It’s been exactly 60 years since the viewing public got their red carpet pass with the first telecast of the Academy Awards. Check out the rest of our dynamic datebook for movie memories, from the first silent filming of Frankenstein to opening night for Mel Brooks’ The Producers.

It’s been 41 years since filmgoers were first made an offer they couldn’t refuse by The Godfather. We’ve got another selection of cinematic anniversaries for you to savor, from Garbo speaking in Anna Christie to the first time Hope and Crosby hit the Road.

It’s been exactly 80 years since King Kong first scaled the Empire State. Read on for more milestones we’re marking in Hollywood history, from the release of Alfred Hitchcock’s first directing job to John Wayne’s breakout as the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach.

We’re marking the fall of the Walls of Jericho in It Happened One Night, Gene Autry taking on robot desperadoes in The Phantom Empire, and the opening (and yes, tanking) of Bringing Up Baby. That’s just a sampling of the Hollywood highlights we’re heralding.

This was the week that Bela Lugosi staked out his signature role in Dracula, Tom and Jerry began their eternal chase, and Anthony Hopkins got a side of fava beans in The SIlence of the Lambs. There’re more Tinseltown tidbits for you to devour.