{"id":15261,"date":"2011-08-22T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15261"},"modified":"2013-04-29T15:28:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T19:28:37","slug":"this-week-in-film-history-08-21-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15261","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Film History, 08.21.11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 27, 1953<\/span>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Audrey+Hepburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Audrey Hepburn<\/a>\u00a0captivates audiences with her Hollywood debut as the runaway princess in\u00a0<em>Roman Holiday<\/em>, for which she&#8217;ll win an Academy Award.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 27, 1917<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The first feature to be directed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=John+Ford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Ford<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Harry+Carey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Harry Carey<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Hoot+Gibson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hoot Gibson<\/a> western <em>Straight Shooting<\/em>, opens. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 23, 1925<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: With its premiere at the Century Theater in New York, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Fritz+Lang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fritz Lang<\/a>&#8216;s <em>Siegfried<\/em> introduces the synchronized, sound-on-film process. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 23, 1926<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Film fans react in shock to news of the death of beloved screen idol <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Rudolph+Valentino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rudolph Valentino<\/a>, 31, struck down following surgery for a ruptured ulcer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 26, 1930<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The silent cinema loses one of its greatest stars when &#8220;man of a thousand faces&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Lon+Chaney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lon Chaney<\/a> succumbs to bronchial cancer at the age of 47.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 24, 1937<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: &#8220;The Dead End Kids&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Huntz+Hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Huntz Hall<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Billy+Halop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Billy Halop<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Leo+Gorcey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Leo Gorcey<\/a>, et. al.) reprise their stage roles in the film version of <em>Dead End<\/em>, co-starring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Humphrey+Bogart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Humphrey Bogart<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 24, 1938<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: MGM&#8217;s price for the loan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Clark+Gable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clark Gable<\/a>&#8216;s services to Selznick for <em>Gone With the Wind<\/em>: the distribution rights and one half the profits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 21, 1939<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: RKO Pictures contracts with theater\/radio wunderkind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Orson+Welles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Orson Welles<\/a>, allowing him to produce, direct, script and act in two projects of his choosing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 23, 1943<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Olivia+de+Havilland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Olivia de Havilland<\/a> files her trailblazing lawsuit against Warner Brothers that ultimately broke the studios&#8217; practice of extending performer contracts indefinitely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 26, 1980<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Master of outlandish cartoon mayhem Frederick &#8220;Tex&#8221; Avery, who gave Bugs Bunny his &#8220;What&#8217;s up, Doc?&#8221; catchphrase, dies at 72. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">August 21, 1987<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Stars <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Patrick+Swayze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Patrick Swayze<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Jennifer+Grey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jennifer Grey<\/a> have the time of their lives in the surprise hit <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 27, 1953:\u00a0Audrey Hepburn\u00a0captivates audiences with her Hollywood debut as the runaway princess in\u00a0Roman Holiday, for which she&#8217;ll win an Academy Award. 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