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FANTASY FILM PREMIERED ON THIS DAY

File:WIZARD OF OZ ORIGINAL POSTER 1939.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On August 10, 1939, The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland
and featuring words and music by E.Y. “Yip” Harburg and
Harold Arlen, received its
world premiere in Green Bay,
Wisconsin. It would open widely in U.S. theaters some two
weeks later.

The Wizard of Oz was a critical success and was nominated
for five
Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning
Best Original Song for "Over the Rainbow" and Best Original
Score
.

.

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Judy Garland How Old When She Did Wizard Of Oz

Judy Garland | Judy Garland Wiki | Fandom
Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
(June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)


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FORMER PORTLAND RESIDENT IS 80 TODAY

Sam Elliott: Facts About The Man, The Voice, The Mustache - The Vintage News

Sam Elliott — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Sam Elliott spent his teenaged years living in northeast Portland,
and graduated from
David Douglas High School in 1962.  

After graduating from high school, Elliott attended college
at the
University of Oregon as an English and psychology
major for two terms before dropping out. He returned to
Portland and attended Clark College in nearby Vancouver,
Washington
.
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Sam Elliott point a pistol offscreen in Tombstone
Tombstone (1993)

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DEATH OF THE ‘’BLOND BOMBSHELL” IN 1962

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On August 5, 1962, movie actress Marilyn Monroe was found dead
in her home in Los Angeles. She was discovered lying nude on her
bed, face down, with a telephone in one hand. Empty bottles of pills, prescribed to treat her depression, were littered around the room.

After a brief investigation, Los Angeles police concluded that her
death was “caused by a self-administered overdose of sedative
drugs and that the mode of death is probable suicide.”

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SUCCESSFUL FILM RELEASED ON THIS DAY

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) - IMDbPro

“Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” an irreverent
comedy based in the outlandish (fictionalized) world of
American stock car racing, premiered in movie theaters
around the United States on August 4, 2006.

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American Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) stands up to his Gallic
rival Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen).

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POPULAR CHARACTER ACTOR HAS DIED

James Sikking aka Dr. James Hobart, 1973-1976, GH | Character actor, Actors, General hospital

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Star Trek III The Search For Spock 1984.

Here Is How ‘Hill Street Blues’ Cast Doing 40 Years after the Show First Aired

(Associated Press) – James Sikking, who starred as a hardened
police lieutenant on the 1980s
“Hill Street Blues” on NBC and
the titular character’s kindhearted dad on “Doogie Howser, M.D.”,
has died.

His publicist said Sikking died of complications from dementia
Saturday.

All You Need to Know About the "Hill Street Blues" Actors & Fun Facts About the Show
Sikking as as Lt. Howard Hunter.

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