TV: Tonight on “Combat!”
Dec. 18, 1962 - Tonight on “Combat,” in a flashback story told as the men rest on a rainy night, Sergeant Saunders (Vic Morrow, pictured)...
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Dec 18, 2022
Movies: “It’s Only Money” with Jerry Lewis
Dec. 18, 1962 - Jerry Lewis’s newest comedy, “It’s Only Money,” produced and directed by Frank Tashlin, opens today. Lewis plays a...
Dec 17, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Dec. 17, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” after making Andy promise to get her nothing fancy for her birthday, Aunt Bee falls...
Dec 17, 2022
Dec. 17, 1962 - Richard Burton Interview
Dec. 17, 1962 - Richard Burton was interviewed today by Emrys Walters for the program "Wales Today." The actor is currently making "The ...
Dec 17, 2022
Actor Thomas Mitchell Dead at 70
Dec. 17, 1962 - Thomas Mitchell (pictured with Jean Arthur in 1939), Academy Award-winning character actor, died of cancer today at the...
Dec 16, 2022
Charles Laughton Dead at 63
Dec. 16, 1962 - Charles Laughton (pictured in 1938), whose outstanding performances over three decades made him the movies’ top character...
Dec 16, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Dec. 16, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Hoss suffers a life-threatening injury, and only surgery by a doctor (DeForest Kelley, second from...
Dec 15, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Dec. 15, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” Chester (Dennis Weaver, right) gets a letter from his thieving Uncle Sunday about his upcoming...
Dec 15, 2022
Formerly Banned Singer Yves Montand to Sing at White House Gala
Dec. 15, 1962 - Yves Montand, who at one time could not even get a visa to come to the United States, disclosed today he has been invited...
Dec 14, 2022
Doris Day is Number One Feminine Star of 1962
Dec. 14, 1962 - Doris Day (left with Rock Hudson) has been named “Number One Feminine Star” of 1962 in Box Office magazine’s annual...
Dec 13, 2022
Hitchcock to Use Electronic Sound in “The Birds”
Dec. 13, 1962 - Alfred Hitchcock will be making the already offbeat “The Birds” even more so. The forthcoming picture from the Master of...
Dec 13, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”
Dec. 13, 1962 - Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” a lonely young woman (Dina Merrill) moves into her newly deceased aunt's home. A...
Dec 13, 2022
Ugly Custody Fight Over 6-year-old Star of “Gigot”
Dec. 13, 1962 - A 6-year-old child actress (lower left) learned the harsh realities of life today when she was taken from her divorced...
Dec 13, 2022
Walter Cronkite’s CBS Newscast to Expand to Full Hour
Dec. 13, 1962 - A further round in network rivalry in news coverage was foreseen today in CBS’s announcement that next fall it would...
Dec 13, 2022
TV: Game Show “The Match Game”
Dec. 13, 1962 - Starting Dec. 31, NBC will have a new daytime show called “The Match Game.” The game will feature contestants trying to...
Dec 12, 2022
Movies: “Freud” with Montgomery Clift
Dec. 12, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “Freud,” a biographical drama directed by John Huston (right). Based on the life of...
Dec 11, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Untouchables”
Dec. 11, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” when reporter Carlton Edmunds is gunned down on the street, the police initially think...
Dec 10, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Lucy Show”
Dec. 10, 1962 - Tonight on “The Lucy Show,” Lucy and Viv, wanting a room to entertain their dates in, fix up the basement to make it into...
Dec 10, 2022
Movies: “Lawrence of Arabia”
Dec. 10, 1962 - Opening today is “Lawrence of Arabia,” an epic historical drama based on the life of T.E. Lawrence and his 1926 book...
Dec 9, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Jetsons”
Dec. 9, 1962 - Tonight on “The Jetsons,” rival company boss Cogswell believes that George has invented a device that allows Astro to fly....
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