November 4, 1907: The Chicago City Council Ordinance forbids the showing of “obscene and immoral pictures” and grants police permission to ban a movie’s release. November 4, 1948: The treatment of the mentally ill is graphically depicted in The Snake…
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This Week In Film History, 10.24.31
October 25, 1925: France’s star of silent slapstick comedy Max Linder, 41,and his young wife are found dead in a Paris hotel, victims of an apparent suicide pact. October 30, 1948: A major shift in the shape of the film…
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October 17, 1916: Swimming star-turned-actress Annette Kellerman causes a sensation when she appears in the nude in Daughter of the Gods. October 18, 1931: “The Wizard of Menlo Park” and film pioneer Thomas Alva Edison passes away at the age…
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October 15, 1915: The Supreme Court finds Edison’s Motion Picture Patents Company guilty of restraint of trade against the independents, spelling the trust’s doom. October 10, 1939: Babes in Arms, the first in a popular quartet of Busby Berkeley musicals…
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October 6, 1927: The curtain opens on the “talkies” with Warner Bros.’ The Jazz Singer. Star Al Jolson says, “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet.” October 7, 1928: The short subject Dancing Town, starring Helen Hayes, marks the first film appearance…
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September 25, 1906: Winsor McCay’s Gertie the Dinosaur astounds audiences nationwide and will blaze new trails in the art of animation. September 28, 1914: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum’s movie company releases The Patchwork Girl of…
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September 19, 1915: Vaudeville star W.C. Fields brings his famed pool-playing routine to the screen in Pool Sharks, his film debut. September 21, 1927: MGM’s iconic lion Leo uses up one of his nine lives when he survives the crash…
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September 18, 1909: The first feature film to be produced in the U.S., Les Miserables, is released in four separate parts between now and Nov. 27. September 14, 1919: Lon Chaney (horror movie Poll) portrays the first of his memorable…
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September 5, 1901: William McKinley, the first U.S. president to be captured on film, is shown at the Pan-American Expo in Buffalo, one day before his assassination. September 5, 1916: In response to the outcry over The Birth of a…
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September 1, 1902: A milestone in the evolution of the cinema is marked with the release of George Méliès‘ fantastic Voyage to the Moon. September 1, 1919: The first United Artists film, His Majesty, the American with Douglas Fairbanks, opens…
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