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Sep 15, 2022

Janet Leigh Remarries in Vegas

Sept. 15, 1962 - Janet Leigh and Robert Brandt, a stockbroker, were married in a ceremony at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada today....

Sep 15, 2022

Movies: “Convicts Four”

Sept. 15, 1962 - Opening today is “Convicts Four,” prison film drama starring Ben Gazzara. The film is a fictionalized version of the...

Sep 9, 2022

Movies: “Paris When It Sizzles”

Sept. 9, 1962 - Tony Curtis has been signed for a principal role in “Paris When It Sizzles,” the comedy starring William Holden and...

Sep 6, 2022

Movies: “The List of Adrian Messenger”

Sept. 6, 1962 - John Huston’s next film, “The List of Adrian Messenger,” a multiple-murder mystery with a screenplay by Philip MacDonald,...

Sep 5, 2022

“Birdman” Cheered in Venice

Sept. 5, 1962 - The only American entry at the Venice Film Festival, “Birdman of Alcatraz,” received a warm reception today. Spectators...

Sep 3, 2022

Marriage of Loren and Ponti Annulled

Sept. 3, 1962 - A judge in Juarez, Mexico, annulled the marriage of Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti today, untangling a legal...

Aug 31, 2022

New York Lawyer Negotiates with Castro over Cuban Prisoners

Aug. 31, 1962 - New York lawyer James B. Donovan met with Premier Fidel Castro for four hours today and reported that their negotiations...

Aug 30, 2022

Edward G. Robinson, Recovered from Heart Attack, Back at Work

Aug. 30, 1962 - Edward G. Robinson (pictured left with Red Buttons), who suffered a heart attack 11 weeks ago, announced in London today...

Aug 27, 2022

Movies: “David and Lisa”

Aug. 27, 1962 - An American film made on a shoestring stole the show today at the 23rd Venice Film Festival. It was “David and Lisa,”...

Aug 23, 2022

Cukor Prepares to Direct “My Fair Lady” with Audrey Hepburn

Aug. 23, 1962 - George Cukor (right), who will direct the film version of “My Fair Lady” for Warner Brothers, said that he should be...

Aug 23, 2022

Cowboy Star Hoot Gibson Dead at 70

Aug. 23, 1962 - Hoot Gibson (pictured in 1936), one of Hollywood’s most famous cowboy stars, died this morning of cancer at the Motion...

Aug 22, 2022

Movies: “Mutiny on the Bounty” with Marlon Brando

Aug. 22, 1962 - “Mutiny on the Bounty” will have its world premiere at New York’s Loew’s State Theatre Nov. 8. The film will be presented...

Aug 22, 2022

Movies: “The Music Man”

Aug. 22, 1962 - Today’s new film is “The Music Man,” a musical with Robert Preston at the Radio City Music Hall. The film, directed and...

Aug 20, 2022

Movies: “Billy Rose’s Jumbo” with Doris Day

Aug. 20, 1962 - “Billy Rose’s Jumbo,” an MGM musical with Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye, will be the Christmas...

Aug 17, 2022

L.A. Coroner Calls Monroe a “Probable Suicide”

Aug. 17, 1962 - The coroner of Los Angeles, Dr. Theodore J. Curphey (center), announced today that Marilyn Monroe’s death was probably a...

Aug 16, 2022

French Film Star Bella Darvi Overdoses on Barbiturates in Monte Carlo

Aug. 16, 1962 - Bella Darvi (pictured), the French motion picture actress, was found unconscious before dawn today in her hotel room in...

Aug 15, 2022

United Artists and Cinerama to Join Forces for Two Big Films

Aug. 15, 1962 - United Artists and Cinerama have made a deal whereby two major United Artists movies will be filmed in Cinerama. The...

Aug 13, 2022

Betsy Drake Divorces Cary Grant, Charges “Grievous Mental Suffering”

Aug. 13, 1962 - Actress Betsy Drake (pictured right in 1952) divorced Cary Grant today, charging that the 58-year-old actor had caused...

Aug 13, 2022

Rash of New York Suicides Follow Monroe Death

Aug. 13, 1962 - Two days ago in New York City, a twenty-eight-year-old woman drowned herself in a bathtub on East Tenth Street, a laborer...

Aug 9, 2022

Gene Kelly Retrospective Planned for MOMA

Aug. 9, 1962 - A retrospective survey of dance films made by Gene Kelly has been scheduled to follow the well-received Howard Hawks...