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...
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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...
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