{"id":11822,"date":"2010-08-02T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=11822"},"modified":"2015-01-20T01:48:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T06:48:48","slug":"this-week-in-film-history-08-01-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=11822","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Film History, 08.01.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5010\" title=\"button-film-history\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/button-film-history.png\" alt=\"button-film-history\" width=\"170\" height=\"160\" \/>August 6, 1926<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The first film released with Vitaphone sound, Warner Bros.&#8217; <em>Don Juan<\/em>, features sound effects and an orchestral score. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 3, 1929<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Groucho+Marx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Groucho<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Chico+Marx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chico<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Harpo+Marx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Harpo<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Zeppo+Marx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zeppo<\/a>, the Marx Brothers, make their film debuts in Paramount&#8217;s <em>The Cocoanuts<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 6, 1932<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The world&#8217;s first film festival begins as part of the Venice Biennale, with <em>A Nous la Liberte<\/em> considered &#8220;most entertaining.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 4, 1956<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The concluding chapter in the history of movie serials is written with the release of the genre&#8217;s final entry, Columbia&#8217;s <em>Blazing the Overland Trail<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 7, 1957<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Oliver+Hardy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Oliver Hardy<\/a>, corpulent, tie-twiddling half of the acclaimed comedy team with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Stan+Laurel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stan Laurel<\/a>, dies at age 65.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 6, 1959<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Preston+Sturges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Preston Sturges<\/a>, screenwriter\/director of <em>The Lady Eve<\/em>, <em>Sullivan&#8217;s Travels<\/em> and other distinctive farces of the &#8217;40s, dies at age 60.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 5, 1962<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The body of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Marilyn+Monroe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Marilyn Monroe<\/a>, 36, is discovered by her maid in the bedroom of her Brentwood, Ca., home, the victim of an apparent drug overdose. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 3, 1965<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: British actress <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Julie+Christie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Julie Christie<\/a>&#8216;s star continues to rise with her performance as an ambitious, self-absorbed fashion model in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=John+Schlesinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Schlesinger<\/a>&#8216;s Darling. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 6, 1969<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The first mainstream studio film to be directed by an African-American, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Gordon+Parks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gordon Parks<\/a>&#8216; <em>The Learning Tree<\/em>, based on his novel, is released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 1, 1973<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <em>American Graffiti<\/em>, the nostalgic time capsule from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=George+Lucas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">George Lucas<\/a>, opens. The cast of then-unknowns includes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Richard+Dreyfuss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Richard Dreyfuss<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Harrison+Ford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Harrison Ford<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 2, 1976<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Fritz+Lang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fritz Lang<\/a>, the Austrian-born helmer of <em>Metropolis<\/em> and <em>The Big Heat<\/em>, dies in Los Angeles at the age of 85. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 6, 1992<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Harold+Russell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Harold Russell<\/a> sells one of the two Oscars he won for <em>The Best Years of Our Lives<\/em> for $60,500 at an auction. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 6, 1926: The first film released with Vitaphone sound, Warner Bros.&#8217; Don Juan, features sound effects and an orchestral score. 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