Born on this day – William Clemens:

William Clemens

Director

September 10, 1905 – April 29, 1980

Credits:

Accidents Will Happen (1938); Beyond the Rockies (1932); Calling Philo Vance (1939); Crime by Night (1944); Crime School (1938); Devil Dogs of the Air (1935); Devil's Island (1938); Down the Stretch (1936); Dr. Monica (1934); Easy to Love (1934); Freighters of Destiny (1931); From Headquarters (1933); Ghost Valley (1932); Happiness Ahead (1934); Haunted Gold (1932); Here Comes Carter (1936); I Found Stella Parish (1935); Journal of a Crime (1934); Kansas City Princess (1934); King of the Lumberjacks (1940); Knockout (1941); Lady Bodyguard (1943); Man Hunt (1936); Missing Witnesses (1937); Mr. Chump (1938); Musical Shipmates (1946); Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939); Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939); Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939); Nancy Drew: Detective (1938); Night in New Orleans (1942); Oil for the Lamps of China (1935); On Dress Parade (1939); Once a Doctor (1937); Page Miss Glory (1935); Ride Him, Cowboy (1932); She Couldn't Say No (1940); Somewhere in Sonora (1933); Sweater Girl (1942); Talent Scout (1937); The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937); The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936); The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943); The Falcon in Danger (1943); The Falcon Out West (1944); The Footloose Heiress (1937); The Law in Her Hands (1936); The Man from Monterey (1933); The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936); The Night of January 16th (1941); The Saddle Buster (1932); The Sunday Round-Up (1936); The Telegraph Trail (1933); The Thirteenth Hour (1947); Tomorrow Always Comes (1941); Torchy Blane in Panama (1938); Up for Murder (1931).

On this day in movie history - Calling Philo Vance (1940)

 

Calling Philo Vance

directed by William Clemens,

written by Tom Reed,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on January 27, 1940.

A remake of The Kennel Murder Case (1933).

Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O’Neill, Edward Brophy, Sheila Bromley, Ralph Forbes, Don Douglas, Martin Kosleck, Jimmy Conlin, Edward Raquello, Creighton Hale, Harry Strang, Richard Kipling, Wedgwood Nowell, Bo Ling, Olaf Hytten, George Irving, Frank Mayo.