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March 18, 1910<\/span>: An important entry in the nascent horror genre is the Edison Company’s Frankenstein<\/i>, with stage veteran Charles Ogle<\/a> as the monster.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

March 20, 1943<\/span>: “Hello, all you happy people.” Tex Avery’s poker-faced cartoon canine, Droopy, makes his debut in Dumb Hounded<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

March 22, 1944<\/span>: Hollywood enters the age of TV advertising when Paramount promotes Miracle of Morgan’s Creek<\/i> in a 30-minute program hosted by Preston Sturges<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

March 20, 1948<\/span>: Vittorio De Sica<\/a>‘s Shoeshine<\/i>, nominated only for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar, is given a special award, and next year a Best Foreign Film category will be created. <\/span><\/p>\n

March 23, 1950<\/span>: Mercedes McCambridge<\/a> becomes the first performer to win an Academy Award for a film debut, for All the King’s Men<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

March 20, 1952<\/span>: Humphrey Bogart<\/a> wins his first-and only-Academy Award as the irascible skipper of The African Queen<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

March 19, 1953<\/span>: Television audiences are invited to the Academy Awards ceremony for the first time. Bob Hope<\/a> hosts in Hollywood, Conrad Nagel<\/a> in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

March 20, 1955<\/span>: Hollywood discovers a new sound-rock and roll–when “Rock Around the Rock” plays over the opening credits of Blackboard Jungle<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

March 21, 1961<\/span>: With one studio effort under his belt, actor\/director John Cassavetes<\/a> releases the independent Shadows<\/i>, a jazz-infused drama set in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

March 23, 1964<\/span>: One-of-a-kind character actor Peter Lorre<\/a>, 59, who came to prominence with Germany’s M<\/i>, dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n

March 18, 1968<\/span>: One-time Your Show of Shows<\/i> writer Mel Brooks<\/a> makes his directorial debut with The Producers<\/i>, starring Zero Mostel<\/a> and Gene Wilder<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

March 17, 1970<\/span>: The Boys in the Band<\/i> is a groundbreaking, albeit stereotypic, step in mainstream cinema’s depiction of homosexuals.<\/span><\/p>\n

March 20, 1971<\/span>:\u00a0 Producer Albert Ruddy announces all references to “the Mafia” will be eliminated from the script of The Godfather<\/i> at the request of Italian-Americans. <\/span><\/p>\n

March 17, 1972<\/span>: The University of Baltimore is the scene of the premiere of underground filmmaker John Waters<\/a>‘ infamous “exercise in poor taste,” Pink Flamingos<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

March 20, 1992<\/span>: The simple act of crossing and uncrossing her legs makes Sharon Stone<\/a> a major star in the controversial suspense thriller Basic Instinct<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

March 21, 1994<\/span>: After being practically ignored by the Academy throughout his career, Steven Spielberg<\/a> and Schindler’s List<\/i> take home seven Oscars.<\/span><\/p>\n

March 22, 1994<\/span>: Walter Lantz, veteran animator and creator of Woody Woodpecker, dies at the age of 93. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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