Birthdays: Euripides-484BC,
Victoria Woodhull, Walter Lippmann, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Mickey Rooney,
Julio Inglesias, Walter Pidgeon, Louise Nevelson, Jason Alexander is 56, Mary
Kay Place, Harry Connick Jr, Bruce Springsteen is 67, William McGuffey
1939- At the World’s Fair in New
York a time capsule was buried not to be opened until the year 6939. It
contains a Bible, a mail order catalog and newsreels of President Franklin
Roosevelt. I hope they include a description of what film was….
1962- H& B's show The Jetsons'
premiered. It was the first ABC show to be presented in color. Jane! Stop this Crazy Thing! Jane!
1964- Marc Chagalls’ paintings on
the ceiling of the Paris Opera House unveiled.
1969- the film "Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid" premiered. Written by William Goldman and directed
by George Roy Hill. It made fortunes for stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford,
who later started and independent film festival called Sundance.
1984-Michael
Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Frank Wells met the Disney Animation Dept. and
are pitched storyboards for the film Basil of Baker Street, later called the
Great Mouse Detective. Up to now their thinking had been to dismantle the
animation department and earn income from the licensees of the existing
library. Roy Disney was instrumental in insisting the animation division
remain. Eisner dictates memos to start the television animation division.
1994-
Quentin Tarentino’s masterpiece Pulp Fiction premiered.
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