On this day in movie history - Earthbound (1940):

Earthbound

directed by Irving Pichel,

written by Samuel G. Engel and John Howard Lawson,

based on the story by Basil King,

was released in the United States on June 6, 1940.

Music by Alfred Newman.

Cast:

Warner Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Lynn Bari, Charley Grapewin, Henry Wilcoxon, Elizabeth Patterson, Russell Hicks, Christian Rub, Ian Wolfe, Lester Sharpe, Reginald Sheffield, Pedro de Cordoba, Eugene Borden, Marcelle Corday, Jean Del Val, William Edmunds, Diane Fisher, Arno Frey, Jean Houghton, Bobby Larson, Myra Marsh, Eric Mayne, Mira McKinney, Clark Morgan, Alberto Morin, Ruth Robinson, Gloria Roy, Florence Shirley, Pierre Watkin, Lloyd Whitlock.

On this day in movie history - Quicksand (1950):

Quicksand

directed by Irving Pichel,

written by Robert Smith,

was released in the United States on March 24, 1950.
Music by Louis Gruenberg.

Cast:

Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre, Taylor Holmes, Art Smith, Red Nichols, Wally Cassell, Richard Lane, Patsy O'Connor, John Gallaudet, Minerva Urecal, Sidney Marion, Jimmie (Jimmy) Dodd, Lester Dorr, Kitty O'Neil, Jack Elam.

On this day in movie history - Before Dawn (1933):

Before Dawn,

directed by Irving Pichel,

written by Garrett Fort,

was released in the United States on August 4, 1933.
Based on Death Watch by Edgar Wallace,

originally published in the Chicago Daily Tribune (1932).
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:
Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland, Dudley Digges, Gertrude Hoffman, Oscar Apfel, Frank Reicher, Jane Darwell, Stanley Blystone, Ed Brady, Tom Brower, Pat O'Malley, Ted Oliver, Irving Pichel, Max Wagner.