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Dec 12, 2023

Chubby Checker Announces Engagement

Dec. 12, 1963 - Rock ’n’ roll singer Chubby Checker today announced his engagement to Catherina Lodders, a Dutch woman whose year-long...

Jun 20, 2022

Settlement in 1960 Dumbbell Death

June 20, 1962 - Martin Gabel and his wife Arlene Francis (pictured with their son Peter in 1953) have agreed to pay $185,000 to the widow...

Jun 12, 2022

Mickey Rooney Files for Bankruptcy

June 12, 1962 - Mickey Rooney filed petitions of voluntary bankruptcy in Federal court today. The actor listed debts of $484,914 and...

May 28, 2022

Hugh Griffith Nearly Strangles Himself On Stage

May 28, 1962 - Hugh Griffith, the Academy-Award-winning actor playing the part of a judge in the play “The Caucasian Chalk Circle,”...

May 28, 2022

Elizabeth Taylor Completes Last Big Scene for "Cleopatra"

May 28, 1962 - Elizabeth Taylor did her death scene as Cleopatra today, and the long-worried stockholders of 20th Century-Fox couldn’t be...

May 28, 2022

Revival Series of 1930s Warner Brothers Films

May 28, 1962 - A series of 14 double bills of Warner Brothers films from the 1930s will be presented for the next two weeks at the New...

May 27, 2022

Movies: "The Longest Day"

May 27, 1962 - “The Longest Day,” produced by Darryl F. Zanuck from the book by Cornelius Ryan, will have its American premiere in...

May 24, 2022

Movies: "Lonely Are the Brave"

May 24, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “Lonely Are the Brave,” a Western film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel “The Brave...

May 22, 2022

Movies: "The Road to Hong Kong"

May 22, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “The Road to Hong Kong,” a semi-musical comedy film directed by Norman Panama and...

May 22, 2022

Southern Representative Denounces Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

May 22, 1962 - A Southern Representative denounced Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton today for their conduct in Rome while making the...

May 22, 2022

Movies: "The Premature Burial"

May 22, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “Premature Burial,” a horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Ray Milland,...

May 21, 2022

Movies: "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"

May 21, 1962 - Scheduled to arrive in local theatres this week is “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” a Western drama with James Stewart...

May 21, 2022

Movies: "Advise and Consent"

May 21, 1962 - “Advise and Consent,” the drama produced and directed by Otto Preminger (pictured at the Cannes Film Festival) from the...

May 19, 2022

Movies: "The Miracle Worker"

May 19, 1962 - Due to arrive in local theatres this week is “The Miracle Worker,” the drama starring Anne Bancroft as blind tutor Anne...

May 18, 2022

Movies: "Gigot" with Jackie Gleason

May 18, 1962 - “Gigot,” a 20th Century-Fox comedy made in Europe with Jackie Gleason in the starring role, will be the first fall...

May 17, 2022

Movies: "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"

May 17, 1962 - Two Hollywood actresses who possess three Oscars between them are scheduled to do a “sister act” in a new movie about the...

May 15, 2022

Movies: "Flight From Ashiya"

May 15, 1962 - “Flight from Ashiya,” a drama that will star Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, and George Chakiris, will be directed by...

May 15, 2022

Audrey Hepburn To Star in Movie Version of "My Fair Lady"

May 15, 1962 - Audrey Hepburn is going to play the Cockney waif who became a lady in the film version of “My Fair Lady,” Jack L. Warner,...

May 14, 2022

Movies: "The Intruder" with William Shatner

May 14, 1962 - Arriving in local theatres this week is “The Intruder,” a drama dealing with integration in a small Southern town,...

May 13, 2022

Movies: "55 Days at Peking"

May 13, 1962 - “55 Days at Peking,” a dramatization of the Boxer Rebellion in China starring Charlton Heston and David Niven, is...