Sunday, July 1, 2007

This Week in History

July 2 1900 Premiere in Helsinki of Jean Sibelius's Finlandia.
July 6 1928 Warner Bros. release the first 100% talkie; The Jazz Singer had full music and sound effects but only about 25% dialogue was audible.
July 7 1887 Marc Chagall was born in Russia.
July 8 1907 Ziegfeld Follies premiers on a theatre roof in New York.

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