Movies: “From Russia, With Love”
Feb. 23, 1963 - “Dr. No,” the first Ian Fleming novel to be made into a picture, will be followed by the author’s “From Russia, With...
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Feb 21, 2023
Movies: “Love Is a Ball” with Glenn Ford
Feb. 21, 1963 - The French Riviera is the glamour setting for “Love Is a Ball,” starring Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, and Charles Boyer...
Feb 21, 2023
Actor Jason Robards Jr. On the Rise
Feb. 21, 1963 - Jason Robards Jr., now sought after for stage and screen starring roles, spent six years playing mediocre parts before he...
Feb 15, 2023
New York Theaters Thrive Despite Newspaper Strike
Feb. 15, 1963 - New York’s movie-theater operators are not sure their business has been affected at all by the newspaper strike that...
Feb 14, 2023
Movies: “How the West Was Won”
Feb. 14, 1963 - “How the West Was Won,” starring 24 noted players, was filmed in 9 states. From start of production at Paducah, Ky., on...
Feb 13, 2023
George Emerson, Veteran Hollywood Animal Handler, Dead at 59
Feb. 12, 1963 - Funeral services for George A. Emerson, 59, who spent 31 years at MGM as an animal handler and circus adviser on motion...
Feb 13, 2023
Doris Day and Paul Newman Win Poll
Feb. 12, 1963 - Stars of two MGM pictures, “Jumbo” and “Sweet Bird of Youth,” have been voted honors in two separate polls. Doris Day,...
Feb 9, 2023
Tony Curtis Marries 18-Year-Old German Actress
Feb. 9, 1963 - Actor Tony Curtis and German actress Christine Kaufmann were married last night in a civil ceremony at the Riviera Hotel...
Jan 28, 2023
Hollywood Director John Farrow Is Dead
Jan. 28, 1963 - John Farrow (pictured in 1946), motion picture director and producer, was found dead of an apparent heart attack today at...
Jan 27, 2023
Critics Vote Bancroft and Lancaster Top Movie Performers of 1962
Jan. 27, 1963 - Anne Bancroft (pictured in New York City) and Burt Lancaster were picked today as the best movie performers of 1962 in...
Jan 25, 2023
Movies: “The Raven”
Jan. 25, 1963 - Opening in local theaters today is “The Raven,” a comedy horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. The film...
Jan 22, 2023
Movies: “Sodom and Gomorrah”
Jan. 22, 1963 - It cost more than $6 million to bring to the wide screen the story of “Sodom and Gomorrah,” Joseph E. Levine’s production...
Jan 20, 2023
Kubrick Signs Sterling Hayden for “Doctor Strangelove”
Jan. 20, 1963 - Director Stanley Kubrick (right) has signed Sterling Hayden (left) to appear with Peter Sellers and George C. Scott in...
Jan 17, 2023
Eddie Fisher on Liz Taylor Wedding Rumors: “Haven’t Heard Anything About It”
Jan. 17, 1963 - If Elizabeth Taylor plans to marry Richard Burton, as reported this morning, she still has not told her husband. “I...
Jan 15, 2023
Jack Warner Details Production Plans for 1963
Jan. 15, 1963 - The president of Warner Brothers Studios predicted today that “exceptional production and release plans” in the next year...
Jan 14, 2023
Movies: “Lawrence of Arabia”
Jan. 14, 1963 - Omar Sharif (pictured left with David Lean), Egyptian film idol of the Middle East, is seen by American audiences for the...
Jan 12, 2023
Movies: “Cleopatra” To Premiere June 12
Jan. 12, 1963 - The world premiere of “Cleopatra,” the $35 million Twentieth Century-Fox film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison,...
Jan 10, 2023
Gregory Peck to Star in “Captain Newman, M.D.”
Jan. 10, 1963 - Gregory Peck has been set to star in “Captain Newman, M.D.,” a Universal-International film to be based on the novel by...
Jan 9, 2023
Peter Ustinov Sued Over “The Pink Panther”
Jan. 9, 1963 - The Mirisch Company announced today that it was suing Peter Ustinov (pictured with his wife Suzanne) for $175,000. The...
Jan 9, 2023
Debbie Reynolds Speaks Out On Younger Men
Jan. 9, 1963 - Debbie Reynolds (right) says she has been suspicious of younger men ever since she lost Eddie Fisher to Elizabeth Taylor....
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