The Blue Angel (German: "Der blaue Engel" ) is a 1930 German tragicomedic film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich and Kurt Gerron.
 Written by Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmöller and Robert Liebmann – with uncredited contributions by Sternberg – it is based on Heinrich Mann's 1905 novel "Professor Unrat" ("Professor Garbage") and set in Weimar Germany.
 "The Blue Angel" presents the tragic transformation of a respectable professor to a cabaret clown and his descent into madness.
 The film is the first feature-length German full-talkie and brought Dietrich international fame.
 In addition, it introduced her signature song, Friedrich Hollaender and Robert Liebmann's "Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)".
 It is considered to be a classic of German cinema.
Fred Fleck (June 6, 1892 – November 9, 1961), also known as Fred A. Fleck, Frederick Fleck, or Freddie Fleck, was an American assistant director and production manager.
 Born in New York City on June 4, 1892, he broke into the film business as an assistant director on the 1928 silent film, "The Riding Renegade", directed by Wallace Fox.
 During his 30-year career, he would work on some notable films, with some notable directors.
 Some of those films include: the epic "Hell's Angels" (1930), directed by Howard Hughes; King Vidor's "Bird of Paradise" (1932); the Ginger Rogers' 1941 vehicle, Tom, Dick and Harry, directed by Garson Kanin; 1942's "The Magnificent Ambersons", directed by Orson Welles, and starring Joseph Cotten and Anne Baxter; "Born to be Bad" (1950), starring Joan Fontaine and Robert Ryan; and Josef von Sternberg's "Jet Pilot" (1957), starring John Wayne.
 Fleck was also one of the aerial cameramen on George Archainbaud's classic 1932 film, "The Lost Squadron".
Shanghai Express is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, and Warner Oland.
 It was written by Jules Furthman, based on a 1931 story by Harry Hervey.
 "Shanghai Express" was the fourth of seven films von Sternberg and Dietrich made together.
My Old Lady is a British–French–American comedy-drama film written and directed by Israel Horovitz in his feature directorial debut.
 He had previously directed "3 Weeks After Paradise", a 51-minute testimonial from 2002 about his family's experiences following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center.
 The film stars Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Dominique Pinon.
 It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American film noir directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, and Ona Munson.
 It is based on a Broadway play of the same name by John Colton, which was adapted for the screen by Sternberg and produced by Arnold Pressburger for United Artists.
 It was the last Hollywood film Sternberg ever completed (in 1951 he started directing "Macao", but was fired halfway through production by Howard Hughes, and the same thing happened with the 1957 "Jet Pilot").
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 is a 1982 American comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Israel Horovitz, and stars Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon and Tuesday Weld.
 The film which is loosely autobiographical, concerns a Broadway playwright who strives to solve his family and relationship troubles while trying to get a new play into production.
Israel Horovitz (born March 31, 1939) is an American playwright, director, and actor.
Pinjra (Marathi: पिंजरा ; "Cage"), is a 1972 Marathi film, directed by V. Shantaram, starring Shriram Lagoo and Sandhya in lead roles.
 In 1972, the film was also released in Hindi with the same title.
 Set in Tamasha folk musical theatre of Maharashtra, the film is about a morally righteousness school teacher, Lagoo, who wants to reform a Tamasha performer, played Sandhya, but ends up falling in love with her.
 It was an adaptation of Josef von Sternberg's German film, "The Blue Angel" ("Der Blaue Engel", 1930) starring Marlene Dietrich, which itself was based on Heinrich Mann's novel "Professor Unrat" ("Professor Garbage", 1905).
 The film is known for its music and dance numbers with music by Ram Kadam, and picturised on the lead actress Sandhya, known for her dancing prowess.
 It was also the film debut of noted theatre actor, Shriram Lagoo.
 The film was also remade by Shantaram in Hindi with same cast and title, even the songs like "Mala lagali kunachi uchaki", which were a big hit in Marathi version, were re-recorded in Hindi version.
Blonde Venus is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film starring Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, and Cary Grant.
 The movie was produced and directed for Paramount Pictures by Josef von Sternberg from a screenplay by Jules Furthman and S. K. Lauren adapted from a story by Furthman and von Sternberg.
 The original story "Mother Love" was written by Dietrich herself.
 The musical score was by W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Paul Marquardt and Oscar Potoker, with cinematography by Bert Glennon.
Love Simple is a 2009 romantic comedy film written and directed by Mark von Sternberg and starring Francisco Solorzano, Patrizia Hernandez, John Harlacher, Caitlin Fitzgerald and Israel Horovitz.

Question: Love Simple is a 2009 romantic comedy film written and directed by Mark von Sternberg and starring Israel Horovitz, an American playwright, director, and actor, born on which date?
Answer: March 31, 1939