Sunday, August 1, 2010

August 2 in Mystery and Crime Lore

1905 - Actress Myrna Loy is born in Helena, Montana. She played the Daughter of Fu Manchu opposite Boris Karloff, and was Nora Charles opposite William Powell's Nick Charles in the Thin Man series of moviers.

1918 - Joseph Hayes is born in Indianapolis. His best seller The Desperate Hours will be turned into both a play and a movie. For the movie starring Humphry Bogart, Hayes will be awared an edgar for best screenplay.

Source: The Mystery BOok of Days. Mysterious Press, 1990

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