Today’s Past in the Movies … May 10

May 10 †¦ What occurred in movie-land today in years past?

Events on this day:

1998 – Deep Impact records $41,152,375 box office on opening weekend.

Born on this day:

1889 – Mae Murray (Silent Film Star)
1899 – Fred Astaire (Oscar-Winning Actor/Dancer)
1902 – David O. Selznick (Producer: Gone With the Wind)
1936 – Jeanine Basinger (AFI Trustee, Film Scholar)
1944 – Jim Abrahams (Writer/Director: Ruthless People)

Died on this day:

1968 – Scotty Beckett (Child Actor: Our Gang, The Jolson Story)
1977 – Joan Crawford (Oscar-Winning Actress: Mildred Pierce)
2001 – Deborah Walley (Actress: Beach Blanket Bingo)
2006 – Val Guest (Director, Hammer Films)