Today’s Past in the Movies … April 8

April 8 †¦ What occurred in movie-land today in years past?

Born on this day:

1892 – Mary Pickford (Actress, Silent Film Star)
1942 – Douglas Trumbull (Director: Silent Running, SFX work on 2001: A Space Odyssey)
1946 – Tim Thomerson – (Actor: Star of sci-fi b-movie Dollman and Nemesis series)
1949 – John Madden (Director: Shakespeare in Love, Proof)
1955 – Kane Hodder (Actor/Stuntman: Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
1966 – Robin Wright Penn (Actress: The Princess Bride, Forrest Gump)
1968 – Patricia Arquette (Actress: True Romance, Lost Highway)

Events on this day:

1918 – Charlie Chaplan and Douglas Fairbanks sell war bonds on the streets of New York’s financial district to help fund the American effort in World War I.