{"id":43837,"date":"2014-09-23T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=43837"},"modified":"2016-02-22T15:59:44","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T20:59:44","slug":"week-film-history-9-21-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=43837","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Film History, 9.21.14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 21, 1927:<\/span> MGM\u2019s iconic lion Leo uses up one of his nine lives when he survives the crash of his L.A.-New York publicity flight in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 25, 1936:<\/span> A third trial results in the acquittal of legendary musical director Busby Berkeley on second-degree murder charges stemming from a 1935 auto accident.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 24, 1939:<\/span> Pioneering film executive Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures, dies at age 71. His son, producer Carl Laemmle, Jr., would pass away on the same date 40 years later.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 25, 1954:<\/span> After winning the Best Actress Oscar for <em>Roman Holiday<\/em> earlier in the year, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Audrey%20Hepburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Audrey Hepburn<\/a> marries actor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mel Ferrer<\/a> in Switzerland. Their union would end in divorce 14 years later.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 26, 1961:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/guest-review-the-hustler\/\">Paul Newman<\/a> is brilliantly convincing as drifting pool shark \u201cFast Eddie\u201d Felson in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=Robert+Rossen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Robert Rossen<\/a>\u2018s modern-day Greek tragedy, <em>The Hustler<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 25, 1963:<\/span> \u201cThe urge meets the surge\u201d with the opening of the first of many teen beach comedies starring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/the-beach-party-movies-a-to-z\/\">Frankie Avalon\u00a0and Annette Funicello, <em>Beach Party<\/em>. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 27, 1965:<\/span> Silent screen sexpot and \u201cIt Girl\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Clara%20Bow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clara Bow<\/a>, whose career stalled with the advent of sound, dies in seclusion at 60.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 21, 1974:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Walter%20Brennan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Walter Brennan<\/a>, beloved winner of three Best Supporting Actor Academy Awards, dies at the age of 80.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 26, 1975<\/span>: Following its London debut, 20th Century-Fox&#8217;s <em>The Rocky Horror Picture Show&#8211;<\/em>based on a hit stage show&#8211;opens here to lackluster business and vanishes, never to be heard from again.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 26, 1986:<\/span> American audiences say \u201cg\u2019day\u201d to Aussie actor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Paul%20Hogan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paul Hogan<\/a> with the release of <em>\u201cCrocodile\u201d Dundee<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 25, 1987:<\/span> Academy Award-winner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Mary%20Astor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mary Astor<\/a>, co-star of <em>The Maltese Falcon<\/em>, passes away at 81.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 23, 1994:<\/span> The prison drama <em>The Shawshank Redemption<\/em>, based on a Stephen King story, debuts to modest success but would gain greater popularity and cult status on home video.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 22, 1999:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=George%20C.%20Scott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">George C. Scott<\/a>, who famously turned down his Best Actor Oscar for the title role in <em>Patton<\/em>, dies from an aortic aneurysm at 71.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">September 26, 2010:<\/span> Actress <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Gloria%20Stuart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gloria Stuart<\/a>, whose career stretched from <em>The Invisible Man<\/em> to <em>Titanic<\/em>, dies a few months after marking\u00a0her 100th birthday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moviegoers went behind bars with Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins 20 years ago this week with the release of the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption. 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