On this day in movie history - The Big Sleep (1946):

The Big Sleep,

directed by Howard Hawks,

written by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman,

based on the novel by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on August 23, 1946.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Sonia Darrin, Dorothy Malone, Regis Toomey, Peggy Knudsen, Charles Waldron, Charles D. Brown, Bob Steele, Elisha Cook, Jr., Louis Jean Heydt, Trevor Bardette, Tommy Rafferty, Ben Welden, Tom Fadden, Theodore von Eltz.

Born on this day – Peggy Knudsen:

Peggy Knudsen

Actress

April 22, 1923 – July 11, 1980

Credits:

A Stolen Life (1946); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); Bat Masterson (1959–1961); Betrayed Women (1955); City Detective (1955); Copper Canyon (1950); General Electric Theater (1960); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Half Past Midnight (1948); Hilda Crane (1956); Howie (1962); Humoresque (1946); Istanbul (1957); Lock Up (1959); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953); My Wild Irish Rose (1947); Never Say Goodbye (1946); Panic! (1957); Perilous Waters (1948); Perry Mason (1958–1959); Pete and Gladys (1960); Racket Squad (1951); Roses Are Red (1947); Shadow of a Woman (1946); So This Is Hollywood (1955); Stallion Road (1947); Target (1958); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1958–1961); The Big Sleep (1946); The Bob Cummings Show (1955); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); The Charles Farrell Show (1956); The Eve Arden Show (1958); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955); The George Burns Show (1958); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1957); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1958); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Magical World of Disney (1961); The Millionaire (1956); The People's Choice (1955–1956); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Real McCoys (1958); The Thin Man (1957); The Unfaithful (1947); Tightrope (1959); Tombstone Territory (1959); Trouble Preferred (1948); Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946); Unchained (1955); Your Show Time (1949).

On this day in movie history - The Unfaithful (1947):

The Unfaithful

directed by Vincent Sherman,

written by David Goodis and James Gunn,

based on the 1927 play The Letter by W. Somerset Maugham,

was released in the United States on January 28, 1947.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Jerome Cowan, Steven Geray, John Hoyt, Peggy Knudsen, Marta Mitrovich, Douglas Kennedy, Claire Meade, Frances Morris, Jane Harker, Heinie Conklin, Jack Mower, Leo White.