Born on this day – Mervyn LeRoy:

Mervyn LeRoy

Director

Producer

October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987

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.