Stan Lee, on writing:

 

To me, writing is fun.

It doesn't matter what you're writing, as long as you can tell a story.
 
- Stan Lee.

Born on this day – Lilian Braithwaite:

Lilian Braithwaite

Actress

March 9, 1873 – September 17, 1948

Credits:

A Man About the House (1947); A Man of Mayfair (1931); Because (1918); Castles in Spain (1920); Dombey and Son (1917); Downhill (1927); Garryowen (1920); General Post (1920); I Stand Condemned (1934); Justice (1917); Mary-Find-the-Gold (1921); Masks and Faces (1917); Motherhood (1915); The Chinese Puzzle (1919 / 1932); The Gay Lord Quex (1917); The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917); The World's Desire (1915); Venetian Nights (1931).

Born on this day – Béatrix Dussane:

Béatrix Dussane

Actress

Producer

Writer

Teacher

March 9, 1888 – September 17, 1948

Credits:

Awards:

Admission at the Comédie-Française (1903).
 
Books:
 
Au jour et aux lumières. 1 - Premiers pas dans le temple (1955); Au jour et aux lumières. 2 - Par les fenêtres (1958); Cas de conscience du comédien (1960); Dieux des planches (1964); Du nouveau sur Racine (1941); J'étais dans la salle, Paris (1963); La Comédie-Française (1960); Le Comédien sans paradoxe (1933); Le Théâtre (1958); Les Vers que je dis, pourquoi ne les diriez-vous pas (1943); Maria Casarès (1953); Mes quatre Comédies-Françaises, de Claretie à Bourdet (1939); Notes de théâtre (1940-1950) (1951); Reines de théâtre (1633-1941) (1944); Sophie Arnould, la plus spirituelle des bacchantes (1938); Un comédien nommé Molière (1956).
 
Stage (1903–1937):

Business is business; Don Quixote; Je suis trop grand pour moi; Jean de La Fontaine ou Le Distrait volontaire; La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas; La Coupe enchantée; La Courtisane; La Robe rouge; L'amour veille; Le Bon Roi Dagobert; Le Prince charmant; Le Quatrième; Le Voyage à Biarritz; Les Mouettes; Les Précieuses ridicules; L'Étincelle; Madame Quinze; Monsieur de Pourceaugnac; Monsieur Vernet; Poil; Romeo and Juliet; Sapho; The School for Husbands; Vautrin.

Movies and television:

École des vedettes (1958); En direct de... (1957); La galerie France 5 (2017); Le franciscain de Bourges (1968); Permission de minuit (1987); Portrait souvenir (1963); Trente-Six Chandelles (1956–1958); Tréteaux, racontez-nous / Narrator (1960).

Born on this day – Vita Sackville-West:

Vita Sackville-West

Writer

Garden designer

March 9, 1892 – June 2, 1962

Credits:

All Passion Spent (1931); All Passion Spent / Return of the Soldier / Two Days in Aragon (1987); Andrew Marvell (1933); Aphra Behn (1927); Berkeley Castle (1989); Challenge (1923); Country Notes (1940); Devil at Westease (1947); English Country Houses (1996); Even More for Your Garden (1958); Faces: Profiles of Dogs (1961); Family History (1932); Grand Canyon (1942); Grey Wethers (1923); Heir (1922); Heritage (1918); In Your Garden (1951); In Your Garden Again (1953); Joy of Gardening (1960); King's Daughter (1929); Knole and the Sackvilles (1922); Love Letters (2021); More for Your Garden (1955); No Signposts in the Sea (1960); Orchard and Vineyard (1921); Passenger to Teheran (1926); Pepita (1937); Poems of West and East (1917); Saint Joan of Arc (1936); Seducers in Ecuador (1924); Selected Poems (1941); Selected Writings (2002); Some Flowers (1937); The Dark Island (1934); The Death of Noble Godavary and Gottfried Kuenstler (1932); The Dragon in Shallow Waters (1921); The Eagle and the Dove (1943); The Easter Party (1953); The Edwardians (1930); The Garden (1946); The Illustrated Garden Book (1986); The Land (1926); The Land and The Garden (1989); The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf (1984); The Women's Land Army (1993); Thirty Clocks Strike the Hour (1932); Twelve Days (1987); Vita and Harold (1992); Vita Sackville-West's Sissinghurst (2014); Weather in the Streets / All Passion Spent / Frost in May (1994).

Born on this day – Wallace Fox:

 

Wallace Fox

Director

March 9, 1895 – June 30, 1958

Credits:

A Dream Came True (1945); A Son of the Sahara (1924); American Portrait (1940); Annie Oakley (1954); Arizona Territory (1950); Bad Men of the Border (1945); Blame It on Love (1940); Blazing Bullets (1951); Blazing Guns (1949); Block Busters (1944); Bowery at Midnight (1942); Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941); Bred in Old Kentucky (1926); Breed of the Sea (1926); Breed of the Sunsets (1928); Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945); Bullets for Bandits (1942); Call It Free (1955); Cannonball Express (1932); Career Girl (1944); Carnival Revue (1930); Chasing Yesterday (1935); Code of the Lawless (1945); Come and Get It! (1929); Devil on Deck (1932); Disappearing Enemies (1931); Docks of New York (1945); Driftin' Sands (1928); Evangeline (1929); Fence Riders (1950); Flying Devils (1933); Gun Packer (1938); Gun Town (1946); Gunman's Code (1946); Gunslingers (1950); Hearts and Hoofs (1930); Her Mad Bargain (1921); Jack Armstrong (1947); Joanna (1925); Kid Dynamite (1943); Laughing at Death (1929); Let's Get Tough! (1942); Little Women (1933); Madonna of the Streets (1924); Man in the Rough (1928); Men on Her Mind (1944); Million Dollar Kid (1944); Montana Desperado (1951); Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945); Mr. Sheldon Goes to Town (1939); My Son (1925); Near the Trail's End (1931); 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942); One Nutty Night (1930); Outlaw Gold (1950); Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943); Over the Border (1950); Parading Pajamas (1931); Partners of the Trail (1931); Pillow of Death (1945); Playthings of Destiny (1921); Powdersmoke Range (1935); Pride of the Plains (1944); Racing Lady (1937); Ramar of the Jungle (1953–1954); Red Morning (1934); Riders of the Santa Fe (1944); Roots in the Soil (1949); Rustler's Round-Up (1946); Sea Goin' Sheiks (1931); Shanghaied (1927); Silver Raiders (1950); Six Gun Mesa (1950); Smart Alecks (1942); Some Babies (1930); Some Day When the Clouds Roll by (1945); Song of the Range (1944); Swell People (1930); The Amazing Vagabond (1929); The Avenging Rider (1928); The Bad Man (1923); The Bandit's Son (1927); The Bishop of the Ozarks (1923); The Corpse Vanishes (1942); The Daring Caballero (1949); The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936); The Gay Amigo (1949); The Gene Autry Show (1951–1953); The Ghost Rider (1943); The Girl from Monterrey (1943); The Girl of the Golden West (1923); The Great Mike (1944); The Invisible Fear (1921); The Lady Who Lied (1925); The Last of the Mohicans (1936); The Lawless Clan (1946); The Lone Star Vigilantes (1942); The Mexicali Kid (1938); The Mojave Kid (1927); The Range Rider (1951–1952); The Riding Renegade (1928); The Vagabond Lover (1929); The Valiant Hombre (1948); The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West (1947); Three Wise Clucks (1931); Trail of Courage (1928); Trail to Vengeance (1945); Trapped in Tia Juana (1932); Tropical Moon (1945); Twisted Tales (1931); Under the Cock-Eyed Moon (1930); West of Wyoming (1950); Western Renegades (1949); White Goddess (1953); Why Women Love (1925); Wild Beauty (1946); Yellow Dust (1936).

Born on this day – Félix Labisse:

Félix Labisse

Painter

Writer

Actor

March 9, 1905 – January 27, 1982

Credits:

Movies and television:

For Your Beautiful Eyes (1929); La belle saison est proche (1959); La mort de Vénus (1930); Le bonheur d'être aimé (1962); Vacances (1931); Visite à Félix Labisse (1947); Zero for Conduct (1933).

Born on this day – Sidney Meyers:

Sidney Meyers

Writer

Director

March 9, 1906 – December 4, 1969

Credits:

East Side/West Side (1963); Edge of Fury (1958); Edge of the City (1957); F.D.R. (1965); Film (1965); Music of Williamsburg (1960); People of the Cumberland (1937); Slaves (1969); Steps of Age (1950); The Cummington Story (1945); The Lonely Night (1954); The Power and the Glory (1961); The Quiet One (1948); The Savage Eye (1959); The World of Abbott and Costello (1965); Tropic of Cancer (1970); Ulysses (1967); Wisdom (1957).

Born on this day – Samuel Barber:

Samuel Barber

Composer

Pianist

Conductor

Baritone

Teacher

March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981

Credits:

Compositions:

[First] Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12, 1937; 2nd movement revised as Night Flight, Op. 19a, 1964; A Hand of Bridge, opera in 1 act, 1953; A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15, 1940; Adagio for Strings, [arr. of 2nd movement of String Quartet], Op. 11, 1938; Agnus Dei, Op. 11, 1967; Andromache's Farewell, Op. 39, 1963; Antony and Cleopatra, opera in 3 acts after Shakespeare, 1966; arr. as orchestral Suite, 1947; Ballade, piano, Op. 46, 1977; Canzone (elegy), flute and piano, Op. 38a, 1961; Canzonetta, Op. 48 [posth.], 1981; Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21, 1944; Cello Concerto, Op. 22, 1945; Cello Sonata, Op. 6, 1932; Despite and Still: A Last Song, Op. 41, 1968-9; Die Natali, chorale preludes for Christmas, Op. 37, 1960; Dover Beach, Op. 3, 1933; Excursions, Op. 20, 1942-4; Fadograph of a Yestern Scene (after Joyce, Finnegans Wake), Op. 44, 1971; Four Songs, Op. 13, 1941; Hermit Songs, Op. 29, 1952-3; Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24, 1947; Medea / Serpent Heart, ballet, Op. 23, 1946; Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a, 1953; Melodies passagères, Op. 27, 1950-51; Music for a Scene from Shelly, Op. 7, 1933; Nocturne (Homage to John Field), piano, Op. 33, 1959; Nuvoletta, Op. 25, 1947; Piano Concerto, Op. 38, 1962; Prayers of Kirkegaard, Op. 30, 1954; Reincarnations, Op. 16, 1937-40; Rev. as The Cave of the Heart 1947; Second Essay, Op. 17, 1942; Serenade, string quartet/string orchestra, Op. 1, 1930; Solo Instrumental; Sonata, piano, Op. 26, 1949; Souvenirs, ballet, 1955; Stille Nacht [arrangement of Silent Night from Die natali], Op. 37, 1960; String Quartet, Op. 11, 1936; Summer Music, wind quintet, Op. 31, 1956; Symphony [No. 1] in One Movement, Op. 9, 1936; Symphony No. 2, Op. 19, 1944; The Lovers, Op. 43, 1971; The School for Scandal, Op. 5, 1931-3; The Virgin Martyrs, Op. 8/1-2, 1936; Three Songs (Joyce), Op. 10, 1935; Three Songs, Op. 45, 1972; Toccata festiva, Op. 36, 1960; Twelfth Night, Op. 42, 1968; Two Songs, Op. 18, 1942; Vanessa, opera in 4 acts, 1956-7; Violin Concerto, Op. 14, 1939; Violin Sonata, Op. 4, 1928.

Movies and television:

20 Feet from Stardom / Sure On This Shining Night (2013); A Hand of Bridge (2017); A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019); A Nightmare on Sesame Street (1987); A Very Natural Thing (1974); Agnes Day (2009); Agnes Day (2009); Amélie (2001); American Dad! (2009); Antony & Cleopatra (1991); Antony & Cleopatra (1991); Artemis: The Neverending Quartet (2020); At Home with the Braithwaites (2001); Bodies (2023); Bravetown (2015); Camera Three (1971); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); Celeste (1991); Dancing Daze (1986); Donny (2013); Dudamel and the LA Phil Return to the Bowl (2021); El armario (2000); El Norte (1983); ER (1995); Experimenter / Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (2015); Falling for You (1995); Fermeture de l'usine Renault à Vilvoorde (La vie sexuelle des Belges, 3e partie) (1999); Ficció (2006); Hammarskjöld (2023); Happiness (1998); Himizu (2011); How I Met Your Mother (2010–2014); In My Room (2018); Jojo in the Stars (2003); Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000); Liubi (2005); Lorenzo's Oil (1992); Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele (2022); Ma mère (2004); Medea (1954); Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, the Movie (2023); Misfits (2010); Moments Without Proper Names (1987); New World Symphony Wallcast Tm Concert 4 (2013); Nostalgia Critic (2011); Omnibus opera (2016); On Any Saturday (2008); One Symphony Place: A World Premiere Live from Music City (2006); Outlander (2019); Peace One Day (2004); Platoon (1986); Processen (2003); Reconstruction (2003); Red Dwarf (1999); Rusanne (2018); S1m0ne (2002); Sam & Barb's School for Scandal (2016); Samuel Barber in Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017); Seinfeld (1996); Sicko (2007); Skate Boys (2015); So You Think You Can Dance (2012); South Park (2004); Spaced (1999–2001); Swimming Upstream (2003); Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006); The Ark of Madness (2007); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959); The Bonds of Springtime (2013); The Choir: Unsung Town (2009); The Cine-Masochist (2015); The Deep Blue Sea (2011); The Elephant Man (1980); The Grand Tour (2016); The Horse (1973); The Hunters (1996); The Man with the Wooden Face (2017); The Scarlet Letter (1995); The Simpsons (2003–2017); To Stay Alive: A Method (2016); Top Gear (2008); Vanessa (1978 / 2001 / 2019); Wasteland (2012); Where the Smiling Ends (2004); Wild Reeds (1994).

Born on this day – Marguerite Chapman:

 

Marguerite Chapman

Actress

March 9, 1918 – August 31, 1999

Credits:

Barnaby Jones (1977); Police Story (1973); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); Frontier Circus (1962); Here's Hollywood (1961); Laramie (1961); Perry Mason (1960); The Amazing Transparent Man (1960); The Lineup (1959); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); Rawhide (1959); Pursuit (1958); The Millionaire (1958); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958); Studio One (1958); Climax! (1955–1957); The Eve Arden Show (1957); Studio 57 (1954–1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957); Strange Stories (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1955–1956); TV Reader's Digest (1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Shower of Stars (1955); The Star and the Story (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); The Seven Year Itch (1955); City Detective (1953–1955); The Whistler (1955); Private Secretary (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); Your Play Time (1954); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Fireside Theatre (1953); Chevron Theatre (1952–1953); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Sea Tiger (1952); Man Bait (1952); Your Show of Shows (1951–1953); Flight to Mars (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Kansas Raiders (1950); The Green Promise (1949); The Gallant Blade (1948); Coroner Creek (1948); Relentless (1948); Mr. District Attorney (1947); Rough But Hopeful (1946); The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946); One Way to Love (1946); Pardon My Past (1945); Counter-Attack (1945); Strange Affair (1944); My Kingdom for a Cook (1943); Destroyer (1943); Appointment in Berlin (1943); Times Square (1943); One Dangerous Night (1942); The Daring Young Man (1942); The Spirit of Stanford (1942); A Man's World (1942); Parachute Nurse (1942); Submarine Raider (1942); Meet the Stewarts (1942); Spy Smasher (1942); The Playgirls (1942); You're in the Army Now (1941); West of the Rockies (1941); The Body Disappears (1941); Navy Blues (1941); The Great Lie (1941); A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941); Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940); Four Sons (1940); On Their Own (1940).

Born on this day – Mickey Spillane:

Mickey Spillane

Writer

March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006

Credits:

Books:

A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001); A Century of Noir (2002); A Dangerous Cat (2017); A Long Time Dead (2016); An Acceptable Sacrifice (2012); An Acceptable Sacrifice (2012); Black Alley (1996); Bloody Sunrise (1965); Book Club (2014); Book Club (2014); Citadel (2016); Citadel (2016); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1989); Complex 90 (2013); Condor in the Stacks (2015); Condor in the Stacks (2015); Crimes by Moonlight (2010); Day of the Guns (1964); Dead Dames Don't Sing (2016); Dead Dames Don't Sing (2016); Dead Street (2007); Death Leaves a Bookmark (2012); Death Leaves a Bookmark (2012); Dig Two Graves (2023); Every Seven Years (2015); Every Seven Years (2015); From the Queen (2015); From the Queen (2015); From the Queen (2015); Hoodoo Harry (2017); Hoodoo Harry (2017); Hot Lead, Cold Justice (2020); I, the Jury (1947); It's in the Book (2014); It's in the Book (2014); Kill Me If You Can (2022); Kill Me, Darling (2015); Killer Mine (1965); Killing Town (2018); King of the Weeds (2014); Kiss Her Goodbye (2009); Kiss Me, Deadly (1952); Lady, Go Die! (2012); Last Stage to Hell Junction (2019); Masquerade for Murder (2020); Masters of Noir, Volume One (2010); Me, Hood! (1963); Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #1 (2018); Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #2 (2018); Murder Never Knocks (2016); Murder, My Love (2019); My Gun Is Quick (1950); Mystery, Inc. (2015); Mystery, Inc. (2015); One Lonely Night (1951); Private Eyes (1998); Pronghorns of the Third Reich (2012); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); Reconciliation Day (2016); Reconciliation Day (2016); Remaindered (2014); Remaindered (2014); Return of the Hood (1964); Rides a Stranger (2013); Rides a Stranger (2013); Seven Years (2018); Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek (2021); Skin (2012); So Long, Chief (2013); Something's Down There (2003); Stand Up and Die! (2022); Survival... Zero (1970); The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 (2011); The Big Bang (2010); The Big Kill (1951); The Big Showdown (2016); The Bloody Spur (2018); The Body Lovers (1967); The Book Case (2012); The Book of Ghosts (2013); The Book of the Lion (2015); The Book of Virtue (2012); The Book Thing (2012); The By-Pass Control (1966); The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (2018); The Compendium of Srem (2014); The Consummata (2011); The Dark Door (2022); The Day the Sea Rolled Back (1979); The Death Dealers (1966); The Deep (1961); The Delta Factor (1968); The Erection Set (1972); The Final Testament (2013); The Flier (1964); The Girl Hunters (1962); The Girl Who Did Say No (2020); The Goliath Bone (2008); The Gospel of Sheba (2014); The Haze (2016); The Hemingway Valise (2018); The Honeymoon Trap (2022); The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction (2012); The Killing Man (1989); The Last Cop Out (1973); The Last Honest Horse Thief (2018); The Last Stand (2018); The Legend of Caleb York (2015); The Little Men (2015); The Long Sonata of the Dead (2013); The Long Wait (1951); The Menace (2022); The Nature of My Inheritance (2014); The Pretty Little Box (2018); The Scroll (2014); The Sequel (2014); The Ship That Never Was (1982); The Snake (1964); The Tough Guys (1969); The Traitor (2022); The Travelling Companion (2016); The Twisted Thing (1966); The Will to Kill (2017); Tomorrow I Die (1984); Vengeance is Mine (1950); Vintage Spillane (1974).

Movies and television:

Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997–1998); Mommy's Day (1997); Fallen Angels (1995); Mommy (1995); Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994); Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989); The New Mike Hammer (1984–1987); More Than Murder (1984); Murder Me, Murder You (1983); I, the Jury (1982); Margin for Murder (1981); Miller Lite: Tastes Great, Less Filling (1976–1986); Columbo (1974); The Delta Factor (1970); The Girl Hunters (1963); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); My Gun Is Quick (1957); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Mickey Spillane's 'Mike Hammer!' (1954); Ring of Fear (1954); The Long Wait (1954); I, the Jury (1953).

Born on this day – Lefty Bates:

Lefty Bates

Blues guitarist

March 9, 1920 – April 7, 2007

Born on this day – Jack Smight:

 

Jack Smight

Director

March 9, 1925 – September 1, 2003

Credits:

The Favorite (1989); Number One with a Bullet (1987); Code of Vengeance (1986); Remembrance of Love (1982); Loving Couples (1980); Fast Break (1979); Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978); Damnation Alley (1977); Midway (1976); Airport 1975 (1974); The Man from Independence (1974); Legend in Granite (1973); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); Linda (1973); Double Indemnity (1973); Partners in Crime (1973); Madigan (1972); Banacek (1972); The Longest Night (1972); McCloud (1971–1972); Columbo (1971); Rabbit, Run (1970); The Traveling Executioner (1970); The Illustrated Man (1969); Strategy of Terror (1969); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968); Kaleidoscope (1966); Harper (1966); The Third Day (1965); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964–1965); Dr. Kildare (1963–1964); I'd Rather Be Rich (1964); Arrest and Trial (1963); East Side / West Side (1963); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); Alcoa Premiere (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); Westinghouse Presents: That's Where the Town Is Going (1962); The Defenders (1962); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Enchanted Nutcracker (1961); Theatre '62 (1961); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); Route 66 (1961); Naked City (1961); Our American Heritage (1960–1961); Sunday Showcase (1960–1961); The Twilight Zone (1959–1961); Art Carney Special (1960–1961); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); Destiny, West! (1960); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Sound of Miles Davis (1959); Oldsmobile Music Theatre (1959); The Ten Commandments (1959); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Suspicion (1957–1958); General Electric Theater (1956–1958); Victor Borge's Comedy in Music III (1958); Studio One (1957–1958); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); Climax! (1956–1957); Star Stage (1955–1956); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1955); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Hollywood Theatre Time (1951); One Man's Family (1949).

Born on this day – Taina Elg:

Taina Elg

Actress

Dancer

March 9, 1930 – May 15, 2025

Credits:

Best of British (1987); Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler (1982); Ça c'est l'amour (2003); Daytime's Greatest Weddings (2004); Diane (1956); Don't Drink the Water (1994); Gaby (1956); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Hercules in New York (1970); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hong Kong (1960); Huomenta Suomi (2011); Imitation General (1958); It Takes a Thief (1968); Juhlat linnassa (1966); Kummelin Jackpot (2006); Les Girls (1957); Liebestraum (1991); Loving (1993); Mission of Danger (1960); Mr. Broadway (1964); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Naimisiin päiväksi (1946); Northwest Passage (1959); One Life to Live (1980–1981); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1960); Starring - Taina Elg (2003); Strada (2009); Suomalaisia maailman turuilla - Taina Elg (1963); Suomisen perhe (1941); That's Dancing! (1985); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 39 Steps (1959); The Adams Chronicles (1976); The Andros Targets (1977); The Bacchantes (1961); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–1960); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1960); The Doctors (1964); The Edge of Night (1984); The Great Wallendas (1978); The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996); The Prodigal (1955); The Real McCoys (1962); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Toutes les histoires / Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988); True Love (2003); Wagon Train (1960); Watusi (1959); Women He's Undressed (2015); Yökyöpelit (1966).

Born on this day – John Howard Davies:

 

John Howard Davies

Director

Producer

Actor

March 9, 1939 – August 22, 2011

Credits:

50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (2008); A Married Man (1983); A Profile of 'Oliver Twist' (2000); A Slight Hitch (1991); About Religion (1956); After Henry (1992); All About 'The Good Life' (2010); All Gas and Gaiters (1969–1970); All in Good Faith (1985–1987); Andy Capp (1988); Arena (2003); As Good Cooks Go (1969–1970); Behind the Britcoms: From Script to Screen (2011); Behind the Scenes (1971); Best of British (1988); Bloody New Year (1987); British Film Forever (2007); Comedy Connections (2003–2008); Comedy Playhouse (1969–1974); Comedy Playhouse (1974); David Lean in Close-Up (2009); Dors: The Other Diana (1990); Executive Stress (1986–1987); Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits (2009); Fawlty Towers (1975); 'Fawlty Towers' @ 30 (2005); Fawlty Towers Revisited (2005); Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009); Frost on Sunday (1970); Funny Turns (2000–2001); Greatest TV Comedy Moments (2005); Heroes of Comedy (1997); Hope It Rains (1991–1992); It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling (1971); John Howard Davies: A Life in Comedy (2012); Laughter in the House: The Story of British Sitcom (1999); Law and Disorder (1994); Living Famously (2003); Misleading Cases (1968–1971); Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969); Mr. Bean (1990–1995); No Job for a Lady (1990–1992); No Strings (1974); Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News (2009); Oh in Colour (1970); Oliver Twist (1948); Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989); Reputations (2002); Right of Way (1968); Stars on Parade (1948); Steptoe and Son (1972); TCM Remembers (2011); The Benny Hill Show (1989); The Bill (2001); The British Academy Awards (1976); The Edwardians (1972–1973); The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976); The Final Frolics of Mr. Bean (1994); The Funny Side of... (2009); The Good Life (1975–1978); The Good Life: 50 Years of Laughter (2023); The Goodies (1970–1972); The Labours of Erica (1989); The Magic Box (1951); The Not the Nine O'Clock News Story (1999); The Other One (1977); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978); The South Bank Show (1985); The Story of 'Are You Being Served?' (2010); The Ultimate Sitcom (2006); The Very Merry Widow (1967); The Very Merry Widow and How (1968); The Vicar of Dibley (1996); The World of Beachcomber (1968); The World's Greatest Comedy Characters (2007); This Is Your Life (1988–1992); Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951); Torvill & Bean (1995); We'll Think of Something (1986); What the Pythons Did Next... (2007); Who Got Benny's Millions? (2002); Whoops Baghdad! (1973); William Tell (1958).

Born on this day – Raul Julia:

 

Raul Julia

Actor

March 9, 1940 – October 24, 1994

Credits:

Street Fighter: The Movie (1995); Down Came a Blackbird (1995); Street Fighter (1994); The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (1994); Addams Family Values (1993); Rabbit Ears: The Monkey People (1992); The Plague (1992); Hammer: Addams Groove (1991); The Addams Family (1991); Havana (1990); The Rookie (1990); Frankenstein Unbound (1990); Presumed Innocent (1990); Mack the Knife (1989); Romero (1989); Tequila Sunrise (1988); Moon Over Parador (1988); The Penitent (1988); Trading Hearts (1988); Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988); Tango Bar (1987); The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987); The Morning After (1986); Florida Straits (1986); La gran fiesta (1986); Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985); Compromising Positions (1985); Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985); Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1984); The New Show (1984); American Playhouse (1983); Tempest (1982); The Escape Artist (1982); Strong Medicine (1981); One from the Heart (1981); Ripe Strawberries (1980); A Life of Sin (1979); Othello (1979); Eyes of Laura Mars (1978); The Gumball Rally (1976); Death Scream (1975); Aces Up (1974); Great Performances (1974); The Bob Newhart Show (1974); Sesame Street (1971–1972); The Organization (1971); Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); McCloud (1970); Stiletto (1969); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Love of Life (1951).

Born on this day – Alexandra Bastedo:

Alexandra Bastedo

Actress

Writer

March 9, 1946 – January 12, 2014

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Star Trek, The Making of Star Trek, The Next Generation, Picard

Star Trek (1967)

The Making of Star Trek / book (1986)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)

Star Trek: Picard (2023)

 

Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 25.

Episode entitled: The Devil in the Dark.

Released March 9, 1967.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by Gene L. Coon.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Ken Lynch, Brad Weston, Biff Elliot, George Allen, Jon Cavett, John Duke / Barry Russo, Lee Allen, Tom Anfinsen, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Dick Dial, Robert Hitchcock, Bob Hoy, Monty O'Grady, Eddie Paskey, Janos Prohaska, Al Roberts, Walter Soo Hoo, Ron Veto.

 

The Making of Star Trek

by Stephen E. Whitfield & Gene Roddenberry.

Published by Del Rey.

Twenty Second Printing edition.

Published 1986.

Mass Market Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0345340191

ISBN-13: 978-0345340191

Description:

"For would-be TV writers, directors and producers, this will be an education in itself, a polished but non-varnished look at how TV really works." – Publishers Weekly.

A complete history of what may be the most popular TV series ever – the original Star Trek episodes! Filled with quotations from cast members, memos to and from Gene Roddenberry, biographies of cast members, sketches, photographs, set descriptions, and even budgets and cast schedules, this volume is a fascinating, invaluable behind-the-scenes account of the development and production of the original Star Trek series.

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: Galaxy’s Child.

Released March 9, 1991.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Maurice Hurley, Tom Kartozian, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Susan Gibney, Lanei Chapman, Jana Marie Hupp, Whoopi Goldberg, April Grace, Majel Barrett, Debbie David, Denise Deuschle, Elliot Durant III, Randy James, Teri Noel, Keith Rayve, Denise Lynne Roberts, Joyce Robinson, Richard Sarstedt, Georgina Shore.

 

Star Trek: Picard
Season 3. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: No Win Scenario.

Released March 9, 2023.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Terry Matalas, Sean Tretta, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Stephen Barton, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Todd Stashwick, Amanda Plummer, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Stephanie Czajkowski, Joseph Lee, Chad Lindberg, Jin Maley, Tiffany Shepis, Jasmine Akakpo, Amy Earhart, Garth Kemp, Dylan J. Locke, Yumarie Morales, Jordan Cramer, An Dang, Hayden Hiebert, Justin Nickels, Frances Parsons.

On this day in television history - Justified (2011)

Justified
Season 2. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Cottonmouth.

Released March 9, 2011.

Directed by Michael Watkins.

Written by Graham Yost, Taylor Elmore and Benjamin Cavell.

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

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Margo Martindale, Jeremy Davies, Jim Beaver, Kaitlyn Dever, Linda Gehringer, Brad William Henke, Damon Herriman, Michael Mosley, Peter Murnik, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Michael Shamus Wiles, Alex Solowitz, Nathan Sutton, Raymond J. Barry, Keith Page, Andrew Shea, Doug Haley, Keith Middlebrook.

On this day in music history - Cecilia & Bryn: Duets by Cecilia Bartoli & Bryn Terfel, The Heart of Everything by Within Temptation

Cecilia & Bryn: Duets by Cecilia Bartoli & Bryn Terfel (1999)
The Heart of Everything by Within Temptation (2007)

Cecilia & Bryn: Duets

Album by Cecilia Bartoli & Bryn Terfel,

released March 9, 1999.

Track list: Le nozze di Figaro: Act I - Duet : Cinaue... dieci... venti... trenta...; Le nozze di Figaro: Recitative : Cosa stai misurando, caro il mio Figaretto?; Le nozze di Figaro: Duet : Se a caso madama la notte ti chiama; Le nozze di Figaro: Recitative : Or bene, ascolta, e taci; Le nozze di Figaro: Cavatina : Se vuol ballare signor Contino; Le nozze di Figaro: Act II - Un moto di gioia; Le nozze di Figaro: Act III - Recitative : Signor... la vostra sposa ha i soliti vapori; Le nozze di Figaro: Duet : Crude! perche finora farmi languir cosi?; Così fan tutte: Act II - Recitative : Passeggiamo anche noi; Così fan tutte: Duet : Il core vi dono, bell'idol mio; Don Giovanni: Act I - Recitative : Alfin siam liberati, Zerlinetta gentil, da quel scioccone; Don Giovanni: Duet : La ci darem la mano, la mi dirai di si; Die Zauberflöte: Act II - Duet : Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena; Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I - Recitative : Ebben, signor Figaro?; Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Duet : Dunque io son... tu non m'inganni?; L'Italiana in Algeri: Act I - Duet : Ai capricci della sorte io so far l'indifferente; L'Elisir d'Amore: Act II - Recitative : Come sen va contento!; L'Elisir d'Amore: Duet : Quanto amore! Ed io spietata!

 

The Heart of Everything

Album by Within Temptation,

released March 9, 2007.

Track list: The Howling; What Have You Done (feat. Keith Caputo); Frozen; Our Solemn Hour; The Heart Of Everything; Hand of Sorrow; The Cross; Final Destination; All I Need; The Truth Beneath the Rose; Forgiven; What Have You Done (feat. Keith Caputo) (Rock Mix); What Have You Done (Acoustic); Ice Queen (Acoustic); Stand My Ground (Acoustic); What Have You Done (feat. Keith Caputo) (US Pop Mix); Memories (Live); Angels (Live); Stand My Ground (Live).