1941 – One hundred crew members of the USSReuben James perished when their vessel became the first U.S. Navy ship sunk by hostile action during World WarII after it was torpedoed by the German submarine U-552.
White Zombie was a 1932 pre-Code horror film that was independently produced by Edward Halperin and directed by Victor Halperin. The screenplay, by Garnett Weston, was based on the 1929 book The Magic Island by William Seabrook, and is about a young woman's transformation into a zombie at the hands of an evil voodoo master. Bela Lugosi stars as the zombie master "Murder" Legendre, with Madge Bellamy appearing as his victim. This theatrical release poster for White Zombie was printed in the United States for the film's distributor, United Artists; the original artist is not known.
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