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Jul 6, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: July 6, 1983 – Class Premiered in Theaters.

On this day July 6, 1983, Class premiered in theaters and introduced audiences to a new generation of young actors through a story that mixed romantic drama with prep school tension. Directed by Lewis John Carlino, the film starred Rob Lowe as a wealthy boarding school student whose best friend, played by Andrew McCarthy in his film debut, unknowingly begins an affair with Lowe’s mother, portrayed by Jacqueline Bisset.

Class also marked the film debuts of John Cusack, Virginia Madsen, and...

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