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When I saw this film a coupl e of days ago, I found out that it was released on J anuary 29, 1 937 . So naturally, this week on "F ilm Fri day" I had to tell you a little bit about it. Original release poster Directed by Fritz Lang, You Only Live Once (1937) concerns Ed die Taylor (Henry Fonda) , a three-time convict who has just received an early release due to the influence of public defender Stephen Whitney (Barton MacLane) and the prison chaplain, Father Dolan (William Gargan). Eddie then marries his longtime sweetheart Joan Graham (Sylvia Sidney), Whitney's secretary, and vows to go straight and work hard. His aspirations at normal life are soon thwarted, however, when he and Joan are asked to leave their honeymoon room after the proprietors, Ethan (Charles "Chic" Sale) and Hester (Margaret Hamilton), learn that Eddie is an ex-con. Eddie gets a job at a truck company, but his boss, Mr. Williams (William Pawley), fires him for being late after h...

To celebrate Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullavan's birthday, which is tomorrow, this week on "Film Friday" I want to tell you a little bit about the only film they ever did together. Theatrical release poster Directed by William A. Seiter, The Moon's Our Home (1936) begins when a nutty Hollywood star named Cherry Chester (Margaret Sullavan) is called home to New York by her stern grandmother, Lucy Van Steedan (Henrietta Crosman), who wants her to marry her dull cousin Horace (Charles Butterworth). Taking the same train is Anthony Amberton (Henry Fonda), a famous adventure novelist who is traveling to New York for a signing of his new book. Although they have never met, Cherry and Anthony are scornf ul of each other. When he hears that Cherry Chester is on the train, he wonders alo ud whet her a Che rry Chester is a new kind of soft drink. She, on her part, is read ing his late st travel guide: "'Mr. Amberton and his camel, '" she rea...