On this day, 81 years ago, Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) by Vincente Minnelli opened in New York, USA | History of Cinema

37 years ago Mississippi Burning (1988) directed by Alan Parker premiered in Washington, D.C. “From its opening sequence, Mississippi Burning convincingly recaptures the racial dread of 1964 Mississippi. But the verisimilitude is soon sacrificed for a bogus conclusion: … the film amounts to a cinematic lynching of the truth.” Jack E. White | History of Cinema

54 years ago, Steven Spielberg's "Duel" (1971) was first aired as a part of the 'ABC Movie of the Week' series in the USA. | History of Cinema