In 1951 - "A Place in the Sun", film adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy", directed by George Stevens, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters premieres at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
In 1932, "Tarzan the Ape Man" released starring Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in the first of his 12 Tarzan films.
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In 1968, "2001 A Space Odyssey" directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
In 1939 - "The Hound of Baskervilles," the first of 14 films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, is released.
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In 1983 - "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," is released in the US.
In 1999 - "10 Things I Hate About You", a modernization of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, is released.
1959 - "Some Like It Hot", American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon, premieres at Loew’s Capital Theatre, NYC.
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"The King and I" - 1951 - Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "The King and I", based on the novel "Anna and the King of Siam", opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 1,246 performances, winning 5 Tony Awards; Star Yul Brynner would lead the cast of the 1956 film version, and play the role over 4,200 times.
"The Great Gatsby" - 1974 - Film adaption of starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow with costumes by Ralph Lauren first released.
