{"id":23813,"date":"2012-07-30T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=23813"},"modified":"2012-11-13T10:59:42","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T15:59:42","slug":"this-week-in-film-history-07-29-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=23813","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Film History, 07.29.12"},"content":{"rendered":"<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=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\">August 3, 1929<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Groucho+Marx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Groucho<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Chico+Marx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chico<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Harpo+Marx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Harpo<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Zeppo+Marx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zeppo<\/a>, the Marx Brothers, make their film debuts in Paramount&#8217;s <em>The Cocoanuts<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\">August 4, 1956<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: The concluding chapter in the history of movie serials is written with the release of the genre&#8217;s final entry, Columbia&#8217;s <em>Blazing the Overland Trail<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\"><!--more-->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=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\">August 3, 1965<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: British actress <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Julie+Christie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Julie Christie<\/a>&#8216;s star continues to rise with her performance as an ambitious, self-absorbed fashion model in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=John+Schlesinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Schlesinger<\/a>&#8216;s Darling. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\">July 30, 1966<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: With all of the &#8220;BIFF! POW! 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=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\">August 1, 1973<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <em>American Graffiti<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=George+Lucas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">George Lucas<\/a>&#8216; nostalgic time capsule, opens. The cast of then-unknowns includes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Richard+Dreyfuss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Richard Dreyfuss<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Harrison+Ford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Harrison Ford<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\">August 2, 1976<\/span><span style=\"font-family: VERDANA;\">: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Fritz+Lang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fritz Lang<\/a>, the Austrian-born helmer of <em>Metropolis<\/em> and <em>The Big Heat<\/em>, dies in Los Angeles at the age of 85. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-family: VERDANA;\">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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 31, 1928: Audiences first hear MGM mascot Leo the Lion&#8217;s mighty roar with the studio&#8217;s first sound film, White Shadows in the South Seas. 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