On this day in movie history - They Drive by Night (1940)

They Drive by Night

directed by Raoul Walsh,

written by Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay,

based on the novel Long Haul by A. I. Bezzerides,

was released in the United States on July 26, 1940.

Music by Adolph Deutsch.

Cast:

George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Alan Hale, Roscoe Karns, John Litel, George Tobias, Henry O’Neill, Charles Halton, Paul Hurst, John Ridgely, George Lloyd, Joyce Compton, Charles Wilson, Pedro Regas, Norman Willis, Joe Devlin, William Haade, Vera Lewis, John Hamilton, Eddie Acuff, Howard Hickman, Lillian Yarbo.

On this day in movie history - Mystery House (1938)

Mystery House

directed by Noel M. Smith,

written by Sherman L. Lowe and Robertson White,

based on the novel The Mystery of Hunting's End by Mignon G. Eberhart,

was released in the United States on May 21, 1938.

Music by Howard Jackson.

Cast:

Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper, Anthony Averill, Dennie Moore, Hugh O'Connell, Ben Welden, Sheila Bromley, Elspeth Dudgeon, Anderson Lawler, Trevor Bardette, Jean Benedict, Loia Cheaney, Stuart Holmes, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, Eric Stanley.

Born on this day – Ann Sheridan:

 

Actress

Singer

February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967

Credits:

Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966–1967); Another World (1965–1966); Wagon Train (1962); Kraft Theatre (1956–1960); Pursuit (1958); Armchair Theatre (1958); Woman and the Hunter (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1957); Playhouse 90 (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1957); The Opposite Sex (1956); Calling Terry Conway (1956); Sneak Preview (1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Come Next Spring (1956); Appointment in Honduras (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Take Me to Town (1953); Just Across the Street (1952); Steel Town (1952); Woman on the Run (1950); Stella (1950); I Was a Male War Bride (1949); Good Sam (1948); Silver River (1948); Nora Prentiss (1947); The Unfaithful (1947); One More Tomorrow (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); The Doughgirls (1944); Shine on Harvest Moon (1944); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); Edge of Darkness (1943); George Washington Slept Here (1942); Wings for the Eagle (1942); Juke Girl (1942); Kings Row (1942); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941); Navy Blues (1941); Honeymoon for Three (1941); City for Conquest (1940); They Drive by Night (1940); Torrid Zone (1940); It All Came True (1940); Castle on the Hudson (1940); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Winter Carnival (1939); Indianapolis Speedway (1939); Naughty But Nice (1939); Dodge City (1939); They Made Me a Criminal (1939); Angels with Dirty Faces (1938); Broadway Musketeers (1938); Letter of Introduction (1938); Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938); Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938); Mystery House (1938); Out Where the Stars Begin (1938); The Patient in Room 18 (1938); She Loved a Fireman (1937); Alcatraz Island (1937); Wine, Women and Horses (1937); The Footloose Heiress (1937); San Quentin (1937); The Great O'Malley (1937); Black Legion (1937); Sing Me a Love Song (1936); Fighting Youth (1935); Hollywood Extra Girl (1935); The Crusades (1935); The Glass Key (1935); The Red Blood of Courage (1935); Mississippi (1935); Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935); Car 99 (1935); Rumba (1935); Home on the Range (1935); Enter Madame! (1934); One Hour Late (1934); Limehouse Blues (1934); Behold My Wife! (1934); Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934); College Rhythm (1934); Ready for Love (1934); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934); The Lemon Drop Kid (1934); Wagon Wheels (1934); You Belong to Me (1934); Ladies Should Listen (1934); The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); Shoot the Works (1934); Many Happy Returns (1934); Murder at the Vanities (1934); Come On, Marines! (1934); Bolero (1934); Search for Beauty (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933).

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.

On this day in movie history - Woman on the Run (1950)

Woman on the Run

directed by Norman Foster,

written by Alan Campbell, Norman Foster and Ross Hunter,

based on the short story Man on the Run by Sylvia Tate,

was released in the United States on November 29, 1950.

Music by Arthur Lange and Emil Newman.

Cast:

Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith, John Qualen, Frank Jenks, Ross Elliott, Jane Liddell, Joan Shawlee, J. Farrell MacDonald, Steven Geray, Victor Sen Yung, Reiko Sato, Syd Saylor, Milton Kibbee, Tom Dillon.