This Day in Film History:
June 6
1933:
Camden, New Jersey patrons are charged 25 cents per car plus 25 cents per person to see Wife Beware at the opening of the first drive-in movie. Richard Hollingshead Jr. received the patent for the drive-in theatre on May 16th of that year.
1944:
James Doohan, Star Trek's Scotty, loses a finger in the Invasion of Normandy.
1951:
MGM's cartoon Symphony in Slang, directed by Tex Avery, is released.
1960:
Ronald Reagan resigns as Screen Actors Guild president.
Source: Screen Actors Guild
1964:
Warner's cartoon War and Pieces, starring the Road Runner, is released. This is the last cartoon directed by Chuck Jones for the original Warner cartoon unit.
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