Showing posts with label Fritz Lang. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fritz Lang. Show all posts

Sunday, November 3, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Woman in the Window (1944):


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.

Monday, October 14, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Big Heat (1953):


The Big Heat

directed by Fritz Lang,
written by Sydney Boehm,
based on the novel by William P. McGivern,
and the serial that ran in the Saturday Evening Post,
was released in the United States on October 14, 1953.
Music by Henry Vars.


Cast:

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, Dorothy Green.

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

On this day in movie history - Human Desire (1954):


Human Desire,
directed by Fritz Lang,
written by Alfred Hayes,
based on the novel La Bête humaine by Émile Zola,
was released in the United States on August 6, 1954.


Cast:
Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Case, Peggy Maley, Diane DeLaire, Grandon Rhodes, Benjie Bancroft, Paul Brinegar, Minta Durfee, Jean Engstrom, Victor Hugo Greene, Don C. Harvey, Carl Lee, John Maxwell, John Pickard, Dan Riss, Scott Seaton, Allen D. Sewall, Dan Seymour, Olan Soule, Hal Taggart, John Zaremba.

Thursday, May 30, 2024

On this day in movie history - While the City Sleeps (1956):


While the City Sleeps,
directed by Fritz Lang,
written by Casey Robinson,
based on the novel The Bloody Spur by Charles Einstein,
was released in France on May 30, 1956.
Inspired by the true 1946 case the Chicago serial killer William Heirens.
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.


Cast:
Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Howard Duff, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, John Drew Barrymore, James Craig, Ida Lupino, Robert Warwick, Mae Marsh, Ralph Peters, Sandra White, Larry J. Blake, Celia Lovsky, Ed Hinton, Pitt Herbert, Vladimir Sokoloff, David Andrews, Eddie Baker, Ralph Brooks, Leonard Carey, Russell Custer, John Damler, Sayre Dearing, George DeNormand, Joe Devlin, Sam Finn, Mike Lally, Andrew Lupino, Ralph Manza, Mickey Martin, Joey Ray, Cosmo Sardo, Charles Sherlock, Olan Soule, Bert Stevens, Carleton Young.

Thursday, March 28, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Blue Gardenia (1953):


The Blue Gardenia,
directed by Fritz Lang,
written by Charles Hoffman,
based on the novella The Gardenia by Vera Caspary,
was released in the United States on March 28, 1953.
Music by Raoul Kraushaar.


Cast:
Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell, Richard Erdman, George Reeves, Ruth Storey, Ray Walker, Nat King Cole, Dolores Fuller.

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

On this day in movie history - Metropolis (1927):


Metropolis,
directed by Fritz Lang,
written by Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang,
based on the novel by Thea von Harbou,
was released in Germany on January 10, 1927.
Music by Gottfried Huppertz.


Cast:
Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp, Theodor Loos, Erwin Biswanger, Heinrich George, Brigitte Helm, Fritz Alberti, Grete Berger, Olly Boeheim, Max Dietze, Ellen Frey, Beatrice Garga, Heinrich Gotho, Dolly Grey, Anny Hintze, Gottfried Huppertz, Georg John, Walter Kuehle, Vera Kálmán, Margarete Lanner, Rose Lichtenstein, Hanns Leo Reich, Arthur Reinhardt, Curt Siodmak, Henrietta Siodmak, Olaf Storm, Erwin Vater, Rolf von Goth, Helen von Münchhofen, Helene Weigel, Hilde Woitscheff.