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The History of American Cinema: 1973

January - June

7/1 -

Paramount Studios invite more than 1,000 people to a party to celebrate the studio’s founder, Adolph Zukor’s 100^th birthday at an estimated cost of $100,000. [ADD}

19/1 -

Jane Fonda marries political activist Tom Hayden.   Hayden is a founder member of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and is also a Chicago Seven defendant. [ADD}

1/3 -

The makers of the sexploitation movie Deep Throat receive a fine twice as large as the film’s box-office receipts after a New York court rules it is obscene. [ADD}

2/3 -

Women in Film is founded by 12 filmmakers. [ADD}

27/3 -

Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather wins the Best Picture award at the 45th Annual Academy Awards ceremony.   Marlon Brando, winner of the Best Actor award sends Sasheen Littlefeather (actress Maria Cruz) to accept the award. [MORE]

31/3 -

John Ford is honoured by the American Film Institute with its first Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by AFI president George Stevens Jr.   President Nixon attends the ceremony and presents Ford with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian award. [ADD}

6/4 -

The American Film Institute's inaugural film festival in Washington is harshly criticised for alleged censorship.   One-third of films scheduled to be shown are withheld in protest at the withdrawal of Costa-Gavras' film État de siège (State of Siege). [ADD}

24/4 -

Jerry Lewis withdraws his backing from the Network Cinema group due to its financial problems, which he blames on a lack of suitable films for general audiences. [ADD}

9/5 -

Father and daughter combination Ryan  and Tatum O'Neal star in Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon.   Madeline Kahn also stars as the love interest who comes between the father and daughter con team in depression-era Kansas. [ADD}

6/6 -

Jack Clayton begins shooting an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. [ADD}

12/6 -

Marlon Brando is hospitalised with a swollen hand after punching a photographer in New York. [ADD}

21/6 -

The Supreme Court in Washington votes six to three in favour of allowing state governments to decide what constitutes obscenity and whether a film should be protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution. [ADD}

24/6 -

70% of Screen Writers Guild members vote in favour of ending a strike which began on 7^th March, making it one of the longest in Hollywood’s history. [ADD}

The History of Cinema: 1973