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Aug 23, 2022

Cowboy Star Hoot Gibson Dead at 70

Aug. 23, 1962 - Hoot Gibson (pictured in 1936), one of Hollywood’s most famous cowboy stars, died this morning of cancer at the Motion...

Aug 22, 2022

Movies: “Mutiny on the Bounty” with Marlon Brando

Aug. 22, 1962 - “Mutiny on the Bounty” will have its world premiere at New York’s Loew’s State Theatre Nov. 8. The film will be presented...

Aug 22, 2022

Movies: “The Music Man”

Aug. 22, 1962 - Today’s new film is “The Music Man,” a musical with Robert Preston at the Radio City Music Hall. The film, directed and...

Aug 20, 2022

Movies: “Billy Rose’s Jumbo” with Doris Day

Aug. 20, 1962 - “Billy Rose’s Jumbo,” an MGM musical with Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye, will be the Christmas...

Aug 17, 2022

L.A. Coroner Calls Monroe a “Probable Suicide”

Aug. 17, 1962 - The coroner of Los Angeles, Dr. Theodore J. Curphey (center), announced today that Marilyn Monroe’s death was probably a...

Aug 16, 2022

French Film Star Bella Darvi Overdoses on Barbiturates in Monte Carlo

Aug. 16, 1962 - Bella Darvi (pictured), the French motion picture actress, was found unconscious before dawn today in her hotel room in...

Aug 15, 2022

United Artists and Cinerama to Join Forces for Two Big Films

Aug. 15, 1962 - United Artists and Cinerama have made a deal whereby two major United Artists movies will be filmed in Cinerama. The...

Aug 13, 2022

Betsy Drake Divorces Cary Grant, Charges “Grievous Mental Suffering”

Aug. 13, 1962 - Actress Betsy Drake (pictured right in 1952) divorced Cary Grant today, charging that the 58-year-old actor had caused...

Aug 13, 2022

Rash of New York Suicides Follow Monroe Death

Aug. 13, 1962 - Two days ago in New York City, a twenty-eight-year-old woman drowned herself in a bathtub on East Tenth Street, a laborer...

Aug 12, 2022

Sammy Davis to Star in Theatrical Version of “The Desperate Hours”

Aug. 12, 1962 - Sammy Davis Jr. will make his New York area dramatic debut next Monday at the Mineola Playhouse in “The Desperate Hours.”...

Aug 9, 2022

Gene Kelly Retrospective Planned for MOMA

Aug. 9, 1962 - A retrospective survey of dance films made by Gene Kelly has been scheduled to follow the well-received Howard Hawks...

Aug 8, 2022

Aug. 8, 1962 - Lee Strasberg's Eulogy at Marilyn Monroe's Funeral

Aug. 8, 1962 - Actors Studio Director Lee Strasberg, who had befriended and coached Marilyn Monroe in recent years, delivered the eulogy...

Aug 8, 2022

Lee Strasberg Delivers Monroe’s Eulogy

Aug. 8, 1962 - Lee Strasberg (left) of the Actor's Studio, who had befriended and coached Marilyn Monroe, wept today before delivering...

Aug 8, 2022

Marilyn Monroe Buried in Hollywood

Aug. 8, 1962 - A brief, simple service was held today for Marilyn Monroe at the Westwood Village Funeral Chapel in Hollywood. She was...

Aug 7, 2022

Movies: “Follow that Dream” with Elvis Presley

Aug. 7, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “Follow that Dream,” a United Artists musical starring Elvis Presley and Arthur...

Aug 7, 2022

DiMaggio Bars Hollywood Stars from Monroe Funeral

Aug. 7, 1962 - Plans were completed today to try to make Marilyn Monroe’s funeral tomorrow as simple as possible. Only a small number of...

Aug 6, 2022

Soviet Government Newspaper Blames “Monstrous” Hollywood for Monroe Death

Aug. 6, 1962 - Izvestia, the official Soviet Government newspaper, reported today that the death of Marilyn Monroe was “something bigger...

Aug 6, 2022

Monroe Funeral Set for Wednesday, DiMaggio in Charge

Aug. 6, 1962 - Funeral services for Marilyn Monroe were set today for Wednesday afternoon. The funeral will begin at 1 p.m. at the...

Aug 6, 2022

Vatican Comments on Monroe Death

Aug. 6, 1962 - The Vatican City newspaper L’Osservatore Romano said today that Marilyn Monroe was a “victim of a symbolic form of life...

Aug 6, 2022

Monroe Died of “Massive Overdose” of Barbiturates

Aug. 6, 1962 - Marilyn Monroe’s body was released to the Westwood Village Mortuary today after Coroner Theodore J. Curphey announced that...