September 4, 1942 –
Warner Brothers war time drama Across the Pacific, directed by John Huston’s and reunited cast members Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet, from The Maltese Falcon, opened on this date.
Much of the action takes place upon a Japanese freighter named the “Genoa Maru“. There was a real Japanese cargo ship by the same name which was torpedoed and sunk by the USS Finback on June 11, 1943.
The Haus of Dcaligari 