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Today’s Past in the Movies … April 21 – We Are Movie Geeks

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Today’s Past in the Movies … April 21

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April 21 †¦ What occurred in movie-land today in years past?

Born on this day:

1870 – Edwin S. Porter (Early Film Pioneer, worked as a director for Thomas Edison’s company)
1912 – Marcel Camus (Director: Black Orpheus)
1915 – Anthony Quinn (Actor: The Guns of Navarone, Lawrence of Arabia)
1935 – Charles Grodin (Actor: Heaven Can Wait, Midnight Run)
1958 – Andie McDowell (Actress: Groundhog Day, The End of Violence)
1963 – John Cameron Mitchell (Director: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus)
1971 – Eric Mabius (Actor: Welcome to the Dollhouse, I Shot Andy Warhol)
1979 – James McAvoy (Actor: Last King of Scotland, Atonement)

Died on this day:

1977 – Gummo Marx (Actor, member of the Marx Brothers)

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