1904
Margery Allingham is born in London. She is the creator of Albert Campion, who had originally been intended as an update of the Scarlet Pimpernel. He first appears in The Black Dudley Mystery in 1929. Her most famous novel is The Tiger in the Smoke (1952). "The Smoke" is a nickname for the city of London.
1933
The first radio series based on Earl Derr Bigger's character harlie Chan broadcasts its final episode. Waltert Connolly plays the title role. (Charle Chan is a popular character and will appear in movies and radio throughout the 1940s. There will be a TV series in the 1950s.
1956
Stanley Kubrick's The Killing, from Lionel White's novel Clean Break, is released, starring Sterling Hayden as the mastermind behind an elaborate racetrack library. Kubrick co-writes the screenplay with novelist Jim Thompson.
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