Born on this day – Spencer Tracy:

Actor

April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967

On this day in movie history - Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Bad Day at Black Rock

directed by John Sturges,

written by Millard Kaufman and Don McGuire,

was released in the United States on January 13, 1955.

Based on the short story Bad Time at Honda by Howard Breslin,

published in The American Magazine (1947).

Music by André Previn.

Cast:

Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, Walter Sande, Walter Beaver, Billy Dix, Mickey Little, K.L. Smith, Robert Griffin, Harry Harvey, Bobby Johnson, Francis McDonald.

On this day in movie history - Whipsaw (1935)

Whipsaw

directed by Sam Wood,

written by Howard Emmett Rogers,

was released in the United States on December 6, 1935.

Based on the story The Whipsaw by James Edward Grant, published in Liberty magazine (1934).

Music by William Axt.

Cast:

Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Harvey Stephens, William Harrigan, Clay Clement, Robert Gleckler, Robert Warwick, Georges Renavent, Paul Stanton, Wade Boteler, Don Rowan, John Qualen, Irene Franklin, Lillian Leighton, J. Anthony Hughes, William Ingersoll, Charles Irwin.