This Day…

1934 – “Judge Priest” film directed by John Ford, starring Will Rogers is released

1887 – Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone

1927 – “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring George O’Brien and Janet Gaynor, is released (Academy Awards Unique and Artistic Picture 1927).

1960 – “LIFE” magazine celebrates artist Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses’ 100th birthday by putting her on their cover

September 14, 1982 — Former Hollywood actress Grace Kelly, who became Princess Grace of Monaco, was killed in a car crash on this day.

1927 – Isadora Duncan, a pioneer of modern expressive dance, died in France when her long scarf became entangled in the rear wheel of the car in which she was riding.

1928 – Katharine Hepburn made her stage debut in the play “The Czarina.” Four years later she made her film debut in “A Bill of Divorcement.”

1960 – Nationwide release (US) of Alfred Hitchcock‘s “Psycho” starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh

1935 – Romantic comedy film “Page Miss Glory” starring Marion Davies premieres in the USA.

1877 – Crazy Horse [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 37.