Today’s Past in the Movies … April 23

April 23 †¦ What occurred in movie-land today in years past?

Born on this day:

1894 – Frank Borzage (Academy Award Winning Director: A Farewell to Arms)
1910 – Simone Simon (Actress: The Devil and Daniel Webster, Cat People)
1928 – Shirley Temple Black (Child Actress: The Little Princess, Heidi)
1949 – Paul Brickman (Writer/Director: Risky Business)
1953 – James Russo (Actor: Once Upon a Time in America, Donnie Brasco)
1954 – Michael Moore (Director: Roger & Me, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko)
1955 – Judy Davis (Actress: A Passage to India, Marie Antoinette)
1961 – George Lopez (Actor: Real Women Have Curves, Balls of Fury)

Died on this day:

1986 – Otto Preminger (Director: The Man With the Golden Arm, Stalag 17)
1990 – Paulette Goddard (Actress: Modern Times, The Great Dictator)

Events on this day:

1896 – A system for projecting movies on a screen, called a Vitascope, was unveiled in New York City.