{"id":46976,"date":"2015-08-03T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=46976"},"modified":"2015-07-30T18:26:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T22:26:54","slug":"this-week-in-film-history-8215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=46976","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Film History: 8\/2\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 6, 1926<\/span>: The first film released with Vitaphone sound, Warner Bros.\u2019 <em>Don Juan<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search_type=title&amp;search=john+barrymore&amp;submit_search.x=21&amp;submit_search.y=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Barrymore<\/a>, features sound effects and an orchestral score.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 3, 1929<\/span>: The Four <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/browse_list.asp?cid=co&amp;dept=Marx+Brothers%2C+The&amp;media=d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Marx Brothers<\/a>\u2013Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo\u2013make their screen debuts in Paramount\u2019s <em>The Cocoanuts<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 6, 1932<\/span>: The world\u2019s first film festival begins as part of the Venice Biennale, with <em>A Nous la Liberte<\/em> considered \u201cmost entertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 4, 1938<\/span>: Silent serial heroine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D02548&amp;altid=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pearl White<\/a>, star of <em>The Perils of Pauline<\/em>, dies of complications from liver failure in France at 49.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 8. 1942<\/span>: The threat of air raids fails to stop\u00a0a Blitz-ravaged\u00a0London&#8217;s world premiere of Walt Disney animated feature <em>Bambi<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 4, 1956<\/span>: The concluding chapter in the history of movie serials is written with the release of the genre\u2019s final entry, Columbia\u2019s <em>Blazing the Overland Trail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 7, 1957<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search_type=title&amp;search=oliver+hardy&amp;submit_search.x=37&amp;submit_search.y=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Oliver Hardy<\/a>, corpulent, tie-twiddling half of the acclaimed comedy team with Stan Laurel, dies at age 65.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 6, 1959<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Preston+Sturges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Preston Sturges<\/a>, screenwriter\/director of <em>The Lady Eve<\/em>, <em>Sullivan\u2019s Travels<\/em> and other distinctive farces of the \u201940s, dies at age 60.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 5, 1962<\/span>: The body of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Marilyn+Monroe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Marilyn Monroe<\/a>, 36, is discovered by her maid in the bedroom of her Brentwood, Ca. home, the victim of an apparent drug overdose.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 5, 1964<\/span>: Actress <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Anne+Bancroft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anne Bancroft<\/a> and filmmaker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Mel+Brooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mel Brooks<\/a> wed in Manhattan. The\u00a0<em>To Be or Not to Be co-stars<\/em> are together until Bancroft&#8217;s death in 2005.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 3, 1965<\/span>: British actress\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search_type=title&amp;search=julie+christie&amp;submit_search.x=24&amp;submit_search.y=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Julie Christie\u2019s<\/a> star continues to rise with her performance as an ambitious, self-absorbed fashion model in John Schlesinger\u2019s <em>Darling<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 6, 1969<\/span>: The first mainstream studio film to be directed by an African-American, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Gordon+Parks&amp;directorID=8019&amp;selectedTab=directorTab&amp;ss=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gordon Parks&#8217;<\/a> <em>The Learning Tree<\/em>, based on his novel, is released.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 2, 1976<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search_type=title&amp;search=fritz+lang&amp;submit_search.x=36&amp;submit_search.y=13\" 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.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 5, 1983<\/span>: Dancing in his underwear helps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Tom+Cruise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tom Cruise<\/a> become a star in the debut of the comedy <em>Risky Business<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 6, 1992<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search_type=title&amp;search=harold+russell&amp;submit_search.x=46&amp;submit_search.y=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Harold Russell<\/a> sells one of the two Oscars he won for <em>The Best Years of Our Lives<\/em> for $60,500 at an auction.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 3, 1995<\/span>: A stroke claims the life of actress\/director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search_type=title&amp;search=ida+lupino&amp;submit_search.x=40&amp;submit_search.y=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ida Lupino<\/a> (<em>The Bigamist<\/em>), 77.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 6, 1999<\/span>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=M%2E+Night+Shyamalan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">M. Night Shyamalan\u2019s<\/a> supernatural thriller <em>The Sixth Sense<\/em>, starring Bruce Willis, opens and shocks audiences with its \u201ctwist ending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 5, 2000<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Alec+Guinness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sir Alec Guinness,<\/a> whose film work ranged from <em>The Bridge on the River Kwai<\/em> to <em>Star Wars<\/em>, dies in his native England at the age of 86.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">August 8, 2004<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search_type=title&amp;search=fay+wray&amp;submit_search.x=31&amp;submit_search.y=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fay Wray<\/a>, who co-starred with \u201cthe tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood\u201d in 1933\u2019s <em>King Kong<\/em>, passes away at age 96.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the release of The Learning Tree 46 years ago this week, Gordon Parks became the first African-American director of a major Hollywood film. 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