On this day in movie history - Born to Kill (1947):

Born to Kill

aka Lady of Deceit and Deadlier Than the Male,

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Eve Greene and Richard Macaulay,

based on the novel Deadlier Than the Male by James Gunn,

was released in the United States on May 3, 1947.
Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak, Phillip Terry, Audrey Long, Elisha Cook Jr., Isabel Jewell, Esther Howard, Kathryn Card, Tony Barrett, Grandon Rhodes, Demetrius Alexis, Symona Boniface, Ruth Brennan, George Bruggeman, James Carlisle, Ellen Corby, Sayre Dearing, Joe Dixon, Neal Dodd, Jean Fenwick, George Ford, Lee Frederick, Ben Frommer, Harry Harvey, Martha Hyer, Perc Launders, Sam Lufkin, Wilbur Mack, Beatrice Maude, Russell Meeker, Al Murphy, Tommy Noonan, Netta Packer, Jason Robards Sr., Romeo (the dog), Paul Russell, Scott Seaton, Sammy Shack, Stanley Stone, Phil Warren, Napoleon Whiting.

On this day in movie history - The Black Cat (1934):

The Black Cat

directed by Edgar G. Ulmer,

written by Eve Greene and Richard Macaulay,

based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released in the United States on May 3, 1934.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Egon Brecher, Harry Cording, Lucille Lund, Henry Armetta, Albert Conti, Virginia Ainsworth, Luis Alberni, King Baggot, Herman Bing, Symona Boniface, John Carradine, André Cheron, George Davis, Andy Devine, Anna Duncan, John George, Rodney Hildebrand, Lois January, Ula Love, Michael Mark, Tony Marlow, Alphonse Martell, Paul Panzer, Albert Pollet, Peggy Terry, Harry Walker, Paul Weigel.

Born on this day – Caitlin Clarke:

Caitlin Clarke

Actress

Teacher

May 3, 1952 – September 9, 2004

Credits:

Movies and television:

A Cure for Serpents (1997); Blown Away (1994); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Cost of Living (1997); Crocodile Dundee (1986); Dellaventura (1998); Dragonslayer (1981); Gabriel's Fire (1991); Joe the King (1999); Kiss and Tell (1996); Law & Order (1997–2000); Love, Lies and Murder (1991); Matlock (1990); Mayflower Madam (1987); Moonlighting (1987); Never Again (2001); New York Undercover (1995); Northern Exposure (1991); Nurse (1982); Once a Hero (1987); Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989); Sex and the City (2000); The Big Picture (1989); The Cosby Mysteries (1994); The Equalizer (1986); The Kid Brother (1987); The Stepford Husbands (1996).

On stage:

Aristocrats (2002); Arms and the Man (1985); As You Like It (1984); Bal (1980); Griller (1999); Indiscretions (1997); Mrs. Warren's Profession (1996); No End of Blame (1981); Not Quite Jerusalem (1984); Othello (1979); Our Country's Good (1989); Plenty (1981); Quartermaine's Terms (1984); Strange Interlude (1985); Summer (1983); Summer Vacation Madness (1982); Tales from the Vienna Woods (1978); Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap (1983); The Gigli Concert (2002); The Glass Menagerie (1997); The Marriage of Figaro (1985); The Queen And The Rebels (1991); The Winter's Tale (1979); Thin Ice (1984); Three Birds Alighting On A Field (1994); Titanic: A New Musical (1998); Total Eclipse (1984); Unexpected Tenderness (1994); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (2000).

Born on this day – Robert Osborne:

Robert Osborne

Film historian

Television presenter

Writer

Actor

May 3, 1932 – March 6, 2017

Credits:

Host at Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and The Movie Channel.

Columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.

Books:

50 Golden Years of Oscar (1978); 60 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (1988); 65 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (1994); 70 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (1999); 75 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (2003); 80 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (2008); 85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (2013); Academy Awards Illustrated (1965); Academy Awards Oscar Annual (1971–1976); Best Actor Oscar Winners Since 1927 (1977); Best Actress Oscar Winners (1977); Best Picture Oscar Winners Since 1927 (1977); Hollywood Legends: The Life and Films of Humphrey Bogart and Greta Garbo (1967); In the Picture: Production Stills from the TCM Archives (2004); Leading Couples: The Most Unforgettable Screen Romances of the Studio Era, by Frank Miller / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2008); Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era, Turner Classic Movies / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2006); Leading Men: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era, by Turner Classic Movies / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2006); Picture Show: Classic Movie Posters from the TCM Archives, by Dianna Edwards / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2003); The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter, by Jeremy Arnold / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2016); Under the Rainbow: An Intimate Memoir of Judy Garland, Rock Hudson and My Life in Old Hollywood, by John Carlyle / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2006).

Movies and television:

100th Anniversary of Bray Studios (2014); 20/20 (2016); A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' (2003); A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in (2017); A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); AFI Life Achievement Award (1977); Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2015); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (2000); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière in History of World Cinema: Part I (2021); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart (1997); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland (1996); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner (1996); Before Breakfast (2010); Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (2004); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' (2008); Biography (2001–2002); Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017); Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021); Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor (2006); Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born (2005); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2016); Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009); Commitment to Life (2023); Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013); Credit Where Credit Is Due (2006); Curtains for Roy Earle: The Story of 'High Sierra' (2003); Dateline NBC (2004); Death Valley Days (1954); Dial M for Murder / 3D: A Brief History (2004); Dial M for Murder / Hitchcock and Dial M (2004); Dinah! (1978); Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre (2003); Dive Bomber: Keep 'Em in the Air (2005); Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' (2003); Dodge City: Go West, Errol Flynn (2005); Double Indemnity: Introduction by Robert Osborne (2006); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Eva Marie Saint: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2014); Forever Endeavor (2022); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2014); Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'the Wrong Man' (2004); Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2005); Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' (2004); Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at 'I Confess' (2004); Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' (2003); Hollywood Greats (1999); Hollywood Helps the Cause (2006); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hollywood Wives (1985); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967); I Love Lucy Costume & Makeup Tests (2014); Inside the Academy Awards (1995); Inside 'The Apartment' (2008); Jeopardy! (2019); Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2013); La fabuleuse histoire des studios hollywoodiens: MGM (2014); La fabuleuse histoire des studios hollywoodiens: Warner Bros (2014); Let Freedom Sing! The Story of 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (2003); Let It Begin! A Filmmaker's Journey (2010); London After Midnight (2002); Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2011); Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994); Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon (2007); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths (2004); My Music: Movie Songs (2007); On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (2004); One Step Beyond (1959); Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece (2009); Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (2004); Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2012); Private Screenings (1996–2014); Private Screenings (2019); Psycho (1960); Remarks on Marx (2004); Robert Osborne with Lana Turner Today (1982); Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute (2015); SAG Foundation Conversations (2009); Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018); Sergeant York: Of God and Country (2006); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Spartacus (1960); Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006); Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (2004); Summer Under the Stars (2003); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tale as Old as Time: The Making of 'Beauty and the Beast' (2002); Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle (2004); TCM Guest Programmer (2005–2016); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); TCM Spotlight: Pre-Code Classics (2014); TCM: Twenty Classic Moments (2014); The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017); The Beverly Hillbillies (1962); The Boys (2009); The Californians (1958); The Desilu Story (2003); The Essentials (2006–2012); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Great Movie Ride (1989); The Hollywood Bowl: Music Under the Stars (2003); The Lady from Shanghai: Introduction by Robert Osborne (2014); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959); The Man with Bogart's Face (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1979); The Morning Program (1987); The Osborne Column (1984); The Oscars (2018); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film (2014); The Sea Hawk: Flynn in Action (2005); 'They Died with Their Boots On': To Hell or Glory (2005); Thicke of the Night (1984); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015); Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (2003); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Whirlybirds (1959).

Born on this day – Jeanne Bal:

Jeanne Bal

Actress

May 3, 1928 – April 30, 1996

Credits:

Adventures of the Sea Hawk (1958); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Bachelor Father (1961); Birth of a Timeless Legacy (2004); Bonanza (1963); Checkmate (1961); Company of Killers (1970); Diagnosis: Unknown (1960); For the Love of Spock (2016); Hey, Landlord (1966); I Spy (1968); Insight (1969); Karen (1964); Love and Marriage (1959–1960); Matt Lincoln (1970); McHale's Navy (1965); Mr. Novak (1963–1964); Perry Mason (1961–1965); Riverboat (1961); Route 66 (1961); Sci Fi Visionaries (2004); Shotgun Slade (1961); Sid Caesar Invites You (1958); Star Trek (1966); Tales of Wells Fargo (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Fugitive (1964); The Loretta Young Show (1953–1961); The Sid Caesar Show (1958); Thriller (1961); Wagon Train (1963).

Born on this day – Lamar Boren:

Lamar Boren

Cinematographer

Writer

May 3, 1917 – January 15, 1986

Born on this day – Norman Corwin:

Norman Corwin

Writer

Producer

Director

Professor

May 3, 1910 – October 18, 2011