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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

On this day in movie history - Five Star Final (movie & play):


Five Star Final

directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
written by Byron Morgan, Robert Lord,
based on the play Five Star Final by Louis Weitzenkorn,
released in the United States on September 10, 1931.
Music by Leo F. Forbstein, Vitaphone Orchestra.

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell, George E. Stone, Frances Starr, Ona Munson, Boris Karloff, Aline MacMahon, Oscar Apfel, Purnell Pratt, Robert Elliott, James P. Burtis, Richard Carlyle, Frank Darien, James Donlan, Evelyn Hall, Gladys Lloyd, Arnold Lucy, Franklin Parker, William H. Strauss, David Torrence, Harold Waldridge, Polly Walters, Jack Wise.

Recommended reading:


Five Star Final

A Melodrama in Three Acts

Play by Louis Weitzenkorn.

Filmed as Five Star Final (1931), directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

ASIN: B000GDF9TI
Published by Samuel French.
First Edition.
Published 1931.
Hardcover.

Description:

Tabloid newspaper editor publishes a 20-year-old murder case to boost newspaper sales. A decision that leads to tragedy.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

On this day in movie history - Key Largo (1948):


Key Largo

directed by John Huston,
written by Richard Brooks and John Huston,
based on the play by Maxwell Anderson,
was released in the United States on July 16, 1948.
Music by Max Steiner.


Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor, Thomas Gomez, Harry Lewis, John Rodney, Marc Lawrence, Dan Seymour, Monte Blue, William Haade, Jay Silverheels, Rodd Redwing.

Thursday, July 3, 2025

On this day in movie history - Double Indemnity (1944):


Double Indemnity

directed by Billy Wilder,
written by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler,
based on the novel by James M. Cain,
was released in the United States on July 3, 1944.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.


Cast:

Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, John Philliber, Raymond Chandler, Bess Flowers, Betty Farrington, Teala Loring, Sam McDaniel, Miriam Nelson, Douglas Spencer.

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

On this day in movie history - Two Seconds (1932):


Two Seconds

directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
written by Harvey Thew,
based on the play by Elliott Lester,
was released in the United States on May 28, 1932.
Music by W. Franke Harling.


Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Vivienne Osborne, Guy Kibbee, Preston Foster, J. Carrol Naish, Frederick Burton, Harry Beresford, Dorothea Wolbert, Berton Churchill, William Janney, Edward McWade, Gladys Lloyd, Lew Brice, James P. Burtis, Jill Dennett, Adrienne Dore, Charles E. Evans, Helena Phillips Evans, June Gittelson, Otto Hoffman, Fred Howard, John Kelly, Matt McHugh, Franklin Parker, Sam Rice, Larry Steers, Luana Walters, Allen Wood, Harry Woods.