at theaters: july 25, 1980

Opened in movie theaters 33 years ago today:

CADDYSHACK (Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Bill Murray; directed by Harold Ramis)

Review: “With his bizarre wardrobe and trick golf bag, [Dangerfield’s] a throwback to the Groucho Marx and W.C. Fields school of insult comedy; he has a vitality that the movie’s younger comedians can’t match, and they suffer in comparison.”  —Roger Ebert

Quote: “Hey, doll. Could you scare up another round for our table over here? And tell the cook this is low grade dog food. I’ve had better food at the ballgame, you know? This steak still has marks from where the jockey was hitting it.”

Trivia: The film was shot over 11 weeks during the autumn of 1979. Golf scenes were filmed at the Rolling Hills Golf Club (now the Grande Oaks Golf Club) in Davie, Florida. —wikipedia

 

 

 

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starDate: walter brennan

Walter Brennan

Born: July 25, 1894, Lynn, Mass.
His father: was an engineer and inventor
Served in: the U.S. Army during World War One
Early film appearances: bit parts in BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN and THE INVISIBLE MAN
Appeared in: more than 230 film and TV roles
Married: for 54 years to Ruth Wells
Recommended films: COME AND GET IT, KENTUCKY, THE WESTERNER, SERGEANT YORK, TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, RED RIVER, RIO BRAVO…

movieDate: july 25, 1853

ON THIS DAY in 1853, infamous Chilean bandit Joaquin Murrieta was murdered during the Gold Rush in California. Murrieta was portrayed by Warner Baxter in the 1936 William Wellman biographical film, THE ROBIN HOOD OF EL DORADO.