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Nov 27, 2022
TV: Jerry Lewis To Star on ABC Next Year
Nov. 27, 1962 - Jerry Lewis will be the star of a weekly 2-hour television show on ABC starting in the fall of 1963. The comedian’s...
Nov 27, 2022
Movies: “Red Nightmare”
Nov. 27, 1962 - “Red Nightmare” is a short film narrated by Jack Webb (pictured). Mr. Webb introduces us to Jerry Donovan – an average...
Nov 27, 2022
Movies: “Lilies of the Field”
Nov. 27, 1962 - Stanley Adams (left), who portrays the wrestling promotor in the current film, “Requiem for a Heavyweight,” has been...
Nov 27, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Combat!”
Nov. 27, 1962 - Tonight on “Combat,” a top professional baseball player (Tab Hunter, pictured) joins the squad and becomes a liability...
Nov 26, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Rifleman”
Nov. 26, 1962 - Tonight on “The Rifleman,” a famous gunfighter (Sammy Davis Jr., pictured) whom Mark idolizes is in town telling more of...
Nov 24, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Nov. 24, 1962 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” civilization is moving in on the isolation of a rugged pioneer friend of Matt’s named Abe Blocker...
Nov 24, 2022
Movies: “The Cardinal”
Nov. 24, 1962 - Since the production of large-scale motion pictures these days often involves the teaming of a top-flight, expensive star...
Nov 23, 2022
James Mason’s Wife Files for Divorce
Nov. 23, 1962 - Pamela Mason (pictured right in 1949) filed suit for divorce today against James Mason, charging the British actor with...
Nov 22, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Dr. Kildare”
Nov. 22, 1962 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” veteran nurse Jenny Freesmith (Eileen Heckart), newly returning to duty after successfully...
Nov 21, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Virginian”
Nov. 21, 1962 - Tonight on “The Virginian,” the Judge (Lee J. Cobb, left), believing violence in the West is disappearing, has a...
Nov 21, 2022
Movies: “Two for the Seesaw”
Nov. 21, 1962 - Opening in local theaters today is “Two for the Seesaw,” a romantic drama directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert...
Nov 20, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Untouchables”
Nov. 20, 1962 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” Eliot Ness (Robert Stack, right) turns to Lieutenant Agatha Stewart (Barbara Stanwyck,...
Nov 19, 2022
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Nov. 19, 1962 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Mayberry's town band is the worst in the state, and Mayor Stoner refuses to allow...
Nov 18, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Nov. 18, 1962 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” a good deed by Hoss (Dan Blocker, left) results in hard feelings when the mail-order bride (Judi...
Nov 17, 2022
Carson Pleased with “Tonight” Show
Nov. 17, 1962 - When Johnny Carson (pictured with Mel Brooks) replaced Jack Paar on NBC-TV’s Monday-through-Friday “Tonight” show on Oct....
Nov 17, 2022
Movies: Mickey Spillane to Play His Own Creation, Mike Hammer
Nov. 17, 1962 - The customers at the Blue Ribbon Restaurant on New York’s West 44th Street, who only expect a good German dish such as...
Nov 16, 2022
Movies: “Requiem for a Heavyweight”
Nov. 16, 1962 - Opening today is “Requiem for a Heavyweight,” a film directed by Ralph Nelson based on the Rod Serling television play of...
Nov 15, 2022
TV: Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver”
Nov. 15, 1962 - Tonight on “Leave It to Beaver,” when Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond, right) moves into a place of his own after a fight with...
Nov 15, 2022
New Book on ’17 Explosion in Canada
Nov. 15, 1962 - On December 6, 1917, a French freighter loaded with more than 2,500 tons of explosives collided with another vessel in...
Nov 15, 2022
Charles Laughton Ill with Cancer
Nov. 15, 1962 - Charles Laughton, ill with cancer since January, was described today as in “quite serious condition” from the spreading...
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