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Aug 29, 2023

Actress Joan O’Brien in Custody Battle

Aug. 29, 1963 - Actress Joan O’Brien (pictured in 1959), called an “unfit mother” by two divorced husbands and one estranged mate, agreed...

Aug 29, 2023

Horror Series at New Yorker Theater

Aug. 29, 1963 - Vampires, mummies, and assorted monsters run rampant at the New Yorker Theater next month when the uptown revival house...

Aug 28, 2023

Lovesick Maid Tries to Murder Actor George Montgomery

Aug. 28, 1963 - A lovesick maid who said she didn’t want actor George Montgomery (top) running around “with those stupid glamour girls”...

Aug 27, 2023

Movies: “The Pawnbroker”

Aug. 27, 1963 - New York will be the setting for the feature film “The Pawnbroker,” which goes into production September 16. Rod Steiger...

Aug 23, 2023

TWA Expands In-Flight Film Service

Aug. 23, 1963 - Starting August 28, some airplane passengers inside the United States will be shown motion pictures during flights for...

Aug 23, 2023

Brando: Racial Trouble in “New York, West, East, and South”

Aug. 23, 1963 - Four movie actors led by Marlon Brando defended their right to help fight for racial equality in the South today, but...

Aug 23, 2023

Gloria Vanderbilt to Divorce Sidney Lumet

Aug. 23, 1963 - Millionairess-actress-writer-painter Gloria Vanderbilt (right), 39, will be divorced “within the next few weeks” from her...

Aug 22, 2023

Hollywood Actors Arrive in Gadsden, Alabama to Bolster Desegregation Drive

Aug. 22, 1963 - Actors Paul Newman, Marlon Brando Anthony Franciosa, and William Frye arrived in Gadsden, Alabama, tonight to bolster a...

Aug 22, 2023

Movies: “Marnie”

Aug. 22, 1963 - Universal Pictures will distribute “Marnie,” an Alfred Hitchcock suspense drama scheduled for production starting in...

Aug 21, 2023

Movies: “A Shot in the Dark”

Aug. 21, 1963 - Walter Matthau, who won the Tony Award last year for his performance in the hit comedy-mystery play, “A Shot in the...

Aug 17, 2023

Richard Barthelmess Is Dead

Aug. 17, 1963 - Richard Barthelmess (right with Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, and Marlene Dietrich in 1935), the boyish matinee idol of the...

Aug 17, 2023

Henry Fonda’s Son Signs Seven-Picture Deal

Aug. 17, 1963 - Actor Peter Fonda (right), 23-year-old son of Henry Fonda, has been signed to a seven-picture deal with Robert Rossen’s...

Aug 16, 2023

Movies: “The Collector”

Aug. 16, 1963 - Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar have been cast in the leads of “The Collector,” a British film version of John Fowles’s...

Aug 15, 2023

Movies “The V.I.P.s”

Aug. 15, 1963 - “The V.I.P.s” opens at the Hollywood Paramount Theater on Sept. 11. Based on an original screenplay by Terence Rattigan,...

Aug 14, 2023

Movies: “Flipper”

Aug. 14, 1963 - Opening today is “Flipper,” an adventure film released by MGM. Directed by James B. Cark, the film centers on a...

Aug 12, 2023

Clem Bevans Is Dead

Aug. 12, 1963 - Funeral services for Clem Bevans (left with James Arness in 1957), the spry “old feller” of the movies and television,...

Aug 10, 2023

Films of the '60s | "The Thrill of It All" (1963) [Ep. 2]

New, for subscribers, our review of "The Thrill of It All" (1963), with Doris Day and James Garner. We also reveal our ranked list of...

Aug 7, 2023

Movies: “Beach Party”

Aug. 7, 1963 - Opening today is “Beach Party,” an American International Pictures (AIP) production aimed at a teen audience. The film...

Aug 6, 2023

Movies: “Sex and the Single Girl”

Aug. 6, 1963 - Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood will be in “Sex and the Single Girl,” based on the non-fiction Helen Gurley Brown book, which...

Aug 2, 2023

Movies: “Dr. Zhivago”

Aug. 2, 1963 - Director David Lean (left) and screenwriter Robert Bolt will be teamed again on a motion picture to follow the multiple...