{"id":11821,"date":"2010-07-26T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=11821"},"modified":"2015-01-20T01:48:10","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T06:48:10","slug":"this-week-in-film-history-07-25-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=11821","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Film History, 07.25.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5010\" title=\"This Week In Film History, 07.25.10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/button-film-history.png\" alt=\"button-film-history\" width=\"170\" height=\"160\" \/>July 28, 1928<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Encouraged by the response to the few minutes of sound in <em>The Jazz Singer<\/em>, Warner Bros. releases <em>Lights of New York<\/em>, the first all-talking picture. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 31, 1928<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Audiences first hear MGM mascot Leo the Lion&#8217;s mighty roar with the studio&#8217;s first sound film, <em>White Shadows in the South Seas<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 28, 1948<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Lon+Chaney+Jr.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lon Chaney, Jr.<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Bela+Lugosi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bela Lugosi<\/a> play the Wolf Man and Dracula, respectively, for the last time onscreen in <em>Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 27, 1950<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=George+Pal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">George Pal<\/a>&#8216;s <em>Destination Moon<\/em>, one of the first films to offer a serious look at space exploration, opens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 25, 1952<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <em>High Noon<\/em>, the western that would garner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Gary+Cooper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gary Cooper<\/a> an Oscar for his performance as the retired sheriff faced with a fateful showdown, opens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 28, 1954<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Seen by many as an answer to critics of his 1952 HUAC testimony, director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Elia+Kazan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Elia Kazan<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;informer&#8221; drama <em>On the Waterfront<\/em> opens. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 29, 1957<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=James+Whale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James Whale<\/a>, director of the horror staples <em>Frankenstein<\/em> and <em>The Invisible Man<\/em>, is found drowned in his swimming pool at age 67.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 26, 1960<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Art director Cedric Gibbons, who took home the Oscar statuette (which he designed) 11 times, dies at the age of 67. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 30, 1966<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: With all of the &#8220;BIFF! 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SOCK!&#8221; of the campy TV show, <em>Batman<\/em>, starring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Adam+West\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Adam West<\/a>, makes his first film appearance since 1943.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 28, 1978<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <em>National Lampoon&#8217;s Animal House<\/em>, starring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=John+Belushi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Belushi<\/a>, opens and quickly finds a huge youth audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 27, 1983<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Tom+Cruise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tom Cruise<\/a> teaches audiences the fine art of dancing in one&#8217;s underwear in the hit comedy <em>Risky Business<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 31, 1987<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Timothy+Dalton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Timothy Dalton<\/a> takes over the role of secret agent James Bond with the 007 adventure <em>The Living Daylights<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 28, 1991<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Paul+Reubens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paul Reubens<\/a>, aka Pee-wee Herman, is arrested in Sarasota, Fla., for indecent behavior in an adult movie theater.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">July 28, 1995<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Kevin+Costner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kevin Costner<\/a>&#8216;s aquatic sci-fi tale <em>Waterworld<\/em>, reportedly the first $200 million film, opens to less than a flood of ticketbuyers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 28, 1928: Encouraged by the response to the few minutes of sound in The Jazz Singer, Warner Bros. releases Lights of New York, the first all-talking picture. 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