We Who Are About to Die explained

We Who Are About to Die
Director:Christy Cabanne
James Anderson (assistant)
Producer:Edward Small
Starring:Preston Foster
Ann Dvorak
John Beal
Cinematography:Robert Planck
Editing:Arthur Roberts
Distributor:RKO Radio Pictures
Studio:RKO Radio Pictures
Runtime:82 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

We Who Are About to Die is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, and John Beal. It was based on a book,[1] published while on Death Row,[2] by David Lamson, who was tried four times for murdering his wife before being set free.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Plot

A man is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job, then wrongly arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.

Cast

Production

Lamson was hired by producer Edward Small to work on the script.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lamson . David . We Who Are About to Die . 1936 . . New York.
  2. Book: Chessman . Caryl . Caryl Chessman . Cell 2455, Death Row: A Condemned Man's Own Story . 25 March 2009 . . 978-0-7867-3583-9 . en.
  3. http://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=40698 Bernard Butcher, "Was it Murder?', Stanford Magazine, January/February 2000
  4. Web site: Gioia . Ted . Ted Gioia . When a Famous Literary Critic Unraveled Silicon Valley’s Most Sensational Murder Case . The Honest Broker . 3 August 2024 . en . May 12, 2021.
  5. Book: Russell . Frances Theresa . Winters . Yvor . Frances Theresa Peet Russell . Yvor Winters . The Case of David Lamson: A Summary . 1934 . Lamson Defense Committee . San Francisco . 3 August 2024 . The Online Books Page.
  6. Web site: People v. Lamson - 1 Cal.2d 648 - Sat, 10/13/1934 . California Supreme Court Resources . stanford.edu.
  7. Web site: Guy . Fiona . Fate Is Not Kind: The True Crime Case of David Lamson . Crime Traveller . 3 August 2024 . 11 October 2022.
  8. Book: Zaniello . Tom . California's Lamson Murder Mystery: The Depression Era Case that Divided Santa Clara County . 2016 . . 978-1-4671-3653-2 . en.
  9. News: Herhold . Scott . Book defends Lamson in murder mystery . 3 August 2024 . . 11 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200804025558/https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2017/03/11/herhold-book-defends-lamson-in-murder-mystery/ . 4 August 2020 . I base my view on a 1934 letter that I found in Stanford’s publicly available online archives written by Lowell Turrentine, a brilliant Stanford law professor who took an interest in the case. Turrentine argued that the pattern of cuts on Allene Lamson’s head — he described them as three horizontal and one vertical — could not have been produced as a result of a fall. One of the cuts had a tear at the end, which Turrentine suggested could have been produced as an assailant clutched her hair and delivered a blow..
  10. News: Drexler . Paul . David Lamson’s Ordeal, Part I . 3 August 2024 . . May 28, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170721011415/http://www.sfexaminer.com/david-lamsons-ordeal/ . 21 July 2017.
  11. News: Drexler . Paul . David Lamson’s Ordeal, Part II . 3 August 2024 . . June 11, 2017 .
  12. News: We Who Are About to Die by David Lamson . 3 August 2024 . The Publishers Weekly . F. Leypoldt . 1936 . en . google books.
  13. Book: Dawson . Kate Winkler . American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI . 11 February 2020 . Penguin . 978-0-525-53957-5 . 262 . en.
  14. News: Recreational Reading . 3 August 2024 . Princeton Alumni Weekly . Princeton University Press . March 6, 1936 . 483 . en . Boomed by Woolcott.
  15. News: Lamson's Book, "We Who Are About to Die", Will Be Produced as Film: Author Will Adapt; Beal May Be Starred Story of Father Damien's Experiences in Leper Colony Considered; Alex Esway of England to Seek Players Here. Schallert, Edwin. Apr 11, 1936. Los Angeles Times. 7.

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