Born on this day – Maxwell Shane:

 

Maxwell Shane

Director

Writer

Producer

August 26, 1905 – October 25, 1983

Credits:

A Dangerous Game (1941); A Letter from Bataan (1942); Adventure in Sahara (1938); Adventure Island (1947); Aerial Gunner (1943); Alaska Highway (1943); Art Linkletter and the Kids (1954); Big Town (1946); Big Town After Dark (1947); Big Town Scandal (1948); Checkmate (1960); City Across the River (1949); Comin' Round the Mountain (1940); Conquer by the Clock (1942); Cowboy in Manhattan (1943); Danger Street (1947); Dark Mountain (1944); Double Exposure (1944); Eyes of the Underworld (1942); Fear in the Night (1946); Federal Man-Hunt (1938); Flying Blind (1941); Follow That Woman (1945); Forced Landing (1941); Gambler's Choice (1944); General Electric Theater (1953); Golden Gloves (1940); Grand Jury Secrets (1939); Hell's Island (1955); High Explosive (1943); High Powered (1945); Hitting a New High (1937); I Cover Big Town (1947); I Live on Danger (1942); M Squad (1959–1960); Maya (1968); Midnight Manhunt (1945); Minesweeper (1943); Mr. Reckless (1948); Nightmare (1956); No Hands on the Clock (1941); One Body Too Many (1944); Paramount Victory Short No. T2-2: We Refuse to Die (1942); Paramount Victory Short No. T2-3: The Price of Victory (1942); People Are Funny (1946); Power Dive (1941); S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939); Saturday's Heroes (1937); Scared Stiff (1945); Seven Were Saved (1947); Shaggy (1948); She's Got Everything (1937); Submarine Alert (1943); Take It Big (1944); The Glass Wall (1953); The Invisible Killer (1939); The Leather Pushers (1940); The Man Who Dared (1946); The Mummy's Hand (1940); The Naked Street (1955); The Navy Way (1944); The Virginian (1962–1963); They Made Me a Killer (1946); This Way Please (1937); Three Hours to Kill (1954); Thrill of a Lifetime (1937); Thriller (1960–1961); Timber Queen (1944); Tip-Off Girls (1938); Tokyo Rose (1946); Too Many Blondes (1941); Top Sergeant (1942); Tornado (1943); Torpedo Boat (1942); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); Wildcat (1942); Wrecking Crew (1942); You Can't Beat Love (1937); You're a Sweetheart (1937).

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.