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August 27, 1917<\/span>: The first feature to be directed by\u00a0John Ford<\/a>, the\u00a0Harry Carey-Hoot Gibson\u00a0western\u00a0Straight Shooting<\/i>, opens.<\/p>\n

August 28, 1912<\/span>: “King of Comedy” Mack Sennett leaves Biograph and forms Keystone Film Company with two former bookies.<\/span><\/p>\n

August 28, 1927<\/span>: Though they had worked together as far back as 1917, With Love and Hisses<\/i> marks the debut of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as a comedy team. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

August 26, 1930<\/span>: The silent cinema loses one of its greatest stars when “man of a thousand faces” Lon Chaney<\/a> succumbs to bronchial cancer at the age of 47.<\/span><\/p>\n

August 31, 1939<\/span>: An all-distaff cast drives the witty goings-on in director George Cukor’s filming of the hit Broadway play The Women<\/i>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

August 28, 1948<\/span>: Alfred Hitchcock’s<\/a> Rope<\/i>, with all the action taking place over continuous ten-minute takes and seamless cuts to the next scene, opens.<\/span><\/p>\n

August 27, 1953<\/span>: Audrey Hepburn<\/a> captivates audiences with her Hollywood debut as the runaway princess in Roman Holiday<\/i>, for which she’ll win an Academy Award.<\/span><\/p>\n

August 31, 1973<\/span>: John Ford<\/a>, the maverick director of Stagecoach<\/i> and The Quiet Man<\/i>, dies in Palm Desert, California, at the age of 78.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

August 26, 1980<\/span>: Master of outlandish cartoon mayhem Frederick “Tex” Avery, who gave Bugs Bunny his “What’s up, Doc?” catchphrase, dies at 72.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

August 28, 1987<\/span>: Famed director John Huston passes away<\/a> from emphysema at 81, days before the premiere of his final film, The Dead<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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