The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film) filmed as "Le Dernier Tournant" ("The Last Turning") in France in 1939 and as "Ossessione" ("Obsession") in Italy in 1943. Frank Chambers (John Garfield) is a hobo who has hitched a ride with a man we later comes to learn is the local District Attorney, Kyle Sackett (Leon Ames). He drops Frank off at a rural diner/service station, Twin Oaks, for a meal. Frank ends up working there. The diner is operated by a beautiful young woman, Cora Smith (Lana Turner), and her much older husband, Nick (Cecil Kellaway). Frank and Cora start to have an affair soon after they
The Wicklow Postman The Wicklow Postman The Wicklow Postman is a musical play with a book by Mark Price and music and lyrics mostly by Eugene O'Rourke and B.H. Janssen, that was popular in the 1890s. It was a vehicle for O'Rourke, an Irish comedian, who played the title role. A production opened in Boston, Massachusetts, in September 1892. The New York production, produced by Lee Harrison, was playing (at least) in the week of April 30, 1893, at H. R. Jacobs' Third Avenue Theatre. The show opened in Chicago on August 19, 1895, with O'Rourke and Bettina Girard in the female supporting