Born on this day – Mervyn LeRoy:

Mervyn LeRoy

Director

Producer

October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987

On this day in movie history - Five Star Final (movie & play):

Five Star Final

directed by Mervyn LeRoy,

written by Byron Morgan, Robert Lord,

based on the play Five Star Final by Louis Weitzenkorn,

released in the United States on September 10, 1931.
Music by Leo F. Forbstein, Vitaphone Orchestra.

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell, George E. Stone, Frances Starr, Ona Munson, Boris Karloff, Aline MacMahon, Oscar Apfel, Purnell Pratt, Robert Elliott, James P. Burtis, Richard Carlyle, Frank Darien, James Donlan, Evelyn Hall, Gladys Lloyd, Arnold Lucy, Franklin Parker, William H. Strauss, David Torrence, Harold Waldridge, Polly Walters, Jack Wise.

Recommended reading:

Five Star Final

A Melodrama in Three Acts

Play by Louis Weitzenkorn.

Filmed as Five Star Final (1931), directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

ASIN: B000GDF9TI
Published by Samuel French.
First Edition.
Published 1931.
Hardcover.

Description:

Tabloid newspaper editor publishes a 20-year-old murder case to boost newspaper sales. A decision that leads to tragedy.

On this day in movie history - Two Seconds (1932):

Two Seconds

directed by Mervyn LeRoy,

written by Harvey Thew,

based on the play by Elliott Lester,

was released in the United States on May 28, 1932.
Music by W. Franke Harling.

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Vivienne Osborne, Guy Kibbee, Preston Foster, J. Carrol Naish, Frederick Burton, Harry Beresford, Dorothea Wolbert, Berton Churchill, William Janney, Edward McWade, Gladys Lloyd, Lew Brice, James P. Burtis, Jill Dennett, Adrienne Dore, Charles E. Evans, Helena Phillips Evans, June Gittelson, Otto Hoffman, Fred Howard, John Kelly, Matt McHugh, Franklin Parker, Sam Rice, Larry Steers, Luana Walters, Allen Wood, Harry Woods.

On this day in movie history - Little Caesar (1931):

Little Caesar

directed by Mervyn LeRoy,

written by Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert N. Lee, Robert Lord and Darryl F. Zanuck,

based on the novel by W. R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on January 25, 1931.
Music by Erno Rapee, Leo F. Forbstein and David Mendoza.

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, Stanley Fields, Maurice Black, George E. Stone, Armand Kaliz, Nicholas Bela, Ernie Adams, Elmer Ballard, Ferike Boros, Kernan Cripps, George Daly, Adolph Faylauer, Ben Hendricks Jr., Al Hill, Lucille La Verne, Gladys Lloyd, Noel Madison, Tom McGuire, Louis Natheaux, Henry Sedley, Larry Steers, Landers Stevens, Mike Tellegen.