Today’s Past in the Movies … April 25

April 25 †¦ What occurred in movie-land today in years past?

Born on this day:

1930 – Paul Mazursky (Writer/Director: Moscow on the Hudson, Down and Out in Beverly Hills)
1940 – Al Pacino (Actor: Serpico, The Godfather movies, The Devil’s Advocate)
1941 – Bertrand Tavernier (French Film-maker: Round Midnight)
1946 – Talia Shire (Actress: The Godfather movies, Rocky movies, I [Heart] Huckabees)
1964 – Hank Azaria (Actor: Gross Pointe Blank, Mystery Men, Run Fatboy Run)
1969 – Renee Zellweger (Actress: Bridget Jones’ Diary, Cold Mountain, Leatherheads)
1970 – Jason Lee (Actor: Mallrats, Mumford, Clerks 2)

Died on this day:

1976 – Carol Reed (Producer/Director: The Third Man, The Agony and the Ecstacy)
1995 – Ginger Rogers (Actress/Dancer: One half of the classic movie dance pair Fred & Ginger)
1996 – Saul Bass (Designer of Movie Posters & Title Sequences: Vertigo, Psycho, Goodfellas)