The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) a play, which had 72 performances at the Lyceum Theatre, in New York, from February to April 1936. The cast included Richard Barthelmess as Frank, Mary Philips as Cora, Joseph Greenwald as Nick and Dudley Clements as Sackett, with minor roles played by Joseph Cotten and Charles Halton. Lana Turner was cast as Cora Smith. Turner said this was a favorite role of hers. Cain felt that she was the perfect choice for Cora and was so impressed with her performance that he presented her with a leather-bound copy of the novel inscribed "For my dear Lana, thank you for
Cora Smith Eaton in 1964. Cora Smith Eaton Cora Smith Eaton (1867 – 1939) was an American suffragist, physician and mountaineer. Cora Smith was born in 1867 and attended the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia, where she took up the cause of women's suffrage. She attended the University of North Dakota from 1884 to 1889, during which time she taught arithmetic, geography, spelling and handwriting at the university. She was also the first woman to teach physical education at UND. She graduated in 1889 with a Bachelor of Science as a member of UND's first class. She subsequently studied at