Born on this day – S. S. Van Dine:

S. S. Van Dine

Writer

October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939

Credits:

Books:

The Benson Murder Case (1926); The Canary Murder Case (1927); The Greene Murder Case (1928); The Bishop Murder Case (1928); The Scarab Murder Case (1929); The Kennel Murder Case (1933); The Dragon Murder Case (1934); The Casino Murder Case (1934); The Garden Murder Case (1935); The Kidnap Murder Case (1936); The Gracie Allen Murder Case (aka The Smell of Murder) (1938); The Winter Murder Case (1939); Murder Plus (1992).

Movies and television:

Calling Philo Vance (1940); El cuerpo del delito (1930); Murder in the Pullman (1932); Night of Mystery (1937); Philo Vance (1974); Philo Vance Returns (1947); Philo Vance's Gamble (1947); The Benson Murder Case (1930); The Bishop Murder Case (1929); The Campus Mystery (1932); The Canary Murder Case (1929 / 1935); The Clyde Mystery (1931); The Cole Case (1932); The Crane Poison Case (1932); The Dragon Murder Case (1934); The Garden Murder Case (1936); The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939); The Greene Murder Case (1929 / 2002); The Kennel Murder Case (1933); The President's Mystery (1936); The Scarab Murder Case (1936); The Side Show Mystery (1932); The Skull Murder Mystery (1932); The Studio Murder Mystery (1932); The Symphony Murder Mystery (1932); The Trans-Atlantic Mystery (1932); The Wall Street Mystery (1931); The Week End Mystery (1931).

On this day in movie history - The Dragon Murder Case (1934)

The Dragon Murder Case

directed by H. Bruce Humberstone,

written by F. Hugh Herbert, Robert N. Lee and Rian James,

and based on the novel by S. S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on August 25, 1934.

Music by Bernhard Kaun.

Cast:

Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette, Helen Lowell, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, Dorothy Tree, George E. Stone, Etienne Girardot, George Meeker, Robert Warwick, William B. Davidson, Arthur Aylesworth, Charles C. Wilson.