{"id":43624,"date":"2014-09-02T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=43624"},"modified":"2014-08-21T18:43:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T22:43:53","slug":"week-film-history-83114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=43624","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Film History, 8.31.14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 5, 1901:<\/span> 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.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 1, 1902:<\/span> A milestone in the evolution of the cinema is marked with the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Georges%20Melies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">George Melies\u2019<\/a>\u00a0fantastic <em>Voyage to the Moon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 5, 1916:<\/span> In response to the outcry over <em>The Birth of a Nation<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/tag\/d-w-griffith\/\">D.W. Griffith<\/a> releases <em>Intolerance<\/em>, a cinematic plea for understanding and goodwill.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 1, 1919:<\/span> The first United Artists film, <em>His Majesty, the American<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/whos-your-favorite-silent-film-star\/\">Douglas Fairbanks<\/a>, opens in New York.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 1, 1920:<\/span> After co-starring with \u201cFatty\u201d Arbuckle for three years, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/a-guest-blogger-shares-his-thoughts-on-buster-%20keaton\/\">Buster Keaton<\/a> makes his solo starring debut with the short <em>One Week<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 2, 1923:<\/span> Under his most remarkable make-up to date, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/tod-browning-and-lon-chaney-a-match-made-in-%20macabre-movie-heaven\/\">Lon Chaney<\/a> brings Victor Hugo\u2019s Quasimodo to life in the first filming of <em>The Hunchback of Notre Dame<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 6, 1925:<\/span> Chaney returns in another chilling achievement as Erik, <em>The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>, which premieres in New York.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 1, 1928:<\/span> Animator Paul Terry\u2019s <em>Dinner Time<\/em>, the first all-talking cartoon short, premieres in New York.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 6, 1935:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/this-week-in-film-history-09-01-13\/What's%20Your%20Favorite%20Fred%20Astaire\/Ginger%20Rogers%20Musical?\">Fred Astaire<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Ginger%20Rogers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ginger Rogers<\/a> dance \u201ccheek to cheek\u201d in <em>Top Hat<\/em>, a smashing box office success for the financially-troubled RKO Pictures.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 31, 1939:<\/span> An all-distaff cast drives the witty goings-on in director George Cukor\u2019s filming of the hit Broadway play <em>The Women<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 3, 1939:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/alfred-hitchcock-10-things-to-know-about-the-%20master-of-suspense\">Alfred Hitchcock<\/a> reshoots the ending of <em>Foreign Correspondent<\/em> to incorporate the anticipated bombing of London by the Luftwaffe.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 31, 1946<\/span>: Warner Bros.&#8217; cartoon&#8230;I say, cartoon rooster Foghorn Leghorn makes his debut in the short <em>Walky Talky Hawky<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 2, 1949:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=James+Cagney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James Cagney<\/a> makes a memorable return to the gangster genre, playing psychopathic Cody Jarrett in <em>White Heat<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 31, 1973:<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=John+Ford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Ford<\/a>, the maverick director of <em>Stagecoach<\/em> and <em>The Quiet Man<\/em>, dies in Palm Desert, California, at the age of 78.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 3, 1991:<\/span> Screenwriter, director and celebrant of the common man <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Frank+Capra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Frank Capra<\/a> passes away at the age of 94.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 6, 1998:<\/span> The king of Japanese cinema, <em>Rashomon<\/em> and <em>The Seven Samurai<\/em> director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Akira+Kurosawa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Akira Kurosawa<\/a>, passes away from a stroke at 88.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 3, 2001:<\/span> Noted film critic\/author Pauline Kael dies at age 82.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 6, 2008<\/span>: Silent film actress <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anita Page<\/a>, the last surviving attendee of the first Academy Awards dinner, dies at 98.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Women, MGM&#8217;s all-star, all-female film version of the hit Broadway play, debuted 75 years ago this week. 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