This Day in Halloween: Based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story, "The Mystery of Marie Roget" opens across the U.S. in 1942. / Illustration by Henry Ploch
The Mystery of Marie Roget opens across the U.S. in 1942. Loosely based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story, the strong cast and briskly paced whodunit with horror touches was a minor success despite bad reviews and has since found greater regard with modern critics.
