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Apr 1, 2023

Actress Jean Seberg Moving Back to U.S.

Apr. 2, 1963 - Jean Seberg, who survived critical disapproval in “Saint Joan” (1957) to become the darling of the French New Wave, is...

Mar 31, 2023

Movies: “It Happened at the World’s Fair”

Mar. 31, 1963 - Elvis Presley, Joan O’Brien, and Gary Lockwood star in “It Happened at the World’s Fair,” opening Wednesday at theatres...

Mar 31, 2023

Movies: “Love With the Proper Stranger” Begins Shooting in NYC

Mar. 31, 1963 - “Love With the Proper Stranger,” an Alan Pakula-Robert Mulligan project starring Steve McQueen and Natalie Wood, began...

Mar 30, 2023

TV: Tonight on “The Defenders”

Mar. 30, 1963 - Tonight on “The Defenders,” a small town politician's grandstanding sparks the arrest of a visiting novelist for writing...

Mar 29, 2023

Lightning Tears Hole in Airplane, Warren Beatty a Passenger

Mar. 29, 1963 - Lightning tore a hole tonight in the nose of a jet airliner bound for New York with 110 passengers, including 22 American...

Mar 29, 2023

Chuck Connors, TV’s “Rifleman,” To Marry Actress Kamala Devi

Mar. 29, 1963 - Actor Chuck Connors, television’s “Rifleman,” announced today he and actress Kamala Devi will be married April 10. It...

Mar 28, 2023

Movies: “The Birds” Opens Today

Mar. 28, 1963 - Opening today is “The Birds,” a thriller produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Loosely based on the 1952 story of...

Mar 28, 2023

TV: Tonight on “The Donna Reed Show”

Mar. 28, 1963 - Tonight on “The Donna Reed Show,” Donna hires a handyman who is not at all handy. 8 p.m. on ABC. #tv #classictv #1960s...

Mar 28, 2023

Amanda Blake of “Gunsmoke” Plans to Stay Single

Mar. 28, 1963 - Amanda Blake, who can be found in Dodge City’s Long Branch saloon at 10 p.m. every Saturday night on television, never...

Mar 27, 2023

TV: Tonight on “Naked City”

Mar. 27, 1963 - Tonight on “Naked City,” a psychotic who leads a burglary ring has an unfortunate habit of bursting into a murderous rage...

Mar 27, 2023

Movies: “The Birds”

Mar. 27, 1963 - In Alfred Hitchcock’s forthcoming thriller “The Birds,” Malcolm Atterbury (left) will play his 25th role as a sheriff. In...

Mar 26, 2023

Movies: “Love Is a Ball”

Mar. 26, 1963 - A wealthy young beauty who wants to be a race-car driver is portrayed by Hope Lange in the madcap comedy “Love Is a...

Mar 26, 2023

Brando Attends Thai Premiere of “The Ugly American”

Mar. 26, 1963 - The King and Queen of Thailand and Marlon Brando (right with director George Englund) attended the world premiere in...

Mar 25, 2023

TV: Tonight on “The Lucy Show”

Mar. 25, 1963 - Tonight on “The Lucy Show,” Lucy and Vivian's sons’ Boy Scout club make a replica of the White House out of sugar cubes....

Mar 24, 2023

TV: Tonight on “Lassie”

Mar. 24, 1963 - Tonight on “Lassie,” learning that traditional bluebird nesting sites are declining, Timmy (Jon Provost) builds...

Mar 23, 2023

TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”

Mar. 23, 1963 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” an orphaned Indian boy (Edmund Vargas) latches on to a cowboy (Ron Hayes) in need of work. The two...

Mar 22, 2023

TV: Tonight on “Rawhide”

Mar. 22, 1963 - Tonight on “Rawhide,” the drovers find two stranded nuns (Virginia Gregg and Nina Shipman) who rescued a Comanchero...

Mar 21, 2023

Movies: “Bye Bye Birdie”

Mar. 21, 1963 - The motion picture version of the successful stage musical, “Bye Bye Birdie,” will begin an exclusive engagement on...

Mar 21, 2023

Movies: “4 for Texas”

Mar. 21, 1963 - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Anita Ekberg will star in “4 for Texas,” to be filmed as a high-budget western starting...

Mar 21, 2023

TV: Tonight on “Perry Mason”

Mar. 21, 1963 - Tonight on “Perry Mason,” Eva Belter (Patricia Barry) is caught in a photo leaving an illegal gambling club with a...