December 9, 1966 –
A very early Francis Ford Coppola, You’re a Big Boy Now, starring Elizabeth Hartman, Peter Kastner, Geraldine Page, her spouse Rip Torn, Karen Black, Tony Bill, Michael Dunn, and Julie Harris opened on this date.
Francis Ford Coppola was desperate to film on location at the New York Public Library but the library refused because of the scene involving classic pornography locked up in a steel vault. However, Mayor John V. Lindsay was eager to promote the city and prevailed on the Library to change its mind. This is why Lindsay gets a special thanks credit. The vault scene was eventually filmed on a sound stage.
The Haus of Dcaligari 