People (Births) People (Deaths) Albert Lamorisse Albert Lamorisse (13 January 1922 to 02 June 1970) was a French filmmaker, film producer, and writer of award-winning short films which he began making in the late 1940s. He also invented the strategic board game Risk in 1957. Orlando Bloom Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom (born 13 January… Read More
Events People (Births) People (Deaths) Adolph Zukor Adolph Zukor (Hungarian: Zukor Adolf; 07 January 1873 to 10 June 1976) was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures. He produced one of America’s first feature-length films, The Prisoner of Zenda, in 1913. Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is… Read More
Events 1939 – Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures’ Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor. 1963 – The film Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, is released in US theatres. It was the most expensive film made at the time. 1981 – The first of the Indiana Jones film franchise, Raiders… Read More
People (Deaths) 1976 – Adolph Zukor, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1873). Adolph Zukor Adolph Zukor (Hungarian: Zukor Adolf; 07 January 1873 to 10 June 1976) was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures. He produced one of America’s first feature-length films, The Prisoner of… Read More
Events 1912 – Paramount Pictures is founded. People (Births) 1916 – Ramananda Sengupta, Indian cinematographer (d. 2017). 1926 – David Hurst, German actor (d. 2019). 1954 – David Keith, American actor and director. People (Deaths) 1952 – William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (b. 1879). 1988 – Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer… Read More
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