Showing posts with label William A. Wellman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William A. Wellman. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Public Enemy (1931)


The Public Enemy

directed by William A. Wellman,

written by Kubec Glasmon, John Bright and Harvey F. Thew,

based on the novel Beer and Blood by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon,

was released in the United States on April 23, 1931.

Music by David Mendoza.


Cast:
James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton, Beryl Mercer, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Murray Kinnell, Mae Clarke, Frank Coghlan Jr., Frankie Darro, Robert Homans, Sam McDaniel, William H. Strauss, Mia Marvin, Lev Abramov, Clark Burroughs, George Daly, Snitz Edwards, Rita Flynn, Dorothy Gee, Douglas Gerrard, Dorothy Gray, Ben Hendricks Jr., Eddie Kane, Arnold Lucy, Harold Minjir, Helen Parrish, Lee Phelps, Russ Powell, Purnell Pratt, Nanci Price, Joe Sawyer, Landers Stevens, Charles Sullivan, Lucille Ward, Adele Watson.

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Born on this day – William A. Wellman:


William A. Wellman


Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

Military pilot

February 29, 1896 – December 9, 1975


Credits:
A Star Is Born (1937); A Star Is Born (1954); A Star Is Born (1976); A Star Is Born (2018); Across the Wide Missouri (1951); Battleground (1949); Beau Geste (1939); Beggars of Life (1928); Big Dan (1923); Blood Alley (1955); Buffalo Bill (1944); Call of the Wild (1935); Central Airport (1933); Chinatown Nights (1929); College Coach (1933); Cupid's Fireman (1923); Dangerous Paradise (1930); Darby's Rangers (1958); Evangeline (1919); Female (1933); Frisco Jenny (1932); Gallant Journey (1946); Good-bye, My Lady (1956); Heroes for Sale (1933); Island in the Sky (1953); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); Ladies of the Mob (1928); Lady of Burlesque (1943); Lafayette Escadrille (1958); Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954); Lilly Turner (1933); Looking for Trouble (1934); Love Is a Racket (1932); Magic Town (1947); Maybe It's Love (1930); Men with Wings (1938); Midnight Mary (1933); My Man and I (1952); Night Nurse (1931); Not a Drum Was Heard (1924); Nothing Sacred (1937); Other Men's Women (1931); Reaching for the Sun (1941); Ring of Fear (1954); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951); Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936); Roxie Hart (1942); Safe in Hell (1931); Second Hand Love (1923); Small Town Girl (1936); So Big! (1932); Stingaree (1934); Story of G.I. Joe (1945); Tarzan Escapes (1936); The Boob (1926); The Cat's Pajamas (1926); The Circus Cowboy (1924); The Conquerors (1932); The Great Man's Lady (1941); The Happy Years (1950); The Hatchet Man (1932); The High and the Mighty (1954); The Iron Curtain (1948); The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919); The Last Gangster (1937); The Legion of the Condemned (1928); The Light That Failed (1939); The Man I Love (1929); The Man Who Won (1923); The Next Voice You Hear... (1950); The Ox-Bow Incident (1942); The President Vanishes (1934); The Public Enemy (1931); The Purchase Price (1932); The Star Witness (1931); The Vagabond Trail (1924); This Man's Navy (1945); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air (1942); Track of the Cat (1954); Viva Villa! (1934); Westward the Women (1951); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Wings (1927); Woman Trap (1929); Yellow Sky (1948); You Never Know Women (1926); Young Eagles (1930).


Tuesday, December 12, 2023

On this day in movie history - Safe in Hell (1931)

Safe in Hell

directed by William A. Wellman,

written by Joseph Jackson and Maude Fulton,

based on the play by Houston Branch,

was released in the United States on December 12, 1931.

Music by Leo F. Forbstein.

Cast:
Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, John Wray, Ivan F. Simpson, Victor Varconi, Morgan Wallace, Nina Mae McKinney, Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Noble Johnson, Cecil Cunningham, Sam Appel, Lionel Belmore, Ted Billings, Rondo Hatton, Kenneth MacDonald, Chris-Pin Martin, Dick Rush, Harry Semels, Harold Waldridge.