February 20, 1958 –
MGM’s adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, directed by Richard Brooks from a screenplay co-written with Julius and Philip Epstein, and starring Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb, Albert Salmi, Richard Basehart, and William Shatner (in his film debut,) opened in New York City on this date.
It has been reported that one of the reasons Marilyn Monroe left Fox studio was because she wanted to play the role of Grushenka and they wouldn’t loan her out to MGM. Fox lured her back to the studio with the film Bus Stop.
The Haus of Dcaligari 