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Apr 30, 2023

Jayne Mansfield Divorces Mickey Hargitay

Apr. 30, 1963 - Actress Jayne Mansfield (right) today divorced Hungarian muscleman Mickey Hargitay (left), whom she married in 1958 and...

Apr 29, 2023

Movies: “Twilight of Honor”

Apr. 29, 1963 - Richard Chamberlain (right), star of NBC’s “Dr. Kildare,” will spend his vacation away from the series by starring in his...

Apr 26, 2023

Movies: “Bedtime Story”

Apr. 26, 1963 - Marlon Brando, who recently returned from a 40-city world tour for “The Ugly American,” will report to...

Apr 25, 2023

“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Voted Best Play by New York Drama Critics Circle

Apr. 25, 1963 - The New York Drama Critics Circle today voted “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” the best play of the 1962-63 season....

Apr 23, 2023

Shirley Temple is 35

Apr. 23, 1963 - Shirley Temple (pictured in 1935) celebrated her 35th birthday today where she became a show business legend 3 decades...

Apr 22, 2023

Elizabeth Taylor Speaks Out on Negative Publicity

Apr. 22, 1963 - Movie queen Elizabeth Taylor said in an interview published today she expects some people to have a “nasty opinion” of...

Apr 22, 2023

Movies: “Seven Days in May”

Apr. 22, 1963 - Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, and Fredric March have been signed for the leading roles in “Seven Days in May,” a film...

Apr 20, 2023

Ricky Nelson Weds Kristin Harmon in California

Apr. 20, 1963 - Singer Ricky Nelson, 22, and Kristin (Kris) Harmon, 18, were married this afternoon in St. Martin of Tours Church in...

Apr 20, 2023

Movies: “Fail-Safe”

Apr. 20, 1963 - “Dr. Strangelove” has company. “Fail-Safe,” which, like “Dr. Strangelove,” is being released by Columbia Pictures and...

Apr 18, 2023

James Earl Jones Joins Cast of “Strangelove”

Apr. 18, 1963 - James Earl Jones, 32 years old, has joined the cast of Columbia Pictures’ “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

Apr 17, 2023

Screen Rights To “Dr. Zhivago” Purchased by Ponti

Apr. 17, 1963 - Screen rights to “Dr. Zhivago,” the controversial, Nobel Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak, the late Russian writer,...

Apr 14, 2023

Movies: “All Night Long” and “Murder on the Campus”

Apr. 14, 1963 - Romance and murder make up the themes of two motion pictures, “All Night Long” and “Murder on the Campus,” opening...

Apr 12, 2023

Brando Enjoys Rare Double Exposure

Apr. 12, 1963 - Marlon Brando vs. Marlon Brando — the actor has a rare distinction in Hollywood these days. Brando (pictured with Hugh...

Apr 9, 2023

Anita Ekberg Marries Rick Van Nutter

Apr. 9, 1963 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish film star, was married in a civil ceremony today to Rick Van Nutter, 34-year-old American film...

Apr 9, 2023

Bancroft Thrilled by Best Actress Oscar

Apr. 9, 1963 - “I’m so excited — I can’t believe it!” Anne Bancroft exclaimed last night. With no advance knowledge that she was being...

Apr 9, 2023

“Lawrence of Arabia” Named Best Film at 35th Academy Awards

Apr. 9, 1963 - In one of the closest contests in years, “Lawrence of Arabia” was named last night the best film of 1962. In a tight race...

Apr 5, 2023

Jason Robards Sr. Is Dead

Apr. 5, 1963 - Jason Robards Sr. (right with Jason Robards Jr. and Lauren Bacall), who returned to acting in 1957 after 8 years of...

Apr 2, 2023

Movies: “The Ugly American”

Apr. 2, 1963 - Opening today is “The Ugly American,” a political adventure film directed by George Englund, written by Stewart Stern, and...

Apr 1, 2023

Movies: “The Fool Killer”

Apr. 1, 1963 - Anthony Perkins has been signed for the leading role in Ely A. Landau’s production of “The Fool Killer,” which will be...

Apr 1, 2023

Actress Jean Seberg Moving Back to U.S.

Apr. 2, 1963 - Jean Seberg, who survived critical disapproval in “Saint Joan” (1957) to become the darling of the French New Wave, is...