On this day in movie history - Slightly Scarlet (1956)

Slightly Scarlet

directed by Allan Dwan,

written by Robert Blees,

based on the novel Love’s Lovely Counterfeit by James M. Cain,

was released in the United States on February 15, 1956.

Music by Louis Forbes.

Cast:

John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, Kent Taylor, Ted de Corsia, Lance Fuller, Buddy Baer, Fred Aldrich, Murray Alper, Hy Anzell, Joanne Arnold, Ellen Corby, Sam Flint, Frank Gerstle, Roy Gordon, Myron Healey, Frank Jenks, Barry Norton, William ‘Bill’ Phillips, George E. Stone, Hal Taggart, Arthur Tovey, George D. Wallace.

Born on this day – Paula Hill:

 

Actress

February 15, 1926 – February 15, 2000

Credits:

Chump Change (2000); The Soldier of Fortune (1991); Mike Hammer (1958); M Squad (1958); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); The Sad Sack (1957); The Joker Is Wild (1957); Dragnet (1956–1957); The Man Called X (1956–1957); Three Violent People (1956); Highway Patrol (1956); Hot Cars (1956); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955); The Loretta Young Show (1955); Playgirl (1954); Mesa of Lost Women (1953); The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953); Models Inc. (1952); Outlaw Women (1952); Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952); Meet Danny Wilson (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Highway 301 (1950); Love That Brute (1950); Hellfire (1949); Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947).

Born on this day – Sidney Gilliat:

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

February 15, 1908 – May 31, 1994

Credits:

A Gentleman of Paris (1931); Afternoon Film Festival (1956); Alias Bulldog Drummond (1935); Ask a Policeman (1939); Au théâtre ce soir (1971); Bed and Breakfast (1930); Big Time Operators (1957); Bikini Baby (1951); Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957); Captain Boycott (1947); Chu Chin Chow (1934); Crook's Tour (1940); Doomed Cargo (1936); Dulcimer Street (1948); Endless Night (1972); Facing the Music (1933); Falling for You (1933); Folly to Be Wise (1952); Friday the Thirteenth (1933); Get Charlie Tully (1972); Gilbert and Sullivan (1953); Green for Danger (1946); I See a Dark Stranger (1946); Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939); Jack Ahoy (1934); Jamaica Inn (1939); Joey Boy (1965); King of the Damned (1935); Kraft Theatre (1955); Left Right and Centre (1959); Lord Babs (1932); Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930); Marriage a la Mode (1955); Millions Like Us (1943); Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941); My Heart Is Calling (1935); Night and Day (1932); Night Train to Munich (1940); Notorious Gentleman (1945); Only Two Can Play (1962); Orders Is Orders (1933); Partners in Crime (1942); Post Haste (1933); Red Pearls (1930); Rome Express (1932); She Played with Fire (1957); Sign Please (1933); Strange Boarders (1938); Strangers on a Honeymoon (1936); Take My Tip (1937); The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954); The Blue Lagoon (1949); The Boys in Blue (1983); The Bridal Path (1959); The Gaunt Stranger (1931); The Ghost Train (1931); The Girl in the News (1940); The Great Manhunt (1950); The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966); The Green Man (1956); The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950); The Happy Ending (1931); The Lady Vanishes (1938); The Lady Vanishes (1979); The Man Who Lived Again (1936); The Moment of Truth (1952); The Open Window (1956); The Phantom Strikes (1938); The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960); The Remarkable Mr. Kipps (1941); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); They Came by Night (1940); Third Time Lucky (1931); Twelve Good Men (1936); Two Thousand Women (1944); Uncensored (1942); Unpublished Story (1942); Vor Nachbarn wird gewarnt (1965); Waterloo Road (1945); Where There's a Will (1936); You'd Be Surprised! (1930); You're Telling Me! (1941).

 

Born on this day – Kokomo Arnold:

 

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 15, 1896 or 1901 – November 8, 1968

Born on this day – Howard Higgin:

 

Director

Writer

February 15, 1891 – December 16, 1938

Credits:

Battle of Greed (1937); Broken Barriers (1924); Cafe Hostess (1940); Carnival Lady (1933); Changing Husbands (1924); Don't Doubt Your Husband (1924); Fashion Row (1923); Hell's House (1932); Her Man (1930); High Voltage (1929); I Conquer the Sea! (1936); In the Name of Love (1925); King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934); Marriage on Approval (1933); Power (1928); Rent Free (1922); Revolt of the Zombies (1936); Sal of Singapore (1928); Skyscraper (1928); Smouldering Fires (1925); The Crusades (1935); The Final Edition (1932); The Gold Racket (1937); The Great Deception (1926); The Invisible Ray (1935); The Last Man (1932); The Leatherneck (1929); The Line-Up (1934); The New Commandment (1925); The Painted Desert (1931); The Perfect Sap (1927); The Racketeer (1929); The Reckless Lady (1926); The Trouble with Wives (1925); The Wilderness Woman (1926); Tomorrow's Love (1925).

Born on this day – Laurence Trimble:

Photographed with Strongheart, the first dog to be a lead movie star (1930)

Silent film director

Writer

Actor

February 15, 1885 – February 8, 1954

Credits:

A Cure for Pokeritis (1912); A Place in the Sun (1916); A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli (1912); A Tin-Type Romance (1910); A Welsh Singer (1915); A Window on Washington Park (1913); Alone in London (1915); As Ye Repent (1915); Auld Lang Syne (1911); Auld Robin Gray (1910); Bachelor Buttons (1912); Battle Hymn of the Republic (1917); Beyond the Law (1911); Billy the Kid (1911); Brawn of the North (1922); Bunny All at Sea (1912); Bunny and the Dogs (1912); Bunny at the Derby (1912); Bunny Blarneyed; or, the Blarney Stone (1913); Bunny's Suicide (1912); Cardinal Wolsey (1912); Caste (1915); Chased by Bloodhounds (1912); Checkmated (1913); Counsellor Bobby (1913); Creatures of Habit (1914); Cutey Plays Detective (1913); Daisy Doodad's Dial (1914); Daring Danger (1924); Darling Mine (1920); Does Advertising Pay? (1913); Doorsteps (1916); Drumsticks (1910); Everybody's Doing It (1913); Everybody's Sweetheart (1920); Far from the Madding Crowd (1915); Film Favourites (1914); Flapper Wives (1924); Flotilla the Flirt (1914); Fool's Gold (1919); For Her People (1914); Going Some (1920); Grim Justice (1916); Hee! Haw! (1923); Her Crowning Glory (1911); Her Mother's Wedding Gown (1910); Hypnotizing the Hypnotist (1911); In the Arctic Night (1911); Indian Romeo and Juliet (1912); Jean and the Calico Doll (1910); Jean and the Waif (1910); Jean Goes Fishing (1910); Jean Goes Foraging (1910); Jean Rescues (1911); Jean the Match-Maker (1910); Jean's Evidence (1913); Jean's Evidence (1913); Let 'Em Quarrel (1913); Lost and Won (1915); Man to Man (1911); Martha's Rebellion (1912); Michael McShane, Matchmaker (1912); Mine of Missing Men (1917); Mockery (1912); My Old Dutch (1915); My Old Dutch (1926); One Thing After Another (1914); One Touch of Nature (1911); Pandora's Box (1912); Playthings of Destiny (1921); Polly's Progress (1914); Prejudice of Pierre Marie (1911); Pumps (1913); Red Eagle (1911); Rose of Surrey (1913); Sally in Our Alley (1916); Saved by the Flag (1910); Shopgirls: or, The Great Question (1914); Sisters All (1913); Snobs (1914); Spotlight Sadie (1919); Suing Susan (1912); Sundown (1924); The Auction Block (1917); The Awakening of Jones (1912); The Awakening of Nora (1914); The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1911); The Deerslayer (1913); The French Spy (1912); The Great Adventure (1916); The Harper Mystery (1913); The House in Suburbia (1913); The Light Within (1918); The Love Master (1924); The Lucky Stone (1913); The Men Haters' Club (1910); The Murdoch Trial (1914); The Path of True Love (1912); The Pickwick Papers (1913); The Pickwick Papers: Part Three (1913); The Pseudo Sultan (1912); The Shepherd Lassie of Argyle (1914); The Shining Adventure (1925); The Signal of Distress (1912); The Silent Call (1921); The Silver Horde (1920); The Spreading Dawn (1917); The Stumbling Block (1911); The Wings of a Moth (1913); The Woman God Sent (1920); The Younger Sister (1913); There's Music in the Hair (1913); Through the Valley of Shadows (1914); Through the Valley of Shadows (1914); Two Cinders (1912); Under the Make-Up (1913); Up and Down the Ladder (1913); Vengeance - and the Woman (1917); When Bobby Forgot (1913); When the Light Waned (1911); Where the Winds Blow (1910); While She Powdered Her Nose (1912); White Fang (1925); Wig Wag (1911).

E. L. Doctorow, on writing:

 

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

- E. L. Doctorow.