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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...

May 12, 2022

Movies: "Bon Voyage!"

May 12, 1962 - Arriving in local theatres next week is “Bon Voyage!” a Walt Disney comedy with Fred MacMurray and Jane Wyman. James...

May 10, 2022

Movies: "The Incredible Mr. Limpet"

May 10, 1962 - “The Incredible Mr. Limpet,” a comedy with music combining live action and animation, will go into production at Warner...

May 9, 2022

Rosemary Clooney Divorces José Ferrer

May 9, 1962 - Singer Rosemary Clooney divorced actor José Ferrer today in a brief hearing in Santa Monica, Calif., that contrasted with...

May 8, 2022

"Advise and Consent" Gets Mixed Response at Cannes

May 8, 1962 - “Advise and Consent,” a film produced and directed by Otto Preminger (pictured left in Cannes, France with Gene Tierney and...

May 8, 2022

Charlie Chaplin to Receive Oxford Doctorate

May 8, 1962 - Oxford University confirmed today the nomination of Charlie Chaplin (pictured in 1931’s “City Lights”) as an honorary...

May 7, 2022

Movies: "Bye Bye Birdie"

May 7, 1962 - Maureen Stapleton will make her musical comedy screen debut in “Bye Bye Birdie,” now in production at Columbia Studios in...

May 6, 2022

Stanley Kubrick To Direct Nuclear War-Themed Film

May 6, 1962 - Director Stanley Kubrick (pictured), who is awaiting the opening next month of his film version of Vladimir Nabokov’s...

May 6, 2022

Movies: "The World In My Pocket" with Rod Steiger

May 6, 1962 - Arriving in local theatres this week is “World In My Pocket,” a European crime melodrama with Rod Steiger (right), Jean...

May 4, 2022

Movies: "Son of Flubber"

May 4, 1962 - A football game has been going on intermittently for several days on a turf-covered field laid out in one of the largest...

May 4, 2022

Movies: “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm”

May 4, 1962 - The world premiere of MGM’s “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm,” in widescreen Cinerama, will take place on the...

May 3, 2022

Movies: "Miracle of the White Stallions"

May 3, 1962 - Curt Jurgen, Lilli Palmer (pictured), and Eddie Albert will co-star with Robert Taylor in Walt Disney’s production of...

May 1, 2022

Sammy Davis Jr. to Star in "Golden Boy" on Broadway

May 1, 1962 - Sammy Davis Jr. (left) will star in the proposed musical version of Clifford Odets’ “Golden Boy.” The announcement was made...