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Dec 27, 2022

Moves: Natalie Wood Signed for “Love With the Proper Stranger”

Dec. 27, 1962 - Natalie Wood has been signed to star in “Love With the Proper Stranger,” an original screenplay by Arnold Schulman to be...

Dec 26, 2022

Movies: “Days of Wine and Roses” with Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick

Dec. 26, 1962 - Opening today is “Days of Wine and Roses,” a drama film directed by Blake Edwards with a screenplay by J.P. Miller...

Dec 26, 2022

“West Side Story” Soundtrack is Voted Best LP of 1962

Dec. 26, 1962 - The soundtrack for the movie “West Side Story” was chosen today by more than 100 British record columnists as the best...

Dec 25, 2022

TV: “Arrest and Trial” on ABC-TV

Dec. 25, 1962 - Something a little different in television formats is planned for the fall of 1963 by ABC. A 90-minute program called...

Dec 25, 2022

Movies: “To Kill a Mockingbird” with Gregory Peck

Dec. 25, 1962 - Opening today is “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Horton Foote is...

Dec 24, 2022

TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”

Dec. 24, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Barney (Don Knotts, pictured) thinks the Mayberry Bank is a pushover for a robbery...

Dec 23, 2022

TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”

Dec. 23, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” a jilted friend of Hoss (Dan Blocker, pictured) can't seem to shake the bottle. When a woman and...

Dec 23, 2022

TV: Bing Crosby and Mary Martin To Present Color Holiday Special on ABC-TV

Dec. 23, 1962 - Tomorrow night on Christmas Eve, Bing Crosby (pictured right in 1942) and Mary Martin (left) will be seen together for...

Dec 22, 2022

TV: Tonight on “Have Gun - Will Travel”

Dec. 22, 1962 - Tonight on “Have Gun - Will Travel,” Paladin rides into a Texas town on Christmas and encounters a saloon full of...

Dec 22, 2022

Gregory Peck Learned Alabama Accent from Harper Lee

Dec. 22, 1962 - To perfect his Southern accent for his starring role as an Alabama lawyer in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Gregory Peck (left)...

Dec 21, 2022

Bette Davis and Gary Merrill Wage Custody Battle

Dec. 21, 1962 - Actor Gary Merrill (pictured left in 1950), 49, today won holiday season visitation rights with his 10-year-old son...

Dec 21, 2022

Movies: “The Lion”

Dec. 21, 1962 - Opening today is “The Lion,” a British-American adventure film in CinemaScope directed by Jack Cardiff, starring William...

Dec 21, 2022

Movies: Orson Welles’s “The Trial”

Dec. 21, 1962 - Opening today is “The Trial,” a drama film directed by Orson Welles (right), who also wrote the screenplay based on the...

Dec 20, 2022

Movies: Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Eclipse”

Dec. 20, 1962 - Opening today is “Eclipse,” an Italian film with subtitles written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring...

Dec 20, 2022

West Coast Premiere of “Lawrence of Arabia” Set for Tomorrow

Dec. 20, 1962 - The West Coast premiere of Columbia’s “Lawrence of Arabia” will take place tomorrow night at Hollywood’s Warner Theater...

Dec 19, 2022

Actor Charles Laughton Eulogized in Hollywood

Dec. 19, 1962 - Charles Laughton (pictured in 1939) was eulogized today for his contributions to the performing arts in the United...

Dec 19, 2022

TV: Tonight on “The Virginian”

Dec. 19, 1962 - Tonight on “The Virginian,” an elderly bank teller (Bette Davis) falsely identifies Trampas (Doug McClure) as a bank...

Dec 19, 2022

Bob Hope to Entertain Troops Once Again

Dec. 19, 1962 - Bob Hope (pictured in Korea in 1950) and a troupe of Hollywood entertainers left this morning on Mr. Hope’s 11th...

Dec 19, 2022

Jackie Gleason Banters with New York Studio Audience

Dec. 19, 1962 - During the taping of Jackie Gleason’s weekly television shows, the entertainer enjoys bantering with the New York studio...

Dec 18, 2022

TV: Tonight on “The Untouchables”

Dec. 18, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” mobster Jake Kuzik (Nehemiah Persoff, right), a major liquor supplier in Chicago, forms an...