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HOT STEEL (1940)

Film Pick of the Day
Thursday, October 15, 2026

Frank Stewart (Richard Arlen) arrives in the steel town of Arlington, PA, and takes a room at Mrs. Morrison's boarding house. His old friend Matt Morrison (Andy Devine) arranges him a job at the Farley Steelyards, where Frank puts his education as a metallurgist to work and develops a new steel alloy process to improve efficiency. Rita Martin, the ambitious wife of Farley's top steelworker Dave Martin, is having an affair with the factory's general manager George Barnes. Barnes wants the new alloy so he can sell it to a competitor, Mr. Carlton, and after accidentally murdering Dave, he and Rita steal the alloy sample and frame Frank for the murder.

Joe Besser costars as Siggie Landers, a steelyard employee and boarding house tenant.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 5.00/10 ]   1 votes
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Release Date Friday, May 24, 1940
Studio Universal
Production Type Feature Film
Duration 64 min.

On This Date in Stooge History - October 15th


Births

Ballard MacDonald
(Music and Lyrics)
b. 1882

Portland, OR

S. S. Van Dine
(Novel)
b. 1887

Charlottesville, VA

Paul Hurst
(Actor)
b. 1888

Traver, CA

Melville Cooper
(Actor)
b. 1896

Birmingham, England

Chet Brandenburg
(Actor)
b. 1897

Lee County, KY

Fritz Feld
(Actor)
b. 1900

Berlin, Germany

George Amy
(Film Editor)
b. 1903

Brooklyn, NY

Carl E. Guthrie
(2nd Unit Photography)
b. 1905

St. Louis, MO

Alan Foster
(Actor)
b. 1906

White Creek, NY

Maynard Holmes
(Actor)
b. 1908

Clay County, GA

Bonnie Poe
(Actress)
b. 1912

Chicago, IL

Howard Hollander
(Art Director)
b. 1915

Theodora Davitt
(Actress)
b. 1939

Tunkhannock, PA


Deaths

James A. Marcus
(Actor)
d. 1937   (70)

Los Angeles, CA

Francisco Moreno
(Actor)
d. 1941   (59)

Los Angeles, CA

Christy Cabanne
(Director)
d. 1950   (62)

Philadelphia, PA

Jack Norton
(Actor)
d. 1958   (69)

Saranac Lake, NY

John Hamilton
(Actor)
d. 1958   (71)

Glendale, CA

Clara Kimball Young
(Actress)
d. 1960   (70)

Woodland Hills, CA

Jack Townley
(Screenplay)
d. 1960   (64)

Los Angeles, CA

Maude Eburne
(Actress)
d. 1960   (84)

Los Angeles, CA

Carl M. Leviness
(Actor)
d. 1964   (79)

Los Angeles, CA

Cole Porter
(Lyrics)
d. 1964   (73)

Santa Monica, CA

Jack Boyle
(Actor)
d. 1965   (49)

San Gabriel, CA

Frank Coletti
(Actor)
d. 1968   (68)

York, PA

Arthur Hilton
(Film Editor)
d. 1979   (82)

Sherman Oaks, CA

Pat O'Brien
(Actor)
d. 1983   (83)

Santa Monica, CA

Clarence Lung
(Actor)
d. 1993   (78)

Quitman, TX

John Hudkins
(Actor)
d. 1997   (79)

Northridge, CA

Janet Shaw
(Actress)
d. 2001   (82)

Beatrice, NE

Lanny Grey
(Original Music and Lyrics)
d. 2003   (94)

Palm Beach, FL

Mildred Shay
(Actress)
d. 2005   (94)

Glendale, CA

Edie Adams
(Actress)
d. 2008   (81)

Los Angeles, CA

Tania Rose
(Story and Screenplay)
d. 2015   (91)

Tibberton, Gloucestershire, England

Tom Braunger
(Actor)
d. 2016   (86)

Connecticut


Events

HEADIN' EAST (Shemp Howard) in production

1937-10-12 to 1937-10-20

PLAYING THE PONIES was released

1937-10-15

THE FRENCH KEY (Joe DeRita) in production

1945-10-09 to 1945-10-27

Joe Besser guest-starred on MEET MR. McNUTLY (THE RAY MILLAND SHOW)

1953-10-15

TWO-GUN LADY (Joe Besser) was released

1956-10-15

DISORDER IN THE COURT: 60th ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE aired in syndication

1990-10-15

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