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March 23 1951 On this day in cinematic history, Stanley Kubrick's short film Flying Padre premiered. It was one of those nine-minute fluffs from RKO that played before the feature film, back when
March 22 1949 On this day in cinematic history, Nicholas Ray's Knock on Any Door premiered. It was a noir film without a detective. Humphrey Bogart plays instead an attorney who tries to steer a young
March 21, 1962 On this day in cinematic history, Sweet Bird of Youth by Richard Brooks premiered. Excuse me while I whip this out: I can't stand Tennessee Williams. I can't stand that brief era in
March 20, 1992 On this day in cinematic history, Noises Off by Peter Bogdanovich premiered. Let me start off by saying I like Peter Bogdanovich as a director. He cared deeply about film and the
On this day in cinematic history, The World of Henry Orient was released. If you're looking for an old Peter Sellers comedy that you somehow missed, you did not miss this one, even if you didn't see
March 18, 2026 On this day in cinematic history, Rio Bravo by Howard Hawks premiered. Hawks didn't have the grand poetry of John Ford, or the intricate bloodiness of Sam Peckinpah, or the musical
March 17, 1976 On this day in cinematic history François Truffaut's film Small Change (L'Argent de poche) premiered. It's a delightful comedy. But. On a second watch some 35+ years after the first, I
March 16, 1960 On this day in cinematic history, Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (À bout de souffle) premiered. Ever wondered what French movie in particular this "Family Guy" clip was probably referring
March 13, 1956 On this day in cinematic history, The Searchers by John Ford premiered. Well. Some places say the 13th, others the 16th. But triskaidekaphobia be damned, we're calling it for the 13th.
March 4, 1922 On this day in cinematic history, F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror premiered in Berlin. It was an unauthorized "inspired by" Bram Stoker's Dracula, that nearly got itself
March 2, 1939 On this yesterday in history, Stagecoach premiered. It's a landmark American Western. The one everyone points to as proof of John Ford's genius as a director. Orson Welles famously
February 27th 1932 She was a movie star. Sometimes she was an actress. Elizabeth Taylor was born on this day in cinematic history. If you've read some of my stuff, you'll know most of my X articles