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...
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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...
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