On this day in movie history - Law of the Underworld (1938):

Law of the Underworld

directed by Lew Landers,

written by Bert Granet and Edmund L. Hartmann,

based on the story The Lost Game and the play Crime by John B. Hymer and Samuel Shipman,

was released in the United States on April 27, 1938.

Music by Nathaniel Shilkret and Roy Webb.

Cast:

Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli, Walter Abel, Richard Bond, Lee Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle, Frank M. Thomas, Eddie Acuff, Vinton Hayworth, Jack Carson, Paul Stanton, Joseph E. Bernard, Stanley Blystone, Richard Cramer, Bud Geary, Chuck Hamilton, Cecil Kellaway, Florence Lake, Richard Parker, George Shelley, Wyndham Standing, Larry Steers, Anthony Warde, Bryant Washburn.

Born on this day – Anne Shirley:

Anne Shirley

Actress

April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993

Credits:

4 Devils (1928); A Man to Remember (1938); A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935); Alice's Egg Plant (1925); All That Money Can Buy (1941); Anne of Green Gables (1934); Anne of Windy Poplars (1940); Bachelor Bait (1934); Bombardier (1943); Boy Slaves (1939); Career (1939); Chasing Yesterday (1935); Chatterbox (1936); City Girl (1930); Condemned Women (1938); Emma (1932); Finishing School (1934); Four Jacks and a Jill (1942); Girls' School (1938); Government Girl (1943); Gun Smoke (1931); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941); Hello Napoleon (1931); His Wooden Wedding (1925); Howdy Mate (1931); Lady Bodyguard (1943); Law of the Underworld (1938); Liliom (1930); Make Way for a Lady (1936); Man from Frisco (1944); Meet the Missus (1937); M'Liss (1936); Moonshine Valley (1922); Mother Carey's Chickens (1938); Mother Knows Best (1928); Murder, My Sweet (1944); Music in Manhattan (1944); Night Life (1927); Picture People No. 1: Stars in Defense (1941); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Rich Man's Folly (1931); Riders of the Purple Sage (1925); Saturday's Children (1940); School for Girls (1934); Sins of the Fathers (1928); So and Sew (1936); So Big! (1932); Sorority House (1939); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); Stella Dallas (1937); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Fast Set (1924); The Hidden Woman (1922); The History Chicks (2018); The Key (1934); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); The Man Who Fights Alone (1924); The Mayor of 44th Street (1942); The Powers Girl (1943); The Purchase Price (1932); The Rich Pup (1924); The Rustle of Silk (1923); The Spanish Dancer (1923); The World Is Ours (1938); This Side of Heaven (1934); Three on a Match (1932); Too Many Wives (1937); Unexpected Uncle (1941); Vigil in the Night (1940); West Point Widow (1941); Young America (1932).