{"id":8198,"date":"2010-04-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=8198"},"modified":"2010-06-28T19:06:12","modified_gmt":"2010-06-28T23:06:12","slug":"this-week-in-film-history-04-25-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=8198","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Film History 04-25-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5010\" title=\"button-film-history\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/button-film-history.png\" alt=\"button-film-history\" width=\"170\" height=\"160\" \/>April 27, 1930<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: From Erich Maria Remarque&#8217;s novel, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Lewis+Milestone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lewis Milestone<\/a> films <em>All Quiet on the Western Front<\/em>, a harsh look at the futility of war. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 30, 1938<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: An early rendition of what is to become the character of Bugs Bunny first appears in Warner Bros.&#8217; <em>Porky&#8217;s Hare Hunt<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">May 1, 1941<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Denied a playdate at Radio City Music Hall, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Orson+Welles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Orson Welles<\/a>&#8216; much-talked-about <em>Citizen Kane<\/em> opens at the RKO Palace in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 29, 1944<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The 221st and final <em>Our Gang<\/em> comedy short, <em>Dancing Romeo<\/em>, is released by MGM. Television will reignite interest in the years to come. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">May 1, 1945<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Radio City Music Hall officials deem newsreel footage of the liberation of German concentration camps &#8220;too gruesome&#8221; for exhibition. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">May 1, 1949<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: MGM removes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Judy+Garland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Judy Garland<\/a> from the title role in Annie Get Your Gun and replaces her with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Betty+Hutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Betty Hutton<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 27, 1956<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Stateside audiences get their first look at Japan&#8217;s biggest &#8220;star&#8221; with the U.S. release of <em>Godzilla, King of the Monsters<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 25, 1971<\/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> wins the Best Actor Oscar for <em>Patton<\/em>, but in a statement declines the award, calling the system &#8220;a meat market.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 28, 1972<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Ralph+Bakshi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ralph Bakshi<\/a>&#8216;s <em>Fritz the Cat<\/em>, based on Robert Crumb&#8217;s comic and the world&#8217;s first X-rated cartoon feature, debuts in New York. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">April 29, 1980<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Master of screen suspense <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Alfred+Hitchcock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alfred Hitchcock<\/a> dies at the age of 80, three months after being knighted by the British monarchy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 27, 1930: From Erich Maria Remarque&#8217;s novel, Lewis Milestone films All Quiet on the Western Front, a harsh look at the futility of war. 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