On this day in movie history - The Black Cat (1934)

The Black Cat

directed by Edgar G. Ulmer,

written by Eve Greene and Richard Macaulay,

based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released in the United States on May 3, 1934.

Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Egon Brecher, Harry Cording, Lucille Lund, Henry Armetta, Albert Conti, Virginia Ainsworth, Luis Alberni, King Baggot, Herman Bing, Symona Boniface, John Carradine, André Cheron, George Davis, Andy Devine, Anna Duncan, John George, Rodney Hildebrand, Lois January, Ula Love, Michael Mark, Tony Marlow, Alphonse Martell, Paul Panzer, Albert Pollet, Peggy Terry, Harry Walker, Paul Weigel.

Born on this day – Caitlin Clarke:

Actress

Teacher

May 3, 1952 – September 9, 2004

Credits:

Movies and television:

A Cure for Serpents (1997); Blown Away (1994); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Cost of Living (1997); Crocodile Dundee (1986); Dellaventura (1998); Dragonslayer (1981); Gabriel's Fire (1991); Joe the King (1999); Kiss and Tell (1996); Law & Order (1997–2000); Love, Lies and Murder (1991); Matlock (1990); Mayflower Madam (1987); Moonlighting (1987); Never Again (2001); New York Undercover (1995); Northern Exposure (1991); Nurse (1982); Once a Hero (1987); Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989); Sex and the City (2000); The Big Picture (1989); The Cosby Mysteries (1994); The Equalizer (1986); The Kid Brother (1987); The Stepford Husbands (1996).

On stage:

Aristocrats (2002); Arms and the Man (1985); As You Like It (1984); Bal (1980); Griller (1999); Indiscretions (1997); Mrs. Warren's Profession (1996); No End of Blame (1981); Not Quite Jerusalem (1984); Othello (1979); Our Country's Good (1989); Plenty (1981); Quartermaine's Terms (1984); Strange Interlude (1985); Summer (1983); Summer Vacation Madness (1982); Tales from the Vienna Woods (1978); Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap (1983); The Gigli Concert (2002); The Glass Menagerie (1997); The Marriage of Figaro (1985); The Queen And The Rebels (1991); The Winter's Tale (1979); Thin Ice (1984); Three Birds Alighting On A Field (1994); Titanic: A New Musical (1998); Total Eclipse (1984); Unexpected Tenderness (1994); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (2000).

Born on this day – Robert Osborne:

Film historian

Television presenter

Writer

Actor

Host at Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and The Movie Channel

Columnist for The Hollywood Reporter,

 May 3, 1932 – March 6, 2017

Credits:

Host at Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and The Movie Channel.

Columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.

Books:

50 Golden Years of Oscar (1978); 60 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (1988); 65 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (1994); 70 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (1999); 75 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (2003); 80 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (2008); 85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (2013); Academy Awards Illustrated (1965); Academy Awards Oscar Annual (1971–1976); Best Actor Oscar Winners Since 1927 (1977); Best Actress Oscar Winners (1977); Best Picture Oscar Winners Since 1927 (1977); Hollywood Legends: The Life and Films of Humphrey Bogart and Greta Garbo (1967); In the Picture: Production Stills from the TCM Archives (2004); Leading Couples: The Most Unforgettable Screen Romances of the Studio Era, by Frank Miller / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2008); Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era, Turner Classic Movies / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2006); Leading Men: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era, by Turner Classic Movies / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2006); Picture Show: Classic Movie Posters from the TCM Archives, by Dianna Edwards / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2003); The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter, by Jeremy Arnold / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2016); Under the Rainbow: An Intimate Memoir of Judy Garland, Rock Hudson and My Life in Old Hollywood, by John Carlyle / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2006).

Movies and television:

100th Anniversary of Bray Studios (2014); 20/20 (2016); A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' (2003); A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in (2017); A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); AFI Life Achievement Award (1977); Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2015); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (2000); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière in History of World Cinema: Part I (2021); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart (1997); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland (1996); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner (1996); Before Breakfast (2010); Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (2004); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' (2008); Biography (2001–2002); Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017); Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021); Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor (2006); Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born (2005); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2016); Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009); Commitment to Life (2023); Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013); Credit Where Credit Is Due (2006); Curtains for Roy Earle: The Story of 'High Sierra' (2003); Dateline NBC (2004); Death Valley Days (1954); Dial M for Murder / 3D: A Brief History (2004); Dial M for Murder / Hitchcock and Dial M (2004); Dinah! (1978); Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre (2003); Dive Bomber: Keep 'Em in the Air (2005); Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' (2003); Dodge City: Go West, Errol Flynn (2005); Double Indemnity: Introduction by Robert Osborne (2006); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Eva Marie Saint: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2014); Forever Endeavor (2022); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2014); Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'the Wrong Man' (2004); Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2005); Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' (2004); Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at 'I Confess' (2004); Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' (2003); Hollywood Greats (1999); Hollywood Helps the Cause (2006); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hollywood Wives (1985); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967); I Love Lucy Costume & Makeup Tests (2014); Inside the Academy Awards (1995); Inside 'The Apartment' (2008); Jeopardy! (2019); Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2013); La fabuleuse histoire des studios hollywoodiens: MGM (2014); La fabuleuse histoire des studios hollywoodiens: Warner Bros (2014); Let Freedom Sing! The Story of 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (2003); Let It Begin! A Filmmaker's Journey (2010); London After Midnight (2002); Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2011); Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994); Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon (2007); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths (2004); My Music: Movie Songs (2007); On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (2004); One Step Beyond (1959); Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece (2009); Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (2004); Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2012); Private Screenings (1996–2014); Private Screenings (2019); Psycho (1960); Remarks on Marx (2004); Robert Osborne with Lana Turner Today (1982); Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute (2015); SAG Foundation Conversations (2009); Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018); Sergeant York: Of God and Country (2006); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Spartacus (1960); Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006); Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (2004); Summer Under the Stars (2003); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tale as Old as Time: The Making of 'Beauty and the Beast' (2002); Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle (2004); TCM Guest Programmer (2005–2016); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); TCM Spotlight: Pre-Code Classics (2014); TCM: Twenty Classic Moments (2014); The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017); The Beverly Hillbillies (1962); The Boys (2009); The Californians (1958); The Desilu Story (2003); The Essentials (2006–2012); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Great Movie Ride (1989); The Hollywood Bowl: Music Under the Stars (2003); The Lady from Shanghai: Introduction by Robert Osborne (2014); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959); The Man with Bogart's Face (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1979); The Morning Program (1987); The Osborne Column (1984); The Oscars (2018); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film (2014); The Sea Hawk: Flynn in Action (2005); 'They Died with Their Boots On': To Hell or Glory (2005); Thicke of the Night (1984); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015); Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (2003); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Whirlybirds (1959).

Born on this day – Norman Corwin:

 

Writer

Producer

Director

Professor

May 3, 1910 – October 18, 2011

Born on this day – Mary Astor:

 

Actress

May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987

Credits:

A Kiss Before Dying (1956); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); A Successful Calamity (1932); A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927); Across the Pacific (1942); Act of Violence (1948); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1959); All But Forgotten (1978); American Cinema (1995); And So They Were Married (1936); Any Number Can Play (1949); Backstory (2001); Beau Brummel (1924); Behind Office Doors (1931); Ben Casey (1963); Blonde Fever (1944); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Brigham Young (1940); Brother of the Bear (1921); Buick-Electra Playhouse (1960); Bullets or Ballots (1921); Burke's Law (1963); Cass Timberlane (1947); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Checkmate (1962); Claudia and David (1946); Climax! (1955–1957); Convention City (1933); Cynthia (1947); Danger (1954); Desert Fury (1947); Dinky (1935); Dodsworth (1936); Don Juan (1926); Don Q Son of Zorro (1925); Dr. Kildare (1962–1963); Dressed to Kill (1928); Dry Martini (1928); Easy to Love (1934); Enticement (1925); Fiesta (1947); Forever After (1926); Front Row Center (1955); Frontier Justice (1959); General Electric Theater (1959); Heart to Heart (1928); High Steppers (1926); Holiday (1930); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961); Home Stories (1990); Hope (1922); Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964); I Am a Thief (1934); In the Good Old Summertime Intro (2004); Inez from Hollywood (1924); James Dean's Lost Slideshow (2013); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); John Smith (1922); Justice (1955); Kraft Theatre (1951–1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955–1960); Ladies Love Brutes (1930); Lady from Nowhere (1936); Listen, Darling (1938); Little Women (1949); Lux Video Theatre (1956–1957); Man of Iron (1935); Matinee Theatre (1956); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Men of Chance (1931); Midnight (1939); My Lady o' the Pines (1921); New Year's Eve (1929); Nihon eiga no hyaku nen / Century of Cinema (1995); No Place to Go (1927); No Time to Marry (1938); Northern Exposure (1994); Oh, Doctor! (1925); Okay for Sound (1946); Other Men's Women (1930); Page Miss Glory (1935); Paradise for Three (1938); Person to Person (1960); Playhouse 90 (1957–1960); Playing with Souls (1925); Playwrights '56 (1956); Ponds Theater (1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); Puritan Passions (1923); Rawhide (1961); Red Dust (1932); Red Hot Tires (1935); Return of the Terror (1934); Return to Peyton Place (1961); Robert Montgomery Presents (1956); Romance of the Underworld (1928); Rose of the Golden West (1927); Sailors' Wives (1928); Scarlet Saint (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Memories (1951); Second Fiddle (1923); Sentimental Tommy (1921); Show of Shows (1929); Smart Woman (1931); Some of the Greatest (1955); Star Stage (1956); Stay Tuned (1992); Straight from the Heart (1935); Studio 57 (1956); Studio One (1954–1958); Success (1923); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Angelus (1922); The Beggar Maid (1921); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Bright Shawl (1923); The Case of the Howling Dog (1934); The Confession (2018); The Defenders (1963); The Devil's Hairpin (1957); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956); The Elgin Hour (1955); The Fighting American (1924); The Fighting Coward (1924); The Great Lie (1941); The Hollywood Gad-About (1934); The Hurricane (1937); The Kennel Murder Case (1933); The Lash (1930); The Little Giant (1933); The Lost Squadron (1932); The Maltese Falcon (1941); The Man Who Played God (1922); The Man with Two Faces (1934); The Marriage Maker (1923); The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1935); The Pace That Thrills (1925); The Palm Beach Story (1942); The Philadelphia Story (1959); The Power and the Prize (1956); The Price of a Party (1924); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); The Rapids (1922); The Rough Riders (1927); The Royal Bed (1931); The Rules of Film Noir (2009); The Runaway Bride (1930); The Sea Tiger (1927); The Sin Ship (1931); The Sunset Derby (1927); The Twentieth Century (1959); The Wise Guy (1926); The Woman from Hell (1929); The World Changes (1933); The Young Painter (1922); There's Always a Woman (1938); This Happy Feeling (1958); Those We Love (1932); Thousands Cheer (1943); Thriller (1960); 3-Ring Marriage (1928); To the Ladies (1923); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1974); Trapped by Television (1936); Turnabout (1940); Two Arabian Knights (1927); U.S. Marshal (1958–1960); Unguarded Women (1924); Upperworld (1934); WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 (1926); White Shoulders (1931); Wings of the Border (1921); Woman Against Woman (1938); Woman-Proof (1923); Yesterday and Today (1953); Young Ideas (1943); Youngblood Hawke (1964); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Born on this day – Aline MacMahon:

 

Actress

May 3, 1899 – October 12, 1991

Credits:

Actor's Choice (1970); Ah Wilderness! (1935); All the Way Home (1963); Babbitt (1934); Back Door to Heaven (1939); Big Hearted Herbert (1934); Camera Three (1978); Celanese Theatre (1952); Cimarron (1960); Complicated Women (2003); Compression (2024); Diamond Head (1962); Dragon Seed (1944); Five Star Final (1931); For the Use of the Hall (1975); Frontiers of Faith (1952–1955); Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933); Gold Diggers: FDR's New Deal... Broadway Bound (2006); Great Performances (1974); Guest in the House (1944); Heat Lightning (1934); Heroes for Sale (1933); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998); I Could Go on Singing (1963); I Live My Life (1935); Kind Lady (1935); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Lamp Unto My Feet (1957–1961); Life Begins (1932); Mary Jane's Pa (1935); NET Playhouse (1969); Once in a Lifetime (1932); One Way Passage (1932); Out of the Fog (1941); Play of the Week (1959); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1952); Reward Unlimited (1944); Roseanna McCoy (1949); Seeds of Freedom (1943); Side Streets (1934); Silver Dollar (1932); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Studio One (1957–1958); The Defenders (1963–1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1961); The Eddie Cantor Story (1953); The Flame and the Arrow (1950); The Heart of New York (1932); The Lady Is Willing (1942); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); The Man from Laramie (1955); The Merry Frinks (1934); The Mighty McGurk (1947); The Mouthpiece (1932); The Movie Crazy Years (1971); The Search (1948); The Shade of the Tree (1956); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958); The World Changes (1933); The Young Doctors (1961); Tish (1942); Twenty Years After (1944); Week-End Marriage (1932); When You're in Love (1937); While the Patient Slept (1935).

Born on this day – Dodie Smith:

 

Writer

May 3, 1896 – November 24, 1990

Credits:

Books:

The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956); The Starlight Barking (1967); Look Back with Love (1974); Look Back with Mixed Feelings (1978); Look Back with Astonishment (1979); Look Back with Gratitude (1985); I Capture the Castle (1948); Girl from the Candle-lit Bath (1961); The New Moon With the Old (1963); The Town in Bloom (1965); It Ends with Revelations (1967); Tale of Two Families (1970); The Midnight Kittens (1978); Service (1932); Autumn Crocus (1933); Touch Wood (1934); Call it A Day (1936); Bonnet Over the Windmill (1937); Dear Octopus (1938); Lovers and Friends (1947); Letter from Paris (1954); Amateur Means Lover (1962).

Movies and television:

101 Dalmatian Street (2020); 101 Dalmatians (1996); 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure (2002); 101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor (1997); 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1998); 102 Dalmatians (2000); 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue (2000); Autumn Crocus (1934); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1952); Call It a Day (1937); Call It a Day (1948); Call It a Day (1956); Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007); Cruella (2021); Darling, How Could You! (1951); Dear Octopus (1943); Dear Octopus (1953); Der erste Frühlingstag (1956); Der erste Frühlingstag (1962); Der erste Frühlingstag / Call it a Day (1961); I Capture the Castle (1954); I Capture the Castle (2003); ITV Play of the Week (1959); ITV Playhouse (1972); ITV Television Playhouse (1957); Jackanory (1986); Looking Forward (1933); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961); Primo giorno di primavera (1955); Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians (2008); Schoolgirl Rebels (1915); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961); The Glorious Adventure (1922); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); The Uninvited (1944); To Each His Own (1946); Zo maar een dag in de lente (1960).