Sunday, March 31, 2024

On this day in movie history - W. C. Fields and Me (1976)


W. C. Fields and Me

directed by Arthur Hiller,

written by Bob Merrill,

based on the book by Carlotta Monti and Cy Rice,

was released in the United States on March 31, 1976.

Music by Henry Mancini.

Cast:
Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley, Jack Cassidy, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar, Paul Stewart, Billy Barty, Allan Arbus, Milt Kamen, Louis Zorich, Andrew Parks, Linda Purl, Selma Archerd, Paul Barselou, John Bleifer, Buff Brady, Donald Briggs, Mathilda Calnan, Frank De Vol, Eddie Firestone, Jacques Foti, John Furlong, Jack Griffin, Bob Harks, Crane Jackson, Jimmy Joyce, George Loros, Patch Mackenzie, Paul Mantee, Mary McLain, Victor Millan, Carlotta Monti, Judith Novgrod, Gerald Peters, Leoda Richards, Hank Rolike, Clay Tanner, Elizabeth Thompson, Kenneth Tobey, William Wintersole, Steffen Zacharias, Bill Zuckert.

On this day in movie history - Police Python 357 (1976)


Police Python 357
a.k.a. The Case Against Ferro

directed by Alain Corneau,

written by Alain Corneau and Daniel Boulanger,

based on the novel The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing,

was released in France on March 31, 1976.

Music by Georges Delerue.


Cast:
Yves Montand, François Périer, Simone Signoret, Stefania Sandrelli, Mathieu
Carrière, Vadim Glowna, Claude Bertrand, Gabriel Doulcet, Alice Reichen, Tony Rödel, Georges-Fréderic Dehlen, Serge Marquand, Stéphane Macha, Roger Muni, Malvina Penne, Michel Ruhl, Franz Sauer, Daniel Breton.

On this day in movie history - Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960)


Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

directed by Charles Walters,

written by Isobel Lennart,

based on the novel by Jean Kerr,

was released in the United States on March 31, 1960.

Music by David Rose.

Cast:
Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, Jack Weston, John Harding, Margaret Lindsay, Carmen Phillips, Mary Patton, Charles Herbert, Stanley Livingston, Flip Mark, Baby Gellert.

On this day in movie history - The Harder They Fall (1956)


The Harder They Fall

directed by Mark Robson,

written by Philip Yordan,

based on the novel by Budd Schulberg,

was released in the United States on March 31, 1956.

Music by Hugo Friedhofer.


Cast:
Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Max Baer, Jersey Joe Walcott, Edward Andrews, Harold J. Stone, Carlos Montalbán, Luís Agrandi, Nehemiah Persoff, Felice Orlandi, Herbie Faye, Rusty Lane, Jack Albertson.

Born on this day – Arthur B. Rubinstein:

 

Composer

March 31, 1938 – April 23, 2018


Credits:
60 Minutes / Rubinstein (1975); ABC Weekend Specials (1978); Addie and the King of Hearts (1976); All the Way Home (1971); Amazing Stories (1985); Another Stakeout (1993); Aunt Mary (1979); Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991); Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989); Beat the Clock (1979); Biography (1987); Blue Thunder (1983); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1983); Bulba (1981); Caught in the Act (1993); Chinese Puzzle (2013); Crazy from the Heart (1991); Crazy Like a Fox (1984); Dead Man's Island (1996); Deal of the Century (1983); Defense Play (1988); Demolition (2015); Doing Life (1986); Double Jeopardy (1996); Doubletake (1985); Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (1992); Eastwood on Eastwood (1997); Face Value (2001); Fake-Out (1982); Fame (1978); Fatal Friendship (1991); Floating Away (1998); Flying High (1978–1979); Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend (1989); reat Performances (1974–1975); Gridlock (1980); Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981–1982); Hart to Hart Returns (1993); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994); Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die (1994); Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (1995); Harvey (1972); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Impromptu (2013); Incident at Crestridge (1981); Indiscreet (1988); Inherit the Wind (1988); Internal Affairs (1988); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971); Janek: The Silent Betrayal (1994); Johnny Staccato (1989); Las noches de Tefía (2023); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016); Le gendarme de Abobo (2019); Les audacieux (1993); Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991); Look Homeward, Angel (1972); Lost in America (1985); Love Among Thieves (1987); Murder Among Friends (1985); Murder in Black and White (1990); Murder in Space (1985); Murder Times Seven (1990); Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to (1990); Nick of Time (1995); Nightmare at Bittercreek (1988); Not Just Another Affair (1982); On the Right Track (1981); Once Upon a Texas Train (1988); Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger (1980); Portrait of a Stripper (1979); Pride (2014); Radio Days (1987); Return Engagement (1978); Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' (2006); Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (1981); Roses Are for the Rich (1987); Sawyer and Finn (1983); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1986); Secrets (1992); Sherlock Holmes (1981); Shirley (1979); Shooting War: World War II Combat Cameramen (2000); Sins of the Past (1984); Skeezer (1982); Sledge Hammer! (1986); Small World (1958); Stakeout (1987); Superintelligence (2020); Taxi!! (1978); The Best of Times (1986); The Betty Ford Story (1987); The Cartier Affair (1984); The David Frost Show (1970); The Death of Maranzano (2013); The Easter Promise (1975); The Great Bank Hoax (1977); The Great Ships (1996–1999); The Hard Way (1991); The Heist (1989); The Hollywood Detective (1989); The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972); The Last Debate (2000); The Love Boat (1977–1978); The Man in the Brown Suit (1989); The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973); The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973); The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh (1973); The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002); The Parade (1984); The Phoenix (1981–1982); The Plucky Duck Show (1992); The Price (1971); The Prince of Central Park (1977); The Princess Stallion (1997); The Red Hand Gang (1977); The Ruby Ring (1997); The Simpsons (1990); The Spanish Apartment (2002); The Special: Building Blue Thunder (2006); The Starlost (1974); The Streets of Beverly Hills (1992); The Thanksgiving Treasure (1973); The Wizard (1986–1987); Tiny Toon Adventures (1990); Unconquered (1989); WarGames (1983); When No One Would Listen (1992); Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988); Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981); You Can't Take It with You (1979).