On this day in movie history - The Blue Dahlia (1946)

The Blue Dahlia

directed by George Marshall,

written by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on April 18, 1946.

Music by Victor Young.

Cast:

Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Hugh Beaumont, Tom Powers, Howard Freeman, Don Costello, Will Wright, Frank Faylen, Walter Sande, Mae Busch, Anthony Caruso, Noel Neill.

On this day in movie history - The Secret Six (1931)

The Secret Six

a.k.a. The Secret 6,

directed by George W. Hill,

written by Frances Marion,

was released in the United States on April 18, 1931.

Cast:

Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Marjorie Rambeau, Paul Hurst, Clark Gable, Ralph Bellamy, John Miljan, DeWitt Jennings, Murray Kinnell, Fletcher Norton, Louis Natheaux, Frank McGlynn Sr., Theodore von Eltz, Lynton Brent, Mary Carlisle, Charles Giblyn, Joseph W. Girard, Betty Lawson, Tom London, George Magrill, Lee Phelps, Buddy Roosevelt, Oscar Rudolph, Hector V. Sarno, Carol Tevis, Arthur Thalasso, Walter Walker, S.D. Wilcox.

Born on this day – Barbara Hale:

 

Actress

April 18, 1922 – January 26, 2017

Credits:

Travelers (2013); Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005); Biography (2000); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (1995); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993); Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993); Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993); Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993); The Defense Rests: A Tribute to Raymond Burr (1993); Vicki Lawrence in Vicki! (1993); Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991); Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin (1991); Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991); Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter (1991); Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990); The Case of the Courtroom Legend (1989); Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin (1989); Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (1989); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988); Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988); Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987); Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987); Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987); Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986); Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986); Perry Mason Returns (1985); Family Feud / All-Star Family Feud Special (1984); The Greatest American Hero (1981); The Magical World of Disney (1973–1978); Big Wednesday (1978); Dinah! (1976); The Flight of the Grey Wolf (1976); The Giant Spider Invasion (1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Chester, Yesterday's Horse (1973); The Doris Day Show (1972); Adam-12 (1971); Ironside (1971); The Most Deadly Game (1970); The Red, White, and Black (1970); It's Your Bet (1970); Airport (1970); Lassie (1969); Insight (1969); Buckskin (1968); Custer (1967); You Don't Say (1967); Stump the Stars (1963); Here's Hollywood (1960); The Juke Box Jury (1956–1959); The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1959); Perry Mason (1957–1966); General Electric Theater (1955–1959); Desert Hell (1958); Slim Carter (1957); The Oklahoman (1957); Playhouse 90 (1956–1957); 7th Cavalry (1956); The Millionaire (1956); Star Stage (1955); Crossroads (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1956); The Houston Story (1956); Damon Runyon Theater (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1956); Place the Face (1955); Climax! (1955); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Studio 57 (1955); The Far Horizons (1955); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1955); Unchained (1955); A Lion Is in the Streets (1953); Footlights Theater (1953); The Lone Hand (1953); Seminole (1953); Last of the Comanches (1953); Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952); The First Time (1952); Lorna Doone (1951); Emergency Wedding (1950); The Jackpot (1950); And Baby Makes Three (1949); Jolson Sings Again (1949); The Window (1949); The Clay Pigeon (1949); The Boy with Green Hair (1948); A Likely Story (1947); Lady Luck (1946); First Yank Into Tokyo (1945); West of the Pecos (1945); The Falcon in Hollywood (1944); Heavenly Days (1944); Goin' to Town (1944); The Falcon Out West (1944); Prunes and Politics (1944); Higher and Higher (1943); Around the World (1943); Government Girl (1943); Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943); The Iron Major (1943); The Seventh Victim (1943); Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943); Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943).

Born on this day – Lenore Aubert:

Actress

April 18, 1913 – July 31, 1993

Credits:

Une fille sur la route (1952); Fall 7:9 (1951); Famous Jury Trials (1950); Actor's Studio (1950); The Morey Amsterdam Show (1950); Through Wendy's Window (1949); Suspense (1949); The Silver Theatre (1949); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); Barbary Pirate (1949); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); The Return of the Whistler (1948); The Prairie (1947); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); The Other Love (1947); The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946); The Catman of Paris (1946); Having Wonderful Crime (1945); Action in Arabia (1944); Passport to Destiny (1944); They Got Me Covered (1943); Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938); Old King Cole (1933).

Raymond Chandler, on writing:

The challenge is to write about real things magically.

 - Raymond Chandler.
            

On this day in music history - The album Beyond the Crossroads, by Peter Karp & Sue Foley (2012)

Beyond the Crossroad

by Peter Karp & Sue Foley

was released on April 17, 2012.

Born on this day – William Holden:

 

Actor

April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981

Credits:

Adventures at the Jade Sea (1969); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); Alvarez Kelly (1966); Apartment for Peggy (1948); Arizona (1940); Ashanti (1979); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (1978); Blaze of Noon (1947); Boots Malone (1952); Born Yesterday (1950); Breezy (1973); Casino Royale (1967); Ciné regards (1979); Damien: Omen II (1978); Dear Ruth (1947); Dear Wife (1949); Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach (1953); Donahue (1976); Escape from Fort Bravo (1953); Escape to Athena (1979); Et par ord om Danmark (1960); Executive Suite (1954); Father Is a Bachelor (1950); Fedora (1978); Force of Arms (1951); Forever Female (1953); Golden Boy (1939); Good Morning America (1977–1981); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Today (1955); I Love Lucy (1955); I Wanted Wings (1941); Invisible Stripes (1939); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Meet the Stewarts (1942); Million Dollar Legs (1939); Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949); Mysteries of the Sea (1980); Network (1976); Once Upon a Time.... is Now Grace Kelly (1977); Open Season (1974); Our Town (1940); Paris When It Sizzles (1964); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Person to Person (1955); Picnic (1955); Prison Farm (1938); Producers' Showcase (1955); Rachel and the Stranger (1948); Reconnaissance Pilot (1943); Report on Hong Kong (1961); S.O.B. (1981); Sabrina (1954); Salute to Show Business (1957); Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954); Satan Never Sleeps (1962); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952); Sheilah Graham in Hollywood (1955); Shooting Stars (1961); Stalag 17 (1953); Streets of Laredo (1949); Submarine Command (1951); Sunset Blvd. (1950); Texas (1941); World's Heavyweight Championship Fight: Floyd Patterson Heavyweight Champion of the World versus Ingemar Johansson Heavyweight Champion of Europe (1959); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 7th Dawn (1964); The American Movie Awards (1980); The Annual National Sports Awards (1974); The Blue Knight (1973); The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954); The Christmas Tree (1969); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954–1955); The Counterfeit Traitor (1962); The Country Girl (1954); The Dark Past (1948); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Dean Martin Show (1968–1973); The Devil's Brigade (1968); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1972); The Earthling (1980); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); The Fleet's In (1942); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Jack Benny Program (1956); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Key (1958); The Lion (1962); The Man from Colorado (1948); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1972–1977); The Moon Is Blue (1953); The Moviemakers (1971); The Proud and Profane (1956); The Remarkable Andrew (1942); The Revengers (1972); The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant (1958); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1981); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Turning Point (1952); The Wild Bunch (1969); The World of Suzie Wong (1960); Those Were the Days! (1940); Toward the Unknown (1956); 21 Hours at Munich (1976); Union Station (1950); Variety Girl (1947); Walt Disney Academy Awards: 26th Annual, 1954 (1954); What's My Line? (1956); When Time Ran Out... (1980); Wild Rovers (1971); Wild Rovers (1971); Wings Up (1943); You Can Change the World (1950); Young and Willing (1943).