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Jun 12, 2023
Movies: “The Girl Hunters”
June 12, 1963 - Opening today is “The Girl Hunters,” a crime drama film directed by Roy Rowland and adapted from the 1962 Mickey Spillane...
![Actress Dolores Hunt to Become Nun](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_923e2b6ab5b74de88199d920786a1c84~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_923e2b6ab5b74de88199d920786a1c84~mv2.webp)
Jun 12, 2023
Actress Dolores Hunt to Become Nun
June 12, 1963 - Actress Dolores Hart (pictured), who once said “90% of success in show business is God-given,” renounced one of the...
![Movies: “Donovan’s Reef”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_a341ecd7a1b54060b4d0186893fdb860~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_a341ecd7a1b54060b4d0186893fdb860~mv2.webp)
Jun 12, 2023
Movies: “Donovan’s Reef”
June 12, 1963 - Opening today is “Donovan’s Reef,” an adventure comedy film starring John Wayne and Lee Marvin. The picture was directed...
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Jun 11, 2023
Movies: “Viva Las Vegas”
June 11, 1963 - George Sidney has signed to direct “Viva Las Vegas,” which will co-star Ann-Margret and Elvis Presley. The picture, to be...
![Shirley MacLaine Slugs Columnist](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_5e594154044c4016a62c7c465c333659~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_5e594154044c4016a62c7c465c333659~mv2.webp)
Jun 10, 2023
Shirley MacLaine Slugs Columnist
June 10, 1963 - Actress Shirley MacLaine walked into the office of a move trade paper today and slugged columnist Mike Connolly. Connolly...
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Jun 8, 2023
Lillian Gish Speaks Out
June 8, 1963 - World-renowned actress Lillian Gish (pictured in 1926) has returned to Hollywood for an acting role. Today, she shared her...
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Jun 7, 2023
Actress ZaSu Pitts is Dead
June 7, 1963 - Actress ZaSu Pitts (pictured in 1932) died of cancer this morning at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Hollywood, where she...
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Jun 5, 2023
Movies: “Come Blow Your Horn”
June 5, 1963 - Opening today is “Come Blow Your Horn,” a comedy directed by Bud Yorkin from a screenplay by Norman Lear, based on the...
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![Movies: “Irma La Douce”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_3ece1adedad74ecdb041760b439eb158~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_3ece1adedad74ecdb041760b439eb158~mv2.webp)
Jun 5, 2023
Movies: “Irma La Douce”
June 5, 1963 - Opening today is “Irma La Douce,” a romantic comedy directed by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I.A.L....
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Jun 4, 2023
Movies: “My Fair Lady”
June 4, 1963 - The movie version of “My Fair Lady” is expected to be the most expensive film ever made by Warner Brothers. Jack L....
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Jun 3, 2023
Actress Arlene Francis Recovering from Car Crash Injuries
June 3, 1963 - Covered with bruises and strapped up from her broken clavicle to her broken ribcage, actress Arlene Francis said today in...
![Katy Jurado Divorces Ernest Borgnine](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_e8df9fe4481a4ddc975d9504fee565c8~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_e8df9fe4481a4ddc975d9504fee565c8~mv2.webp)
Jun 3, 2023
Katy Jurado Divorces Ernest Borgnine
June 3, 1963 - Actress Katy Jurado retained her composure long enough today to give her divorce testimony against actor Ernest Borgnine,...
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Jun 2, 2023
Movies: “Ensign Pulver”
June 2, 1963 - Burl Ives and Walter Matthau have been signed for featured roles in “Ensign Pulver,” a Warner Brothers comedy. Robert...
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May 31, 2023
Top 10 Films of 1963 | "From Russia with Love" [clip #1]
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May 30, 2023
Movies: “The List of Adrian Messenger”
May 30, 1963 - Today’s new film is “The List of Adrian Messenger,” starring George C. Scott (right), Dana Wynter, and Clive Brook. Tony...
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May 29, 2023
Movies: “Hud”
May 29, 1963 - Today’s new film is “Hud,” a Western film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Brandon...
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May 29, 2023
Movies: “55 Days at Peking”
May 29, 1963 - Opening today is “55 Days at Peking,” an epic historical war film dramatizing the siege of the foreign legations’...
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May 28, 2023
Movies: Liz Taylor SIgned for “The Sandpiper”
May 28, 1963 - Elizabeth Taylor, the highest-paid performer in motion pictures, has been signed for her third successive film at her...
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May 26, 2023
Movies: “The Carpetbaggers”
May 26, 1963 - Alan Ladd (right) will portray Nevada Smith, the tough cowboy film star, in the Paramount-Embassy Pictures production of...
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May 23, 2023
“The Leopard” Wins Grand Prize at Cannes
May 23, 1963 - Luchino Visconti’s version of Tommasi di Lampedusa’s best-selling novel, “The Leopard,” won the Gold Palm grand prize...
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