Born on this day – Sandy Baron:

 

Sandy Baron

Actor

Comedian

May 5, 1936 – January 21, 2001

Credits:

An Evening at the Improv (1981); Anatomy of a Seduction (1979); Birdy (1984); Broadway Danny Rose (1984); Cassie & Co. (1982); Celebrity Revue (1976); Crime Story (1986); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Della (1969–1970); Ed Sullivan's Comedy Legends (2022); FBI: The Untold Stories (1991); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Get the Message (1964); Girls in the Saddle (1969); Gypsy (1966–1967); Hey, Landlord (1966–1967); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1968); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); Ironside (1973); It Takes Two (1970); It's Your Bet (1970–1971); Juke Box Jury (1963); Law & Order (1991); Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste (1998); Leprechaun 2 (1994); Life Goes On (1992); Lonely Hearts (1991); Love, American Style / Love and the Guilty Conscience / Love and the Good Samaritan (1970–1971); Mission Kill (1985); Motorama (1991); Naked City (1962); Name Droppers (1969–1970); P.D.Q. (1967); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Police Story (1973); Sammy and Company (1976); Seinfeld (1991–1997); Seinfeld: Inside Look (2006–2007); Sid and Nancy (1986); Starsky and Hutch (1979); Straight Time (1978); Sweet November (1968); Targets (1968); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); That Was the Week That Was (1964); The Barbara McNair Show (1970–1971); The Comedy Shop (1978); The Dating Game (1969); The David Frost Show (1970–1972); The Dean Martin Summer Show (1967); The Ed Sullivan Show (1966); The Game Game (1969–1970); The Grifters (1990); The Hi-Lo Country (1998); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime);  (1966–1970); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The John Gary Show (1967); The Laughmakers (1962); The Match Game (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1975); The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (1996); The Munsters Today (1990–1991); The Out of Towners (1970); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Perils of P.K. (1986); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour (1970); The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour (1970); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1972); The Woody Woodbury Show (1967–1968); Today (1966); Tracey Takes On... (1996); Twilight Highway (1995); Vamp (1986); Walter & Emily (1992); What's My Line? (1973).

Born on this day – Roger Rees:

Roger Rees

Actor

Director

May 5, 1944 – July 10, 2015

Credits:

22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2016); 3 A.M. (2001); A Christmas Carol (1984); A Life in Suitcases (2005); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999); Affluenza (2014); Almost Perfect (2011); American Experience (2015); Anatomía Unplugged (2007); Angela Lansbury & Friends Benefiting Salute to Terrence McNally (2011); BBC Play of the Month (1979); BlackMale (2000); Boston Common (1997); Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976); Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992); Cheers (1989–1993); CNN Showbiz Today (1995); Crazy Like a Fox (2004); Damian Cromwell's Postcards from America (1997); Double Platinum (1999); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Elementary (2012–2014); Extreme Ghostbusters (1997); Falling for Grace (2006); Footsteps (1987); Forever (2015); Frida (2002); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1982); Game 6 (2005); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Gargoyles (1995); God's Outlaw (1986); Going Under (2004); Grey's Anatomy (2007); Happy Tears (2009); If Looks Could Kill (1991); Imaginary Friends (1982); It Could Be Worse (2013–2014); Law & Order (2003); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2009); Liberty! The American Revolution (1997); Loop Dreams: The Making of a Low-Budget Movie (2001); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1995); Macbeth (1979); Mighty Max (1994); Minty Comedic Arts (2021); Mountains of the Moon (1990); My So-Called Life (1994); Next (1990); Next Stop Wonderland (1998); Nicholas Craig, the Naked Actor (1990); Oz (2001 / 2002); P.J. Sparkles (1992); Phantom 2040 (1995); Playing Shakespeare (1982); Portraits in Dramatic Time (2011); Related (2005–2006); Return to Never Land (2002); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Russian Broadway Shut Down (2014); SAG Foundation Conversations (2012); Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983); Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom (1999); Singles (1988–1989); Sly (2023); Star 80 (1983); Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992); Submissions Only (2012); Sudden Manhattan (1996); Survivor (2015); Tales of the Unexpected (1984); Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988); The 49th Annual Tony Awards (1995); The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 70th Annual Tony Awards (2016); The 78th Annual Drama League Awards (2012); The Brand New Illustrated Journal of the Arts (1982); The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999); The Cleveland Show (2010); The Comedy of Errors (1978); The Crossing (2000); The Ebony Tower (1984); The Education of Max Bickford (2002); The Emperor's Club (2002); The English Programme (1980); The Finding (1987); The Good Wife (2010); The Invasion (2007); The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991–1993); The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982); The Middle (2013); The Narrows (2008); The New World (2005); The Pilgrims (2015); The Pink Panther (2006); The Place of Peace (1975); The Possession of Michael D. (1995); The Prestige (2006); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Scorpion King (2002); The Sonnets of William Shakespeare (1984); The Substance of Fire (1996); The Theatre Quiz (1981); The Three Sisters (1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1990–1991); The Tower (1993); The Treatment (2006); The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004); The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2004); The West Wing (2000–2005); The Young Riders (1990); Theater Talk (2012–2015); Three Sisters (2001); Titanic (1996); Trouble on the Corner (1997); Under Western Eyes (1975); Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994); Veritas: The Quest (2003); Warehouse 13 (2009–2013); Wogan (1988); Working in the Theatre (1995–1998); World of Robin Hood (2006).

Born on this day – Phillip Borsos:

 
Phillip Borsos

Director

Producer

Writer

May 5, 1953 – February 2, 1995

Credits:

Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990); Cooperage (1976); Do It with Joy (1977); Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995); Highway Heartbreaker (1992); Hollywood North (2003); Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (2003); Nails (1979); One Magic Christmas (1985); Spartree (1978); The Cider House Rules (1999); The Grey Fox (1982); The Mean Season (1985); The Night Before the Morning After (1980); The Shadow (1994); Tootsie (1982); Weird Science (1985); We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992).

On this day in movie history - Chasing Danger (1939)

 

Chasing Danger

directed by Ricardo Cortez,

written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan,

based on the story by Leonardo Bercovici,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1939.

Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Cast:

Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon, Joan Woodbury, Harold Huber, Jody Gilbert, Pedro de Cordoba, Stanley Fields, Roy D'Arcy, Carol Adams, Richard Alexander, Sam Ash, Eugene Borden, Egon Brecher, Don Brodie, Charles Brokaw, Harry Burns, Gino Corrado, Jean De Briac, Jimmie Dundee, Art Dupuis, Constant Franke, Robert Graves, Jamiel Hasson, Armand Kaliz, Arthur Loft, George Magrill, Francis McDonald, Louis Mercier, Tony Merlo, Leonard Mudie, Ruth Peterson, Arthur Rankin, Georges Renavent, Dick Rich, Jack Stoney, Paul Sutton, Harland Tucker, Michael Visaroff, Harry Worth.

On this day in movie history - Alphaville (1965)

Alphaville

a.k.a. Alphaville: A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution,

directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard,

was released in France on May 5, 1965.

Music by Paul Misraki.

Cast:

Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Valérie Boisgel, Jean-Louis Comolli, Michel Delahaye, Jean-André Fieschi, Christa Lang, Jean-Pierre Léaud, László Szabó, Howard Vernon. 

On this day in movie and book history - Field of Dreams (1989) and Shoeless Joe (1989)

Field of Dreams

directed and written by Phil Alden Robinson,

based on the novel Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1989.

Music by James Horner.

Cast:

Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Frank Whaley, Dwier Brown, James Andelin, Mary Anne Kean, Fern Persons, Kelly Coffield Park, Michael Milhoan, Steve Eastin, Charles Hoyes, Art LaFleur, Lee Garlington, Mike Nussbaum, Larry Brandenburg, Mary McDonald Gershon, Robert Kurcz, Don John Ross, Beatrice Fredman, Geoffrey Nauffts, Anne Seymour, C. George Biasi, Howard Sherf, Joseph R. Ryan, Joe Glasberg, Mark Danker, Frank Dardis, Jim Doty, Mike Goad, Jay Hemond, Mike Hodge, Steve Jenkins, Terry Kelleher, Ron Lucas, Fred Martin, Curt McWilliams, Jude Milbert, Steve Olberding, Gene Potts, James Roth, Paul Scherrman, Dale Till, Brian Waldvogel, Brian E. Frankish, Jeffrey Neal Silverman, Ed Harris, Ben Affleck, Don Alliss, Matt Damon, Robin Eddins, Stephen Emirzian, Kevin Fennessy, Dan Rohner, Mark Vafiades.

Recommended reading:

Shoeless Joe

by W.P. Kinsella.

Filmed as Field of Dreams (1989), directed by Phil Alden Robinson.

Published by Mariner Books Classics.

First published 1982.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0395957737

ISBN-13: 978-0395957738

Description:

“A moonlit novel about baseball, dreams, family, the land, and literature." – Sports Illustrated.

“If you build it, he will come.” These mysterious words, spoken by an Iowa baseball announcer, inspire Ray Kinsella to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield in honor of his hero, the baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson. What follows is both a rich, nostalgic look at one of our most cherished national pastimes and a remarkable story about fathers and sons, love and family, and the inimitable joy of finding your way home.

On this day in movie history - Anne Frank Remembered (1995)

Anne Frank Remembered

directed and written by Jon Blair,

based on the diary of Anne Frank,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1995.

Music by Carl Davis.

Narrated by Kenneth Branagh.

 

Cast:

Isa Baschwitz, Mary Bos, Kenneth Branagh, Janny Brandes-Brilslijper, Glenn Close, Rose De Liema, Sal De Liema, Buddy Elias, Bloeme Evers, Alice Frank, Anne Frank, Helene Frank, Margot Frank, Otto Frank, Robert Frank, Miep Gies, Kitty Gokkel-Egyedi, Hanneli Goslar, Abraham Holländer, Charlotte Kaletta, Juultje Ketellapper, Nelson Mandela, Frieda Menco, Laureen Nussbaum, Peter Pepper, Werner Peter Pfeffer, Hannah Pick-Goslar, Joely Richardson, Rosa Stern, Rie Swillens, Rachel Van Amerongen-Frankfoorder, Henk van Beersekamp, Martha van den Berg, Lucie van Dijk, Jacqueline van Maarsen, Elisabeth van Wijk-Voskuijl, Hans Wijnberg, Edith Frank, Jan Gies, Johannes Kleiman, Victor Kugler, Fritz Pfeffer, Auguste van Pels, Herman van Pels, Peter van Pels.