On this day in movie history - Calling Philo Vance (1940)

 

Calling Philo Vance

directed by William Clemens,

written by Tom Reed,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on January 27, 1940.

A remake of The Kennel Murder Case (1933).

Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O’Neill, Edward Brophy, Sheila Bromley, Ralph Forbes, Don Douglas, Martin Kosleck, Jimmy Conlin, Edward Raquello, Creighton Hale, Harry Strang, Richard Kipling, Wedgwood Nowell, Bo Ling, Olaf Hytten, George Irving, Frank Mayo.

On this day in movie history - Show Them No Mercy! (1935)

 

Show Them No Mercy!

directed by George Marshall,

written by Henry Lehrman and Kubec Glasmon,

based on the story by Kubec Glasmon,

was released in the United States on December 6, 1935.

Music by David Buttolph and Joseph Schober.

Cast:

Rochelle Hudson, Cesar Romero, Bruce Cabot, Edward Norris, Edward Brophy, Warren Hymer, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Gleckler, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson, Frank Conroy, Edythe Elliott, Orrin Burke, Lynn Bari, William 'Billy' Benedict, Stanley Blystone, Jimmy Butler, Georgie Cooper, Ray Dawe, Lester Dorr, Bud Geary, Grace Goodall, Otto Hoffman, Harry Hollingsworth, Boothe Howard, Edward Keane, Stanley King, Brady Kline, Edward LeSaint, Wilfred Lucas, Paul McVey, Philip Morris, Gregg O'Brien, Charles Schaeffer, Lee Shumway, Phil Tead, Larry Wheat.