Birthdays: Saint Augustine 354 AD,
King Edward III of England, Robert Louis Stephenson, Edwin Booth, Oskar Werner,
Jean Seberg, Whoopi Goldberg- real name Karen Johnson is 59, Erte', Jack Elam,
Judge Louis Brandeis (the first Jewish U.S. Supreme Court Justice), Alexander
Scourby, Hermoine Badderly, Eugene Ionesco, Garry Marshall is 81, Mel
Stottlemyre, Joe Mantegna is 68, Jimmy Kimmel is 48, Gerald Butler is 46
1789- Ben Franklin wrote "
Nothing is certain except Death and Taxes."
1842- Lewis Carroll noted in his
diary today:" Began writing the fairy tale of Alice. Hope to be done by
Christmas.."
1940- Walt Disney's 'Fantasia' opened. as Walt put it,
"this'll make Beethoven!"
Frank Lloyd Wright's opinion was
'I love the visuals, but why did you use all that old music?"
1971- ABC TV. movie "the
Duel" premiered. It starred Dennis Weaver as a hapless motorist on a
lonely freeway menaced by an unseen truck driver. The movie was directed by a
young protégé of Lew Wasserman, named Steven Spielberg.
1971- Walt Disney’s The Aristocats
opened.
1978- Mickey Mouse got his star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1986- Directors John Huston,
Martin Scorcese and Woody Allen denounced the fad promoted by Ted Turner of
computer colorizing classic Black & White films like the Maltese Falcon.
Supposedly one of the last things Orson Welles said on his deathbed was
"Keep Ted Turner and his crayons away from my movies!"
1991-
Disney's animated film Beauty and the Beast opened, the first animated film
ever nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
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