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Mar 31

TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”

Mar. 31, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” a couple tricks Dr. Kimble into helping an injured, hemophiliac young boy whom they have...

Mar 30

TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”

Mar. 30, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” for entertainment, a superior alien pits an Earth pair against a Caligo Galaxy pair in a...

Mar 29

Movies: “Cast a Giant Shadow”

Mar. 29, 1964 - Melville Shavelson, a leading writer-producer-director, plans to make a movie about Colonel David (Mickey) Marcus...

Mar 28

TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”

Mar. 28, 1964 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” childless and poor, farmer Caleb (John Dehner) feels like a failure, and his wife assures him he...

Mar 28

Movies: “The Incredible Mr. Limpet”

Mar. 28, 1964 - Opening today is “The Incredible Mr. Limpet,” a live-action/animated comedy film produced by Warner Brothers, directed by...

Mar 27

TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”

Mar. 27, 1964 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” in a small town where an execution is scheduled to place, the sun does not rise. Soon,...

Mar 26

Movies: “The Fall of the Roman Empire”

Mar. 26, 1964 - Opening today in the U.S. is “The Fall of the Roman Empire,” an epic historical drama film directed by Anthony Mann and...

Mar 26

TV: “Sophia Loren in Rome”

Mar. 26, 1964 - “Sophia Loren in Rome,” a one-hour show in which the Italian actress conducts a tour of the capital city, will be...

Mar 25

Movies: “Muscle Beach Party”

Mar. 25, 1964 - Opening today is “Muscle Beach Party,” the second beach party film produced by American International Pictures. It stars...

Mar 24

TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”

Mar. 24, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Kimble’s current boss (Gilbert Roland), a warehouse owner with a terminal disease, wants to...

Mar 23

TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”

Mar. 23, 1964 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” a drifter (Geoffrey Horne, left with Gloria Grahame) enters a lonely house, unaware that...

Mar 23

Peter Lorre Is Dead

Mar. 23, 1964 - Peter Lorre (pictured in “Casablanca”), 59, on screen a master of horror but off screen one of the most gentle and...

Mar 22

Taylor and Burton Greeted by Unruly Mob in Boston

Mar. 22, 1964 - Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, just married in Canada, waded into a rowdy reception in Boston today. Their arrival...

Mar 22

Harry Belafonte Returns to TV

Mar. 22, 1964 - Harry Belafonte (pictured right with Sidney Poitier), who has been turning down guest appearances, will be on television...

Mar 20

TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”

Mar. 20, 1964 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” wealthy Jason Foster (Robert Keith) is dying. He invites his greedy heirs to a Mardi Gras...

Mar 19

Movies: “The World of Henry Orient”

Mar. 19, 1964 - Opening today is “The World of Henry Orient,” a comedy-drama film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Peter Sellers,...

Mar 19

ABC Rejects New Serling Series

Mar. 19, 1964 - ABC-TV said today it had abandoned plans to televise a series of Rod Serling fantasy dramas, tentatively titled “Witches,...

Mar 18

Movies: “7 Faces of Dr. Lao”

Mar. 18, 1964 - Opening today is “7 Faces of Dr. Lao,” a Western fantasy-comedy film directed by George Pal and starring Tony Randall....

Mar 18

Movies: “The Pink Panther”

Mar. 18, 1964 - Opening today is “The Pink Panther,” a comedy directed by Blake Edwards and distributed by United Artists. It was written...

Mar 17

TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”

Mar. 17, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Kimble (David Janssen) runs into Joe Hallop (Tim O’Connor), an old army buddy who saved his...