Robert Stigwood Organization
We’re doing things quick and dirty this week, but there were not many very memorable films released. However, one of your favorites may be celebrating a milestone anniversary, so scroll down to check out the list and tell us about one of the films that you remember fondly!
1926 • 1936 • 1946 • 1956 • 1966 • 1976 • 1986 • 1996 • 2006 • 2016
1926
April 4 – Kiki (USA, Norma Talmadge Film Corporation)
April 4 – The Blind Goddess (USA, Paramount Pictures)
April 4 – The Earth Woman (USA, Mrs. Wallace Reid Productions)
April 4 – The Fighting Boob (USA, Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation)
April 4 – The Fighting Buckaroo (USA, Fox Film Corporation)
April 4 – Watch Your Wife (USA, Universal Pictures)
April 5 – For Heaven’s Sake (USA, The Harold Lloyd Corporation)
April 5 – The Runaway (USA, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation)
1936
April 2 – Pride of the Marines (USA, Columbia Pictures)
April 2 – The First Baby (USA, 20th Century Fox)
April 3 – Big Brown Eyes (USA, Walter Wanger Productions)
April 3 – The House of a Thousand Candles (USA, Republic Pictures)
April 3 – Two in Revolt (USA, RKO Radio Pictures)
April 4 – Snowed Under (USA, First National Pictures)
April 4 – The Blow Out (USA, short, Leon Schlesinger Studios)
April 4 – Till We Meet Again (USA, Paramount Pictures)
April 6 – Flash Gordon (USA, serial, Universal Pictures)
April 8 – Outlaws of the Range (USA, Ray Kirkwood Productions)
April 8 – The Great Ziegfeld (USA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
1946
April – Two Sisters from Boston (USA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
April 4 – Blondie’s Lucky Day (USA, Columbia Pictures)
April 4 – The Hoodlum Saint (USA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
April 5 – Johnny Comes Flying Home (USA, 20th Century Fox)
1956
April – The Broken Star (USA, Bel-Air Productions)
April – The Wedding in Monaco (Turkey, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
April – Walk the Dark Street (USA, Valor Pictures)
April 1 – Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado (USA, Sam Katzman Productions)
April 1 – Mohawk (USA, Edward L. Alperson Productions)
April 1 – Swamp Women (USA, Bernard Woolner Productions)
April 4 – The Maverick Queen (USA, Republic Pictures)
April 5 – Flagpole Jitters (USA, short, Columbia Pictures)
April 5 – The Scarlet Hour (USA, Michael Curtiz Productions)
April 6 – Safari (London, Warwick Film Productions)
April 6 – Stranger at My Door (USA, Republic Pictures)
1966
April – A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (USA, short, Hubley Studios)
April 4 – The Singing Nun (USA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
April 6 – The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (USA, American International Pictures)
1976
April 2 – Lipstick (USA, Dino De Laurentiis Company)
April 4 – Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (USA, documentary, James Ellsworth Productions)
April 5 – The Blue Bird (USA, Edward Lewis Productions-Lenfilm Studios)
April 7 – Sparkle (USA, Robert Stigwood Organization)
April 7 – The Bad News Bears (USA, Paramount Pictures)
1986
No new films premiered this week in 1986.
1996
April 3 – Faithful (USA, Price Entertainment-Savoy Pictures-Tribeca Productions)
April 3 – Primal Fear (USA, Rysher Entertainment)
April 3 – A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (USA, Savoy Pictures)
2006
April 4 – In the Shadow of the Palms – Iraq (AUS, Ipso Facto Productions Pty. Ltd.)
April 7 – The Benchwarmers (USA, Happy Madison Productions)
April 7 – Friends with Money (USA/Canada, This is That Productions)
April 7 – Lucky Number Slevin (USA/Canada, Capitol Films)
April 7 – Phat Girlz (USA, Outlaw Productions)
April 7 – Take the Lead (USA/Canada, Tiara Blu Films)
2016
April 8 – The Boss (USA/Canada, Gary Sanchez Productions)
April 8 – Demolition (USA/Canada, Right of Way Films)
April 8 – Hardcore Henry (USA/Canada, Bazelevs Production)
April 8 – Hush (USA, Blumhouse Productions)
April 8 – The Invitation (USA, limited, Lege Artis)
April 8 – The Man Who Knew Infinity (UK/Ireland, Pressman Films)