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Jan 20, 2023
Kubrick Signs Sterling Hayden for “Doctor Strangelove”
Jan. 20, 1963 - Director Stanley Kubrick (right) has signed Sterling Hayden (left) to appear with Peter Sellers and George C. Scott in...
Jan 20, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Jetsons”
Jan. 20, 1963 - Tonight on “The Jetsons,” Jane's driving lessons turn dangerous when she gets involved with a gangster. 7:30 on ABC. #tv...
Jan 20, 2023
Dinah Shore Taking Leave of Absence
Jan. 20, 1963 - Dinah Shore (center with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin), after 12 consecutive years on television, will take a year’s...
Jan 19, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Jan. 19, 1963 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” a father's dying request is that Matt go to retrieve his daughter (Mariette Hartley, right)....
Jan 18, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”
Jan. 18, 1963 - Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” a beautiful young newlywed (Inger Stevens, pictured) is nervous about her...
Jan 17, 2023
Eddie Fisher on Liz Taylor Wedding Rumors: “Haven’t Heard Anything About It”
Jan. 17, 1963 - If Elizabeth Taylor plans to marry Richard Burton, as reported this morning, she still has not told her husband. “I...
Jan 17, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
Jan. 17, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” a reporter (Ed Nelson, seated) stumbles into a peaceful town where miracles seem to occur...
Jan 16, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
Jan. 16, 1963 - Tonight on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” Rob recounts the fury he encountered when he broke his engagement with his hometown...
Jan 15, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Untouchables”
Jan. 15, 1963 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” Jack Parker (Robert Redford, pictured) is an up-and-coming hustler who wants to become...
Jan 14, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Jan. 14, 1963 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” car trouble strands a busy businessman (Robert Emhardt, left) in Mayberry on a...
Jan 14, 2023
Movies: “Lawrence of Arabia”
Jan. 14, 1963 - Omar Sharif (pictured left with David Lean), Egyptian film idol of the Middle East, is seen by American audiences for the...
Jan 13, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Jan. 13, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” incriminating scratches on the arm of cowhand Danny Morgan (Gregory Walcott, left) and his penchant...
Jan 12, 2023
Movies: “Cleopatra” To Premiere June 12
Jan. 12, 1963 - The world premiere of “Cleopatra,” the $35 million Twentieth Century-Fox film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison,...
Jan 12, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Jan. 12, 1963 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” Quint (Burt Reynolds) says that white renegades, not Indians, are the cause of recent raids around...
Jan 11, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”
Jan. 11, 1963 - Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” a woman (Ruth Roman) stands trial for her wealthy husband's murder. Her vengeful...
Jan 10, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
Jan. 10, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” 100 miles from Guadalcanal, a U.S. destroyer discovers a sunken submarine when sonar...
Jan 10, 2023
Gregory Peck to Star in “Captain Newman, M.D.”
Jan. 10, 1963 - Gregory Peck has been set to star in “Captain Newman, M.D.,” a Universal-International film to be based on the novel by...
Jan 9, 2023
Peter Ustinov Sued Over “The Pink Panther”
Jan. 9, 1963 - The Mirisch Company announced today that it was suing Peter Ustinov (pictured with his wife Suzanne) for $175,000. The...
Jan 9, 2023
Debbie Reynolds Speaks Out On Younger Men
Jan. 9, 1963 - Debbie Reynolds (right) says she has been suspicious of younger men ever since she lost Eddie Fisher to Elizabeth Taylor....
Jan 8, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Combat!”
Jan. 8, 1963 - Tonight on “Combat,” after a G.I. is killed taking over an enemy machine gun and killing dozens of Nazis, the dead...
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