This Day in Film History:
December 16
1935:
Actress Thelma Todd is found in a car in Pacific Palisades, California, dead of carbon-monoxide poisoning. Coroner rules the death a suicide. But was it?
1944:
The Battle of the Bulge begins. Hollywood character actor Charles Durning is injured during the battle. Durning earns three Purple Hearts and a Silver Star for his military service.
1950:
Warner's cartoon Rabbit of Seville, starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, and directed by Chuck Jones, is released. The cartoon is based on music from Rossini's opera Barber of Seville.
2000:
Battle Royale, controversial for its violence, opens in Japan
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