Today’s Past in the Movies … May 7

May 7 †¦ What occurred in movie-land today in years past?

Events on this day:
2000 – Gladiator records $34,819,017 on opening weekend.
2006 – Mission: Impossible III records $47,743,273 on opening weekend.

Born on this day:

1901 – Gary Cooper (Actor, High Noon)
1917 – David Tomlinson (Actor, Mary Poppins)
1922 – Darren McGavin (Actor, A Christmas Story)
1923 – Anne Baxter (Actress, All About Eve)
1954 – Amy Heckerling (Director, Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
1969 – Traci Lords (Actress, Blade)

Died on this day:

2000 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (Actor, The Prisoner of Zenda)