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

104K views · 2.1K reactions | "Woody Allen wanted "Faster! Faster!" That was my main note from him. He likes the dialogue to be fast and for a Texan, especially one who'd only been to New York a couple of times at that point, it was very difficult." Shelley Duvall on her role in "Annie Hall" (1977) | History of Cinema | Facebook