Four Days' Wonder

{{short description|1936 film}} {{about|the film|the novel|Four Days Wonder}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Four Days' Wonder | image =File:Four Days' Wonder.jpg | caption = | director = [[Sidney Salkow]] | producer = [[Robert Presnell Sr.]] |based_on = ''[[Four Days Wonder (novel)|Four Days Wonder]]'' by [[A.A. Milne]] | writer = [[Harvey F. Thew]] [[Michael Uris]] | narrator = | starring = Jeanne Dante [[Kenneth Howell]] [[Martha Sleeper]] [[Alan Mowbray]] | music = [[Charles Previn]] | cinematography = [[Stanley Cortez]] | editing = [[Russell F. Schoengarth]] [[Maurice Wright]] | studio = [[Universal Pictures]] | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|1936|12|03}} | runtime = 60 minutes | country = United States | language = [[English language|English]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Four Days' Wonder''''' is a 1936 American [[comedy film|comedy]] [[mystery film]] directed by [[Sidney Salkow]] and starring Jeanne Dante, [[Kenneth Howell]] and [[Martha Sleeper]]. Produced by [[Universal Pictures]], the film is based on the 1933 novel "[[Four Days' Wonder (novel)|Four Days' Wonder]]" by British writer [[A. A. Milne]] (New York, 1933).<ref>Four Days' Wonder Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 4, Iss. 37, (Jan 1, 1937): 13.</ref> It was the first feature directed by Sidney Salkow.<ref>Obituary: Sidney Salkow: [FOREIGN Edition] Vallance, Tom. The Independent31 Oct 2000: 6.</ref>

==Plot== A child is accused of murder.

==Production== Filming started 5 August 1936.<ref>NEWS OF THE SCREEN: ' The Road to Glory,' With Fredric March, and 'Jailbreak,' Newcomers at Rivoli and Strand. New York Times 5 Aug 1936: 15.</ref> Star Jeanne Dante was on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''[[Call It a Day (play)|Call It a Day]]''.<ref>Family Life Gets a Break in Play Named 'Call It a Day' Chicago Daily Tribune 15 Nov 1936: E2.</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0027638}} * {{TCMDb title|75504}} * {{AFI film|7453}}

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