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Vietnam inspired some directors
November 22, 1972 the United States lost its first B-52 of the Vietnam war. The Communists claimed 19 B-52s shot down to date. The war inspired lots of directors, including Oliver Stone who made the Oscar winning epos Platoon.
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Casablanca premiered two times
This week 66 years ago the very classic Casablanca premiered in New York. However, Warner Brothers delayed the Los Angeles release of the film to coincide with the big Allied conference in Casablanca, North Africa (January 23, 1943).
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King Tutankhamen’s tomb
November 26, 1922. After 40 years of digging, British archaeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first to enter King Tutankhamen’s tomb in more than 3,000 years. The discovery of these huge treasures inspired Steven Spielberg in the making of Raiders of the lost ark
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Clint Eastwood became a big star
Director Sergio Leone originally intended to reunite the three stars of The Good (Clint Eastwood), The Bad and the Ugly as the three gunmen waiting for Harmonica at the start of Once upon a time in the West. But Eastwood had become a big star and didn’t like it, so the idea was scrapped.
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Cary Grant died
22 years ago (November 29, 1986) actor Cary Grant died of a stroke at the age of 82. He made his first screen appearance in 1932 and retired in 1966. Throughout his career Cary was always a sophisticated and debonair leading man.
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Fast Ub
Working fast? Co founder of the Walt Disney company Ub Iwerks animated the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, Plane crazy, all by himself. He did 700 drawings in a day. Today an animator turns out about 80 to 100 drawings a week.
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