Archive for April 20th, 2015

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Camille Bohannon

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OFFICIAL RELEASE ON THIS DAY IN 1977

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Annie Hall was screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival in March 1977, before
its official release. The film received widespread critical acclaim, and along with
winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, it received Oscars in three other categories: two for Allen (Best Director and, with Brickman, Best Original
Screenplay
), and Keaton for Best Actress. The film additionally won four
BAFTA awards and a Golden Globe. It ranks 31st on AFI’s list of the top
feature films in American cinema and fourth on their list of top comedy films.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1893

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Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971)

Lloyd was an actor, comedian, film director/ producer, screenwriter,
and
stunt performer who is most famous for his silent comedy films. He
ranks alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of the most
popular and influential film comedians of the silent film era. Lloyd made
nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and "talkies", between 1914 and
1947.

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