{"id":15852,"date":"2011-11-21T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15852"},"modified":"2012-09-06T21:41:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T01:41:05","slug":"this-week-in-film-history-11-20-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15852","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Film History, 11.20.11"},"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, 11.20.11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/button-film-history.png\" alt=\"Sylvester Stallone, Mae West,Cary Grant, James Cagney,&quot;toy story&quot;\" width=\"170\" height=\"160\" \/>November 25, 1940<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Voiced by Mel Blanc, Woody Woodpecker laughs his way into cartoon fame in the Andy Panda short <em>Knock Knock<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">November 26, 1942<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Taking advantage of Allied landings that put the North African city in the news, Warner Bros. opens <em>Casablanca<\/em> in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">November 24, 1947<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Ten Hollywood writers and producers are cited for contempt of Congress and will go on to be found guilty and be banished from the film community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">November 20, 1975<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <em>One Flew Over the Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest<\/em>, which producer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Michael+Douglas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michael Douglas<\/a><a>&#8216; father <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Kirk+Douglas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kirk<\/a> had been trying to bring to the screen for years, debuts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">November 21, 1976<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <em>Rocky<\/em>, the low-budget tale of a Philadelphia boxer written by and starring the unknown <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Sylvester+Stallone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sylvester Stallone<\/a>, debuts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">November 22, 1980<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Queen of screen innuendo and double entendre <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Mae+West\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mae West<\/a>, 87, dies from complications from a stroke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">November 20, 1981<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a title=\"James Cagney: Top Of The World\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/staff-notes\/james-cagney\/\">James Cagney<\/a> returns to the big screen after a 20-year absence in director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Milos+Forman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Milos Forman<\/a>&#8216;s <em>Ragtime<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">November 20, 1986<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The epitome of Hollywood sophistication and suaveness, <a title=\"Cary Grant and Leopards and Actors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/fanfare-guests\/cary-grant\/\">Cary Grant,<\/a> dies at 82 while taking part in an Iowa film festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">November 26, 1990<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Japanese company Matsushita purchases MCA, parent company of Universal Pictures, for $6.13 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA; color: red;\">November 22, 1995<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The first feature-length computer-animated film, <em>Toy Story<\/em>, is released by Disney and Pixar Animation Studios.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 25, 1940: Voiced by Mel Blanc, Woody Woodpecker laughs his way into cartoon fame in the Andy Panda short Knock Knock. 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