Barbara Kingsolver, on writing:

 

Close the door.

Write with no one looking over your shoulder.
Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you;
figure out what you have to say.
It's the one and only thing you have to offer.
 
- Barbara Kingsolver.

Recommended reading – Keats

Keats

by Andrew Motion.

Filmed as Bright Star (2009), directed by Jane Campion.

Published by Faber & Faber.

First published 1997.

Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 0571346669
ISBN-13: 978-0571346660
 
Description:
“A definitive life of a great poet, and one of the finest biographies of the decade.” – New Statesman.

First published in 1997, Keats was the first major biography of this tragic hero of Romanticism for some thirty years, and it differs from its predecessors in important respects. The outline of the story is well known - has become, in fact, the stuff of legend: the archetypal life of the tortured genius, critically spurned and dying young. What Andrew Motion brings to bear on the subject is a deep understanding of how Keats fitted into the intellectual and political life of his time. Important friendships with such anti-establishment figures as William Hazlitt and Leigh Hunt are given their full due, and the closeness of his own spirit, as expressed in his poems, to the ferment all around is made clear. Many significant facts about Keats's schooldays and medical training, in particular, enrich the picture. Keats emerges as a more political figure than he is usually portrayed, but his personal sufferings, too, come into closer focus. Most importantly, Andrew Motion – himself a distinguished poet and former poet laureate – demonstrates how the poems continue to exert their power.

Born on this day – Katherine Anne Porter:

 

Katherine Anne Porter

Writer

May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980

Credits:

Books:

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); A Wreath for the Gamekeeper (1959); Collected Essays and Occasional Writings (1973); Collected Stories and Other Writings (2008); Conversations (1987); Downhome (1995); Downward Path to Wisdom (1939); Eudora Welty (1941); Flowering Judas and Other Stories (1935); Gertrude Stein, a self-portrait (1953); Gracious Greatness (1964); Growing Up in the South (1991); Hacienda (1934); Katherine Anne Porter's Poetry (1996); Letters of Katherine A. Porter (1990); Noon Wine (1937); Outline of Mexican popular arts and crafts (1922); Selected Letters of Katherine Anne Porter (2012); Ship of Fools (1962); Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century (1954); Stories of the Modern South (1977); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000); The Collected Stories (1965); The Cracked Looking-Glass (2018); The Days Before (1952); The Flower of Flowers (1950); The Grave (2013); The Leaning Tower And Other Stories (1944); The Never-Ending Wrong (1977); The Old Order (1955); The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces (1992); This Strange, Old World and Other Book Reviews (2008); Uncollected Early Prose (1993); Women and Fiction (1975).

Movies and television:

ABC Stage 67 (1966); American Masters (1986); American Playhouse (1985); Boston Blackie (1952); Camera Three (1956–1964); Camera Three (1959–1961); Climax! (1956); Ship of Fools (1965); The Circus (1990); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Fig Tree (1987); The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980); The Martyr (2010); The Wednesday Play (1964).

Born on this day – Anny Ondra:

Anny Ondra

Actress

Producer, May 15, 1902 – February 28, 1987

Credits:

A Night in Paradise (1932); American Masters (1998); Anicko, vrat se! (1927); Baby (1932); Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024); Blackmail (1929); Chorus Girls (1928); Chytte ho! (1925); Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Dáma s malou nozkou (1920); Das ist Ihr Leben (1979); Das Mädel aus U.S.A. (1930); Das Mädel mit der Peitsche (1929); Das verliebte Hotel (1933); Der Dienstmann (1932); Der erste Kuß (1928); Der Gasmann (1941); Der neue Schreibtisch (1934); Der Scheidungsgrund (1937); Der Sport-Spiegel (1963–1964); Der Unwiderstehliche (1937); Die Fledermaus (1931); Die grausame Freundin (1932); Die große Sehnsucht (1930); Die Kaviarprinzessin (1929); Die Pratermizzi (1926); Die vertauschte Braut (1934); Die vom Rummelplatz (1930); Do panského stavu (1925); Donogoo Tonka (1936); Drátenícek (1920); Drvostep (1923); Duvod k rozvodu (1937); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Ein angenehmer Patient (1932); Ein Mädel vom Ballett (1937); Eine Freundin so goldig wie Du (1930); Evas Töchter (1928); Faut-il les marier? (1932); Flitterwochen (1936); Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1933); Führe uns nicht in Versuchung (1922); Gilly poprvé v Praze (1920); Glorious Youth (1928); God’s Clay (1928); Großreinemachen (1935); Hallo Max! (1967); Helden der Propaganda - Sportler in der NS-Zeit (2017); Himmel, wir erben ein Schloß (1943); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015); Hrabenka z podskalí (1926); Hütet eure Töchter (1922); Ich liebe dich (1925); Im Fernseh-Zoo - Was weiß man schon von Tieren... (1957); Kantor ideál (1932); Karel Havlícek Borovský (1925); Kiki (1932); Knockout - Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann (1935); Kvet ze Sumavy (1927); La chauve-souris (1932); La fille du régiment (1933); L’amour en cage (1934); Le comte Billy (1931); Little Dorrit (1934); Living Famously (2003); Lucerna (1925); Mamsell Nitouche (1931); Meschugge ist Trumpf (1914); Milenky starého kriminálníka (1927); Muz bez srdce (1923); Narren im Schnee (1938); Nikyho velebné dobrodruzství (1920); On a jeho sestra (1931); Otrávené svetlo (1921); Palimpsest (1919); Pantáta Bezousek (1927); Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Polenblut (1934); Polská krev (1934); Professeur Cupidon (1933); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Reputations (1999); Saxophon-Susi (1928); Schön muß man sein (1951); Seine Hoheit, der Eintänzer (1927); Sest musketýru (1925); Setrelé písmo (1921); Shepperton Babylon (2005); Sladká Josefínka (1927); Sound Test for Blackmail (1929); Sündenbabel Berlin - Metropole des Verbrechens 1918-1933 (2020); Sündig und süß (1929); Tam na horách (1920); The Arrival from the Darkness (1921); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937); The Manxman (1929); The Regiment’s Daughter (1933); The Ringer (1932); The Stars Shine (1938); The Young Count (1935); The Zurich Engagement (1957); Trude, die Sechzehnjährige (1926); True Fear: The Making of Psycho (2015); Tu ten kámen (1923); Une nuit au paradis (1932); Únos bankére Fuxe (1923); Usmevy (2001); Vdavky Nanynky Kulichovy (1925); Velbloud uchem jehly (1926); Versuchen Sie meine Schwester (1931); Vor Liebe wird gewarnt (1937); White Paradise (1924); Zigeunerliebe (1922); Zpev zlata (1921).

Born on this day – Joseph Cotton:

Joseph Cotton

Actor

May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994

Born on this day – James Mason:

James Mason

Actor

May 15, 1909 – July 27, 1984

Credits:

11 Harrowhouse (1974); 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954); 5 Fingers (1952); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Dangerous Summer (1982); A Dangerous Summer: Rekindled (2006); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); A Place of One's Own (1945); A Star Is Born (1954); A Star Is Born: Special Features (2010); A Touch of Larceny (1960); A.D. (1985); A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle (1942); ABC Stage 67 (1966); About Faces (1960); AFI Life Achievement Award (1983); Age of Consent (1969); Age of Consent: Helen Mirren - A Conversation with Cora (2009); Alexandre (1983); Alibi (1942); All Star Revue (1952); Alle origini della mafia (1976); Allons au cinéma (1977); Appointment with Destiny (1971); Apropos Film (1967); Arena (1977–1995); Autobiography of a Princess (1975); Bad Man's River (1971); Bees on the Boat-Deck (1939); Best of British (1987); Bigger Than Life (1956); Biography (1987 / 1995); Blind Man's Bluff (1936); Blood, Sweat and Tears (1971); Bloodline (1979); Bob Ballard: An Explorer's Life (2020); Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Botany Bay (1952); Cadence 3 (1983); Candlelight in Algeria (1943); Casino Royale: The Royal Premiere (1967); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Catch As Catch Can (1937); Caught (1949); Charade (1954); Charlie Rose (1999); Child's Play (1972); Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried (2016); Churchill and the Movie Mogul (2019); Cinéma cinémas (1983); Clapper Board (1979); Cold Sweat (1970); Collector's World (1972); Compression (2023); Cop-Out (1967); Corazón de... (2006); Crepa padrone, crepa tranquillo (1970); Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan (2020); Cross of Iron (1977); Cry Terror! (1958); Cyrano de Bergerac (1938); Death Cell (1941); Dee Time (1969); Della (1969); Dix de der (1975); Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983); Down Under with Ron and Valerie Taylor (2009); Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1984); Dr. Kildare (1965); Duffy (1968); East Side, West Side (1949); Ellis in Freedomland (1952); Escape from Zahrain (1962); Evil Under the Sun (1982); Face to Face (1952); Far into the Night (1943); Film '72 (1972); Film Preview (1966); Filmworker (2017); Fire Over England (1937); Forever, Darling (1956); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); Gala de l'Unicef (1966); Gala de l'union (1970); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); General Electric Theater (1957); Genghis Khan (1965); George Washington (1984); Georgy Girl (1966); Girl Talk (1968); Good Morning America (1979–1981); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Great Expectations (1974); Great Performances (1988); Group Madness (1983); Gypsy (1967); Halloween Monster Bash (1991); Heaven Can Wait (1978); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hero's Island (1962); History of World Cinema: Part I (2021); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Rivals (2001–2002); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love (1977); Home James (1972); Hot Stuff (1976); Hotel Reserve (1944); I Met a Murderer (1939); In Search of Rembrandt (1969); Inside Edition (2015); Inside Out (1975); Island in the Sun (1957); ITV Play of the Week (1966); ITV Sunday Night Drama (1965); Ivanhoe (1982); I've Got a Secret (1956); James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); John Brown's Raid (1960); John Keats: His Life and Death (1973); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959); Julius Caesar (1953); Kidnap Syndicate (1975); Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971); Kubrick by Kubrick (2020); Kubrick Remembered (2014); La nuit des Césars (1985); Lady Possessed (1952); Late Extra (1935); L'avare (1939); Lena (1964); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980); Lolita (1962); Lolita, méprise sur un fantasme (2021); Lord Jim (1965); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1955); Madame Bovary (1949); Man of Evil (1944); Mandingo (1975); Martin Scorsese on 'Age of Consent' (2009); Max & James & Danielle (2015); Mayerling (1968); Murder by Decree (1979); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); NBC White Paper (1983); NET Festival (1970); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Nihon eiga no hyaku nen / Century of Cinema (1995); North by Northwest (1959); North Sea Hijack (1980); Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008); Odd Man Out (1947); Omnibus / Napoleon's Love Letters (1953); One Way Street (1950); Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951); Panic! (1957); Parkinson (1972); Passion & Poetry: Sam's War (2011); Password (1962–1967); People of the Wind (1976); Person to Person (1959); Personality (1967); Playhouse 90 (1957–1960); Prince Valiant (1954); Prison Breaker (1936); Release (1968); Rome in Madrid (1964); Room 237 (2012); Salem's Lot (1979); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1958); Secret Mission (1942); Sid & Judy (2019); Six Fifty-Five Special (1981); Socrates (1982); Spring and Port Wine (1970); Square Pegs (1939); Stars on Sunday (1970–1979); Stoney Burke (1962); Studio of the Stars: The Elstree Story (1967); Survival (1974); Talking Pictures (2013); Telephone Time (1957); Terror House (1942); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The Agatha Christie Code (2005); The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Assisi Underground (1985); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Blue Max (1966); The Bob Hope Show (1955–1966); The Boys from Brazil (1978); The Celluloid Heroes (1995); The Chevy Show (1955); The Child (1954); The Circle (1939); The David Frost Show (1969); The Deadly Affair (1967); The Decks Ran Red (1958); The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951); The Desert Rats (1953); The Destructors (1974); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Directors (2018); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1967); The Ed Sullivan Show (1951–1955); The Fabulous Fox (2004); The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964); The Flower in His Mouth (1975); The Frank Sinatra Show (1952); The Golden Gong (1985); The Golden Years of Alexander Korda (1968); The High Command (1937); The James Mason Show (1953); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Last of Sheila (1973); The Late Show (1992); The Left Hand of the Law (1975); The Legend of Silent Night (1968); The Linkletter Show (1960); The London Nobody Knows (1968); The Look of the Week (1966–1967); The MacKintosh Man (1973); The Magical World of Disney (1954 / 1976); The Making of '20000 Leagues Under the Sea' (2003); The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982); The Making of 'the Verdict' (1982); The Man Between (1953); The Man in Grey (1943); The Many Faces of... (2013); The Marriage-Go-Round (1961); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1970); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1969); The Mill on the Floss (1936); The Moon in the Yellow River (1938); The Passage (1979); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1962); The Prisoner of Zenda (1952); The Pumpkin Eater (1964); The Reckless Moment (1949); The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937); The River Nile (1962); The Royal Variety Performance 1979 (1979); The Sea Gull (1968); The Sea in Your Future (1971); The Search for Alexander the Great (1981); The Search for the Nile (1971); The Seventh Veil (1945); The Shooting Party (1984); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Spy in White (1936); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Story of Three Loves / The Jealous Lover (1953); The Tell-Tale Heart (1953); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1983); The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960); The Uninhibited (1965); The Upturned Glass (1947); The Verdict (1982); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Water Babies (1978); The Wicked Lady (1945); The Wind in the Wires (1972); The World About Us (1968); The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970); Theatre '62 (1962); They Met in the Dark (1943); They Were Sisters (1945); This Is Your Life (1961–1973); Thunder Rock (1942); Tiara Tahiti (1962); Today (1956); Torpedo Bay (1963); Troubled Waters (1936); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Twice Branded (1936); Unknown Chaplin (1983); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1975); Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase (1965); Vienna: The Years Remembered (1968); Voyage of the Damned (1976); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); What's My Line? (1951–1966); Yellowbeard (1983); Your Show of Shows / Caesar's Hour (1956); You're Putting Me On (1969).

Born on this day – Constance Cummings:

 

Constance Cummings

Actress

May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005

Born on this day – William Witney:

 

William Witney

Director

May 15, 1915 – March 17, 2002

Born on this day – Doris Dowling:

 

Doris Dowling

Actress

May 15, 1923 – June 18, 2004

Born on this day – Ursula Thiess:

Ursula Thiess

Actress

May 15, 1924 – June 19, 2010

Credits:

Movies and television:

This Is Your Life (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); The Detectives (1960–1961); Bandido! (1956); The Americano (1955); Bengal Brigade (1954); The Iron Glove (1954); Monsoon (1952); Keepers of the Night (1949).

Book:

...But I Have Promises to Keep: My Life Before, With and After Robert Taylor.

Born on this day – Peter Shaffer:

Peter Shaffer

Writer

May 15, 1926 – June 6, 2016

Credits:

Written works for plays and radio:

Amadeus (1979); Balance of Terror (1957); Black Comedy (1965); Black Mischief (1983); Equus (1973); Five Finger Exercise (1958); How Doth the Little Crocodile? (1952); Lettice and Lovage (1987); The Battle of Shrivings (1970); The Establishment (1963); The Gift of the Gorgon; The Merry Roosters' Panto (1963); The Private Ear (1962); The Prodigal Father (1957); The Public Eye (1962); The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1958); The Salt Land (1955); The White Liars (1967); The Woman in the Wardrobe (1951); Whom Do I Have the Honour of Addressing? (1990); Withered Murder (1955); Yonadab (1985).

Movies and television:

Amadeus (1984); Amadeus (2009); Amadeus (2018); Aquarius (1970); Arena (1976–2013); Balance of Terror (1957); BBC 3 (1965); BBC Play of the Month (1970); Black Comedy (1976); Bookmark (1988); Equus (1977); Equus (2008); Estudio 3 (1964); Fifty Years on Stage (2013); Five Finger Exercise (1962); Fog City Mavericks (2007); Great Composers (1997); I askisi pente daktylon / Five Finger Exercise (1978); ITV Play of the Week (1955); Ki megy a nõ után (1973); Mavri komodia / Black Comedy (1995); Midsomer Murders (1998); National Theatre Live: Amadeus (2017); Noche de teatro (1974); O Fusível (1997); O Poder da Górgone (1999); Reputations (1998–2002); Review (1970); Sleuth: A Sleuthian Journey with Anthony Shaffer (2002); Studio One (1958); Television Theater (1997); Terror in der Waage (1960); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The Eighties (1971); The Evening Standard Drama Awards (1988); The Making of 'Amadeus' (2002); The Pad (and How to Use It) (1966); The Private Ear (1967); The Public Eye (1972); The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969); The Wicker Man (1973); The Young Set (1965); This Is Your Life (1992); To theatro tis Defteras (1970); To theatro tis Tetartis (1984); Working in the Theatre (1981).

Born on this day – Peggy Pope:

Peggy Pope

Actress

Writer

May 15, 1929 – May 27, 2020

Credits:

9 to 5 (1980); ABC Comedy Special: The Rag Business (1978); Acts of Love and Other Comedies (1973); All Night Long (1981); Amanda's (1983); ...and Then It Happened (1972); Another Time, Another Place (1989); Anything But Love (1990); Ass Backwards (2013); Barnaby Jones (1978); Barney Miller (1977–1982); Bennett Brothers (1987); Between the Lines (1980); Bewitched (1968); Billy (1979); Biography (2006); Calucci's Department (1973); Camera Three (1967); Choke (2008); College Road Trip (2008); Curfew (1989); Dragonfly (1976); Ed (2002); Eight Is Enough (1978–1980); Empty Nest (1991); ER (1995); Fame (1978); For Members Only (1983); Four Lane Highway (2005); Girl Talk (1963); Hail (1972); Hart to Hart (1980–1982); Have Faith (1989); Highway to Heaven (1987); Hill Street Blues (1985); Hope & Faith (2004); Kangaroos in the Kitchen (1982); Kate & Allie (1987); Knots Landing (1981); Law & Order (2001); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999); Made for Each Other (1971); Mork & Mindy (1980); N.Y.P.D. (1967); Night Court (1984–1986); Nine to Five (1982); Nurses (1991); Oh, God! (1977); Once Bitten (1985); Peeping Times (1978); Revenge of the Gray Gang (1981); Rhoda (1978); Room for Two (1992); Roses Are for the Rich (1987); Santa Barbara (1986); Sisters (1991–1994); Soap (1979–1980); St. Elsewhere (1986); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Ten: Thirty One (2008); The Golden Girls (1986); The Grady Nutt Show (1981); The Last Starfighter (1984); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Outsider (1968); The Paper Chase (1985); The Substitute (1996); The Toughest Man in the World (1984); The Trials of O'Brien (1966); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Tooth and Consequences (1986); Too Close for Comfort (1986); Tough Cookies (1986); Toys (2016); Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five (1998).

Born on this day – Mireille Darc:

Mireille Darc

Actress

Director

May 15, 1938 – August 28, 2017

Credits:

13 heures le journal (2005); 20 heures le journal (2013); 30 millions d’amis (1994); 300 choeurs pour + de vie (2011–2016); 4 fois D (1964); À belles dents (1966); Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes (2018); Allons au cinéma (1975–1976); Annie Girardot selon son coeur (2020); Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie (2008); Au-delà de l’écran (1963–1966); Balearic Caper (1966); Bande-annonce de ‘Week End’ (1967); Bibliothèque de poche (1967); Borsalino (1970); Borsalino and Co. (1974); C à vous (2009–2017); Cadence 3 (1983); Cannes 1968, révolution au palais (2018); Casino Royale (1967); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2009–2011); C’est encore mieux l’après-midi (1985); Champs-Elysées (1983–1989); Chroniques de France / Les 2D, Mireille Darc, Catherine Deneuve (1966); Cinéma (1966); Cinescope aujourd hui... (1975); Comme au cinéma (2004); Compression (2015); Cops Is Cops (1972); Coucou c’est nous! (1994); Dandelions by the Roots (1964); Death of a Corrupt Man (1977); Déchaînées (2009); Diamond Bikini (1971); Dim Dam Dom (1967–1969); Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (1974); Élection de Miss France (2012); Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970); En aparté (2005); En compagnie de Mireille Darc et d’Alain Delon pour Plus de Vie (2010); Envoyé spécial (1993); Face à l’image (2005); Femmina (1967); Fleur d’oseille (1967); Formule 1 (1984); Francis Veber artisan du rire: La mécanique dure rire (2002); François Chalais, la vie comme un roman (1997); Frank Riva (2003–2004); Gainsbourg, l’homme qui aimait les femmes (2010); Galia (1966); Godard Cinema (2022); Graffiti 60 (2004); Grand écran (1964); Hamlet, Prince de Danemark (1960); Hauteclaire ou le Bonheur dans le crime (1961); Histoires de cinema (2010); Histoires de fiction (2003); How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965); Il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973); Infrarouge (2009–2015); Jacques Deray: Le cinéma... ma vie (2005); J’ai rendez-vous avec vous (1996); Jamais avant le mariage (1982); Jeff (1969); Jolie poupée (1968); Journal de France (2012); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); La barbare (1989); La boîte à questions (2006–2012); La galerie France 5 (2014); La grande Bretèche (1960); La Grande Darka! (2019); La justice de Marion (1998); La naissance du Grand Blond (2005); La revenante (1960); La traversée du miroir (2009); La vie de château (1985); La vie dissolue de Gérard Floque (1986); L’ami de mon fils (1997); Langlois (1970); Le bleu de l’océan (2003); Le dernier des cinq (1973–1974); Le divan de Marc-Olivier Fogiel (2015); Le fantôme d’Henri Langlois (2004); Le grand échiquier (1982–1987); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2005–2012); Le grand restaurant (2011); Le journal de 20 heures (2007); Le palmarès des chansons (1966); Le petit dimanche illustré (1967); Le plus grand cabaret du monde (2006–2014); Le portrait (1999); Les 40 ans de la 2 (2004); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Les coeurs brûlés (1992); Les durs à cuire ou Comment supprimer son prochain sans perdre l’appétit (1964); Les enfants de la télé (2007); Les grosses têtes (2014); Les nouveaux aristocrates (1961); Les passagers (1977); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1975–1978); Les stars chantent Piaf pour Plus de Vie (2008); Les yeux d’Hélène (1994); L’été de nos quinze ans (1983); L’été en hiver (1964); Let’s Not Get Angry (1966); Lettre de Provins (1962); L’homme pressé (1977); L’humeur vagabonde (1971); Lignes de mire (1997); Lino, il n’était que lui-même (2012); L’inspecteur Leclerc enquête (1962–1963); L’invité (2016); L’invité du dimanche (1970); L’ombre au tableau (2021); Louis de Funès, l’homme qui a passé le mur du son (2013); Lundi en histoires (2015); Magic story (1962); Male Hunt (1964); Man in the Trunk (1973); Mardi cinema (1982); Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002); Micros et cameras (1968); Midi Trente (1972); Midi-Première (1975); Mireille Darc, la femme libre (2018); Monsieur (1964); Monsieur Cinéma (1968–1978); Mourir d’amour (1961); Ne m’oubliez pas: Hommage à Bernard Blier (1990); Ni figue ni raisin (1965); Ni vue ni connue (1997); Nulle part ailleurs (1995); Numéro un (1975–1981); O.K. patron (1974); Ombre et lumière (2001); On a tout essayé (2003–2007); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2003–2005); On n’est pas couché (2009–2011); ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision (2020); Paris aktuell (1968–1969); Pas sur la bouche (2011); Pena de muerte (1961); People in Luck (1963); Pierre Richard, l’art du déséquilibre (2005); Please, Not Now! (1961); Poivre et Sel in Numéro un (1978); Porte-bonheur (1984); Pour le cinéma (1974); Prigioniera di una vendetta (1993); Qui est-ce? (2010); Qui veut gagner des millions? (2009–2015); Rembob’Ina (2022); Reporters (1981); Réveillon chez Bob (1984); Sacrée soirée (1989–1992); Samedi soir (1971); Sapho (1997); Scénarios sur la drogue (2000); Si elle dit oui... je ne dis pas non (1983); Sidaction 2009 (2009); Someone Is Bleeding (1974); Squeak-squeak (1963); Stars 90 (1992); Studio Gabriel (1997); Summit (1968); Sur la route de Madison (2007); Système 2 (1975); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); T’empêches tout le monde de dormir (2007); Terre indigo (1996); The Blonde from Peking (1967); The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962); The Great Spy Chase (1964); The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Love Mates (1970); Thé ou café (2005–2014); The Pink Telephone (1975); The Probability Factor (1976); The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974); The Small Timers (1978); The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972); The Upper Hand (1966); Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969); Tilt (1967); To Kill a Cop (1981); Top à... (1973–1974); Tous à la une (1990); Tous les chats sont gris (1963); Trapped by Fear (1960); Troubleshooters (1971); Un jour, un destin (2011–2019); Variances (1969–1975); Vedro (2017); Ventura... dit Lino (1997); Vie privée, vie publique (2008); Virginie (1962); Vive le cinéma! (1973); Vivement dimanche (1999–2016); Vivement dimanche prochain (1998–2005); War Gods of Babylon (1962); Weekend (1967).

On this day in movie history - Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)

Las Vegas Shakedown

directed by Sidney Salkow,

written by Steve Fisher,

was released in the United States on May 15, 1955.

Music by Edward J. Kay.

Cast:

Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Patrick, Mary Beth Hughes, Elizabeth Patterson, James Millican, Robert Armstrong, Joe Downing, Lewis Martin, Mara McAfee, Charles Fredericks, Regina Gleason, Murray Alper, James Alexander, Frank Hanley, Allen Mathews, Sid Fields, Rory Mallinson, Matty Malneck, Eve Marley, Beverly Richards, Charles Sherlock, Paul Sorensen.

On this day in movie history - L'Avventura (1960)

 

L'Avventura

a.k.a.The Adventure

directed by Michelangelo Antonioni,

written by Michelangelo Antonioni, Elio Bartolini and Tonino Guerra,

based on a story by Michelangelo Antonioni,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15, 1960.

Music by Giovanni Fusco.

 
Cast:

Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci, James Addams, Dorothy De Poliolo, Lelio Luttazzi, Giovanni Petrucci, Esmeralda Ruspoli, Enrico Bologna, Franco Cimino, Giovanni Danesi, Rita Molè, Renato Pinciroli, Angela Tomasi di Lampedusa, Vincenzo Tranchina, Prof. Cucco, Jack O'Connell.

On this day in movie history - Day for Night (1973)

 

Day for Night

directed by François Truffaut,

written by François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman,

released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15, 1973.

Music by Georges Delerue.

Cast:

Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Nike Arrighi, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Seveno, David Markham, Bernard Menez, Gaston Joly, Zénaïde Rossi, Xavier Saint-Macary, Marc Boyle, Walter Bal, Jean-François Stévenin, Pierre Zucca, Martine Barraqué, Marcel Berbert, Yann Dedet, Georges Delerue, Graham Greene, Ernest Menzer, Claude Miller, Jean Panisse, Marie Poitevin, Christophe Vesque.

On this day in movie history - The Long Riders (1980)

The Long Riders

directed by Walter Hill,

written by Bill Bryden, Steven Phillip Smith, Stacy Keach, James Keach, Walter Hill,

released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15, 1980.

Music by Ry Cooder.

Cast:

David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, James Keach, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid, Kevin Brophy, Harry Carey Jr., Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest, Shelby Leverington, Felice Orlandi, Pamela Reed, James Remar, Fran Ryan, Savannah Smith Boucher, Amy Stryker, James Whitmore Jr., John Bottoms, West Buchanan, Edward Bunker, Martina Deignan, Allan Graf, Chris Mulkey, Thomas Myers, Marlise Karlin / Pieratt, Glenn Robards, Tim Rossovich, Lin Shaye, Gary Watkins, Peter Jason, Duke Stroud, Steve Chambers, William Traylor, J. Don Ferguson, Hugh McGraw, Prentiss Rowe, Stuart Mossman, Michael Lackey, Mitch Greenhill, Bill Bryson, Tom Sauber, Jimmy Medearis, Edgar McLeod, Luis Contreras, Kalen Keach, R.B. Thrift, Ry Cooder, George D. Miklos, Bill Rampley, Bill Willens.

On this day in movie history - Breaking Glass (1980)

Breaking Glass

directed and written by Brian Gibson,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15, 1980.

Music by Hazel O’Connor, Andy Duncan, Richard Ford, Wesley Magoogan, E.G. Roberts and Tony Visconti.

Featured songs: Eighth Day and Will You? by Hazel O’Connor.

Cast:

Phil Daniels, Hazel O’Connor, Jon Finch, Jonathan Pryce, Peter-Hugo Daly, Mark Wingett, Gary Tibbs, Charles Wegner, Mark Wing-Davey, Hugh Thomas, Derek Thompson, Nigel Humphreys, Ken Campbell, Lowri Ann Richards, Peter Tilbury, Patrick Murray, Richard Griffiths, Janine Duvitski, Vass Anderson, Jim Broadbent, Michael Kitchen, Jonathan Lynn, Peter Cellier, Richard Hope, Kenneth MacDonald, Gary Olsen, Gary Holton, Christopher Driscoll, G.B. Zoot Money, Harry Fielder, Darius Fisher, Jeremy Healy, James Irwin, James Little, Ralph G. Morse, Chris Parsons, Jonathan Ross, Peter Ross-Murray, Philip Sallon, Rat Scabies, Shrink, Pinkie Tessa, Fred Wood.

On this day in movie history - Bright Star (2009)

 

Bright Star

directed and written by Jane Campion,

based on the book Keats by Andrew Motion,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15, 2009.

Music by Mark Bradshaw.

 
Cast:

Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Kerry Fox, Edie Martin, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Claudie Blakley, Gerard Monaco, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Samuel Roukin, Amanda Hale, Lucinda Raikes, Samuel Barnett, Jonathan Aris, Olly Alexander, François Testory, Theresa Watson, Vincent Franklin, Eileen Davies, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Sally Reeve, Sebastian Armesto, Adrian Schiller, Alfred Harmsworth, Lucas Motion, Topper (the Cat), Amy Brown, Anthoula Drummond, Joyia Fitch, Will Garthwaite, Samuel Gaukroger, Guy Mannerings, Kerry Grace Morgan.

On this day in movie history - Rubber (2010)

 

Rubber

directed and written by Quentin Dupieux,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15, 2010.

Music by Gaspard Augé and Quentin Dupieux (credited as Mr. Oizo).

 

“Ladies, gentlemen, the film you are about to see today is an homage to the ‘no reason’ – that most powerful element of style.”
– Stephen Spinella, as Lieutenant Chad.

Cast:

Stephen Spinella, Jack Plotnick, Wings Hauser, Roxane Mesquida, Ethan Cohn, Charley Koontz, Daniel Quinn, Devin Brochu, Hayley Holmes, Haley Ramm, Cecelia Antoinette, David Bowe, Remy Thorne, Tara Jean O'Brien, Thomas F. Duffy, Pete Dicecco, James Parks, Courtenay Taylor, Blake Robbins, Michael Ross, Gaspard Augé, Pedro Winter, Gayle Kate, Eloy Lara, Robert the Tire.