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2003 Hope Lange, actress, movie version of Peyton Place, dies at 70
2002 Kim Hunter, actress, movie version of A Streetcar Named Desire, 2002 Signe Hasso, actress, original movie version of Heaven Can Wait, dies at 91 2001 Jack Lemmon, actor, movie version of The Odd Couple, dies at 76 2001 Deborah Walley, actress, the second movie Gidget, dies at 57 2000 Walter Matthau, actor, The Odd Couple movie version, dies at 79 2000 Michaela Odone, creative mother, ispired the movie Lorenzo's Oil, dies at 60 1998 U.S. movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year 1998 U.S. movie box office hits quickest $1 billion for year (51 days) 1997 For 1st time U.S. movie box office receipts pass $6 billion 1997 Linda Stirling, B movie actress, dies at 75 1997 MTV Movie Awards 1996 Cubby Alberto Romolo Broccoli, movie producer, dies at 87 1996 MTV Movie Awards 1995 Miklos Rozsa, Hungarian movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora), dies at 88 1994 G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82 1994 MPAA chief Jack Valenti holds meeting to determine new movie ratings 1994 Wolf Donner, Austrian movie historian/festival director, dies at 55 1994 Thomas Davis, U.S. movie editor/son of MGM-chief Frank D, dies at 26 1994 Flintstones live action movie opens in theaters 1994 Sony Theaters and Cineplex (New York City) hike movie ticket prices to $8.00 1993 Stanley Myers, English movie composer (Deer Hunter), dies at 63 1993 Jose L Guarner, Spanish movie reviewer, dies at 56 1993 Jay Scott, Jeffrey Scott Beaven, US/Canada movie critic, dies at 43 1993 Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83 1992 Alan Balsam, U.S. movie editor (Divine Madness), dies 1992 Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot 1992 Richard Hunt, puppeteer/actor (Muppet Movie), dies of AIDS at 40 1990 Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies 1990 "Jetson's the Movie" with Tiffany, premieres 1990 Return To Green Acres TV movie airs 1989 The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days) 1989 Movie "Batman" premieres 1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers 1988 "Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad" 1988 Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released 1986 Hall B Wallis, U.S. movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87 1986 Megan Fox, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, actress, sex symbol, debut film, 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen', breakout role, Mikaela Barnes in movie, 'Transformers', voted 'Sexiest Woman in the World' by FHM 1985 1st AIDS theme TV movie - "An Early Frost" 1985 Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42 1983 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war 1983 1980 movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," released in Germany 1982 Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network 1982 Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film) 1982 Movie "Annie" premieres 1981 Abel Gance, french movie director (J'accuse), dies at 92 1980 UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting 1980 "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi opens 1978 1st lesbian theme TV movie - "Question of Love" 1978 1st TV movie from a TV series - "Rescue from Gilligan's Island" 1978 Jack L Warner, U.S. movie production (Warner Bros), dies at 86) 1978 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran 1978 Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie" 1977 Movie "Star Wars" debuts 1976 Ville Valo, born in Helsinki, Finland, musician, singer, songwriter, leader, HIM rock band, baritone voice, Moto Moto in Finnish version of movie, Madagaskar 2 1976 1975 movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show" released in Germany 1976 Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/U.S. fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103 1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones" 1975 Bernard Herrmann, U.S. movie composer, dies at 64 1974 Marcel Pagnol, French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at 79 1974 Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters 1972 Jude Law, born in Lewisham, England, actor, producer, director, Academy Award nominee for movie 'Cold Mountain' 1972 1st gay theme TV movie - "That Certain Summer" 1971 TV movie "Brian's Song," airs for 1st time on ABC-TV 1971 Dutch ends censorship of "Blue Movie" 1971 Joe E. Lewis, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild', dies in New Jersey, age 69 1971 Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television 1971 Gilbert M Anderson, actor (1st Movie Cowboy), dies at 88 1970 "Catch 22" opens in movie theaters 1970 Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premieres in UK 1970 Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres 1970 Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG" 1970 Doug E. Doug, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, screenwriter, comedian, played Griffith Vesey on television sitcom Cosby, voice of Bernie in the animated movie Shark Tale, and Sanka Coffie in film Cool Runnings 1969 Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV 1968 Rhys Ifans, born in Haverfordwest, Wales, actor, singer, movie roles include 'Spike', 'Notting Hill', 'Vladis Grutas', 'Hannibal Rising' 1966 Montgomery Clift, movie actor (From Here to Eternity), dies 1965 Beatles movie "Help" opens in New York City 1965 Beatles movie "Help" premieres, Queen Elizabeth attends 1963 Movie "Cleopatra" opens in New York 1961 Sunny Deol, born in New Delhi, India, actor, action movie star, director, producer, winner, two National Film Awards, hit film 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' 1961 Walt Disney's movie "Grey Friars Bobby" premieres 1961 1st movie to become a TV series - How to Marry a Millionaire 1961 1st in-flight movie shown, TWA 1960 Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain) 1960 "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe 1959 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities (On The Beach) 1959 Paul McGann, born in Liverpool, England, actor, breakout role in BBC's The Monocled Mutineer, appeared as Eighth Doctor in 1996 television movie, Dr. Who 1958 Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee), dies 1958 John Bloom, Joe Bob Briggs, drive-in movie critic 1958 Harry Warner, U.S. movie pionier (Warner Bros), dies at 81 1956 Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62 1954 Auguste Lumiere, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81 1953 Betty Wright, born in Miami, Florida, singer, rhythm and blues, soul music, influenced the world of hip hop, sang with Alice Cooper, Gloria Estefan, song Shoorah! Shoorah!, used in movie Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1953 "House of Wax," 1st 3-D movie, released (New York City) 1953 "Bwana Devil," the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York 1953 1st movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres 1952 1st modern 3-D movie "Bwana Devil," premieres in Hollywood 1951 Dean Pitchford, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, prolific songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, novelist, Oscar, Golden Globe award-winner, wrote with composers Alan Menken, Rupert Holmes, collaborated on songs for movie, Fame, wrote screenplay for movie, 'Footloose' 1951 "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination and is the 1st X-rated movie, opened in London 1950 Leonard Maltin, born in New York City, movie critic, Entertainment Tonight 1946 Deepak Chopra, born in Punjab, British India, author, speaker, physician, co-founded the Chopra Center, made cameo appearance in movie, 'The Love Guru', 2008 1946 Gene Siskel, movie critic, Siskel and Ebert 1944 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City 1943 Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie released (Girl Crazy) 1942 Walt Disney's "Bambi" animated movie is released 1941 Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie for 20th Century Fox 1940 Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio," released 1940 Walt Disney's 2nd feature-length movie, "Pinocchio," premieres (New York City) 1939 Larry Linville, Ojai California, actor, Frank Burns-M*A*S*H, Blue Movie 1938 Rex Reed, Ft. Worth, Texas, movie critic/actor, Myra Breckinridge 1937 Claude Lelouch, movie director, A Man and A Woman, Cat and Mouse, Bolero 1935 Dennis Christopher George Potter, playwright, Karaoke, Midnight Movie 1934 Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up and Cheer" 1934 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres 1932 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, 1st joint movie (Flying Down to Rio) 1932 Richard Lester, movie director, Hard Day's Night, Help!, Petulia 1931 Peter Batty, TV/movie producer 1931 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City) 1931 1st Dracula movie released 1931 Vic Morrow, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Combat, Roots, Twilight Zone the Movie 1930 Nathaniel Branden, born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, psychotherapist, known for work in psychology of self-esteem, writer, associate of novelist Ayn Rand, promoted her philosophy, idea of Objectivism, profiled in movie, 'The Passion of Ayn Rand' 1929 George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie in Rochester, New York 1928 Andrew Sarris, movie critic, Village Voice 1927 "Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (New York City) 1927 Buster Keaton's movie "The General" released and bombed 1926 Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing 1926 Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in New York at 31 1926 Warner Bros premieres Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system 1926 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, New York 1925 Eisenstein's movie Potemkin premieres in Moscow 1925 Robert Heppener, composer, Hymns and Conversations, Movie Music 1925 Ed van der Elsken, movie photographer, Een liefdesgeschiedenis 1922 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York City 1922 Judith Crist, New York, movie critic, TV Guide 1922 Kai Winding, born in Aarhus, Denmark, jazz composer, trombonist, worked with J.J. Johnson, Benny Goodman, Paul Chambers, recorded "More" from "Mondo Cane" movie with Verve records 1922 Elmer Bernstein, born in New York City, movie music composer, Robot Monster 1921 Amsterdam's Tuschinski movie theater opens 1920 Ray Harryhausen, movie special effect artist, Clash of Titans 1919 Pauline Kael, movie critic, New York Times, For Keeps 1919 Army Archerd, Hollywood columnist/TV host, Movie Game 1913 1st movie serial, "Adventures of Kathlyn," premieres in Chicago 1912 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie released 1912 Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies 1911 Diego Fabbri, Italian, playwright/leader, Vatican movie bureau 1910 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon 1908 1st horror movie (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) premieres in Chicago 1907 Miklos Rozsa, born in Budapest, Hungary, movie composer, Atomic Cafe, Fedora 1907 Charles Boost, movie critic 1906 Lew Grade, British TV mogul, ATV, movie producer, Boys from Brazil 1906 Harry Ritz, U.S. comic, Ritz Brothers-Silent Movie 1902 Joe E. Lewis, born in New York City, New York, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild' 1900 Mervyn LeRoy, movie producer, Devil at 4 O'Clock 1900 Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer 1900 Date of events in movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock" 1899 Hal Wallis, movie producer, Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park 1897 Rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author, Mark of Zorro, Applause 1897 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Brno Austria, movie composer, Violanta 1896 1st movie theater in U.S. opens, charging 10 cents for admission 1896 Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (New York City) 1896 1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220) 1895 World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris 1895 1st commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, New York City) 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumiere show their 1st movie to an invited audience 1894 "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" released in movie theaters 1893 Alexander Korda, British movie producer, 3rd man 1893 1st movie close-up (of a sneeze), Edison studio, West Orange, NJ 1893 Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ) 1892 Jack Warner, U.S. movie studio head, Warner Bros 1890 Man Ray, U.S. statues artist/photographer/movie, dada 1882 Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer, MGM 1880 Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet and movie critic, 'Alcoola' 1880 Mack Sennett, movie creator, Keystone Kops 1875 D. W. Griffith, movie producer/director, Birth of a Nation 1873 Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive, Paramount 1864 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built) 1862 Auguste Lumiere, made 1st movie, Workers Leaving Lumiere Factory |
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