2014 Event Walt Disney Company will be marketing the next Star Wars movie through a series of YouTube videos produced by its subsidiary, Maker; the videos will connect younger audiences to the characters and stories from earlier movies in the franchise 2014 Event Sony Pictures will release its controversial comedy, 'The Interview', about an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un; the film was canceled after hacking attacks and threats, but Sony now seeks a wide audience for the movie 2014 Event Sony Pictures cancels release of its movie "The Interview" after hacking attacks and threats thought to be ordered by the North Korean government; the movie is reportedly a comedy depicting an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un 2014 Event Actor Matt Damon announces that he will return to the 'Bourne' movie franchise, starring in the next film to be released in 2016; interim star Jeremy Renner will also continue his role as Aaron Cross 2014 Event Walt Disney Co. is replacing attractions at some of its parks with rides and features from its hit movie 'Frozen'; in one such change, the Maelstrom ride in the Norway section of Epcot will be replaced by a 'Frozen' attraction to open in 2016 2014 Event Movie studio Warner Brothers announces plans to lay off employees and reduce costs in order to improve efficiency; parent company Time Warner Inc. is seeking improvements across its divisions after rejecting a buyout offer by Rupert Murdoch earlier this year 2014 Event Amazon announces its new Kindle Unlimited program, a subscription service providing borrowing rights to a large selection of books for a monthly fee; the service is drawing comparisons to movie rental company Netflix 2014 Event Oscar-winning film 'Frozen' beats 'Toy Story 3' over the weekend to become the highest-earning animated movie in history 2013 Event The movie, 'Fast & Furious 6' opens in 59 countries, including the U.S. and Canada, grossing an estimated $122 million 2013 Event The latest James Bond film, 'Skyfall', opens in China; fans criticize officials for censoring portions of the movie, which were filmed in Shanghai 2012 Event U.S. Presidential candiate Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama's reaction to the attacks on U.S. missions in Benghazi, Cairo and other U.S. embassy's was to 'sympathize' with the assailants; the President claimed the attacks were the result of protests to a movie released on YouTube months before that mocked Mohammed 2012 Event The movie 'John Carter' becomes one of the biggest losses in film history; Disney takes a $200 million writedown on the film 2003 Death Hope Lange, actress, movie version of Peyton Place, dies at 70 2002 Death Kim Hunter, actress, movie version of A Streetcar Named Desire, 2002 Death Signe Hasso, actress, original movie version of Heaven Can Wait, dies at 91 2001 Death Jack Lemmon, actor, movie version of The Odd Couple, dies at 76 2001 Death Deborah Walley, actress, the second movie Gidget, dies at 57 2000 Death Walter Matthau, actor, The Odd Couple movie version, dies at 79 2000 Death Michaela Odone, creative mother, ispired the movie Lorenzo's Oil, dies at 60 1998 Event U.S. movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year 1998 Event U.S. movie box office hits quickest $1 billion for year (51 days) 1997 Event For 1st time U.S. movie box office receipts pass $6 billion 1997 Death Linda Stirling, B movie actress, dies at 75 1997 Event MTV Movie Awards 1996 Death Cubby Alberto Romolo Broccoli, movie producer, dies at 87 1996 Event MTV Movie Awards 1995 Death Miklos Rozsa, Hungarian movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora), dies at 88 1994 Death G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82 1994 Event MPAA chief Jack Valenti holds meeting to determine new movie ratings 1994 Death Wolf Donner, Austrian movie historian/festival director, dies at 55 1994 Death Thomas Davis, U.S. movie editor/son of MGM-chief Frank D, dies at 26 1994 Event Flintstones live action movie opens in theaters 1994 Event Sony Theaters and Cineplex (New York City) hike movie ticket prices to $8.00 1993 Death Stanley Myers, English movie composer (Deer Hunter), dies at 63 1993 Death Jose L Guarner, Spanish movie reviewer, dies at 56 1993 Death Jay Scott, Jeffrey Scott Beaven, US/Canada movie critic, dies at 43 1993 Death Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83 1992 Death Alan Balsam, U.S. movie editor (Divine Madness), dies 1992 Event Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot 1992 Death Richard Hunt, puppeteer/actor (Muppet Movie), dies of AIDS at 40 1990 Death Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies 1990 Event "Jetson's the Movie" with Tiffany, premieres 1990 Event Return To Green Acres TV movie airs 1989 Event The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days) 1989 Event Movie "Batman" premieres 1989 Event Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers 1988 Event "Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad" 1988 Event Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released 1987 Birthday Aaron Carter, born in Tampa, Florida, singer, album, 'Oh Aaron' features recording with older brother Nick, recorded, 'I Just Can't Wait to Be King' for the movie, 'The Lion King' 1986 Death Hall B Wallis, U.S. movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87 1986 Birthday 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 Event 1st AIDS theme TV movie - "An Early Frost" 1985 Death Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42 1983 Event 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war 1983 Event 1980 movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," released in Germany 1983 Birthday Samantha Mumba, born in Dublin, Ireland, singer, actress, song, 'Gotta Tell You' reached number one in the Irish charts, appeared in movie, 'The Time Machine' 1982 Event Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network 1982 Event Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film) 1982 Birthday Leelee Sobieski, born in New York City, New York, actress, films include, 'Deep Impact', Emmy-Award nominee for television movie, 'Joan of Arc' 1982 Event Movie "Annie" premieres 1981 Death Abel Gance, french movie director (J'accuse), dies at 92 1980 Event UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting 1980 Event "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi opens 1979 Birthday Kate Hudson, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Academy-Award nominee for movie, 'Almost Famous', other films include 'Raising Helen', 'Nine' 1978 Event 1st lesbian theme TV movie - "Question of Love" 1978 Birthday Katherine Heigl, actress, born in Washington, D.C., actress, breakthrough role as Dr. Isobel Stevens on television show, 'Grey's Anatomy', movie's include, 'Knocked Up' 1978 Event 1st TV movie from a TV series - "Rescue from Gilligan's Island" 1978 Death Jack L Warner, U.S. movie production (Warner Bros), dies at 86) 1978 Event 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran 1978 Birthday Jason Biggs, born in Pompton Palins, New Jersey, actor, breakout role, Jim Levenstein in movie, 'American Pie' 1978 Event Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie" 1977 Event Movie "Star Wars" debuts 1976 Birthday Anna Faris, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, singer. appeared in 'Lost in Translation', 'Scary Movie', 'My Super Ex-Girlfriend', 'The House Bunny' movies 1976 Birthday 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 Event 1975 movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show" released in Germany 1976 Death Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/U.S. fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103 1976 Event 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones" 1975 Death Bernard Herrmann, U.S. movie composer, dies at 64 1975 Birthday Angelina Jolie, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Academy-Award winning movie, 'Girl, Interrupted', works with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador 1974 Death Marcel Pagnol, French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at 79 1974 Birthday Eva Mendes, born in Miami, Florida, actress, known for movie, 'Training Day', and films, 'Hitch', 'The Spirit', 'We Own the Night' 1974 Event Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters 1973 Birthday Aishwarya Rai, born in Mangalore, India, actress, model, former Miss World 1994, appeared in movie, 'Dhoom 2', 'Guru', 'Jodhaa Akbar' 1973 Birthday Paul Walker, born in Glendale, California, actor, known for 'The Fast and the Furious' movie, also appeared in films, '2 Fast 2 Furious', 'Joy Ride', 'Eight Below' 1972 Birthday Jude Law, born in Lewisham, England, actor, producer, director, Academy Award nominee for movie 'Cold Mountain' 1972 Event 1st gay theme TV movie - "That Certain Summer" 1971 Event TV movie "Brian's Song," airs for 1st time on ABC-TV 1971 Event Dutch ends censorship of "Blue Movie" 1971 Birthday Christine Taylor, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, actress, appeared in 'My Name is Earl' television show, 'The Brady Bunch' movie, married to Ben Stiller 1971 Death 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 Event Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television 1971 Death Gilbert M Anderson, actor (1st Movie Cowboy), dies at 88 1970 Event "Catch 22" opens in movie theaters 1970 Event Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premieres in UK 1970 Event Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres 1970 Event Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG" 1970 Birthday 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 Event Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV 1968 Birthday Rhys Ifans, born in Haverfordwest, Wales, actor, singer, movie roles include 'Spike', 'Notting Hill', 'Vladis Grutas', 'Hannibal Rising' 1966 Death Montgomery Clift, movie actor (From Here to Eternity), dies 1965 Event Beatles movie "Help" opens in New York City 1965 Event Beatles movie "Help" premieres, Queen Elizabeth attends 1963 Event Movie "Cleopatra" opens in New York 1961 Birthday 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 Event Walt Disney's movie "Grey Friars Bobby" premieres 1961 Event 1st movie to become a TV series - How to Marry a Millionaire 1961 Birthday Laurence Fishburne, born in Augusta, Georgia, actor, director, producer, known for role of Morpheus in 'The Matrix' movie, stars on 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' television show 1961 Event 1st in-flight movie shown, TWA 1960 Birthday Chad McQueen, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, film producer, played role of Dutch in The Karate Kid movie, race car driver, started McQueen Racing LLC in 2010 1960 Event Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain) 1960 Event "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe 1960 Birthday Linden Ashby, born in Atlantic Beach, Florida, actor, television, films, known for role of Johnny Cage in the movie 'Mortal Kombat' 1959 Event 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities (On The Beach) 1959 Birthday 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 Death Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee), dies 1958 Death Harry Warner, U.S. movie pionier (Warner Bros), dies at 81 1956 Death Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62 1954 Death Auguste Lumiere, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81 1953 Birthday 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 Event "House of Wax," 1st 3-D movie, released (New York City) 1953 Event "Bwana Devil," the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York 1953 Event 1st movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres 1952 Event 1st modern 3-D movie "Bwana Devil," premieres in Hollywood 1952 Birthday Roberto Benigni, born in Manciano, Italy, actor, comedian, screenwriter, best known for movie, 'Life Is Beautiful', Academy-Award winner for Best Actor 1952 Birthday Sam McMurray, born in New York City, New York, actor, television, film, voice actor, appeared on The Tracey Ullman Show, movie roles include Raising Arizona, LA Story 1951 Birthday 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 Event "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination and is the 1st X-rated movie, opened in London 1950 Birthday Leonard Maltin, born in New York City, movie critic, Entertainment Tonight 1950 Birthday Neil Jordan, born in Sligo, Ireland, director, filmmaker, novelist, won Academy-Award for movie, The Crying Game 1946 Birthday 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 Birthday Gene Siskel, movie critic, Siskel and Ebert 1944 Event 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City 1943 Event Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie released (Girl Crazy) 1942 Event Walt Disney's "Bambi" animated movie is released 1941 Event Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie for 20th Century Fox 1940 Event Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio," released 1940 Event Walt Disney's 2nd feature-length movie, "Pinocchio," premieres (New York City) 1939 Birthday Larry Linville, Ojai California, actor, Frank Burns-M*A*S*H, Blue Movie 1938 Birthday Rex Reed, Ft. Worth, Texas, movie critic/actor, Myra Breckinridge 1937 Birthday Claude Lelouch, movie director, A Man and A Woman, Cat and Mouse, Bolero 1935 Birthday Dennis Christopher George Potter, playwright, Karaoke, Midnight Movie 1934 Event Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up and Cheer" 1934 Event 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres 1932 Event Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, 1st joint movie (Flying Down to Rio) 1932 Birthday Richard Lester, movie director, Hard Day's Night, Help!, Petulia 1931 Birthday Peter Batty, TV/movie producer 1931 Event 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City) 1931 Event 1st Dracula movie released 1931 Birthday Vic Morrow, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Combat, Roots, Twilight Zone the Movie 1930 Birthday 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 Event George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie in Rochester, New York 1928 Birthday Andrew Sarris, movie critic, Village Voice 1927 Event "Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (New York City) 1927 Event Buster Keaton's movie "The General" released and bombed 1926 Birthday 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 Death Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in New York at 31 1926 Event Warner Bros premieres Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system 1926 Event 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, New York 1925 Event Eisenstein's movie Potemkin premieres in Moscow 1925 Birthday Robert Heppener, composer, Hymns and Conversations, Movie Music 1925 Birthday Ed van der Elsken, movie photographer, Een liefdesgeschiedenis 1922 Event 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York City 1922 Birthday Judith Crist, New York, movie critic, TV Guide 1922 Birthday 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 Birthday Elmer Bernstein, born in New York City, movie music composer, Robot Monster 1921 Event Amsterdam's Tuschinski movie theater opens 1920 Birthday Ray Harryhausen, movie special effect artist, Clash of Titans 1919 Birthday Pauline Kael, movie critic, New York Times, For Keeps 1919 Birthday Army Archerd, Hollywood columnist/TV host, Movie Game 1913 Event 1st movie serial, "Adventures of Kathlyn," premieres in Chicago 1912 Event 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie released 1912 Event Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies 1911 Birthday Diego Fabbri, Italian, playwright/leader, Vatican movie bureau 1910 Event 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon 1908 Event 1st horror movie (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) premieres in Chicago 1907 Birthday Miklos Rozsa, born in Budapest, Hungary, movie composer, Atomic Cafe, Fedora 1907 Birthday Charles Boost, movie critic 1906 Birthday Lew Grade, British TV mogul, ATV, movie producer, Boys from Brazil 1906 Birthday Harry Ritz, U.S. comic, Ritz Brothers-Silent Movie 1902 Birthday 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 Birthday Mervyn LeRoy, movie producer, Devil at 4 O'Clock 1900 Birthday Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer 1900 Event Date of events in movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock" 1899 Birthday Hal Wallis, movie producer, Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park 1897 Birthday Rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author, Mark of Zorro, Applause 1897 Birthday Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Brno Austria, movie composer, Violanta 1896 Event 1st movie theater in U.S. opens, charging 10 cents for admission 1896 Event Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (New York City) 1896 Event 1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220) 1895 Event World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris 1895 Event 1st commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, New York City) 1895 Event Auguste and Louis Lumiere show their 1st movie to an invited audience 1894 Event "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" released in movie theaters 1893 Birthday Alexander Korda, British movie producer, 3rd man 1893 Event 1st movie close-up, of a sneeze, Edison studio, West Orange, New Jersey 1893 Event Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey 1892 Birthday Jack Warner, U.S. movie studio head, Warner Bros 1890 Birthday Man Ray, U.S. statues artist/photographer/movie, dada 1882 Birthday Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer, MGM 1880 Birthday Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet and movie critic, 'Alcoola' 1880 Birthday Mack Sennett, movie creator, Keystone Kops 1875 Birthday D. W. Griffith, movie producer/director, Birth of a Nation 1873 Birthday Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive, Paramount 1864 Event Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built) 1862 Birthday Auguste Lumiere, made 1st movie, Workers Leaving Lumiere Factory
