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April 12, 1911<\/span>: Cartoonist Winsor McCay brings his popular\u00a0Little Nemo in Slumberland<\/i>\u00a0characters to animated life in\u00a0Little Nemo and the Princess<\/i>.<\/p>\n

April 10, 1915<\/span>: The controversy over\u00a0D.W. Griffith<\/a>‘s portrayal of blacks in\u00a0The Birth of a Nation<\/i>\u00a0rages on, as thousands protest the film.<\/p>\n

April 7, 1927<\/span>: Upon the centenary of the military leader’s death, French director\u00a0Abel Gance<\/a>\u00a0releases an epic achievement, the landmark\u00a0Napoleon<\/i>.<\/p>\n

April 12, 1932<\/span>: The first “all-star” (John Barrymore<\/a>,\u00a0Wallace Beery<\/a>,\u00a0Joan Crawford<\/a>,\u00a0Greta Garbo<\/a>, et al.) movie, MGM’s\u00a0Oscar-winning Grand Hotel<\/i>, opens.<\/p>\n

April 11, 1938<\/span>: The first step towards industry child labor reform is taken when\u00a0The Kid<\/i>\u00a0star\u00a0Jackie Coogan<\/a>\u00a0sues his mother and stepfather to recover his earnings.<\/p>\n

April 10, 1952<\/span>:\u00a0Gene Kelly<\/a>\u00a0eschews bumbershoot and poncho for his most famous dance number in\u00a0Singin’ in the Rain<\/i>.<\/p>\n

April 11, 1955<\/span>:\u00a0Marty<\/i>, the first film made from a TV teleplay, opens and will go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.<\/p>\n

April 7, 1960<\/span>: Respected British director\u00a0Michael Powell<\/a>\u00a0comes under fire for his latest,\u00a0Peeping Tom<\/i>, a psychological drama about a deranged killer.<\/p>\n

April 10, 1972<\/span>: A grateful Charlie Chaplin, 82,\u00a0takes the stage at L.A.’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to accept an honorary Academy Award for his body of work.<\/p>\n

April 9, 1975<\/span>: Arthurian legend will never be the same, as the outrageous\u00a0comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail<\/em> opens in London.<\/p>\n

April 8. 2011<\/span>: Sidney Lumet<\/a>, director of Dog Day Afternoon<\/em> and Network<\/em>, dies at 86 from cancer.<\/p>\n

April 8, 2013<\/span>: Former Mousketeer and Beach Party<\/em> co-star Annette Funicello<\/a> passes away from complications of multiple sclerosis at the age of 70.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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