Jayne Mansfield is Missing
Feb. 7, 1962 - A fleet of yachts and small craft searched the waters near Nassau, The Bahamas, tonight for Jayne Mansfield (left), her...
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Feb 6, 2022
Movies: Warners and CBS Purchase "My Fair Lady" for Screen Adaptation
Feb. 6, 1962 - Final agreement has been reached for the purchase of “My Fair Lady” by Warner Brothers. A joint announcement today by...
Feb 5, 2022
Movies: "Madame" with Sophia Loren
Feb. 5, 1962 - Embassy Pictures has acquired distribution rights to the Italian-made period drama, “Madame,” starring Sophia Loren in the...
Feb 5, 2022
"Singing Ghost" Marni Nixon Wants Credit
Feb. 5, 1962 - One of Hollywood’s “singing ghosts” has condemned the trick of concealing names of singers who, unseen, do the vocal...
Feb 5, 2022
Kirk Douglas to Star in Adaptation of Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Feb. 5, 1962 - Kirk Douglas has decided to star in the stage as well as the screen version of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” The...
Feb 4, 2022
Movies: "Lover Come Back" with Rock Hudson and Doris Day
Feb. 4, 1962 - Scheduled to arrive in local theatres this week is “Lover Come Back,” a Universal-International romantic comedy starring...
Feb 2, 2022
Movies: Two New Yorkers Cast in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Feb. 2, 1962 - Two New Yorkers have been cast in “To Kill a Mockingbird” (Universal), the screen version of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize...
Feb 2, 2022
Movies: Double Bill | "The Happy Thieves" and "Season of Passion"
Feb. 2, 1962 - Today’s new United Artists double-bill is “The Happy Thieves,” a comedy-adventure with Rita Hayworth and Rex Harrison,...
Jan 31, 2022
Movies: "La Notte" to Premiere in New York Feb. 19
Jan. 31, 1962 - Michelangelo Antonioni’s “The Night” (“La Notte”), Italy’s official nominee for the Academy Award in the foreign...
Jan 30, 2022
Movies: "Come Blow Your Horn" with Frank Sinatra
Jan. 30, 1962 - Frank Sinatra has agreed to play the leading role in the Paramount screen version of “Come Blow Your Horn,” the Neil...
Jan 30, 2022
Movies: "Seven Women from Hell"
Jan. 30, 1962 - Today’s new film is “Seven Women From Hell,” a 20th Century-Fox drama with Patricia Owens, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero,...
Jan 29, 2022
Movies: Robert Wise to Produce and Direct "The Haunting"
Jan. 29, 1962 - Robert Wise will produce and direct “The Haunting,” an adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s novel, “The Haunting of Hill...
Jan 28, 2022
Movies: Norman Jewison to Direct "Forty Pounds of Trouble"
Jan. 28, 1962 - Hollywood again has enlisted a recruit from television. Norman Jewison has been signed to make his screen debut as the...
Jan 25, 2022
Movies: "The Outsider" with Tony Curtis
Jan. 25, 1962 - Universal’s “The Outsider,” a drama starring Tony Curtis (pictured), will have its première Feb. 7 at New York’s...
Jan 25, 2022
Movies: New York Board of Regents Won't License "The Connection"
Jan. 25, 1962 - The New York Board of Regents today upheld the refusal of the motion picture division of the State Department of...
Jan 24, 2022
Movies: Robert Ryan Signed for "The Longest Day"
Jan. 24, 1962 - Robert Ryan has been signed to portray General James M. Gavin (pictured in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge) in...
Jan 22, 2022
Movies: "Only Two Can Play" with Peter Sellers
Jan. 22, 1962 - “Only Two Can Play,” a British comedy with Peter Sellers and Mai Zetterling, will be the next attraction at New York’s...
Jan 21, 2022
TV: Upcoming NBC Documentary Will Cover Making of "Road to Hong Kong"
Jan. 21, 1962 - A television documentary about the making of “Road to Hong Kong,” a forthcoming motion picture starring Bing Crosby, Bob...
Jan 21, 2022
Movies: “The Three Stooges Meet Hercules”
Jan. 21, 1962 - Scheduled to arrive in local theatres this week is a double feature from Columbia. The first film is “The Three Stooges...
Jan 20, 2022
New York Film Critics Hand Out Awards Tonight in NYC
Jan. 20, 1962 - The 27th annual award-presentation ceremony of the New York Film Critics will take place tonight at a reception at...
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