Movies: “Lilies of the Field”
Nov. 27, 1962 - Stanley Adams (left), who portrays the wrestling promotor in the current film, “Requiem for a Heavyweight,” has been...
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Nov 24, 2022
Movies: “The Cardinal”
Nov. 24, 1962 - Since the production of large-scale motion pictures these days often involves the teaming of a top-flight, expensive star...
Nov 23, 2022
James Mason’s Wife Files for Divorce
Nov. 23, 1962 - Pamela Mason (pictured right in 1949) filed suit for divorce today against James Mason, charging the British actor with...
Nov 21, 2022
Movies: “Two for the Seesaw”
Nov. 21, 1962 - Opening in local theaters today is “Two for the Seesaw,” a romantic drama directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert...
Nov 20, 2022
Nov. 20, 1962 - Marlon Brando Interviewed in Australia
Nov. 20, 1962 - At the Mascot Airport in Sydney, Australia today, 38-year-old Marlon Brando gave a brief press conference before changing...
Nov 17, 2022
Movies: Mickey Spillane to Play His Own Creation, Mike Hammer
Nov. 17, 1962 - The customers at the Blue Ribbon Restaurant on New York’s West 44th Street, who only expect a good German dish such as...
Nov 16, 2022
Movies: “Requiem for a Heavyweight”
Nov. 16, 1962 - Opening today is “Requiem for a Heavyweight,” a film directed by Ralph Nelson based on the Rod Serling television play of...
Nov 15, 2022
New Book on ’17 Explosion in Canada
Nov. 15, 1962 - On December 6, 1917, a French freighter loaded with more than 2,500 tons of explosives collided with another vessel in...
Nov 15, 2022
Charles Laughton Ill with Cancer
Nov. 15, 1962 - Charles Laughton, ill with cancer since January, was described today as in “quite serious condition” from the spreading...
Nov 11, 2022
Willis O’Brien, Special Effects Genius, Dead at 76
Nov. 11, 1962 - Willis H. O’Brien (pictured), a specialist in visual effects for horror films, died in Hollywood Thursday. He was 76...
Nov 5, 2022
Zsa Zsa Gabor Marries for Fourth Time
Nov. 5, 1962 - Zsa Zsa Gabor was married in a simple civil ceremony today to Herbert L. Hutner of Harrison, N.Y., board chairman of the...
Nov 5, 2022
Movies: “The Pink Panther”
Nov. 5, 1962 - Ava Gardner has been dropped from the cast of “The Pink Panther” because she made “excessive demands,” a spokesman...
Nov 5, 2022
Movies: “Mutiny on the Bounty”
Nov. 5, 1962 - Marlon Brando and Tarita, the Tahitian girl who plays his romantic interest in “Mutiny on the Bounty,” have arrived in New...
Nov 2, 2022
Movies: “Black Like Me”
Nov. 2, 1962 - The problem of Negroes in American society will be dealt with by Carl Lerner, a film editor known for his work on “12...
Nov 2, 2022
Movies: “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”
Nov. 2, 1962 - Opening today is “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” The film, a psychological horror-thriller, was directed by Robert...
Nov 2, 2022
Orson Welles’ “Moby Dick” Debuts in Toronto
Nov. 2, 1962 - Orson Welles’s theatrical adaptation of the Herman Melville novel “Moby Dick” won an enthusiastic reception tonight from a...
Nov 1, 2022
Movies: “How the West Was Won”
Nov. 1, 1962 - Opening today is “How the West Was Won,” an epic Western directed by Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall,...
Oct 31, 2022
Movies: “Girls! Girls! Girls!” with Elvis Presley
Oct. 31, 1962 - Opening today is “Girls! Girls! Girls!” a musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a penniless Hawaiian who loves...
Oct 29, 2022
Movies: “The Birds”
Oct. 29, 1962 - Universal Pictures will release “The Birds,” the suspense drama produced and directed independently by Alfred Hitchcock....
Oct 26, 2022
Actress Louise Beavers Dead at 60
Oct. 26, 1962 - Louise Beavers (pictured left with Mary Pickford in 1929), who starred in the “Beulah” comedy series on television, died...
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