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Monday, November 3, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Woman in the Window (movie & novel):


The Woman in the Window

directed by Fritz Lang,
written by Nunnally Johnson,
based on the novel Once Off Guard, by J. H. Wallis,
was released in the United States on November 3, 1944.
Music by Arthur Lange.


Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon, Dan Duryea, Thomas E. Jackson, Dorothy Peterson, Arthur Loft, Iris Adrian.

Recommended reading:


Once Off Guard

By J. H. Wallis.

Filmed as The Woman in the Window (1944), directed by Fritz Lang.

ASIN: B01AMRYE9S
Published by E.P. Dutton.
First Edition.
Published 1942.

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.