Today’s Past in the Movies … May 28

May 28 … What occurred in movie-land today in years past?

Events on this day:

1929 – On With the Show premieres in New York City as first all color “talkie” motion picture.
1953 – Melody premiers as the first 3-D animated cartoon in Technicolor.
1979 – James Cameron’s Aliens records $3,527,881 box office on opening weekend.
1984 – Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom records $33,936,113 box office on opening weekend.
2000 – Mission: Impossible II records $70,816,215 box office on opening weekend.
2006 – X-Men: The Last Stand records $122,861,157 box office on opening weekend.

Born on this day:

1931 – Carroll Baker (Actress: Giant, The Big Country, How the West Was Won)
1944 – Patricia Quinn (Actress: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Meaning of Life)

Died on this day:

1971 – Audie Murphy (Actor: To Hell and Back, The Red Badge of Courage)
1998 – Phil Hartman (Comedian, Actor: Sgt. Bilko, Coneheads, Three Amigos)
2003 – Martha Scott (Missouri-born Actress: The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur)