Birthdays: President John Tyler, Sir William Walton, Eric
Idle is 75, former English P.M. John Major, Bud Cort is 69, LaToya Jackson,
Eugene McCarthy, Jennifer Capriati, M.C. Hammer, Walt "Clyde"
Frazier, Cy Young, Christopher Lambert is 62, Disney animator Jack Kinney,
Brendan Gleeson is 62, Lucy Lawless, Elle MacPherson, Amy Sedaris is 54
1936- Republic Pictures formed.
1939- Moviestars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard marry. They
had a happy marriage until Lombard was killed in a plane crash in 1942.
1951- 'The King and I' debuts on Broadway with Gertrude
Lawrence and Yul Brynner, who shaved his head for the first time for the role.
1971- First day of shooting on the film The Godfather. Francis Coppola wanted young actor Al Pacino for the
Michael Corleone role, but Pacino had signed with Fox to do a different film- The Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight.
Producer Robert Evans begged and pleaded with Fox exec James Aubrey "The
Smiling Barracuda" to get Pacino released from his contract. Finally
Aubrey replaced him with Jerry Ohrbach. He called Evans and said:" Alright,
you can have the midget." The scene was Michael and Kaye coming out of
Best & Co. Dept. Store while Christmas shopping.
1989- As part of one of the silliest Oscar telecasts in
history, actor Rob Lowe (The West Wing) had to dance and sing 'Proud Mary"
with Las Vegas showgirl Eileen Bowman dressed as Disney’s Snow White. Rob Lowe had just been embarrassed by the
publication of a videotape shot in a hotel room of him having sex with two
teenagers. The Walt Disney Company immediately threatened a lawsuit. The
Academy apologized and replaced director Alan Carr with Gilbert Cates.
1989- At that same Oscar ceremony Pixar’s short Tin Toy became the first CG animation to
ever win an Oscar.
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