Showbiz History: Mohican's Opening, Cary's Outing, Audrey's Marriage
Friday, September 25, 2020 at 8:00AM 7 random things that happened on this day, September 25th, in showbiz history...
1936 Another reminder that inappropriate racial casting has been with us always and not just for the common and commonly excoriated practices of yellowface or blackface. Ramona opened on this day in movie theaters, a romantic drama starring Loretta Young as a girl who doesn't know she's bi-racial and Don Ameche as the Native American hired hand that she falls for.
1953 The Actress, a movie about future Oscar winner Ruth Gordon (Rosemary's Baby) WRITTEN BY Ruth Gordon (with Jean Simmons playing her) opens in movie theaters. Spencer Tracy will win the Golden Globe for his performance as her father.
Audrey Hepburn, Last of the Mohicans, Chevy Chase vs Cary Grant and more after the jump...