Movies: “55 Days at Peking”
May 29, 1963 - Opening today is “55 Days at Peking,” an epic historical war film dramatizing the siege of the foreign legations’...
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May 28, 2023
TV: Pernell Roberts Unhappy on “Bonanza”
May 28, 1963 - Producer David Dortort said this week that next season on NBC’s “Bonanza,” Adam Cartwright, the eldest of the Cartwright...
May 28, 2023
Movies: Liz Taylor SIgned for “The Sandpiper”
May 28, 1963 - Elizabeth Taylor, the highest-paid performer in motion pictures, has been signed for her third successive film at her...
May 27, 2023
Emmy Award Winners Announced
May 27, 1963 - The winners in the major categories of the 15th annual Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy awards last night...
May 26, 2023
Movies: “The Carpetbaggers”
May 26, 1963 - Alan Ladd (right) will portray Nevada Smith, the tough cowboy film star, in the Paramount-Embassy Pictures production of...
May 26, 2023
Actress Arlene Francis Injured in Deadly Car Accident
May 26, 1963 - Actress Arlene Francis was injured today in a collision in which a woman was killed and four other persons were hurt on...
May 26, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza” Season Finale
May 26, 1963 - On tonight’s season finale of “Bonanza,” an Italian immigrant (Ross Martin) and his son (Michael Davis) seek a new life...
May 25, 2023
TV: Adam Cartwright of “Bonanza” to Marry
May 25, 1963 - This year, NBC’s “Empire” eliminated two female characters from its cast on the theory that it might improve the story....
May 24, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Rawhide”
May 24, 1963 - On tonight’s season finale of “Rawhide,” Rowdy (Clint Eastwood, right), running the drive, returns to camp to find it in...
May 23, 2023
“The Leopard” Wins Grand Prize at Cannes
May 23, 1963 - Luchino Visconti’s version of Tommasi di Lampedusa’s best-selling novel, “The Leopard,” won the Gold Palm grand prize...
May 23, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
May 23, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Julius Moomer (Jack Weston, right), a no-talent hack who dreams of becoming a successful...
May 22, 2023
Movies: “Move Over, Darling”
May 22, 1963 - Thelma Ritter (pictured right in 1959) will appear in a principal role in “Move Over, Darling,” now in production at 20th...
May 21, 2023
Elizabeth Taylor Is Highest-Paid Performer in Motion Picture History
May 21, 1963 - Any doubt that Elizabeth Taylor has become the highest-paid performer in motion picture history was dispelled today by...
May 21, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Untouchables”
May 21, 1963 - On tonight’s series finale of “The Untouchables,” when racketeer Danny Mundt (Tom Tully) decides the time has come to get...
May 20, 2023
Movies: “Seven Days in May”
May 20, 1963 - George Macready (third from left) will play the role of Secretary of the Interior and personal friend of the President in...
May 19, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
May 19, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Ben confronts a former friend (Carroll O’Connor) who has become a local strongman after monopolizing...
May 19, 2023
Things Looking Up at 20th Century-Fox
May 19, 1963 - Spirits are rising at 20th Century-Fox. The studio has long been mired in a bog of pessimism bordering on despair....
May 17, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”
May 17, 1963 - Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” a young doctor (John Gavin, right) continues to date a beautiful showgirl (Diana...
May 17, 2023
Movies: “The Great Escape”
May 17, 1963 - “The Great Escape,” a Mirisch Company-United Artists drama of World War II with Steve McQueen (right), James Garner, James...
May 16, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver”
May 16, 1963 - Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver,” when Beaver (Jerry Mathers, right in 1960) and Gilbert (Stephen Talbot, left) are...
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