Movies: “The Night of the Iguana”
July 2, 1963 - Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, and Sue Lyon (pictured with Burton) have been signed for the roles created on...
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Jul 1, 2023
Montgomery Clift Brings Lawsuit against Universal
July 1, 1963 - New York Supreme Court Justice Abraham N. Geller today ordered a trial of a suit for $131,000 brought by screen actor...
Jul 1, 2023
Movies: “Kisses for My President”
July 1, 1963 - Polly Bergen has been selected to co-star with Fred MacMurray in “Kisses for My President,” a comedy film to be...
Jun 27, 2023
Movies: “Baby the Rain Must Fall”
June 27, 1963 - Steve McQueen and Lee Remick have been signed for the film “Baby the Rain Must Fall.” The studio is Columbia, the...
Jun 26, 2023
Movies: “The Wheeler Dealers”
June 26, 1963 - “The Wheeler Dealers,” a new MGM romantic comedy co-starring James Garner and Lee Remick, has been booked as a late fall...
Jun 26, 2023
Carroll Baker Goes Nude in “The Carpetbaggers”
June 26, 1963 - Actress Carroll Baker, dressed in nothing but a blush, banned all but her cameraman and director from the opening scene...
Jun 24, 2023
Movies: “Seven Days in May”
June 24, 1963 - Film director John Frankenheimer has justified the suspicions of the Pentagon that this nation’s military establishment...
Jun 24, 2023
Mamie Van Doren Speaks Out on Belinsky
June 24, 1963 - Actress Mamie Van Doren (pictured with her son Perry), jilted by southpaw pitcher Bo Belinsky, said today her ex-fiancé...
Jun 24, 2023
Movies: Federico Fellini’s “8½”
June 24, 1963 - Opening today in U.S. theaters is “8½,” a surrealist comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Federico Fellini. The...
Jun 23, 2023
Movies: “Robin and the 7 Hoods”
June 23, 1963 - Joey Bishop has been signed to rejoin Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. for a third film, “Robin and the 7...
Jun 20, 2023
Movies: “The Great Escape”
June 20, 1963 - Opening today is “The Great Escape,” a war adventure film starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough,...
Jun 20, 2023
“PT-109” To Premiere at Beverly Hilton July 2
June 20, 1963 - President Kennedy became the first patron of the “PT-109” film premiere for the benefit of mentally handicapped and...
Jun 19, 2023
Elizabeth Taylor to Marry Richard Burton “As Soon As Possible”
June 19, 1963 - Elizabeth Taylor (pictured last night at the Cassius Clay-Henry Cooper fight) said today she will marry Richard Burton as...
Jun 19, 2023
Movies: “PT-109”
June 19, 1963 - Opening today is “PT-109,” a Technicolor Panavision biographical war film depicting the actions of President Kennedy when...
Jun 18, 2023
“Cleopatra” Cut by 22 Minutes
June 18, 1963 - After critical and public disapproval of the record 4-hour-3-minute length of “Cleopatra,” the mammoth film has been cut...
Jun 18, 2023
Actor Pedro Armendáriz Kills Himself
June 18, 1963 - Mexican actor Pedro Armendáriz (left with Sean Connery), star of such films as “The Fugitive” (1947) and “Three...
Jun 17, 2023
Movies: “The Terror”
June 17, 1963 - Opening today is “The Terror,” a horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. The film stars Boris Karloff and Jack...
Jun 14, 2023
Anthony Quinn Extends Recognition to Illegitimate Child
June 14, 1963 - American movie actor Anthony Quinn said today he is the father of a love child born to a beautiful Italian girl, and he...
Jun 13, 2023
Movies: “The Carpetbaggers”
June 13, 1963 - Filming of “The Carpetbaggers” Paramount’s version of Harold Robbins’s novel about Hollywood, began on the West Coast...
Jun 13, 2023
Movies: “Cleopatra” Has New York Premiere
June 13, 1963 - The spotlight was on “Cleopatra” last night as 10,000 persons massed around New York City’s Rivoli Theater for the motion...
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