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Jul 11, 2021

Carol Burnett and Richard Hayes on CBS Radio

July 11, 1961 - Carol Burnett (pictured) and Richard Hayes will team up on CBS radio next September. Their musical variety program will...

Jul 11, 2021

Mob Scene as Marilyn Monroe Leaves Hospital

July 11, 1961 - There was a mob scene today at Polyclinic Hospital in New York City. About 200 fans and 100 reporters and photographers...

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...

Jul 10, 2021

Jean Simmons and Richard Brooks Celebrate New Baby

July 10, 1961 - Jean Simmons (right), the actress, wife of Richard Brooks (left), screen director, gave birth to a daughter today at...

Jul 9, 2021

Marilyn Monroe Recovering from Surgery

July 9, 1961 - The indefinite postponement of a proposed telecast of W. Somerset Maugham's "Rain," in which Marilyn Monroe (pictured at...

Jul 9, 2021

Movies: "The Ladies Man" with Jerry Lewis

July 9, 1961 - Scheduled to arrive in local theatres this week is "The Ladies Man," a comedy directed by and starring Jerry Lewis....

Jul 9, 2021

Gina Lollobrigida walks out on Khrushchev at Moscow Film Festival

July 9, 1961 - Gina Lollobrigida (pictured right with Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher) walked out on Premier Khrushchev and other...

Jul 9, 2021

Movies: "Ben-Hur" to Re-Open in New York

July 9, 1961 - "Ben-Hur," which opened at New York's Loew's State in November, 1959, and ended its record run there last April, will open...

Jul 8, 2021

TV: Harry Belafonte and Rosemary Clooney on NBC

July 8, 1961 - Harry Belafonte (pictured) and Rosemary Clooney will be the stars when the "Bell Telephone Hour" begins a new season on...

Jul 8, 2021

Movies: "By Love Possessed" with Lana Turner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Jason Robards

July 8, 1961 - "By Love Possessed," the adaptation of the James Gould Cozzens novel, featuring Jason Robards, Lana Turner (left), Barbara...

Jul 8, 2021

Movies: "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"

July 8, 1961 - "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," a science-fiction drama, opens at New York's Paramount Theatre on July 19. Walter...

Jul 6, 2021

Movies: "Cleopatra" Resumes Filming

July 6, 1961 - Twentieth Century-Fox announced today that a fresh start would be made to film the movie "Cleopatra" in Rome and Egypt in...

Jul 5, 2021

Movies: "The Devil at 4 O'Clock" with Frank Sinatra, Spencer Tracy

July 5, 1961 - "The Devil at 4 O'Clock," a Columbia picture co-starring Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra and directed by Mervyn Leroy,...

Jul 5, 2021

Movies: "Fanny" with Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer, and Horst Buchholz

July 5, 1961 - Today's new film is "Fanny," a Warner Brothers color production at the Radio City Music Hall. Leslie Caron (right),...

Jul 5, 2021

Movies: Michelangelo Antonioni's "La Notte"

July 4, 1961 - The international jury at Berlin's 11th film festival today honored an Italian film with its top prize. The Golden Bear...

Jul 5, 2021

Jason Robards Jr. and Lauren Bacall Tie the Knot

July 4, 1961 - Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards Jr. were married today in Mexico. The ceremony was performed by a judge of the Civil ...

Jul 5, 2021

New James Bond Book"Thunderball" Hits Stores

July 3, 1961 - Hitting local bookstores today is "Thunderball," the latest James Bond mystery by Ian Fleming. Thunderball is the ninth ...

Jul 5, 2021

Movies: Sci-Fi Drama "Most Dangerous Man Alive"

July 3, 1961 - Today's new film is "Most Dangerous Man Alive," a science-fiction melodrama from Columbia. Ron Randell (left), Elaine ...

Jul 5, 2021

Movies: Godard's "A Woman Is a Woman"

July 2, 1961 - A French comedy of married love, "A Woman Is a Woman," has stirred the first real excitement at the Berlin Film Festival....

Jul 5, 2021

Movies: Visconti's "The Leopard"

July 1, 1961 - MGM plans to distributed the Italian-made screen version of "The Leopard," the best-selling novel by Giuseppe de...