong (1933); The Past of Mary Holmes (1933); Bosko in Dutch (1933); Screen Snapshots (1932); Penguin Pool Murder (1932); The Savage Girl (1932); Secrets of the French Police (1932); Bosko the Drawback (1932); Hell's Highway (1932); Ride Him, Bosko! (1932); Bosko the Lumberjack (1932); Bosko's Store (1932); Bosko at the Beach (1932); Beyond the Rockies (1932); Bosko's Dog Race (1932); Is My Face Red? (1932); Bosko's Party (1932); Girl Crazy (1932); Battling Bosko (1932); Bosko at the Zoo (1932); Bosko's Soda Fountain (1931); Are These Our Children (1931); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931); Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931); The Public Defender (1931); Everything's Rosie (1931); Yodeling Yokels (1931); Laugh and Get Rich (1931); Hold Anything (1930); Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930).

Born on this day – Lewis Gilbert:

Lewis Gilbert

Director

Producer

Writer

March 6, 1920 – February 23, 2018

Credits:

30 Years of James Bond (1992); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Cry from the Streets (1958); Alfie (1966); And the Word Was Bond (1999); Arctic Harvest (1946); Because That Road Is Trodden (1969); Before You Go (2002); Ben Casey (1964); Best Ever Bond (2002); Bienvenue (1977); Biography (1995); Break to Freedom (1953); Breakfast (2010); British Film Forever (2007); Carve Her Name with Pride (1958); Cast a Dark Shadow (1955); Damn the Defiant! (1962); Death at a Broadcast (1934); Dick Turpin (1934); Edmund North: The Man Who Made the Earth Stand Still (2008); Educating Rita (1983); Emergency (1962); Everything or Nothing (2012); Ferry to Hong Kong (1959); Film '72 (1977–2009); Friends (1971); Good Morning, Boys! (1937); Greatest Ever Screen Chases (2005); Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond (2002); Harmony Lane (1954); Haunted (1995); Inside 'Moonraker' (2000); Inside Q's Lab (2000); Inside 'the Spy Who Loved Me' (2000); Inside 'You Only Live Twice' (2000); James Bond Special Edition DVD Sampler (2002); James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002); Johnny on the Run (1953); Julie Walters: A Life on Screen (2014); Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000); Legends (2000–2002); Loss of Innocence (1961); Marry Me (1949); Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1994); Moonraker (1979); Moonraker: 007 in Rio (1979); Moonraker: Bond '79 (2006); Moonraker: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); Movie Connections (2009); My Name Is Bond... James Bond (1979); Not Quite Paradise (1985); Once a Sinner (1950); Operation Daybreak (1975); Over the Moon (1939); Paradise Lagoon (1957); Paul and Michelle (1974); Pinewood Film Studios Open Day (1977); Reach for the Sky (1956); Reputations (1999); Room for Two (1940); Sailors Do Care (1944); Scarlet Thread (1951); Seven Nights in Japan (1976); Shirley Valentine (1989); Sink the Bismarck! (1960); Skywatch (1960); Slap My Balls and Call Me Mildred (2015); Stepping Out (1991); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 7th Dawn (1964); The Adventurers (1970); The Annual British Academy Film and Television Awards (1984); The Divorce of Lady X (1938); The Golden Gong (1985); The Good Die Young (1954); The Hollywood Collection: Roger Moore, A Matter of Class (1995); The Hundred Hour Hunt (1952); The James Bond Story (1999); The Little Ballerina (1947); The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (1977); The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996); The Man Who Would Be Caine (1998); The Many Faces of... (2011); The Price of a Song (1935); The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954); The Slasher (1953); The South Bank Show (2008); The Spy Who Loved Me (1977); The Spy Who Loved Me: 007 in Egypt (2006); The Spy Who Loved Me: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); The Spy Who Loved Me: The Royal Premiere (1977); The Ten Year Plan (1945); The Ultimate Film (2004); This Is Your Life (1990–1994); Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952); Timeshift (2015); Under One Roof (1949); Wall of Death (1951); Whicker's World (1967); You Only Live Twice (1967); You Only Live Twice: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); You Only Live Twice: Whicker's World - Highlights from the 1967 BBC Documentary (2006).

Born on this day – Allison Hayes:

Allison Hayes

Actress

March 6, 1930 – February 27, 1977

Credits:

Gomer Pyle: USMC (1967); Iron Horse (1967); The F.B.I. (1966); Perry Mason (1960–1965); Tickle Me (1965); Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963); The Crawling Hand (1963); General Hospital (1963); Ripcord (1962); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1962); Bachelor Father (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Surfside 6 (1961); Laramie (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1961); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); Acapulco (1961); Shotgun Slade (1959–1960); Dante (1960); Michael Shayne (1960); Bat Masterson (1958–1960); The Untouchables (1960); The High Powered Rifle (1960); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Tombstone Territory (1957–1960); Men Into Space (1960); The Hypnotic Eye (1960); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); The Alaskans (1959); Markham (1959); Pier 5, Havana (1959); Counterplot (1959); Rawhide (1959); World of Giants (1959); Captain David Grief (1959); The Rough Riders (1959); Cool and Lam (1958); Hong Kong Confidential (1958); Mike Hammer (1958); A Lust to Kill (1958); Wolf Dog (1958); Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958); The Disembodied (1957); The Web (1957); The Unearthly (1957); The Millionaire (1957); Conflict (1957); Death Valley Days (1957); Zombies of Mora Tau (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Undead (1957); Gunslinger (1956); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Mohawk (1956); The Steel Jungle (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Count Three and Pray (1955); Chicago Syndicate (1955); Double Jeopardy (1955); The Purple Mask (1955); The Prodigal (1955); Sign of the Pagan (1954); So This Is Paris (1954); Francis Joins the WACS (1954).

Born on this day – Hal Needham:

 

Hal Needham

Stuntman

Director

Writer

March 6, 1931 – October 25, 2013

Born on this day – David Spielberg:

 

David Spielberg

Actor

Additional Crew

March 6, 1939 – June 1, 2016

Credits:

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992); A Place for Annie (1994); ABC Afterschool Specials (1986); Act of Love (1980); Airwolf (1985); Alice (1990); Ally McBeal (1997); Automan (1984); Banacek (1972–1973); Barbary Coast (1975); Baywatch (1991–1998); Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay (1998); Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (1993); Blue Thunder (1984); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1973); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984); CHiPs (1978–1980); Christine (1983); Civil Wars (1993); CPO Sharkey (1977); Days of Our Lives (2006); Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995); Dinah! (1976); Dynasty (1986); ER (1995); Eyes (2007); Falcon Crest (1989); Family Law (1999); Family Ties (1982); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Final Draft (2003); Flight of the Living Dead (2007); Force Five (1975); Foul Play (1981); From Here to Eternity (1979 / 1980); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985); Hart to Hart (1981); Hearts Afire (1993); Here's Boomer (1981); Highway to Heaven (1985–1988); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hokum County Homicide (2002); Hooperman (1987); Hunter (1988); Hustle (1975); In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977); Insight (1981–1982); Ironside (1972); Jessica Novak (1981); Jigsaw (1973); Judging Amy (2001); Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1974); Kate Brasher (2001); Kate McShane (1975); Kaz (1979); King (1978); Kingston: Confidential (1977); L.A. Law (1988); Law & Order (1992–1998); Law and Disorder (1974); Lou Grant (1980–1981); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Flying Finletters (1974); Madigan (1973); Magnum, P.I. (1984); Maid in America (1982); Matlock (1992); McMillan & Wife (1975); Monsters (1991); Mork & Mindy (1980); Mother Knows Best (1997); Mr. Murder (1998); Murder, She Wrote (1986–1991); Murphy's Law (1988); Mystery Woman: Redemption (2006); Nervous Ticks (1992); NET Playhouse (1969); Newman's Law (1974); Night of Terror (1972); Northern Exposure (1995); Obsessed with a Married Woman (1985); One Day at a Time (1979); One Life to Live (1968–2013); Operating Room (1978); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Police Story (1977); Policewoman Centerfold (1983); Prime Time (1977); Promised Land (1997); Punky Brewster (1987); Quincy, M.E. (1977–1982); Real Life (1979); Reasonable Doubts (1992); Red Ribbon Blues (1996); Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978); SeaQuest 2032 (1995); Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978); Shannon's Deal (1991); Silent Predators (1999); Space (1985); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); Starman (1987); Stone (1979–1980); Sworn to Silence (1987); That Old Feeling (1997); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973); The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977); The American Girls (1978); The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000); The Best Little Girl in the World (1981); The Bob Crane Show (1975); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971–1972); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Choirboys (1977); The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994); The Doctors (1971); The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972); The Henderson Monster (1980); The Hunter (1980); The Last to Go (1991); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Love Boat (1986); The Practice (1976–1977); The Preppie Murder (1989); The Pretender (1996 / 1998); The Rockford Files (1975); The Storyteller (1977); The Stranger (1987); The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972); The West Wing (2000); Toma (1973); Trapper John, M.D. (1980); Tucker's Witch (1982); Us (1991); Visions (1976); War and Love (1985); Westside Medical (1977); Wheels (1978); Where Are My Children? (1994); Where the Heart Is (1969–1973); Winter Kills (1979); Wiseguy (1988); Young Dr. Kildare (1972).

Born on this day – Michael Villella:

Michael Villella

Actor

March 6, 1941 – November 23, 2024

Credits:
Amazing Stories (1987); Audition (2011); Getting Away with Murder (2007); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); Gotham / aka The Dead Can't Lie (1988); Hard to Die (1990); Love Letters (1983); Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres (2010); Sorority House Massacre II (1990); The Slumber Party Massacre (1982); The White Room (2008); Wild Orchid (1989); Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991).

Born on this day – Hilary Heath:

 

Hilary Heath

Actress

Producer

March 6, 1945 – April 3, 2020

Credits:

About Religion (1965); An Awfully Big Adventure (1995); Arthur of the Britons (1973); Callan (1969); Canterbury Tales (1969); Criminal Law (1988); Cry of the Banshee (1970); Eurotika! (1999); Fortress (1985); Frenchman's Creek (1998); Hadleigh (1973); ITV Play of the Week (1967); ITV Playhouse (1969); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969); Jamaica Inn (1983 / 2014); Man at the Top (1972); Mogul (1969–1970); Nil by Mouth (1997); Rain Stops Play (2019); Real Stories of the Highway Patrol (1993–1999); Rebecca (1997); Space: 1999 (1976); Special Branch (1969); Swamp Men (2011); The Avengers (1967); The Body Stealers (1969); The Challengers (1972); The Dead Files (2012); The File of the Golden Goose (1969); The Fringe Dwellers (1986); The Oblong Box (1969); The Prisoner (1967); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003); The Worst Witch (1986); THS Investigates (2005); Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969); United! (1966); Van der Valk (1972); Villains (1972); Wah-Wah (2005); Witchfinder General (1968); Women on Death Row 3 (2008); Wuthering Heights (1970); Z Cars (1968).

Born on this day – Rob Reiner:

 

Rob Reiner

Director

Producer

Screenwriter

Actor

Political activist

March 6, 1947 – December 14, 2025

Credits:
 
Book:

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap

by Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer.

Published by Gallery Books.
Published 2025.

ISBN-10: 1668079143
ISBN-13: 9781668079140
 
Description:

Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult film into a cinematic landmark: an all-time comedy classic that pioneered an entire genre, the mockumentary. Now, director Rob Reiner and his cowriters and costars, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, tell the complete story of the movie and its fictitious band – how they met, how Spinal Tap came to be, and how their low-budget indie film took on a life of its own. Years after the movie first came out, the Library of Congress selected This Is Spinal Tap for inclusion in the National Film Registry and Tap went on to play The Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium, and to over 100,000 fans at the Glastonbury Festival in England.

 

Movies and television:
 

100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (2000); 2009 Writers Guild Awards (2009); 28th NAACP Image Awards (1997); 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1996); 60 Minutes (1969–2025); 8 (2012); A Few Good Men (1992); A Few Good Men: Code of Conduct (2001); A Few Good Men: From Stage to Screen (2001); A Mighty Wind (2003); A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012); A Spinal Tap Reunion (1992); ABC 25th Anniversary (1978); ABC News Breakfast (2025); ABC World News Now (2025); About a Boy (2014); Access Hollywood (2016–2019); AFI Life Achievement Award (2002); AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (2008); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1991); Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023); Alex & Emma (2003); All in the Family (1971–1979); All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special (1991); America 2-Night (1978); America in Primetime (2011); America Speaks Out (2004); American Idol (2010); American Masters (2013–2016); Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991); And So It Goes (2014); Andre the Giant (2018); Archie Bunker's Place (1979); Arte Journal (2025); As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' (2001); Bad Music Video Theatre (2025); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Battle of the Network Stars II (1977); Behind the Lens with Pete Hammond (2024); Being Charlie (2015); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Beverly Hills Film Festival 24 (2024); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started - The Billy Crystal Special (1986); Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started - The Lost Minutes (1987); Biography (1996–2010); Biography: Morgan Freeman (2010); Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (1996); Bogart (1991); Bravo Profiles (2003); Breakaway (1984); Breakdown: 1975 (2025); But... Seriously (1993); Campbell Brown (2010); Carroll O'Connor Special (1973); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS Mornings (2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023 / 2025); CBS: On the Air (1978); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Page (2019); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974); Certifiably Jonathan (2007); Charlie Rose (1996–2017); Cinema 3 (2008); Cinemania (2008); Close-Up (1997); Club Random with Bill Maher (2025); Comic Relief (1986); Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend (2025); Crafting a Dark Comedy Classic (2007); CTV National News (2018); Cuomo Prime Time (2019); DDayCobra (2025); Declaration of Independence (2003); Della (1969); Democratic National Convention: Our Fight Song (2016); Dennis Miller Live (1997); Diálogos de cine (2008); Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic (2023); Dinah! (1976); Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); E! Entertainment Special: Tom Cruise (2004); E! True Hollywood Story (1997–2005); E.W.C. - Express Written Consent (2012–2017); Edgeplay (2004); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2025); Everyday Life (2004); Everything Is Copy (2015); Family Squares (2022); Film '72 (1992–1995); Flipped (2010); Forever Hollywood (1999); Free Country (1978); From Darkness to Light (2024); Gala Tribute AFI's 40th Anniversary (2007); Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); GMA First Look (2025); GMA3 (2025); God & Country (2024); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1969); Good Morning America (2025); Good Will Hunting (1997); Guitar Hero II (2006); Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy (2001); Happy Days (1974); Happyish (2015); Hardball with Chris Matthews (2017); HBO Behind the Scenes of 'Stand by Me' Special (1986); Headbangers Ball (1992); Headmaster (1970); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood (2020); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Squares (2001); Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020); How Harry Met Sally... (2001); How's Your News?: On the Campaign Trail (2004); HuffPost Live Conversations (2014); I Am Your Child (1997); Icons Unearthed (2024); IFC News: 2008 Uncut (2007–2008); IHIP News (2025); Impolitic with John Heilemann (2020); In the Cutz (2006); In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber (2010); Inside Edition (2014–2025); Inside TV Land (2004); Intimate Portrait (2003); It Might Get Loud (2008); It's Your Bet (1971); Janela Indiscreta (2014); Jerry Seinfeld, Submarine Captain (2007); Jesse Watters Primetime (2024); Jimmy Kimmel Live! 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Born on this day – Phil Rickman:

Phil Rickman

Writer

March 6, 1950 – October 29, 2024

Credits:

Books:
 

A Crown of Lights (2001); All of a Winter’s Night (2017); Candle Night (1991); Curfew / aka Crybbe (1993); December (1994); Friends of the Dusk (2015); Merrily’s Border (2018); Merrily’s Border: The Marches Share Their Secrets (2009); Midwinter of the Spirit (1999); Night After Night (2014); Oxcrimes (2014); Story Behind the Book: Volume 5 (2015); Suspense Magazine November 2013 (2013); The Bones of Avalon (2010); The Chalice (1997); The Cure of Souls (2001); The Echo of Crows (2025); The Fabric of Sin (2007); The Fever of the World (2022); The Heresy of Dr Dee (2012); The House of Susan Lulham (2015); The Lamp of the Wicked (2003); The Magus of Hay (2013); The Man in the Moss (1994); The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (2004); The Remains of an Altar (2006); The Secrets of Pain (2011); The Smile of a Ghost (2005); The Wine of Angels (1998); To Dream of the Dead (2008); Wine of Angels / Candlenight (2002).

 

Movies and television:

Midwinter of the Spirit (2015); Philosophy for Our Times (2018).

Born on this day – Alberta Watson:

 

Alberta Watson

Actress

March 6, 1955 – March 21, 2015

On this day in movie and book history - The Man from Texas and Missouri Legend

 

The Man from Texas

directed by Leigh Jason,

written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov,

based on the play and novel Missouri Legend by Elizabeth Beall Ginty,

inspired by the true Jesse James story,

was released in the United States on March 6, 1948.

Music by Earl Robinson.

 

Cast:

James Craig, Tobias Simms, Lynn Bari, Johnny Johnston, Una Merkel, Wallace Ford, Harry Davenport, Sara Allgood, Victor Cutler, Reed Hadley, Erville Alderson, Stanley Andrews, James Arness, Glen Arthur, Ray Bennett, Lane Bradford, Paul E. Burns, Bert Conway, Clancy Cooper, King Donovan, Eddie Dunn, Jim Farley, Dick Foote, Hope Landin, Lyle Latell, James Logan, Robert Malcolm, Suzanne O'Connor, Lee Roberts, Brick Sullivan, Charles Wagenheim, Guy Wilkerson, Hank Worden.

Recommended reading:

Missouri Legend
A Comedy in Three Acts

Play by E.B. Ginty (1938)

ASIN: B00085V4NE

Published by Random House.
Published 1938.
First Edition.
 
Description:
Inspired by the true Jesse James story.
Filmed as The Man from Texas (1948), directed by Leigh Jason.

On this day in movie history - The Shadow on the Window (1957)

 

The Shadow on the Window

directed by William Asher,

written by Leo Townsend and David P. Harmon,

was released in the United States on March 6, 1957.

Based on the story Missing Witness by John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins, published in Cosmopolitan (1954).

Music by George Duning.

Cast:

Philip Carey, Betty Garrett, John Drew Barrymore, Corey Allen, Gerald Sarracini, Jerry Mathers, Sam Gilman, Rusty Lane, Ainslie Pryor, Paul Picerni, William Leslie, Doreen Woodbury, Ellie Kent.

On this day in movie history - Lethal Weapon (1987)

Lethal Weapon

directed by Richard Donner,

written by Shane Black and Jeffrey Boam,

was released in the United States on March 6, 1987.

Music by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton.

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe, Jackie Swanson, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, Bill Kalmenson, Lycia Naff, Patrick Cameron, Don Gordon, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Jason Ronard, Blackie Dammett, Gail Bowman, Robert Fol, Selma Archerd, Richard B. Whitaker, Mary Ellen Trainor, Steve Kahan, Jack Thibeau, Grand L. Bush, Ed O'Ross, Gustav Vintas, Paul Tuerpe, Chad Hayes, Chris D. Jardins, Sven-Ole Thorsen, PeterDuPont, Gilles Kohler, Cedric Adams, Jim J. Poslof, Al Leong, Michael Shaner, Natalie Zimmerman, Deborah Dismukes, Cheryl Baker, Terri Lynn Doss, Sharon K. Brecke, Donald Gooden, Alphonse Philippe Mouzon, Shaun Hunter, Everitt Wayne Collins Jr., Lenny Juliano, Henry Brown, Brian Strohm, Teresa Kadotani, Frank Reinhard, John O'Neill, Tom Noga, Burbank (the Cat), Sam (the Dog), Larry Clardy, Renée Estevez, Bob Harks, Kathleen Harrison, Conrad Hurtt, Danny Nero, Mic Rodgers, Joan Severance, Alastair Sim, Chris Tashima, Norman D. Wilson.