{"id":22780,"date":"2012-05-30T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=22780"},"modified":"2012-05-24T16:13:25","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T20:13:25","slug":"this-week-in-film-history-05-27-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=22780","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Film History, 05.27.12"},"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\" \/>June 2, 1916<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Victor Schertzinger composes the first original film score for an American feature, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Thomas+H.+Ince\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Thomas H. 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Zanuck. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\">May 31, 1938<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: NBC broadcasts the first feature film on television shown in a single installment, <em>The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel<\/em>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\"><!--more-->May 28, 1941<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">:\u00a0 Animators and artists at the Walt Disney Studios launch an acrimonious two-month strike for pay raises and the right to unionize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\">June 1, 1943<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The plane carrying refined British actor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Leslie+Howard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Leslie Howard<\/a>, 50, is shot down by German fighters over the Bay of Biscay near Lisbon, Portugal.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\">May 31, 1971<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The body of 46-year-old World War II hero and actor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Audie+Murphy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Audie Murphy<\/a> is discovered in Virginia in the wreckage of a plane crash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\">May 29, 1979<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: &#8220;America&#8217;s Sweetheart&#8221; and silent screen legend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Mary+Pickford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mary Pickford<\/a> dies at the age of 87 in Santa Monica, California. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\">May 29, 1987<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: Director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=John+Landis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Landis<\/a> is acquitted of manslaughter charges stemming from 1982&#8217;s <em>Twilight Zone&#8211;The Movie<\/em> helicopter accident.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 2, 1916: Victor Schertzinger composes the first original film score for an American feature, Thomas H. 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