Born on this day – Alfred L. Werker:

Alfred L. Werker

Director

Producer

December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975

On this day in movie history - He Walked by Night (1948):

He Walked by Night

directed by Alfred L. Werker and Anthony Mann,

written by John C. Higgins and Crane Wilbur,

based on a story by Crane Wilbur,

was released in the United States on November 24, 1948.

Narrated by Reed Hadley.
Music by Leonid Raab.

Cast:

Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell, Jack Webb, Dorothy Adams, Jane Adams, Jack Bailey, Alma Beltran, Robert Bice, Frank Cady, Dolores Castelli, George Chan, Garrett Craig, John Dehner, Ann Doran, Rex Downing, Michael Dugan, Paul Fierro, Byron Foulger, Kay Garrett, George Goodman, Tim Graham, Kit Guard, Reed Hadley, Harry Harvey, Thomas Browne, Peter Hobbes, Virginia Hunter, Felice Ingersoll, Anthony Jochim, Stan Johnson, Louise Kane, Tommy Kelly, Donald Kerr, Charles Lang, Lyle Latell, Rory Mallinson, Doyle Manor, Dick Mason, Billy Mauch, John McGuire, Charles Meredith, Carlotta Monti, Bert Moorhouse, Howard Negley, James Nolan, John Parrish, Steve Pendleton, John Perri, Ruth Robinson, Paul Scardon, Harry Seymour, Earl Spainard, Florence Stephens, Bernie Suss, Kenneth Tobey, Wally Vernon, Harlan Warde, Mary Ware, Robert B. Williams, Harry Wilson, Marty Wynn.

On this day in movie history - News Is Made at Night (1939):

News Is Made at Night,

directed by Alfred L. Werker,

written by John Francis Larkin,

was released in the United States on July 12, 1939.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Behind the scenes photograph:

Cast:
Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Russell Gleason, George Barbier, Eddie Collins, Minor Watson, Charles Halton, Paul Harvey, Richard Lane, Charles Lane, Betty Compson, Paul Fix, Paul Guilfoyle, Ernie Alexander, Irving Bacon, Eugene Borden, Wade Boteler, Harold Goodwin, George Guhl, J. Anthony Hughes, William Irving, Robert Emmett Keane, Alberto Morin, James C. Morton, David Newell, Jack Norton, George O'Hara, Imboden Parrish, Arthur Rankin, Jack Richardson, Harry Strang, Billy Wayne.

On this day in movie history - Shock (1946):

Shock,

directed by Alfred L. Werker,

written by Eugene Ling and Martin Berkeley,

based on a story by Albert DeMond,

was released in the United States on January 10, 1946.
Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:
Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore, Anabel Shaw, Stephen Dunne, Reed Hadley, Renee Carson, Charles Trowbridge, Robert Adler, Margaret Brayton, Harry Carter, Ruth Clifford, John Davidson, Selmer Jackson, Ruth Nelson, Claire Richards, George E. Stone, Charles Tannen, Pierre Watkin, Cecil Weston, Mary Young.

On this day in movie history - City Girl (1938):

City Girl,

directed by Alfred L. Werker,

written by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris,

based on a story by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris,

was released in the United States on January 7, 1938.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Cast:
Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Robert Wilcox, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler, Esther Muir, Adrienne Ames, Carol Adams, Irving Bacon, Lynn Bari, Brooks Benedict, Wade Boteler, Lon Chaney Jr., Chick Collins, Heinie Conklin, Edgar Dearing, Ralph Dunn, Jack Gargan, Harold Goodwin, Eddie Hart, Milton Kibbee, Charles Lane, Robert Lowery, George Lynn, George Magrill, Marjorie Main, Eddie Marr, Patsy Mitchell, King Mojave, William Newell, Carroll Nye, Lee Phelps, George Reed, Cyril Ring, Gloria Roy, Lee Shumway, Paul Stanton, Richard Terry, Charles Trowbridge, Emmett Vogan, Ben Welden, Norman Willis, Harry Worth.