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January 10, 1914<\/span>: With Mack Sennett<\/a>‘s instruction to Charlie Chaplin to “get into a comedy make-up,” the legendary “Little Tramp” is born.<\/span><\/p>\n

January 10, 1923<\/span>: The “Hollywoodland” sign is dedicated. It was built on the Hollywood Hills to promote sales of homes in Beachwood Canyon. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 10, 1924<\/span>:\u00a0 Columbia Pictures Corporation, formerly CBC Film Sales, is founded by brothers Harry and Jack Cohn, and Joseph Brandt. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 10, 1927<\/span>: Set in the year 2000, Fritz Lang<\/a>‘s sci-fi opus, Metropolis<\/i>, opens. It’s among the first to use miniatures in place of enormous sets.<\/span><\/p>\n

January 9, 1931<\/span>: Diminutive actor Edward G. Robinson<\/a> creates a chilling persona in ruthless gangster “Rico” Bandello in Warner Bros.’ Little Caesar<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 10, 1949<\/span>: Actor Robert Mitchum<\/a> is sentenced to two months’ jail time after being convicted on marijuana charges. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 8, 1954<\/span>: Sydney Greenstreet<\/a>, memorable screen heavy (in every sense of the term) of The Maltese Falcon<\/i> and other films of the ’40s, dies at age 75.<\/span><\/p>\n

January 10, 1959<\/span>: Former Cahiers<\/i> critic Claude Chabrol releases Le Beau Serge<\/i>, considered the first “New Wave” film, a movement ignited by young cinema enthusiasts. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 5, 1967<\/span>: Charles Chaplin<\/a> releases what will be his final directorial effort, The Countess from Hong Kong<\/i>, starring Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren. <\/span><\/p>\n

January 10, 1990<\/span>: The largest communications merger to date is accomplished when Warner Bros. and Time Inc. form Time\/Warner. Cost: some $14 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been 87 years since filmgoers were first stunned by Fritz Lang’s standard-setting tale of a future dystopia–circa 2000–with Metropolis. We’ve got more movie minutia to make your day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":39349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1227],"tags":[1347],"coauthors":[1711],"class_list":["post-39145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-this-week-in-film-history","tag-movie-history"],"yoast_head":"\nThis Week in Film History, 01.05.14<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This week in film history. A look at movie featuring Fritz Lang, Robert Mitchum, Sydney Greenstreet and Charlie Chaplin. 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