Born on this day – Phil Rickman:

Phil Rickman

Writer

March 6, 1950 – October 29, 2024

Credits:

Books:
 

A Crown of Lights (2001); All of a Winter’s Night (2017); Candle Night (1991); Curfew / aka Crybbe (1993); December (1994); Friends of the Dusk (2015); Merrily’s Border (2018); Merrily’s Border: The Marches Share Their Secrets (2009); Midwinter of the Spirit (1999); Night After Night (2014); Oxcrimes (2014); Story Behind the Book: Volume 5 (2015); Suspense Magazine November 2013 (2013); The Bones of Avalon (2010); The Chalice (1997); The Cure of Souls (2001); The Echo of Crows (2025); The Fabric of Sin (2007); The Fever of the World (2022); The Heresy of Dr Dee (2012); The House of Susan Lulham (2015); The Lamp of the Wicked (2003); The Magus of Hay (2013); The Man in the Moss (1994); The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (2004); The Remains of an Altar (2006); The Secrets of Pain (2011); The Smile of a Ghost (2005); The Wine of Angels (1998); To Dream of the Dead (2008); Wine of Angels / Candlenight (2002).

 

Movies and television:

Midwinter of the Spirit (2015); Philosophy for Our Times (2018).

Born on this day – Alberta Watson:

 

Alberta Watson

Actress

March 6, 1955 – March 21, 2015

On this day in movie and book history - The Man from Texas and Missouri Legend

 

The Man from Texas

directed by Leigh Jason,

written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov,

based on the play and novel Missouri Legend by Elizabeth Beall Ginty,

inspired by the true Jesse James story,

was released in the United States on March 6, 1948.

Music by Earl Robinson.

 

Cast:

James Craig, Tobias Simms, Lynn Bari, Johnny Johnston, Una Merkel, Wallace Ford, Harry Davenport, Sara Allgood, Victor Cutler, Reed Hadley, Erville Alderson, Stanley Andrews, James Arness, Glen Arthur, Ray Bennett, Lane Bradford, Paul E. Burns, Bert Conway, Clancy Cooper, King Donovan, Eddie Dunn, Jim Farley, Dick Foote, Hope Landin, Lyle Latell, James Logan, Robert Malcolm, Suzanne O'Connor, Lee Roberts, Brick Sullivan, Charles Wagenheim, Guy Wilkerson, Hank Worden.

Recommended reading:

Missouri Legend
A Comedy in Three Acts

Play by E.B. Ginty (1938)

ASIN: B00085V4NE

Published by Random House.
Published 1938.
First Edition.
 
Description:
Inspired by the true Jesse James story.
Filmed as The Man from Texas (1948), directed by Leigh Jason.

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.