On this day in movie history - The Shadow on the Window (1957)

 

The Shadow on the Window

directed by William Asher,

written by Leo Townsend and David P. Harmon,

was released in the United States on March 6, 1957.

Based on the story Missing Witness by John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins, published in Cosmopolitan (1954).

Music by George Duning.

Cast:

Philip Carey, Betty Garrett, John Drew Barrymore, Corey Allen, Gerald Sarracini, Jerry Mathers, Sam Gilman, Rusty Lane, Ainslie Pryor, Paul Picerni, William Leslie, Doreen Woodbury, Ellie Kent.

On this day in movie history - Lethal Weapon (1987)

Lethal Weapon

directed by Richard Donner,

written by Shane Black and Jeffrey Boam,

was released in the United States on March 6, 1987.

Music by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton.

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe, Jackie Swanson, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, Bill Kalmenson, Lycia Naff, Patrick Cameron, Don Gordon, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Jason Ronard, Blackie Dammett, Gail Bowman, Robert Fol, Selma Archerd, Richard B. Whitaker, Mary Ellen Trainor, Steve Kahan, Jack Thibeau, Grand L. Bush, Ed O'Ross, Gustav Vintas, Paul Tuerpe, Chad Hayes, Chris D. Jardins, Sven-Ole Thorsen, PeterDuPont, Gilles Kohler, Cedric Adams, Jim J. Poslof, Al Leong, Michael Shaner, Natalie Zimmerman, Deborah Dismukes, Cheryl Baker, Terri Lynn Doss, Sharon K. Brecke, Donald Gooden, Alphonse Philippe Mouzon, Shaun Hunter, Everitt Wayne Collins Jr., Lenny Juliano, Henry Brown, Brian Strohm, Teresa Kadotani, Frank Reinhard, John O'Neill, Tom Noga, Burbank (the Cat), Sam (the Dog), Larry Clardy, Renée Estevez, Bob Harks, Kathleen Harrison, Conrad Hurtt, Danny Nero, Mic Rodgers, Joan Severance, Alastair Sim, Chris Tashima, Norman D. Wilson.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Voluntary Surrender.

Released March 6, 1959.

Directed by Virgil W. Vogel.

Written by Joel Murcott.

Music by Sonny Burke.

 
Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Bert Remsen, Mary Adams, Mary Treen, Paul Dubov, Virginia Lee, Hal Baylor, Constance Cameron.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1977)

Space 1999
Season 2. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: The Immunity Syndrome.

Released March 6, 1977.

Directed by Bob Brooks.

Written by Johnny Byrne.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, Nadim Sawalha, Karl Held, Sam Dastor, John Hug, Hal Galili, Alibe Parsons, Walter McMonagle, Roy Boyd, Jenny Cresswell, Harry Fielder, Jack Klaff, Quentin Pierre, Robert Reeves.

On this day in television history - Justified (2012)

Justified
Season 3. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Watching the Detectives.

Released March 6, 2012.

Directed by Peter Werner.

Written by Graham Yost, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Ingrid Escajeda, Ryan Farley and Jon Worley.

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, Mykelti Williamson, Jere Burns, David Andrews, Rick Gomez, Max Perlich, William Ragsdale, Stephen Root, Stephen Tobolowsky, Stoney Westmoreland, Tim DeZarn, Demetrius Grosse, Cleavon McClendon, Neal McDonough, David Atkinson, Elena Evangelo, Lynda Kay Parker, Jonathan Kowalsky, William Gregory Lee, Brendan McCarthy, Joe Stevens, Allen Eckhouse.

On this day in music history: Baby Blue by Badfinger, Tri-State by Above & Beyond, Beyond the Horizon by Lauren Scott

Baby Blue by Badfinger (1972)

Tri-State by Above & Beyond (2006)

Beyond the Horizon by Lauren Scott (2020)

 

Baby Blue

Song by Badfinger,

released March 6, 1972.

Since learning the band and bandmates' journey, after their most famous songs were released, hearing the song makes me sad, but I am also so thankful that Baby Blue, Without You, Day After Day, No Matter What, Come and Get It, and others are forever ours as reminders of great songwriters and songwriting from years past.

Tri-State

Album by Above & Beyond,

released March 6, 2006.

Track list: Tri State; Stealing Time; World on Fire; Liquid Love; In the Past; Alone Tonight; Good for Me.

Beyond the Horizon

Album by Lauren Scott,

released March 6, 2020.

Track list: Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 2: Free Running; Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 2: Blue Moon Rising; Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 1: First Flight of Spring; For Mattia; New Shoots – Old Roots: Away for a While; Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 2: Gypsy Dance; In a Landscape; The Yellow Cake Review: Farewell To Stromness (arr. for lever harp by Lauren Scott); Beyond the Horizon; Celestial Spirals; Across the Universe (arr. for lever harp by Lauren Scott); Adventures for Lever Harp: Crepuscule.

Raymond Chandler, on writing:

The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.

- Raymond Chandler.