ON THIS DAY in 1874, Thomas Edison received a patent for his invention of a two-way telegraph. This event was included in the 1940 film, EDISON THE MAN, starring Spencer Tracy.
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movieDate: may 25, 1925
ON THIS DAY in 1925, high school teacher John T. Scopes was indicted in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. The trial and subsequent play inspired the 1960 Stanley Kramer film, INHERIT THE WIND, with Spencer Tracy, Gene Kelly and Fredric March.
movieDate: april 18, 1906
ON THIS DAY in 1906, a major earthquake struck San Francisco, resulting in 3,000 deaths and destroying 80% of the city. This event was dramatized in the 1936 film, SAN FRANCISCO, starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, and Spencer Tracy.
movieDate: april 5, 1621
ON THIS DAY in 1621, the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on its return trip to England. The Mayflower saga was dramatized in the 1952 film, PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE, starring Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney and Van Johnson.
movieDate: march 10, 1945
ON THIS DAY in 1945, in Tokyo, another in an ongoing series of U.S. firebombing raids resulted in over 100,000 deaths. An earlier raid was depicted in the 1944 Mervyn LeRoy film, THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO, with Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson.
starts today: january 7, 1955
OPENED in movie theaters on January 7, 1955: BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, starring Spencer Tracy (Oscar-Best Actor) and Robert Ryan; directed by John Sturges (Oscar-Best Director). “Considerable excitement is whipped up in this suspense drama, and fans who go for tight action will find it entirely satisfactory. Besides telling a yarn of tense suspense, the picture is concerned with a social message on civic complacency.” —Variety
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