Born on this day – Mignon G. Eberhart:

Writer

July 6, 1899 – October 8, 1996

Credits:

Patient in Room 18 (1929); The Mystery of Hunting's End (1930); While the Patient Slept (1930); From This Dark Stairway (1931); Murder by an Aristocrat (aka Murder of My Patient) (1932); Wolf in Man's Clothing (1942); Man Missing (1954); The Cases of Susan Dare (1934); Death in the Fog (aka The Dark Garden) (1933); The White Cockatoo (1933); The House on the Roof (1935); Fair Warning (1936); Danger in the Dark (aka Hand in Glove) (1937); The Pattern (1937); The Glass Slipper (1938); Hasty Wedding (1938); Brief Return (1939); Chiffon Scarf (1939); The Hangman's Whip (1940); Speak No Evil (1941); With This Ring (1941); Fourth Mystery Book (1942); The Man Next Door (1943); Unidentified Woman (1943); Escape the Night (1944); Wings of Fear (1945); Five Passengers from Lisbon (1946); The White Dress (1946); Another Woman's House (1947); House of Storm (1949); Hunt With the Hounds (1950); Never Look Back (1951); Dead Men's Plans (1952); The Unknown Quantity (1953); Postmark Murder (1956); Another Man's Murder (1957); Melora (aka Promise of Murder) (1959); Jury of One (1960); The Crime at Honotassa (aka The Cup, the Blade or the Gun) (1961); Enemy in the House (1962); Run Scared (1963); Call After Midnight (1964); R.S.V.P. Murder (1965); Witness at Large (1966); Woman on the Roof (1967); Message from Hong Kong (1969); El Rancho Rio (1970); Two Little Rich Girls (1971); Murder in Waiting (1973); Nine O'Clock Tide (1975); Danger Money (1975); Family Fortune (1976); Bayou Road (1979); Casa Madrone (1980); Family Affair (1981); Next of Kin (1982); The Patient in Cabin C (1983); Alpine Condo Crossfire (1984); A Fighting Chance (1986); Three Days for Emeralds (1988); Five of My Best (1949); Deadly Is the Diamond (1958); The Crimson Paw (1959); Best Mystery Stories (1988); Mignon G. Eberhart's Best Mystery Stories (1988); Dead Yesterday and Other Stories (2007); Patient in Room 18 / While the Patient Slept (1930); Speak No Evil / with This Ring (1945); Another Woman's House / Cheer for the Dead / Shadow for a Lady (1947); Murder Of A Nymph/ Hunt With The Hounds/ Jews For A Shroud (1950); Melora / Black Gold Murders / Prelude to Murder (1959); Danger Money / Romanov Succession / Horn of Roland (1974); American Detective Stories (1943); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983); Two short stories: Introducing Susan Dare & Spider (dates unknown).

 

On this day in movie history - Mystery House (1938)

Mystery House

directed by Noel M. Smith,

written by Sherman L. Lowe and Robertson White,

based on the novel The Mystery of Hunting's End by Mignon G. Eberhart,

was released in the United States on May 21, 1938.

Music by Howard Jackson.

Cast:

Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper, Anthony Averill, Dennie Moore, Hugh O'Connell, Ben Welden, Sheila Bromley, Elspeth Dudgeon, Anderson Lawler, Trevor Bardette, Jean Benedict, Loia Cheaney, Stuart Holmes, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, Eric Stanley.