{"id":7549,"date":"2010-04-12T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=7549"},"modified":"2015-01-13T17:43:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T22:43:01","slug":"this-week-in-film-history-04-11-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=7549","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Film History 04-11-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 12, 1911<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Cartoonist Winsor McCay brings his popular <em>Little Nemo in Slumberland<\/em> characters to animated life in <em>Little Nemo and the Princess<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 17, 1924<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and the independent Louis B. Mayer Company is announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 12, 1932<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The first &#8220;all-star&#8221; (<a title=\"John Barrymore\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Barrymore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Barrymore<\/a> (Bio), <a title=\"Wallace Beery\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wallace_Beery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wallace Beery<\/a> (bio), <a title=\"Joan Crawford\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joan_Crawford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Joan Crawford<\/a> (Bio), Greta Garbo, et al.) movie, MGM&#8217;s <a title=\"Grand Hotel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D49863&amp;loc=title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Grand Hotel<\/em><\/a>, opens. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 17, 1937<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: A manic &#8220;darn-fool duck&#8221; named Daffy makes his debut in the Warner Bros. cartoon <em>Porky&#8217;s Duck Hunt<\/em>, directed by Tex Avery. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 11, 1938<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The first step towards industry child labor reform is taken when <em>The Kid<\/em> star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Jackie+Coogan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jackie Coogan<\/a> sues his mother and stepfather to recover his earnings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 15, 1942<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Katharine+Hepburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Katharine Hepburn<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Spencer+Tracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spencer Tracy<\/a> team up for the first time in MGM&#8217;s<a title=\"Woman of the Year\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woman_of_the_Year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <em>Woman of the Year<\/em><\/a> (Movie Bio).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 11, 1955<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <em>Marty<\/em>, the first film made from a TV teleplay, opens and will go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 16, 1958<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: B-movie impresario <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=William+Castle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">William Castle<\/a> launches his &#8220;gimmick&#8221; films by insuring each viewer of <em>Macabre<\/em> against death by fright with Lloyd&#8217;s of London. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 17, 1960<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Jane+Fonda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jane Fonda<\/a>, daughter of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Henry+Fonda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Henry<\/a>, makes her film debut in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Joshua+Logan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Joshua Logan<\/a>&#8216;s comedy <em>Tall Story<\/em>, starring alongside <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Anthony+Perkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anthony Perkins<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 13, 1964<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Sidney+Poitier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sidney Poitier<\/a> becomes the first African-American to win the Best Actor Academy Award for <em>Lilies of the Field<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 15, 1990<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Alone at last: iconic leading lady of silent and sound cinema and latter-day recluse <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Greta+Garbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Greta Garbo<\/a> passes away at age 84.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 16, 1991<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=David+Lean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">David Lean<\/a>, director of such epics as <em>The Bridge on the River Kwai<\/em> and <em>Lawrence of Arabia<\/em>, passes away at the age of 83. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 12, 1911: Cartoonist Winsor McCay brings his popular Little Nemo in Slumberland characters to animated life in Little Nemo and the Princess. 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