''Four Days' Wonder'' is a 1936 American
comedy
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mystery film
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directed by
Sidney Salkow
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Salkow was educated at the City College of New York, Columbia University and Harvard Law Schoo ...
and starring Jeanne Dante,
Kenneth Howell
Kenneth Howell (February 21, 1913 - September 28, 1966) was an American actor. He is best remembered for roles in films such as ''Pardon My Pups'' (1934), ''The Wrong Way Out'' (1938), ''Pride of the Bowery'' (1940) and ''Ball of Fire'' (1941) ...
and
Martha Sleeper. Produced by
Universal Pictures
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, the film is based on the 1933 novel "
Four Days' Wonder" by British writer
A. A. Milne (New York, 1933). It was the first feature directed by Sidney Salkow.
Plot
A child is accused of murder.
Production
Filming started 5 August 1936. Star Jeanne Dante was on
Broadway
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in ''
Call It a Day''.
[Family Life Gets a Break in Play Named 'Call It a Day' Chicago Daily Tribune 15 Nov 1936: E2.]
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1936 films
1936 comedy films
1930s comedy mystery films
American comedy mystery films
1936 mystery films
1930s English-language films
Universal Pictures films
Films based on works by A. A. Milne
American black-and-white films
Films based on British novels
1930s American films
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