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10 random things that happened on this day, December 20th, in showbiz history
1945 Seventy-five years ago today the first feature film based on the comic strip Dick Tracy arrived. The syndicated newspaper hero had been a popular character in film serials since the mid 1930s. He'd get three more features (the last arriving in 1947) before being revived again for Warren Beatty's Oscar-winning spectacle in 1990.
1946 It's a Wonderful Life has ts world premiere in NYC. Why a Christmas classic opened in January for most of the nation is a mystery whose answer is surely lost in 1940s era moviegoing / holiday habits...
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