King Kong (1933)
“Well Denham, the airplanes got him.”
“Oh, no, it wasn’t the airplanes…it was beauty killed the beast.”
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The Lost World (1925)
Tony Scott dies after fatal bridge jump
The director Tony Scott has died after jumping from a bridge in Los Angeles, as confirmed by the LA County Coroner’s office. He was 68 years old.
A suicide note was later discovered from the man responsible for such action classics as Top Gun, Days Of Thunder and True Romance. A representative of the Coroner’s office said, “we have no reason to believe it was not a suicide.”
“I can confirm that Tony Scott has indeed passed away,” said his publicist, Simon Halls. “The family asks that their privacy be respected at this time.” Meanwhile, several of his Hollywood contemporaries took to Twitter to express their condolences.
“Just heard the news about Tony Scott,” said Moon director Duncan Jones. “Horrible… Tony was a truly lovely man who took me under his wing & ignited my passion to make films.” Ron Howard was even more succinct: “No more Tony Scott movies. Tragic day.”
The only known footage of Mark Twain, in his signature white suit and puffing a cigar, recorded by Thomas Edison in 1909, a year before Twain’s death. The two were close friends.
Edison is also responsible for filming the first kiss in cinema.
The first romantic kiss on screen was in American silent films in 1896, beginning with the film The Kiss. The kiss lasted 30 seconds and caused many to rail against decadence in the new medium of silent film. Writer Louis Black writes that “it was the United States that brought kissing out of the Dark Ages.” However, it met with severe disapproval by defenders of public morality, especially in New York. One critic proclaimed that “it is absolutely disgusting. Such things call for police interference.”
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1965)

Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, and Anouk Aimée on the set of 8½ (1963).
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