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January 1, 1900<\/span>: French film pioneer Charles Pathe releases the historical re-enactment Episodes of the Transvaal War<\/i> in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

December 31, 1903<\/span>: Capital Execution<\/i> is the first feature from what will be a thriving Danish film industry, until its decline during World War I. <\/span><\/p>\n

December 31, 1941<\/span>: Following the lukewarm reception to her comedy Two-Faced Woman<\/i>, Greta Garbo<\/a> announces her retirement from acting.<\/span><\/p>\n

January 1, 1951<\/span>: 300 Chicago households take part in the first TV pay-per-view movie system. For $1, they can watch 1948’s April Showers<\/i>, with Jack Carson<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

December 30, 1953<\/span>: Marlon Brando<\/a> creates a new screen archetype-the leather-clad, motorcycle-riding delinquent-when he stars as The Wild One<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 1, 1954<\/span>: In his essay “A Certain Tendency in French Cinema” in Cahiers du Cinema<\/i>, 21-year-old critic Francois Truffaut<\/a> plants the seed for his “auteur theory.” <\/span><\/p>\n

January 4, 1954<\/span>: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the right of film distributors to confine first-run engagements to downtown theaters.<\/span><\/p>\n

January 5, 1967<\/span>: Charles Chaplin<\/a> releases what will be his final directorial effort, The Countess from Hong Kong<\/i>, starring Marlon Brando<\/a> and Sophia Loren<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 2, 1974<\/span>: Tex Ritter<\/a>, beloved singing cowpoke star of dozens of “B” oaters from the ’30s and ’40s, dies of a heart attack in Nashville at age 68. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 1, 1980<\/span>: A long-established glass ceiling gives way when Sherry Lansing is made president of 20th Century Fox, and becomes the first woman to head a studio.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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