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W.R. Hearst boycots a movie
January 8, 1941 William Randolph Hearst, owner of the Hearst newspaper chain, forbid any of his newspapers from accepting ads for Citizen Kane, slated for release later in the year. The film was generally interpreted as a study of Hearst, portrayed as the fictional Charles Foster Kane.
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Sergio Leone was made an offer he refused
Director Sergio Leone was offered the job of directing The Godfather, but refused, wanting to make his own gangster film, which eventually became Once Upon a Time in America (1984). Leone later regretted the decision.
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Bogart on Broadway
74 years ago (January 7, 1935) Humphrey played for the first time the role of the psychotic killer Duke Mantee in The Petrified Forest on Broadway. Bogart would give 181 performances. Original cast member Leslie Howard would also appear in the filmed version in 1936.
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Verdoux was offended
This week 61 years ago (January 13, 1948), Henry Verdoux, a Parisian bank employee, brought an action against the producers of Monsieur Verdoux.
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Clark Gable’s wife died
67 years ago (January 16, 1942) Gable’s wife Carole Lombard was on a tour to sell war bonds when the airplane she was traveling in crashed into a mountain near Las Vegas (USA), killing all aboard including Lombard's mother. Clark was devastated by the tragedy and would never recover.
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Humphrey died in 1957
This week in 1957 Bogart died. He was ill since March 1956, but he did not change the habits of a lifetime and continued to smoke and drink whiskey. He had just turned 57 and weighed 80 pounds (36 kg) when he died.
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