On this day in movie and book history - Fear in the Night (movie) and Nightmare (book):

Fear in the Night

directed and written by Maxwell Shane,

based on the story Nightmare by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on April 10, 1947.

Music by Rudy Schrager.

Cast:

Paul Kelly, Kay Scott, DeForest Kelley, Ann Doran, Charles Victor, Robert Emmett Keane, Jeff York, Joey Ray, Loyette Thomson, Gladys Blake, Jack Collins, Leander De Cordova, Christian Drake, Stanley Farrar, Julia Faye, John Harmon, Michael Harvey, Stuart Holmes, Richard Keene, Janet Warren.

Recommended reading:

 

Nightmare

by Cornell Woolrich.

Filmed as Fear in the Night (1946), directed and written by Maxwell Shane.

Paperback.
Published by Dell.
Published 1964.

ASIN: B0027Q9XOO
 
Description:

Anthology of six short stories. Story titles: I'll Take You Home, Kathleen / a.k.a. One Last Night; Screen Test / a.k.a. Preview to Death; I O U / a.k.a. I.O.U.–One Life; Three O'Clock; Nightmare / a.k.a. And So To Death; Bequest / a.k.a. Implacable Bequest.

Born on this day – Maxwell Shane:

 

Maxwell Shane

Director

Writer

Producer

August 26, 1905 – October 25, 1983