Born on this day – Bela Lugosi:

Bela Lugosi

Actor

October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956

On this day in movie history - Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959):

Plan 9 from Outer Space,

directed and written by Ed Wood,

was released in the United States on July 22, 1959.
Narrated by Criswell.
Music compiled by Gordon Zahler.

Cast:
Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore, Tom Keene, Carl Anthony, Paul Marco, Tor Johnson, Dudley Manlove, Joanna Lee, John Breckinridge, Lyle Talbot, David De Mering, Norma McCarty, Bill Ash, Lynn Lemon, Ben Frommer, Gloria Dea, Conrad Brooks, Maila Nurmi / Vampira, Bela Lugosi, Criswell, Donald A. Davis, Johnny Duncan, Karl Johnson, Tom Mason, J. Edward Reynolds, Pauline Reynolds, Clay Stone, Hugh Thomas Jr., Edward D. Wood Jr.

On this day in movie history - The Black Cat (1934):

The Black Cat,

directed by Edgar G. Ulmer,

written by Eve Greene and Richard Macaulay,

based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released in the United States on May 3, 1934.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Egon Brecher, Harry Cording, Lucille Lund, Henry Armetta, Albert Conti, Virginia Ainsworth, Luis Alberni, King Baggot, Herman Bing, Symona Boniface, John Carradine, André Cheron, George Davis, Andy Devine, Anna Duncan, John George, Rodney Hildebrand, Lois January, Ula Love, Michael Mark, Tony Marlow, Alphonse Martell, Paul Panzer, Albert Pollet, Peggy Terry, Harry Walker, Paul Weigel.