# Four Days' Wonder > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Four_Days'_Wonder > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Four_Days'_Wonder.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Days'_Wonder > Source revision: 1339451181 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1936 film This article is about the film. For the novel, see [Four Days Wonder](/source/Four_Days_Wonder). This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Four Days' Wonder" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Four Days' Wonder Directed by Sidney Salkow Written by Harvey F. Thew Michael Uris Based on Four Days Wonder by A.A. Milne Produced by Robert Presnell Sr. Starring Jeanne Dante Kenneth Howell Martha Sleeper Alan Mowbray Cinematography Stanley Cortez Edited by Russell F. Schoengarth Maurice Wright Music by Charles Previn Production company Universal Pictures Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date December 3, 1936 (1936-12-03) Running time 60 minutes Country United States Language English ***Four Days' Wonder*** is a 1936 American [comedy](/source/Comedy_film) [mystery film](/source/Mystery_film) directed by [Sidney Salkow](/source/Sidney_Salkow) and starring Jeanne Dante, [Kenneth Howell](/source/Kenneth_Howell) and [Martha Sleeper](/source/Martha_Sleeper). Produced by [Universal Pictures](/source/Universal_Pictures), the film is based on the 1933 novel "[Four Days' Wonder](/source/Four_Days'_Wonder_(novel))" by British writer [A. A. Milne](/source/A._A._Milne) (New York, 1933).[1] It was the first feature directed by Sidney Salkow.[2] ## Plot A child is accused of murder. ## Production Filming started 5 August 1936.[3] Star Jeanne Dante was on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) in *[Call It a Day](/source/Call_It_a_Day_(play))*.[4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Four Days' Wonder Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 4, Iss. 37, (Jan 1, 1937): 13. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Obituary: Sidney Salkow: [FOREIGN Edition] Vallance, Tom. The Independent31 Oct 2000: 6. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** 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. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Family Life Gets a Break in Play Named 'Call It a Day' Chicago Daily Tribune 15 Nov 1936: E2. ## External links - [*Four Days' Wonder*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027638/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Four Days' Wonder*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75504/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived) - [*Four Days' Wonder*](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/7453) at the *[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films)* v t e Films directed by Sidney Salkow Four Days' Wonder (1936) Girl Overboard (1937) That's My Story (1937) Behind the Mike (1937) The Night Hawk (1938) Storm Over Bengal (1938) Fighting Thoroughbreds (1939) She Married a Cop (1939) Flight at Midnight (1939) Street of Missing Men (1939) Woman Doctor (1939) The Zero Hour (1939) Cafe Hostess (1940) Girl from God's Country (1940) The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940) The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940) The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940) The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941) Tillie the Toiler (1941) Time Out for Rhythm (1941) The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) Flight Lieutenant (1942) City Without Men (1943) The Boy from Stalingrad (1943) Faithful in My Fashion (1946) Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947) Millie's Daughter (1947) Sword of the Avenger (1948) Shadow of the Eagle (1950) Fugitive Lady (1951) The Golden Hawk (1952) Scarlet Angel (1952) The Pathfinder (1952) Prince of Pirates (1953) Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) Sitting Bull (1954) Las Vegas Shakedown (1955) Robbers' Roost (1955) Toughest Man Alive (1955) Gun Brothers (1956) Chicago Confidential (1957) Gun Duel in Durango (1957) The Iron Sheriff (1957) The Big Night (1960) Twice-Told Tales (1963) Blood on the Arrow (1964) The Quick Gun (1964) The Last Man on Earth (1964) The Great Sioux Massacre (1965) The Murder Game (1965) This 1930s comedy film–related article is a stub. 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