This Day in Film History:
August 27
1927:
Eventually winning the first Best Picture Oscar (Actually, Best Picture, Production), Wings is released.
1943:
Universal debuts its version of The Phantom of the Opera, starring Nelson Eddy and Claude Rains.
1964:
Per un pugno di dollari (Fistful of Dollars) premieres in Florence, marking the first screen collaboration between Spaghetti western-director Sergio Leone and star Clint Eastwood.
1988:
Thieves steal a print of The Last Temptation of Christ from the Cineplex Odeon Center Theatre in Salt Lake City.
Source: Forbidden Films
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