Video: 'It (1927)'
(Friday, January 14, 1927) — It, a silent romantic comedy film about a shop girl who sets her sights on the handsome and wealthy boss of the department store where she works, premiered today at Grauman’s Metropolitan Theatre in Los Angeles. Continue reading ‘It’ premieres in Los Angeles 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 14 1927)
(Tuesday, January 11, 1927) — The creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, better known today as the “Oscars,” was proposed tonight during a dinner of 36 Hollywood luminaries at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Video: 'The Complete Metropolis - Official Trailer [HD]'
(Monday, January 10, 1927) — Metropolis, a German expressionist epic science-fiction drama film from the silent era about a city of the future that is threatened with destruction when a wealthy corporate leader enlists a mad scientist to put down labor reformers, premiered today at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. Continue reading ‘Metropolis’ premieres in Berlin 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 10 1927)
Video: 'The General' (trailer)
(Friday, December 31, 1926, New Year’s Eve) — The General, an American silent comedy film about a Confederate engineer who fights to save his train and his girlfriend from the Union army, premiered today in two small theaters in Tokyo, Japan. Continue reading ‘The General’ opens in Tokyo 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 31 1926)
Video: 'DW - Step Back in Time: The Mystery of the Missing Crime Queen'
(Friday, December 3, 1926, at around 9:45 p.m. GMT) — A real-life mystery began tonight as English novelist Agatha Christie, 36, drove away from her home in Sunningdale, Berkshire, and disappeared. Continue reading English novelist Agatha Christie temporarily goes missing 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 3 1926)
Video: 'NBC's 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986)'
(Monday, November 15, 1926, 8:00 p.m. EST) — The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) radio network debuted tonight with a network of 24 stations (formed by Westinghouse, General Electric and RCA). Continue reading NBC debuts with a radio network of 24 stations 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1926)
Video: 'Harry Houdini: Biography'
(Sunday, October 31, 1926, Halloween, 1:26 p.m. EST) — Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz), world famous as a magician, a defier of locks and sealed chests and an exposer of spiritualistic frauds, died today in Room 401 at Detroit’s Grace Hospital of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix. He was 52. Continue reading Magician Harry Houdini, 52, dies in Detroit 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 31 1926)
Video: 'The Lost World FULL MOVIE! (1925)'
(Monday, February 2, 1925) — The Lost World, a silent fantasy adventure film based on the Arthur Conan Doyle novel about explorers who encounter living prehistoric animals in South America, had its world premiere today in the U.S.
Directed by Harry Hoyt, the film starred Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Lloyd Hughes and Alma Bennett.
(Saturday, December 20, 1924) — German Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler was released from prison today after the Bavarian Supreme Court issued a pardon, against the state prosecutor’s objections, having serving nine months for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch; during his time behind bars, he’d written his autobiographical screed, Mein Kampf.
Video: 'The Navigator (1924) Buster Keaton'
(Monday, October 13, 1924) — The Navigator, a comedy silent film about two members of the idle rich who have to move fast when they”re stranded on an abandoned luxury liner, was released today in the U.S.
Directed by Buster Keaton and Donald Crisp, the film starred Keaton and Kathryn McGuire.
