On this day in movie history - Journal of a Crime (1934)

Journal of a Crime

directed by William Keighley,

written by F. Hugh Herbert and Charles Kenyon,

based on the play by Jacques Deval,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1934.

A remake of Une vie perdue (1933), directed by Raymond Rouleau.

Music by Leo F. Forbstein.

Cast:

Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd, George Barbier, Douglas Dumbrille, Noel Madison, Henry O'Neill, Phillip Reed, Henry Kolker, Walter Pidgeon, Clay Clement.

Born on this day – Venetia Stevenson:

 Actress

March 10, 1938 – September 26, 2022

Credits:

Servants of Twilight (1991); Hollywood Vice Squad (1986); Born American (1986); Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (1984); Southern Comfort (1981); Take This Job and Shove It (1981); The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961); Studs Lonigan (1960); Seven Ways from Sundown (1960); The City of the Dead (1960); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); The Big Night (1960); Jet Over the Atlantic (1959); The Third Man (1959); Day of the Outlaw (1959); The Millionaire (1959); Island of Lost Women (1959); Lawman (1958); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1958); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Sugarfoot (1957–1958); Violent Road (1958); Colt .45 (1958); Darby's Rangers (1958); Cheyenne (1957); Matinee Theatre (1957); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957); Cavalcade of America (1954).

Born on this day – Sam Jaffe:

Actor

Musician

March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984

Credits:

On the Line (1984); Nothing Lasts Forever (1984); The Love Boat (1983); Foul Play (1981); Battle Beyond the Stars (1980); Gideon's Trumpet (1980); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1980); Flying High (1978); Kojak (1977); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Sad and Lonely Sundays (1976); Medical Story (1975); Harry O (1975); Columbo (1975); S.W.A.T. (1975); The Best of Times (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); Mooch (1974); QB VII (1974); The Snoop Sisters (1973); Saga of Sonora (1973); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Love, American Style / Love and the Wishing Star (1972); Circle of Fear (1972); Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1972); The Tell-Tale Heart (1971); Enemies (1971); Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971); Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971); The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970); Quarantined (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1970); The Dunwich Horror (1970); Night Gallery / Escape Route (1969); The Great Bank Robbery (1969); Guns for San Sebastian (1968); Tarzan (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); Batman (1966); Bonanza (1966); Daniel Boone (1965); Ben Casey (1961–1965); The Donna Reed Show (1964); The Defenders (1962); Cain's Hundred (1961); The Law and Mr. Jones (1960–1961); Naked City (1961); The Robert Herridge Theater (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960–1961); The Untouchables (1961); The Islanders (1961); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1961); The Westerner (1960); Play of the Week (1960); Playhouse 90 (1959–1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Ben-Hur (1959); The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958); The Spies (1957); Main Street to Broadway (1953); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951); I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951); Under the Gun (1951); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Big Story (1949); Rope of Sand (1949); The Accused (1949); Gentleman's Agreement (1947); 13 Rue Madeleine (1947); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Gunga Din (1939); Lost Horizon (1937); We Live Again (1934); The Scarlet Empress (1934); A Cheap Vacation (1916).

Born on this day – Barry Fitzgerald:

Actor

March 10, 1888 – January 4, 1961

Credits:

Grand Hotel (1964); Play of the Week (1960); Broth of a Boy (1959); Rooney (1958); The Catered Affair (1956); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955); General Electric Theater (1954); Tonight's the Night (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1952); The Quiet Man (1952); Ha da venì... don Calogero (1952); Silver City (1951); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948); Union Station (1950); The Story of Seabiscuit (1949); Top o' the Morning (1949); Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Naked City (1948); Variety Girl (1947); Welcome Stranger (1947); Easy Come, Easy Go (1947); California (1947); Two Years Before the Mast (1946); The Stork Club (1945); And Then There Were None (1945); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Incendiary Blonde (1945); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); None But the Lonely Heart (1944); I Love a Soldier (1944); Going My Way (1944); Corvette K-225 (1943); Two Tickets to London (1943); The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943); Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941); How Green Was My Valley (1941); The Sea Wolf (1941); San Francisco Docks (1940); The Long Voyage Home (1940); Full Confession (1939); The Saint Strikes Back (1939); Pacific Liner (1939); The Dawn Patrol (1938); Marie Antoinette (1938); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Ebb Tide (1937); The Plough and the Stars (1936); Guests of the Nation (1935); Juno and the Paycock (1929); Land of Her Fathers (1924).

Born on this day – William Haggar:

Director

March 10, 1851 – February 4, 1925

Credits:

A Boating Incident (1905); A Dash for Liberty; or, The Convict's Escape and Capture (1903); A Duel with Knives (1902); A Message from the Sea (1905); Bathing Not Allowed (1905); Brutality Rewarded (1904); D.T.'s, or the Effect of Drink (1905); Desperate Footpads (1907); Dick the Kisser (1908); Flynn's Birthday Celebrations (1904); Fun at the Waxworks (1905); Mary Is Dry (1905); Mirthful Mary in the Dock (1904); Mirthful Mary: A Case for the Blacklist (1903); Pongo the Man Monkey (1906); Snowballing (1904); The Bathers' Revenge (1904); The Biter Bitten (1904); The Dumb Man of Manchester (1908); The Life of Charles Peace (1905); The Maid of Cefn Ydfa (1914); The Maniac's Guillotine (1902); The Meddling Policeman (1904); The Poachers (1903); The Red Barn Mystery (1908); The Rival Painters (1905); The Salmon Poachers: A Midnight Melee (1905); The Sheep Stealer (1908); The Sign of the Cross (1904); The Squire's Daughter (1905); The Tramp and Baby's Bottle (1903); The Tramp and the Washerwoman (1903); The Wild Man of Borneo (1902); True as Steel (1902); Two's Company, Three's None (1905); Weary Willie and Tired Tim: The Gunpowder Plot (1903); Whitewashing the Policeman (1904).

Jhumpa Lahiri, on writing:

 

Writing is one of the most assertive things a person can do.
- Jhumpa Lahiri.

Born on this day – Alexandra Bastedo:

Actress

Writer

March 9, 1946 – January 12, 2014