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[Captain WH Rollins]

18th November 1928 - Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" released, first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon

18th November 1930 - the musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premiered in NYC

18th November 1932 - "Flowers & Trees" receives first Academy Award for a cartoon

18th November 1932 - the 5th Academy Awards: Fredric March and Wallace Beery in first ever tie for Best Actor. "Grand Hotel" and Helen Hayes also won

18th November 1959 - "Ben-Hur" directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston premiered in New York City (Academy Awards Best Picture 1960)

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[Captain WH Rollins]

19th November 1916 - Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures, the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers

19th November 1959 - "Rocky & His Friends" debuts on ABC

19th November 1965 - ABC radio begins weekly "Vietnam Update" report

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

A good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the third week of November:

Bolden 18 - The Report (15) - Knives Out (12A) - Marriage Story (15) - Stage Russia: Count Orlov (12A) -
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (12A)

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

21st November 1946 - "The Best Years of Our Lives", film directed by William Wyler, based on MacKinlay Kantor's novella Glory for Me, starring Myrna Loy and Fredric March, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1947)

21st November 1976 - "Rocky" directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone premiered in New York (Best Picture 1977)

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

22nd November 1961 - Producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman announce expensive publicity campaign to make Sean Connery (James Bond) a star

22nd November 1967 - the BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles

22nd November 1968 - first interracial TV kiss (Star Trek - Captain Kirk and Uhura)

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

23rd November 1923 - Cecil B. DeMille's first version of "The Ten Commandments" premiered in the USA

23rd November 1960 - Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd & Vine St

23rd November 1984 - "A Christmas Carol" directed by Clive Donner starring George C. Scott premiered UK

23rd November 2013 - "The Day of the Doctor" 50th anniversary episode of "Doctor Who" screens on BBC One, first episode to feature 12th Doctor Peter Capaldi

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

24th November 1947 - the US House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists

24th November 1948 - "Bicycle Thieves", Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring himself and Cesare Zavattini, is released (Honorary Academy Award 1950)

24th November 1966 - the cult classic "One Million Years B.C.", starring Raquel Welch

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

25th November 1947 - the first systematic Hollywood blacklist is instituted, denying employment to American entertainment professionals due to alleged Communist ties or sympathies

25th November 1960 - CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) and cancels 4 other series

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

One Million Years BC (1966) - the cult classic, starring Raquel Welch- priced at just £9.00

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[Captain WH Rollins]

26th November 1942 - "Casablanca" directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman premiered at Hollywood Theater, NYC (Academy Awards Best Picture 1943)

26th November 1943 - the last Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney movie "Girl Crazy" released

26th November 1945 - "Brief Encounter", based on Noël Coward's one-act play "Still Life", directed by David Lean and starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard is released

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

A good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the last week of November:

Bolden 18 - The Report (15) - Knives Out (12A) - Marriage Story (15) - Stage Russia: Count Orlov (12A) -
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (12A)

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

27th November 1920 - "The Mask of Zorro" directed by Fred Niblo and starring Douglas Fairbanks is shown in New York - 1st American superhero film

27th November 1960 - CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel"

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

A good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the last week of November and the first week of December:

Harriet (12A)
Marriage Story (15)
The Irishman (15)
Knives Out (12A)
Honey Boy (12A)
Booksmark (15)

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[Captain WH Rollins]

28th November 1907 - In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opened his first movie theater

28th November 1932 - Groucho Marx performed on radio for the first time

28th November 1957 - "Look Homeward, Angel" play based on the book by Thomas Wolfe adapted by Ketti Frings and starring Anthony Perkins premiered in NYC

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

A good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the last week of November and the first week of December:

Harriet (12A)
Marriage Story (15)
The Irishman (15)
Knives Out (12A)
Honey Boy (12A)
Booksmark (15)

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

29th November 1945 "The Lost Weekend", based on Charles R. Jackson's novel, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman premiered in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1946)

29th November 1948 - the first opera to be televised, "Othello", broadcast from the Met (NYC)

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[Captain WH Rollins]

30th November 1982 - "Gandhi" directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Ben Kingsley and John Gielgud premiered in New Delhi (Best Picture 1983)

30th November 1990 - American actor Burt Lancaster suffered a stroke

30th November 1993 - "Schindler's List", American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, and Ralph Fiennes, premiered in Washington, D.C. (Academy Awards Best Picture 1994)

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

1st December 1953 - Hugh Hefner publishes first edition of Playboy magazine, featuring Marilyn Monroe as the magazine's first centerfold

1st December 1957 - Sam Cooke, Buddy Holly and the Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show

1st December 1980 - Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships"

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Husam]

Yesterday i saw
The Irishman

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1302006/
I love Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci
Its about 3h20min
They are the golden age

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

Yesterday i saw
The Irishman

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1302006/
I love Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci
Its about 3h20min
They are the golden age

Many thanks for your post, a really great film, well worth watching. A great line up of film stars.

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Captain WH Rollins