On this day in movie history - 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2012)

4:44 Last Day on Earth

directed and written by Abel Ferrara,

was released in the United States on March 23, 2012.

Music by Francis Kuipers.

Cast:

Shanyn Leigh, Willem Dafoe, Tony Redman, Pat Kiernan, Francis Kuipers, Selena Mars, Justin Restivo, Bojana Vasik, Trung Nguyen, Triana Jackson, Dierdra McDowell, Natasha Lyonne, Anita Pallenberg, Paul Hipp, José Solano, Judith Salazar, Paz de la Huerta, Frank Aquilino, Maria Schirripa, Muriel Sprissler Dafoe, Nicholas Deceolia, The Dalai Lama, Al Gore, Anthony Perullo, Charlie Rose, Tyler Stone, Thomas Michael Sullivan, Nicola Tranquillino.

On this day in movie history - Forbidden Planet (1956)

Forbidden Planet

directed by Fred M. Wilcox,

written by Cyril Hume,

based on a story by Irving Block and Allen Adler,

was released in the United States on March 23, 1956.

Inspired by The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

Narrated by Les Tremayne.

Music by Bebe Barron and Louis Barron.

Cast:

Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman, George D. Wallace, Robert Dix, Jimmy Thompson, James Drury, Harry Harvey Jr., Roger McGee, Peter Miller, Morgan Jones, Richard Grant, Robby the Robot, James Best, William Boyett, Frankie Darro, Marvin Miller, Les Tremayne.

Born on this day – Winston Groom:

 

Writer

March 23, 1943 – September 17, 2020

Credits:

1942 (2005); A Storm in Flanders (2002); Alabama Noir (2020); As Summer Dies (1980); Better Times Than These (1978); Conversations With the Enemy (1983); Don't Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs They Quit (2010); El Paso (2016); Forrest Gump (1986); Gone the Sun (1996); Gump & Co. (1995); Gumpisms (1994); Kearny's March (2011); Only (1984); Patriotic Fire (2006); Ronald Reagan Our 40th President (2012); Shiloh, 1862 (2012); Shrouds of Glory (1995); Stories from the Blue Moon Café (2002); Such a Pretty, Pretty Girl (1997); The Allies (2018); The Aviators (2013); The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Cookbook (1994); The Crimson Tide (2000); The Generals (2015); The Patriots (2020); Vicksburg, 1863 (2009).

Born on this day – Tony Burton:

 

Actor

March 23, 1937 – February 25, 2016

Credits:

Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago - The Ultimate Director's Cut (2021); Biography (2011); The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance (2011); Hack! (2007); Rocky Balboa (2007); Rocky Balboa (2006); Assault on Precinct 13 (2005); Exorcism (2003); Shade (2003); The Lot (2001); Knockout (2000); The Magnificent Seven (1998); Farticus (1997); Chicago Hope (1996); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996); Black Rose of Harlem (1996); NYPD Blue (1996); Flipping (1996); Fatal Choice (1995); Cyber-Tracker 2 (1995); Private Obsession (1995); Renegade (1993); The Bulkin Trail (1992); Mission of Justice (1992); Hook (1991); Life Goes On (1991); House Party 2 (1991); The New Adam-12 (1990); Twin Peaks (1991); Rocky V (1990); Over My Dead Body (1990); Equal Justice (1990); Side Out (1990); A Different World (1990); In the Heat of the Night (1990); Amen (1989); Police Story: Cop Killer (1988); Frank's Place (1987–1988); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Magical World of Disney (1987); On Fire (1987); Oceans of Fire (1986); Armed and Dangerous (1986); The Paper Chase (1986); The Fall Guy (1982–1986); Airwolf (1986); James Brown: Living in America (1985); Rocky IV (1985); Beyond Reason (1985); Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story (1985); Moonlighting (1985); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); The A-Team (1984); Happy (1983); The Toy (1982); T.J. Hooker (1982); Rocky III (1982); Bret Maverick (1982); Quincy M.E. (1981); CHiPs (1981); The Greatest American Hero (1981); Fitz and Bones (1981); Inside Moves (1980); Stir Crazy (1980); Scared Straight! Another Story (1980); The Hunter (1980); The Shining (1980); White Mama (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Skag (1980); Rocky II (1979); The Incredible Hulk (1979); Blackjack (1978); CPO Sharkey (1978); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); Heroes (1977); The Rockford Files (1977); Kill Me If You Can (1977); Ransom for Alice! (1977); Sanford and Son (1977); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); Switch (1977); Gibbsville (1976); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); Gemini Man (1976); Rocky (1976); Good Times (1976); Johnny Staccato (1976); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976); Trackdown (1976); Future Cop (1976); The River Niger (1976); Harry O (1976); Baretta (1975); The Invisible Man (1975); Kojak (1974); The Black Godfather (1974); The Red Skelton Hour (1969).

Born on this day – Erich Fromm:

 

Psychologist

Writer

March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980

Born on this day – Madison Cawein:

 

Writer

March 23, 1865 – December 8, 1914

Credits:

A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems (1902); Accolon of Gaul (1889); Blooms of the Berry (1887); Christmas Rose and Leaf (1913); Days and Dreams (1891); Idyllic Monologues (1898); Intimations of the Beautiful (1894); Kentucky Poems (1902); Let Us Do the Best We Can (1909); Library of Southern Literature (1907); Lyrics and Idyls (1890); Minions of the Moon (1913); Modern American Poetry: A Critical Anthology, 4th revised edition (1930); Moods and Memories (1892); Myth and Romance (1899); Nature-Notes and Impressions (1906); New Poems (1909); One Day & Another (1901); Poems by Madison Cawein (1911); Poems of Nature and Love (1893); Red Leaves and Roses (1893); Shapes and Shadows (1898); So Many Ways (1911); The Cup of Comus (1915); The Days of Used to Be (1913); The Garden of Dreams (1896); The Giant and the Star (1909); The Message of the Lilies (1913); The Poems of Madison Cawein. Volumes 1–5 (1907); The Poet and Nature and the Morning Road (1914); The Poet, the Fool and the Faeries (1912); The Republic, A Little Book of Homespun Verse (1913); The Shadow Garden (A Phantasy);  and Other Plays (1910); The Triumph of Music and Other Lyrics (1888); The Vale of Tempe (1905); The White Snake and Other Poems (1895); Undertones (1896); Weeds by the Wall (1901); Whatever the Path (1913).

Voltaire, on writing:

 

Writing is the painting of the voice.

- Voltaire.