Thursday
Nov262020
Showbiz History: Casablanca, The King's Speech, and "We Found Love"
Thursday, November 26, 2020 at 8:00AM 5 random things that happened on this day in showbiz history
1937 Nothing Sacred, one of the great screwball comedies of the 30s (but there are so many of them, he said with glee) opens in theaters after its NYC premiere the previous day. It was a personal favourite of Carole Lombard so in addition to being a genius actress, she had good taste in her own work.
1942 Casablanca premieres in NYC. It has one of the weirdest Oscar timetables ever for a Best Picture winner...