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Saturday, May 4, 2024

On this day in movie history - Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982):


Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid,
directed by Carl Reiner,
written by Carl Reiner, George Gipe and Steve Martin,
was released in the United States on May 4, 1982.
Music by Miklós Rózsa and Steve Goodman.


Cast:
Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Veronica Lake, Bette Davis, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Kirk Douglas, Fred MacMurray, James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Reni Santoni, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price, George Gaynes, Francis X. McCarthy, Adrian Ricard, Charlie Picerni, Gene LeBell, George Sawaya, Britt Nilsson, Jean Beaudine, John Easton Stuart, Ronald Spivey, Bob Hevelone, Dieter Curt, Phillip Kearns, Kent Deigaard, Eugene Brezany, Brad Baird, William Conrad, Charles McGraw, Jeff Corey, John Miljan, Brian Donlevy, Norma Varden, Edmond O'Brien, Wally Brown, David LeBell, Cheryl Smith.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

On this day in movie history - This Gun for Hire (1942):


This Gun for Hire,
directed by Frank Tuttle,
written by Albert Maltz and W.R. Burnett,
based on the novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene,
was released in the United States on April 24, 1942.
Music by David Buttolph.


Cast:
Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Olin Howland, Roger Imhof, Pamela Blake, Frank Ferguson, Victor Kilian, Patricia Farr, Harry Shannon, Charles C. Wilson, Mikhail Rasumny, Bernadene Hayes, Mary Davenport, Chester Clute, Charles Arnt, Earle S. Dewey, Clem Bevans, Lynda Grey, Virita Campbell.

Thursday, April 18, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Blue Dahlia (1946):


The Blue Dahlia,
directed by George Marshall,
written by Raymond Chandler,
was released in the United States on April 18, 1946.
Music by Victor Young.


Cast:
Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Hugh Beaumont, Tom Powers, Howard Freeman, Don Costello, Will Wright, Frank Faylen, Walter Sande, Mae Busch, Anthony Caruso, Noel Neill.