{"id":11493,"date":"2010-07-12T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=11493"},"modified":"2015-01-20T01:45:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T06:45:25","slug":"this-week-in-film-history-07-11-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=11493","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Film History, 07.11.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5010\" title=\"This Week In Film History, 07.11.10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/button-film-history.png\" alt=\"button-film-history\" width=\"170\" height=\"160\" \/>July 14, 1908<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Edison Company actor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=D.W.+Griffith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">D.W. 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