On this day in movie history - Metropolis (1927)

Metropolis

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang,

based on the novel by Thea von Harbou,

was released in Germany on January 10, 1927.

Music by Gottfried Huppertz.

Cast:

Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp, Theodor Loos, Erwin Biswanger, Heinrich George, Brigitte Helm, Fritz Alberti, Grete Berger, Olly Boeheim, Max Dietze, Ellen Frey, Beatrice Garga, Heinrich Gotho, Dolly Grey, Anny Hintze, Gottfried Huppertz, Georg John, Walter Kuehle, Vera Kálmán, Margarete Lanner, Rose Lichtenstein, Hanns Leo Reich, Arthur Reinhardt, Curt Siodmak, Henrietta Siodmak, Olaf Storm, Erwin Vater, Rolf von Goth, Helen von Münchhofen, Helene Weigel, Hilde Woitscheff.

Born on this day – Fritz Lang:

Fritz Lang

Director

Writer

Producer

December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976

Credits:

American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950); Bande-annonce de 'Le mépris' (1963); Bettler GmbH (1919); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956); Clash by Night (1952); Cloak and Dagger (1946); Confirm or Deny (1941); Contempt (1963); Der Herr der Liebe (1919); Destiny (1921); Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse (2018); Die Frau mit den Orchideen (1919); Die Frauen des Josias Graffenreuth (1918); Die Herrin der Welt 8. Teil - Die Rache der Maud Fergusson (1920); Die Hochzeit im Excentricclub (1917); Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924); Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924); Die Peitsche (1916); Die Rache ist mein (1919); Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922); Four Around the Woman (1921); Fury (1936); Grande Teatro Tupi (1951); Hangmen Also Die! (1943); Harakiri (1919); Hilde Warren und der Tod (1917); House by the River (1950); Human Desire (1954); Journey to the Lost City (1960); Liliom (1934); Lilith and Ly (1919); M (1931); M (1951); M. le maudit (1982); Man Hunt (1941); Metropolis (1927); Metropolis (2001); Metropolis Retrofit (2023); Ministry of Fear (1944); Moonfleet (1955); Moontide (1942); Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law (1921); Paparazzi (1964); Pest in Florenz (1919); Rancho Notorious (1952); Scarlet Street (1945); Secret Beyond the Door... (1947); Spies (1928); The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960); The Big Heat (1953); The Black Vampire (1953); The Blue Gardenia (1953); The Dance of Death (1919); The Halfbreed (1919); The Indian Tomb (1959); The Return of Frank James (1940); The Spiders - Episode 1: The Golden Sea (1919); The Spiders - Episode 2: The Diamond Ship (1920); The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933); The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959); The Wandering Image (1920); The Woman in the Window (1944); Western Union (1941); While the City Sleeps (1956); Wolkenbau und Flimmerstern (1919); Woman in the Moon (1929); You and Me (1938); You Only Live Once (1937).

On this day in movie history - The Woman in the Window (1944)

The Woman in the Window

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Nunnally Johnson,

based on the novel Once Off Guard by J. H. Wallis,

was released in the United States on November 3, 1944.

Music by Arthur Lange.

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon, Dan Duryea, Thomas E. Jackson, Dorothy Peterson, Arthur Loft, Iris Adrian.

On this day in movie history - The Big Heat (1953)

The Big Heat

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Sydney Boehm, and 

based on the novel by William P. McGivern,

and the serial that ran in the Saturday Evening Post,

was released in the United States on October 14, 1953.

Music by Henry Vars.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, Dorothy Green.