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 - 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.

Born on this day – Mireille Darc:

 

Actress

Director

May 15, 1938 – August 28, 2017

Born on this day – 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 – 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 – Doris Dowling:

 

Actress

May 15, 1923 – June 18, 2004

Born on this day – William Witney:

 

Director

May 15, 1915 – March 17, 2002