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This day in the movie history

Oct. 22 in the movie history

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Oct. 22 is a birthday of:

Joan Fountaine – the star of Hitchcock movies “Rebecca” (co-starring Laurence Olivier) and “Suspicion” (co-starring Cary Grant) and younger sister of the Hollywood star Olivia de Havilland. A chance encounter with the producer David Selznick, who was in the process of selecting a female lead for the movie after Daphne de Maurier’s book, had led to Joan Fountaine’s selection for the main role in the movie. The film was a huge success and brought Joan Fountaine a nomination for the Academy award

Oct 20 in the movie history

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Oct 20 is a birthday of:

Viggo Mortensen, an actor, who had a rather long history of supporting roles in the movies of famous directors like Peter Weir, Tony and Ridley Scott, Jane Campion – and was a relatively well-known name in the movies, until he’s been chosen for the role of

Oct. 18 in the movie history

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Oct. 18 is a birthday of :

My favourite TV actor Peter Boyle (1935). He had a relatively successful movie career since 1970 (though he played supporting roles practically in every movie he’s made). However, he’s more

Oct. 15 in the movie history

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Oct. 15, 1940 – first release of a great political satire film, The Great Dictator, – directed and played by the greatest movie comedian of all times, Charlie Chaplin. The movie presented the first and on of the rarest in its ruthlessness political satire on a dictatorship,

Oct. 13 in the movie history

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Oct. 13 is a birthday of the great French (born in Italy) singer and actor Yves Montand, whose biggest career was on stage as one of the greatest crooners in French chanson, yet he carved himself a name in the movie history as well. The movie, which made Montand a star, was