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Dec 26, 2023
Movies: “How to Murder Your Wife”
Dec. 26, 1963 - Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisa (pictured) have been signed to star in and Richard Quine will direct “How To Murder Your...
Dec 25, 2023
Movies: “4 for Texas”
Dec. 25, 1963 - Opening today is “4 for Texas,” a comedy Western starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, and Ursula Andress,...
Dec 25, 2023
Movies: “Love with the Proper Stranger”
Dec. 25, 1963 - Opening today is “Love with the Proper Stranger,” a romantic comedy-drama starring Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen...
Dec 23, 2023
Movies: “The Cardinal”
Dec. 23, 1963 - Opening today is “The Cardinal,” a drama produced independently, directed by Otto Preminger (pictured center), and...
Dec 23, 2023
National Board of Review Names “Tom Jones” Best Film of 1963
Dec. 23, 1963 - “Tom Jones” has been chosen as the best motion picture of 1963 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. The...
Dec 19, 2023
Movies: “The Victors”
Dec. 19, 1963 - Opening today is “The Victors,” a British-American black-and-white war film written, produced, and directed by Carl...
Dec 16, 2023
Mrs. Burton Granted Divorce
Dec. 16, 1963 - Mrs. Sybil Burton was granted a divorce today on charges that her husband, the actor Richard Burton, had abandoned his...
Dec 13, 2023
Movies: “Charade” Highlights Christmas Releases
Dec. 13, 1963 - The annual avalanche of holiday films has begun to roll into New York’s motion picture theaters. “Charade,” with the...
Dec 13, 2023
Actor Brandon de Wilde To Wed
Dec. 13, 1963 - As a child of seven, Brandon de Wilde was a child star in Broadway’s “The Member of the Wedding.” Next Thursday, the...
Dec 8, 2023
Child Star Kurt Russell Has Baseball Ambitions
Dec. 8, 1963 - For the time being, 12-year-old Kurt Russell (pictured with Dan O’Herlihy) has no objection to an acting career in...
Dec 5, 2023
Movies: “Charade”
Dec. 5, 1963 - Opening today is “Charade,” a romantic comedy mystery produced and directed by Stanley Donen and starring Cary Grant and...
Dec 4, 2023
Movies: All Prints of “PT-109” Withdrawn
Dec. 4, 1963 - All prints of “PT-109,” the Hollywood film based on President Kennedy’s Navy exploits during World War II, have been...
Dec 4, 2023
Actress Sue Lyon To Marry Hampton Fancher III
Dec. 4, 1963 - Sue Lyon, the teenage actress remembered by moviegoers for her debut as “Lolita,” will become the bride of actor Hampton...
Nov 30, 2023
Alfred Hitchcock Casts Tippie Hedren in “Marnie”
Nov. 30, 1963 - Alfred Hitchcock, who appears to be concentrating on ladies in quandaries, especially Tippi Hedren, the blonde model he...
Nov 28, 2023
London Premiere of Kubrick Film Canceled
Nov. 28, 1963 - Columbia Pictures has canceled the London world premiere of its movie “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying...
Nov 27, 2023
Albert Finney To Leave Broadway Play “Luther”
Nov. 27, 1963 - Albert Finney (pictured), who stars in the Broadway play “Luther” by John Osborne, will leave at the end of his contract...
Nov 27, 2023
Movies: “Fun in Acapulco”
Nov. 27, 1963 - Opening today is “Fun in Acapulco,” a musical comedy from Paramount starring Elvis Presley and Ursula Andress (left). In...
Nov 27, 2023
Movies: “Soldier in the Rain”
Nov. 27, 1963 - Opening today is “Soldier in the Rain,” a comedy directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Jackie Gleason as Master Sergeant...
Nov 26, 2023
Kennedy References Removed from Movie “Take Her, She’s Mine”
Nov. 26, 1963 - All prints of the movie “Take Her, She’s Mine” were recalled by 20th Century-Fox Friday afternoon to omit references to...
Nov 20, 2023
Movies: “The Incredible Journey”
Nov. 20, 1963 - Opening today is “The Incredible Journey,” an adventure film directed by Fletcher Markle and produced by Walt Disney...
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