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Sunday, July 12, 2026

On this day in movie history - News Is Made at Night (1939):


News Is Made at Night

directed by Alfred L. Werker,
written by John Francis Larkin,
was released in the United States on July 12, 1939.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.


Behind the scenes photograph:


Cast:

Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Russell Gleason, George Barbier, Eddie Collins, Minor Watson, Charles Halton, Paul Harvey, Richard Lane, Charles Lane, Betty Compson, Paul Fix, Paul Guilfoyle, Ernie Alexander, Irving Bacon, Eugene Borden, Wade Boteler, Harold Goodwin, George Guhl, J. Anthony Hughes, William Irving, Robert Emmett Keane, Alberto Morin, James C. Morton, David Newell, Jack Norton, George O'Hara, Imboden Parrish, Arthur Rankin, Jack Richardson, Harry Strang, Billy Wayne.

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

On this day in television history - Detective’s Wife (1950):


Detective’s Wife

Directed by Franklin Schaffner.
Written by Milton “Mort” Lewis.
Released July 7, 1950.
Cast: Lynn Bari, Donald Curtis.

Saturday, June 6, 2026

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.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

On this day in movie history - Chasing Danger (1939):


Chasing Danger

directed by Ricardo Cortez,
written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan,
based on the story by Leonardo Bercovici,
was released in the United States on May 5, 1939.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.


Cast:

Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon, Joan Woodbury, Harold Huber, Jody Gilbert, Pedro de Cordoba, Stanley Fields, Roy D'Arcy, Carol Adams, Richard Alexander, Sam Ash, Eugene Borden, Egon Brecher, Don Brodie, Charles Brokaw, Harry Burns, Gino Corrado, Jean De Briac, Jimmie Dundee, Art Dupuis, Constant Franke, Robert Graves, Jamiel Hasson, Armand Kaliz, Arthur Loft, George Magrill, Francis McDonald, Louis Mercier, Tony Merlo, Leonard Mudie, Ruth Peterson, Arthur Rankin, Georges Renavent, Dick Rich, Jack Stoney, Paul Sutton, Harland Tucker, Michael Visaroff, Harry Worth.

Sunday, April 5, 2026

On this day in movie history - Tampico (1944):


Tampico

directed Lothar Mendes,
written by Kenneth Gamet and Fred Niblo Jr.,
based on the story by Ladislas Fodor,
was released in the United States on April 5, 1944.
Music by David Raksin.


Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen, Robert Bailey, Marc Lawrence, E.J. Ballantine, Mona Maris, Tonio Selwart, Larry Arnold, Trevor Bardette, Martin Black, Sammy Blum, Helen Brown, Ralph Byrd, Harry Carter, Martin Cichy, Ann Corcoran, David Cota, Victor Cox, Paul Cristo, Jean Del Val, Ludwig Donath, Carl Ekberg, Ben Erway, Arno Frey, Martin Garralaga, Kit Guard, Louis Hart, Peter Helmers, Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian, Harvey Karels, Paul Kruger, Charles Lang, Rolf Lindau, Chris-Pin Martin, Margarita Martín, Antonio Moreno, Rudolf Myzet, Fred Nurney, Daniel Ocko, Nestor Paiva, Karen Palmer, Grace Poggi, Otto Reichow, Roy Roberts, Constantine Romanoff, Muni Seroff, George Sorel, Juan Varro, Hans von Morhart.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

On this day in movie history - Sleeper’s West (1941):


Sleeper’s West

directed by Eugene Forde,
written by Brett Halliday, Lou Breslow and Stanley Rauh,
based on the novel Sleeper's East by Frederick Nebel,
was released in the United States on March 14, 1941.
Music by Cyril J. Mockridge.


Cast:

Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Louis Jean Heydt, Edward Brophy, Don Costello, Ben Carter, Donald Douglas, Oscar O'Shea, Harry Hayden, Hamilton MacFadden, Ferike Boros, George Chandler, James Conaty, Oliver Cross, Ralph Dunn, Harold Goodwin, Jesse Graves, Sherry Hall, Paul Kruger, Sam McDaniel, Charles Meakin, Charles R. Moore, Mantan Moreland, George O'Hanlon, Dick Rush, Syd Saylor, Allen D. Sewall, Harry Strang, Charles Tannen, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones.

Friday, March 6, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Man from Texas (1948 movie & play):


The Man from Texas

directed by Leigh Jason,
written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov,
based on the play and novel Missouri Legend by Elizabeth Beall Ginty,
inspired by the true Jesse James story,
was released in the United States on March 6, 1948.
Music by Earl Robinson.


Cast:

James Craig, Tobias Simms, Lynn Bari, Johnny Johnston, Una Merkel, Wallace Ford, Harry Davenport, Sara Allgood, Victor Cutler, Reed Hadley, Erville Alderson, Stanley Andrews, James Arness, Glen Arthur, Ray Bennett, Lane Bradford, Paul E. Burns, Bert Conway, Clancy Cooper, King Donovan, Eddie Dunn, Jim Farley, Dick Foote, Hope Landin, Lyle Latell, James Logan, Robert Malcolm, Suzanne O'Connor, Lee Roberts, Brick Sullivan, Charles Wagenheim, Guy Wilkerson, Hank Worden.

Recommended reading:


Missouri Legend

A Comedy in Three Acts

Play by E.B. Ginty (1938)

ASIN: B00085V4NE
Published by Random House.
Published 1938.
First Edition.

Description:

Inspired by the true Jesse James story.
Filmed as The Man from Texas (1948), directed by Leigh Jason.

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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.

Saturday, January 10, 2026

On this day in movie history - Shock (1946):


Shock

directed by Alfred L. Werker,
written by Eugene Ling and Martin Berkeley,
based on a story by Albert DeMond,
was released in the United States on January 10, 1946.
Music by David Buttolph.


Cast:

Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore, Anabel Shaw, Stephen Dunne, Reed Hadley, Renee Carson, Charles Trowbridge, Robert Adler, Margaret Brayton, Harry Carter, Ruth Clifford, John Davidson, Selmer Jackson, Ruth Nelson, Claire Richards, George E. Stone, Charles Tannen, Pierre Watkin, Cecil Weston, Mary Young.

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

On this day in movie history - City Girl (1938):


City Girl

directed by Alfred L. Werker,
written by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris,
based on a story by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris,
was released in the United States on January 7, 1938.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.


Cast:

Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Robert Wilcox, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler, Esther Muir, Adrienne Ames, Carol Adams, Irving Bacon, Lynn Bari, Brooks Benedict, Wade Boteler, Lon Chaney Jr., Chick Collins, Heinie Conklin, Edgar Dearing, Ralph Dunn, Jack Gargan, Harold Goodwin, Eddie Hart, Milton Kibbee, Charles Lane, Robert Lowery, George Lynn, George Magrill, Marjorie Main, Eddie Marr, Patsy Mitchell, King Mojave, William Newell, Carroll Nye, Lee Phelps, George Reed, Cyril Ring, Gloria Roy, Lee Shumway, Paul Stanton, Richard Terry, Charles Trowbridge, Emmett Vogan, Ben Welden, Norman Willis, Harry Worth.