TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Oct. 5, 1963 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” a charming cowboy (Ken Curtis, pictured) apparently is guilty only of breaking hearts — until he...
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Oct 4, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
Oct. 4, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” it is 1974, and boxing — having been outlawed for humans — is performed by mechanical...
Oct 4, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”
Oct. 4, 1963 - Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” Janice Brandt (Anne Baxter, right) is caught between her abusive alcoholic husband...
Oct 2, 2023
ABC’s “Combat!” Series Wins Award
Oct. 2, 1963 - ABC’s “Combat!” series, dramatizing the U.S. Army’s fight across Europe in World War II, has been awarded a Certificate of...
Oct 1, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”
Oct. 1, 1963 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” a friendly country girl (Sandy Dennis) has a crush on Kimble (David Janssen) and wants to help...
Oct 1, 2023
Sinatra Backs out of Crosby TV Show
Oct. 1, 1963 - Frank Sinatra was reported today to have withdrawn voluntarily from a Bing Crosby television show after he was informed...
Oct 1, 2023
Movies: “Lilies of the Field”
Oct. 1, 1963 - Opening today is “Lilies of the Field,” a comedy drama film by James Poe from the 1962 novel of the same name by William...
Sep 30, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”
Sept. 30, 1963 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” one scientist (Robert Culp) from a group of ten is chosen to undergo a painful and...
Sep 30, 2023
TV: Season Premiere of “The Andy Griffith Show”
Sept. 30, 1963 - On tonight’s season premiere of “The Andy Griffith Show,” after Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new...
Sep 28, 2023
George C. Scott Speaks Out
Sept. 28, 1963 - There are any number of actors who indulge in idealistic talk but fail to live up to their rhetoric. George C. Scott...
Sep 27, 2023
TV: Season Premiere of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”
Sept. 27, 1963 - On tonight’s season premiere of “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” a patient at a mental hospital (Ray Milland) kills the head...
Sep 27, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
Sept. 27, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a world-weary bookie (Jack Klugman) who learns that his grown soldier son Pip is dying...
Sep 26, 2023
TV: Season Premiere of “Dr. Kildare”
Sept. 26, 1963 - On tonight’s season premiere of “Dr. Kildare,” Kildare, on his first day as a resident, struggles with the question of...
Sep 24, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”
Sept. 24, 1963 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” a habitually lying girl (Gina Gillespie, right) falsely accuses fugitive Richard Kimble...
Sep 24, 2023
Movies: “Lilies of the Field”
Sept. 24, 1963 - “Lilies of the Field,” winner of three awards at the Berlin Film Festival, opens Oct. 16 at the Egyptian Theater in Los...
Sep 24, 2023
TV: Series Premiere of “Petticoat Junction”
Sept. 24, 1963 - Tonight marks the series premiere of “Petticoat Junction,” a half-hour situation comedy airing at 9:30 p.m. on CBS. The...
Sep 24, 2023
TV: Series Premiere of “Mr. Novak”
Sept. 24, 1963 - Tonight marks the series premiere of “Mr. Novak,” a dramatic series on NBC starring James Franciscus in the title role...
Sep 23, 2023
Brock Peters Signed for Leading Role in “The Pawnbroker”
Sept. 23, 1963 - Brock Peters (left) has been signed for a leading role with Rod Steiger (right) in “The Pawnbroker,” which starts...
Sep 23, 2023
TV: Series Premiere of “East Side/West Side”
Sept. 23, 1963 - Tonight marks the series premiere of “East Side/West Side,” a drama starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, and...
Sep 23, 2023
Movies: Ingmar Bergman’s “The Silence”
Sept. 23, 1963 - Opening today is “The Silence,” a Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Ingrid Thulin...
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