On this day in movie history - The Dragon Murder Case (1934):

The Dragon Murder Case

directed by H. Bruce Humberstone,

written by F. Hugh Herbert, Robert N. Lee and Rian James,

based on the novel by S. S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on August 25, 1934.
Music by Bernhard Kaun.

Cast:

Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette, Helen Lowell, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, Dorothy Tree, George E. Stone, Etienne Girardot, George Meeker, Robert Warwick, William B. Davidson, Arthur Aylesworth, Charles C. Wilson.

On this day in movie history - Pardon Our Nerve (1939):

Pardon Our Nerve

directed by H. Bruce Humberstone,

written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan,

based on a story by Hilda Stone and Betty Reinhardt,

was released in the United States on February 24, 1939.
Music by Gene Rose.

Cast:

Lynn Bari, June Gale, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Michael Whalen, Edward Brophy, John Miljan, Theodore von Eltz, Ward Bond, Chester Clute, Helen Ericson, Tom Kennedy, Carol Adams, Sidney Bracey, Gary Breckner, Don Brodie, Romaine Callender, Dorothy Christy, Charles Coleman, Hal Craig, Floyd Criswell, Lester Dorr, Eddie Dunn, James Flavin, Dick French, Bud Geary, Grace Goodall, William Haade, Frank Hagney, Lew Harvey, Robert Emmett Keane, Joe King, George Lynn, Mickey MacAvoy, Hamilton MacFadden, Steve Mason, Larry McGrath, Jack Norton, Bob Perry, Jack Roper, Syd Saylor, June Storey, Dan Tobey, Emmett Vogan, Ray Walker, Ben Welden, Charles C. Wilson, Florence Wright.

Born on this day – H. Bruce Humberstone:

H. Bruce Humberstone

Director

November 18, 1901 – October 11, 1984

On this day in movie history - I Wake Up Screaming, a.k.a. Hot Spot (movie & novel):

I Wake Up Screaming

a.k.a. Hot Spot,

directed by H. Bruce Humberstone,

written by Dwight Taylor and Steve Fisher,

based on the novel by Steve Fisher,

was released in Spain on October 31, 1941.

Music by Cyril J. Mockridge.

Cast:

Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar, Alan Mowbray, Allyn Joslyn, Elisha Cook, Jr., Chick Chandler, Cyril Ring, Morris Ankrum, Charles Lane, Frank Orth, Gregory Gaye, May Beatty, Stanley Blystone, Heinie Conklin.

Recommended reading:

I Wake Up Screaming

By Steve Fisher.

Paperback.

Published by Vintage.

First published 1941.

ISBN 13: 9780679736776

ISBN 10: 0679736778

ASIN: 0679736778

Description:

The classic novel of sexual obsession and murder amid the star-making machinery of Hollywood in the 1950s.

"She was as white as marble, but she looked lovely.  Her hair was splayed out in fine strands of gold, and her lips were bright, rich red, and there was a green eyeshadow on her eyelids.  You could see that because her eyes were closed and she was lying very still.  She was lying still and she wasn't breathing."

With its portraits of washed-up directors, jaded leading men, and a ruthless cop whose one-track mind leads straight to a cyanide pellet, I Wake Up Screaming is a magnificent thriller by a Hollywood insider whose screenplays included Lady in the Lake and I, Mobster.