Born on this day – Frank McDonald:

Frank McDonald

Director

Actor

November 9, 1899 – March 8, 1980

Credits:

Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951); Alaska Highway (1943); Along the Navajo Trail (1945); Annie Oakley (1954); Arkansas Judge (1941); Bells of Rosarita (1945); Blondes at Work (1938); Border City Rustlers (1953); Boulder Dam (1936); Broadside (1964); Broadway Hostess (1935); Broken Arrow (1957); Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955); Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947); Call of the Klondike (1950); Carolina Moon (1940); Dance Charlie Dance (1937); Death Valley Days (1962); First Offenders (1939); Flipper (1964); Four Star Playhouse (1954); French Leave (1948); Gaucho Serenade (1940); Get Smart (1965); Gun Smugglers (1948); Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963); Her Husband's Secretary (1937); High Explosive (1943); Hit Parade of 1947 (1947); Isle of Fury (1936); Jeepers Creepers (1939); Le imprese di una spada leggendaria (1958); Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944); Man Against Crime (1953); Man from Oklahoma (1945); Mantelli e spade insanguinate (1959); Mara of the Wilderness (1965); Marshals in Disguise (1954); McHale's Navy (1964); Midnight Court (1937); Mountain Rhythm (1943); Murder by an Aristocrat (1936); National Velvet (1961); No Hands on the Clock (1941); Northwest Territory (1951); O, My Darling Clementine (1943); One Body Too Many (1944); Outlaw's Son (1954); Over the Wall (1938); Passport to Danger (1956); Phantom Trails (1955); Pony Express (1959); Racket Squad (1953); Rainbow Over Texas (1946); Rancho Grande (1940); Raymie (1960); Ringside (1949); Scared Stiff (1945); Sea Tiger (1952); Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953); Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955); Six Gun Decision (1953); Snow Dog (1950); Son of Belle Starr (1953); Submarine Alert (1943); Take It Big (1944); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1957); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Texans Never Cry (1951); The Adventures of McGraw (1958); The Big Noise (1936); The Big Tip Off (1955); The Chicago Kid (1945); The Forsaken Westerns (2017); The Gene Autry Show (1950); The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon (1952); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Hunter (1954); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955); The Matchmaking Marshal (1955); The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936); The Old Homestead (1942); The Purple Gang (1959); The Range Rider (1951); The Song of a Nation (1936); The Survivors (1969); The Tall Man (1962); The Three Musketeers (1956); The Titled Tenderfoot (1955); The Underwater City (1962); The Whistler (1954); Thunder Pass (1954); Timber Country Trouble (1955); Timber Queen (1944); Treachery Rides the Range (1936); Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955); Trouble on the Trail (1954); Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947); Two Gun Marshal (1953); Under Fiesta Stars (1941); Under Nevada Skies (1946); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); When a Girl's Beautiful (1947); Wrecking Crew (1942); Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994); Yukon Gold (1952); Yukon Manhunt (1951).

On this day in movie history – The Purple Gang (1959):

The Purple Gang (1959)

directed by Frank McDonald,

written by Jack DeWitt,

was released in the United States on January 5, 1960.
Music by Paul Dunlap.

Cast:

Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake, Elaine Edwards, Marc Cavell, Jody Lawrance, Suzanne Ridgway, Joe Turkel, Victor Creatore, Paul Dubov, Ray Boyle, Kathleen Lockhart, Nestor Paiva, Lou Krugman, Robert Anderson, Mauritz Hugo, James Roosevelt.