{"id":6456,"date":"2010-02-01T06:01:18","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T10:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=6456"},"modified":"2013-02-04T17:42:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T22:42:05","slug":"this-week-in-film-history-01-31-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=6456","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Film History 01-31-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 2, 1922<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Hollywood has a real whodunit on its hands when Paramount Pictures director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=William+D.+Taylor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">William Desmond Taylor<\/a> is found slain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 5, 1927<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Buster+Keaton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buster Keaton<\/a>&#8216;s comedic masterwork <em>The General<\/em>, based on a true Civil War incident, is released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 1, 1929<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: MGM&#8217;s <em>The Broadway Melody<\/em> premieres in Hollywood, becoming the first musical with an original score. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 5, 1936<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: At the New York premiere of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Charles+Chaplin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Charles Chaplin<\/a>&#8216;s <em>Modern Times<\/em>, riot police are called in to control the crowds trying to see the stars attending the festivities.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 1, 1937<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: During <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Clark+Gable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clark Gable<\/a>&#8216;s birthday party on the MGM lot, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Judy+Garland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Judy Garland<\/a> sings &#8220;You Made Me Love You,&#8221; a song she&#8217;ll perform in <em>Broadway Melody of 1938<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">January 31, 1943<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Italian director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Luchino+Visconti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Luchino Visconti<\/a>&#8216;s gritty drama <em>Ossessione<\/em> adds the phrase &#8220;neo-realism&#8221; to the cinematic lexicon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 5, 1943<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Producer\/ &#8220;director&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Howard+Hughes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Howard Hughes<\/a>&#8216; controversial frontier drama <em>The Outlaw<\/em> makes a star of his buxom discovery, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Jane+Russell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jane Russell<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 6, 1943<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: A Los Angeles jury finds <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Errol+Flynn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Errol Flynn<\/a> not guilty of statutory rape charges made against him by two teenage girls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 1, 1966<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: After a career that spanned 50 years, with successes on stage, and in front of and behind the camera, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Buster+Keaton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buster Keaton<\/a>, 70, dies of lung cancer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 2, 1969<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: &#8220;King of Horror&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Boris+Karloff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Boris Karloff<\/a> dies of respiratory disease in his native England at 81.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 4, 1970<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=George+C.+Scott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">George C. Scott<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Karl+Malden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Karl Malden<\/a> and General Omar Bradley attend the premiere of 20th Century Fox&#8217;s <em>Patton<\/em> in New York. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 1, 1973<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: A record $5.00 ticket price is being charged at New York&#8217;s Trans-Lux East Theatre for <em>Last Tango in Paris<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">January 31, 1974<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Legendary producer Sam Goldwyn of <em>Guys and Dolls<\/em> and <em>The Best Years of Our Lives<\/em> fame dies at the age of 74.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 1, 1978<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Just before he&#8217;s about to be sentenced for the statutory rape of a teenage girl at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Jack+Nicholson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jack Nicholson<\/a>&#8216;s L.A. home, director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Roman+Polanski\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Roman Polanski<\/a> flees the United States. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 6, 1985<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Just+Jaeckin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Just Jaeckin<\/a>&#8216;s <em>Emmanuelle<\/em> finishes its record 10-year, 32-week-run at the <em>Paris City Cinema<\/em>, beating out previous record-holder <em>West Side Story<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 3, 1989<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Maverick filmmaker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=John+Cassavetes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Cassavetes<\/a>, whose work preceded the rise of the independent cinema, dies of lung cancer at 59. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">February 2, 1996<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Athletic screen hoofer and choreographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Gene+Kelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gene Kelly<\/a> dies at the age of 83.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 2, 1922: Hollywood has a real whodunit on its hands when Paramount Pictures director William Desmond Taylor is found slain. 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