On this day in movie history - Madame Bovary (1949)

Madame Bovary

directed by Vincente Minnelli and written by Robert Ardrey,

based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert,

was released in the United States on August 25, 1949.

Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockhart, Frank Allenby, Gladys Cooper, John Abbott, Harry Morgan, George Zucco, Ellen Corby, Eduard Franz, Henri Letondal, Esther Somers, Frederic Tozere, Paul Cavanagh, Vernon Steele, Dawn Kinney.

On this day in movie history - The Dragon Murder Case (1934)

The Dragon Murder Case

directed by H. Bruce Humberstone,

written by F. Hugh Herbert, Robert N. Lee and Rian James,

and based on the novel by S. S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on August 25, 1934.

Music by Bernhard Kaun.

Cast:

Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette, Helen Lowell, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, Dorothy Tree, George E. Stone, Etienne Girardot, George Meeker, Robert Warwick, William B. Davidson, Arthur Aylesworth, Charles C. Wilson.

Born on this day – Martin Amis:

Writer

August 25, 1949 – May 19, 2023

Born on this day – Sean Connery:

Actor

August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020

Born on this day – Leonard Bernstein:

Conductor

Composer

Pianist

Teacher

Writer

Humanitarian

August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990

Born on this day – Ted Key:

 

Cartoonist

Writer

August 25, 1912 – May 3, 2008

Born on this day – Ruby Keeler:

 

Actress

Dancer

Singer

August 25, 1909 – February 28, 1993

Born on this day – Ray Heindorf:

Composer

Songwriter

August 25, 1908 – February 3, 1980

Born on this day – Alice White:

 

Actress

August 25, 1904 – February 19, 1983