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September 6, 1940 –Part of the Charlie Chan detective series, Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum, directed by Lynn Shores and starring Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, C. Henry Gordon, and Marc Lawrence, was released on this date. This was the 25th of 47 Charlie Chan movies.

September 6, 1944 – Billy Wilder’s film-noir classic, Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson, opened in NYC on this date. Author James M. Cain later admitted that if he had come up with some of the solutions to the plot that screenwriters Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler did, he wouldContinue reading “Only you’re a little more rotten.”

September 6, 1947 – The Merrie Melodies short, House Hunting Mice, directed by Chuck Jones, and featuring Hubie and Bertie, was released on this date. This short was a follow up to the 1939 short Dog Gone Modern, which featured two dogs exploring an “automatic house“

September 6, 1976 –Fleetwood Mac’s tenth studio album , Fleetwood Mac, went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date. It was their second eponymous album, (which was also known as their White Album); their first being the band’s debut from 1968. This was the first Fleetwood Mac album to feature Lindsey BuckinghamContinue reading “Monday morning you sure look fine”

Today is National Cheese Pizza Day. While you do not have to don tight fitting polyester pants and strut down 86th Street in Bensonhurst to celebrate, please remember that you have to fold your pizza in half to eat it, and for god’s sake, don’t use a fork and a knife.

September 5, 1976 –The first regularly scheduled episode of The Muppet Show, starring guest host Joel Grey, premiered in the UK on this date. Kermit the Frog and Waldorf are the only characters to appear in all 120 episodes of the series.

September 5, 1916 –D. W. Griffith classic silent-film masterpiece, Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages, premiered on this date. The Babylonian orgy sequence alone cost $200,000 when it was shot. That’s nearly twice the overall budget of The Birth of a Nation, another D.W. Griffith film and, at the time, the record holder for mostContinue reading “Intolerance premiered”

September 5, 1942 –The Merrie Melodies short, Fox Pop, directed by Chuck Jones, was released on this date. The Sterling Silver Fox Farm farmer has a French-accented voice similar to that of Chuck Jones‘ famous creation Pepé Le Pew, who would debut later in 1945.

September 5, 1927Walt Disney’s Trolley Troubles, first appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons, premiered on this date. Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks worked for Universal Pictures on this cartoon. Universal showed their appreciation for the two for making Oswald a star by threatening to cut their salaries. As a result, the two walked…and soonContinue reading “Trolley Troubles premiered”

September 5, 1953 – The Looney Tunes short, A Street Cat Named Sylvester, directed by Friz Freleng and starring Tweenty Bird and Sylvester the Cat, was released on this date. The premise of this cartoon is very reminiscent to that of Hiss and Make Up which Friz Freleng directed ten years earlier, as both cartoonsContinue reading “A Street Cat Named Sylvester premiered”