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Wed Jan 30, 2008 — by Shira Gregory

On This Day: You Wanna Side-Step Outside?

And thus, the mosh pit was born

When's the last time you got into a fight?

The last time you took it outside, socked the sonofabitch, readjusted your tie and went about your business - where was it? In a bar? How about in a ballroom?

Today in 1931, two film big-shots exchanged blows at the Hollywood Biltmore, in the middle of a dance. The fight was between prolific writer Herman J. Mankiewicz, famous for writing the screenplay for Citizen Kane and rewriting The Wizard of Oz, and executive David O. Selznick, later producer of Gone with the Wind.

What spawned it? Who knows... Maybe Selznick insulted the cowardly lion.

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Sal Loria (12:25 PM on Wed Jan 30, 2008)

I'm distracted by how thin that guys' arm is! Have a sandwich, for pete's sake!

Marilee J. Layman (6:06 PM on Wed Jan 30, 2008)

I thought the same thing and wondered if it was a woman's arm. The title of the image is Mike Getting Socked.

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