Recommended reading – Two O’clock Courage

 

Two O’clock Courage

by Gelett Burgess.
 
Filmed as Two in the Dark (1936), directed by Benjamin Stoloff.
 
ASIN: B005D2SGQU
Published by Surinam Turtle Press.
Published 1934.
Hardcover.
 
Description:
 

This 1934 thriller is the third book under Richard A. Lupoff's Surinam Turtle imprint. A man wakes up in a park and can't remember who he is. But thanks to the help of a couple of intriguing women, he manages to remain free from arrest for a murder he MAY have committed. But he simply must figure out his identity before the cops -- or the murderer -- catch up with him. The story was made into a film called TWO IN THE DARK and the plot has been used in later films and books (notably Evan Hunter's BUDDWING and a British film called HYSTERIA) but no one has done it with the skill and style of Gelett Burgess.

On this day in movie history - Two in the Dark (1936)

Two in the Dark

directed by Benjamin Stoloff,

written by Gelett Burgess, Willis Goldbeck and Seton I. Miller,

based on the novel Two O'clock Courage by Gelett Burgess,

was released in the United States on January 10, 1936.

Music by Alberto Colombo.

Cast:

Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Gail Patrick, Alan Hale, Leslie Fenton, Eric Blore, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Erik Rhodes, J. Carrol Naish, Jack Randall, Ernie Alexander, Ward Bond, Harry Bowen, Nora Cecil, James Conaty, Fern Emmett, Gaston Glass, Russell Hicks, Richard Howard, Arthur Hoyt, Frank Mayo, Tom McGuire, Hector V. Sarno, C. Montague Shaw, Pierre Watkin, Thelma White.

Born on this day - Benjamin Stoloff:

Benjamin Stoloff 

Director

Producer

Production Manager

October 6, 1895 – September 8, 1960

Credits:

Home Run Derby (1960); Footlight Varieties (1951); It's a Joke, Son! (1947); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Take It or Leave It (1944); Bermuda Mystery (1944); The Mysterious Doctor (1943); The Hidden Hand (1942); Secret Enemies (1942); Three Sons o' Guns (1941); The Great Mr. Nobody (1941); The Marines Fly High (1940); The Lady and the Mob (1939); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); Radio City Revels (1938); Fight for Your Lady (1937); Super-Sleuth (1937); Sea Devils (1937); Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936); Two in the Dark (1936); To Beat the Band (1935); Swellhead (1935); Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934); Palooka (1934); Night of Terror (1933); Obey the Law (1933); The Devil Is Driving (1932); The Night Mayor (1932); By Whose Hand? (1932); Destry Rides Again (1932); Just Pals (1932); Perfect Control (1932); Slide, Babe, Slide (1932); Goldie (1931); Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931); Soup to Nuts (1930); Rough Romance (1930); New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930); The Girl from Havana (1929); Happy Days (1929); Protection (1929); Speakeasy (1929); Mind Your Business (1928); The Bath Between (1928); Plastered in Paris (1928); Horseman of the Plains (1928); Silver Valley (1927); The Gay Retreat (1927); The Circus Ace (1927); The Canyon of Light (1926); It's a Pipe (1926); A1 Society (1926); Matrimony Blues (1926); The Mad Racer (1926); Pawnshop Politics (1926); The Fighting Tailor (1926); East Side, West Side (1925); The Heart Breaker (1925); Love and Lions (1925); Sweet Marie (1925); On the Go (1925); A High Jinx (1925); Papa's Darling (1925); Say It with Flour (1925); Help Yourself! (1925); The House of Flickers (1925); Lion Love (1925); Grief in Bagdad (1925); Roaring Lions at Home (1924); Stolen Sweeties (1924); In-Bad the Sailor (1924); Stretching the Truth (1924); When Wise Ducks Meet (1924); On the Job (1924); Be Yourself (1924); Highly Recommended (1924); Slow and Sure (1923); Full Speed Ahead (1923); Play Ball with Babe Ruth (1920).