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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
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
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: "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 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...
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