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Nov 3, 2022

TV: Special Telecast on Proposed National Cultural Center

Nov. 3, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy (pictured with composer Igor Stravinsky) will have a major role on NBC’s one-hour telecast Sunday...

Sep 30, 2021

TV: "Gunsmoke" Season Premiere, 10 p.m. on CBS

Sept. 30, 1961 - The seventh season of "Gunsmoke" premieres tonight in its new hour-long format. Ex-con Perce McCall (Ed Nelson) helps...

Sep 30, 2021

Movies: "Spartacus" Marks First Anniversary

Sept. 30, 1961 - "Spartacus," the spectacle-adventure starring Kirk Douglas, will mark its first anniversary at New York's DeMille...

Sep 28, 2021

TV: Series Premiere of "Dr. Kildare" on NBC

Sept. 28, 1961 - The series premiere of the medical drama "Dr. Kildare" will air at 8:30 p.m. tonight on NBC-TV. Like the earlier Kildare...

Sep 28, 2021

TV: Arness of Gunsmoke to Host CBS Special

Sept. 28, 1961 - James Arness will check his guns, doff his United States marshal's badge, and turn television host for an hour-long...

Sep 28, 2021

Hollywood Gets Mass Fallout Shelter

Sept. 28, 1961 - The stars and other figures who live near Hollywood's Sunset Strip have become the most fallout-proof citizens of...

Sep 27, 2021

TV: "The Joey Bishop Show," 8:30 p.m. on NBC

Sept. 27, 1961 - Tonight on "The Joey Bishop Show," Joey expects to be doing publicity work for Marilyn Monroe, but his new client is a...

Sep 27, 2021

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Parents to Second Daughter

Sept. 27, 1961 - Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, the film performers, became parents of a daughter today at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital...

Sep 25, 2021

Movie: "The Hustler," with Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, and Jackie Gleason

Sept. 25, 1961 - Opening in local theatres today is "The Hustler," a CinemaScope drama directed by Robert Rossen from Walter Tevis's...

Sep 24, 2021

TV: Series Premiere of "87th Precinct" on NBC

Sept. 24, 1961 - Premiering tonight on NBC-TV is "87th Precinct," a crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, Ron Harper,...

Sep 23, 2021

TV: William Shatner Guest Star on "The Defenders"

Sept. 23, 1961 - On tonight's episode of "The Defenders," when mild-mannered Jim McLeery (William Shatner) kills an abusive stranger, it...

Sep 22, 2021

TV: Tonight on "The Twilight Zone"

Tonight's "Twilight Zone" episode: "The Arrival" Sept. 22, 1961 - Tonight on "The Twilight Zone," Federal aviation investigator Grant...

Sep 22, 2021

Marion Davies, Star of Old Hollywood and Hearst Paramour, Dies

Sept. 22, 1961 - Marion Davies (pictured in 1936), a star of the old Hollywood, died today of cancer. A friend said that Miss Davies,...

Sep 22, 2021

Movie: "Back Street," with Susan Hayward, John Gavin, and Vera Miles

Sept. 22, 1961 - "Back Street," Ross Hunter's film version of the sentimental 1931 novel by Fannie Hurst, will open at the Capitol...

Sep 21, 2021

Movie: "King of Kings" with Jeffrey Hunter

Sept. 21, 1961 - Two public previews of the film "King of Kings" have been scheduled for Oct. 8 and 9, before the official opening at New...

Sep 20, 2021

Movie: Rod Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight"

Sept. 20, 1961 - Mickey Rooney (pictured with Rod Serling) has been signed for a leading role in Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight,"...

Sep 20, 2021

Former Film Star Marion Davies Given Last Rites

Sept. 20, 1961 - Marion Davies (pictured in 1935) has been given the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church and was reported to be near...

Sep 20, 2021

Movie: "Town without Pity" with Kirk Douglas and E.G. Marshall

Sept. 20, 1961 - "Town Without Pity," a United Artists release filmed in Germany, will open Oct. 10 at New York's Astor Theatre,...

Jul 11, 2021

Movies: "Trouble in the Sky"

July 11, 1961 - Today's new film is "Trouble in the Sky," a British-made melodrama with Peter Cushing (right), Michael Craig, Delphi...