Delmer Daves(1904-1977)

Died one day after Elvis Presley died.

My first career was the law - I did graduate law work at Stanford, had my office picked out and everything. I'd acted in twenty plays and directed some, too. Lloyd Nolan and I were classmates and he dearly loved the theatrical profession. He said, "You don't want to be a lawyer, Del, let's go down to the Pasadena Playhouse and do what we really love." My father let me give up eighteen years of schooling with hardly a murmur.