Born on this day – Ruth Chatterton:

Ruth Chatterton

Actress

Aviator

Writer

December 24, 1892 – November 24, 1961

Credits:

20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936); A Royal Divorce (1938); Anybody's Woman (1930); Celanese Theatre (1951); Charming Sinners (1929); Complicated Women (2003); Dodsworth (1936); Female (1933); Frisco Jenny (1932); Girls' Dormitory (1936); Hamlet (1953); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Journal of a Crime (1934); Kraft Theatre (1952); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1948); Lady of Secrets (1936); Lilly Turner (1933); Madame X (1929); Mutual Weekly, No. 16 (1915); Once a Lady (1931); Paramount on Parade (1930); Playhouse 90 (1957); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1952); Sarah and Son (1930); Sins of the Fathers (1928); The Crash (1932); The Doctor's Secret (1929); The Dummy (1929); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Lady of Scandal (1930); The Laughing Lady (1929); The Magnificent Lie (1931); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); The Rat (1937); The Rich Are Always with Us (1932); The Right to Love (1930); Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008); Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1932); Unfaithful (1931).

On this day in movie history - Journal of a Crime (1934):

Journal of a Crime,

directed by William Keighley,

written by F. Hugh Herbert and Charles Kenyon,

based on the play by Jacques Deval,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1934.
A remake of Une vie perdue (1933), directed by Raymond Rouleau.
Music by Leo F. Forbstein.

Cast:
Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd, George Barbier, Douglas Dumbrille, Noel Madison, Henry O'Neill, Phillip Reed, Henry Kolker, Walter Pidgeon, Clay Clement.