mr6666 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Chuck Jones' One Froggy Evening was released 12-31-1955 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Froggy_Evening Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 january first 1946: The New York Film Critics have chosen Billy Wilder best director for THE LOST WEEKEND. 1948: Bing Crosby is the top moneymaker for the fourth year in a row. 1953: Hank Williams has died at age 29. The cause of death: heart failure brought on by alcoholism and pills. 1958: Sammy Davis has entered into an arranged marriage with dancer Loray White. The reason: Harry Cohn is afraid Sammy’s dating Kim Novak might harm Columbia Pictures. Tomorrow: Steinbeck’s latest novel… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 january second 1942: Sinclair Lewis’ wife has been granted a divorce on the grounds of desertion. 1945: Cannery Row is published. 1950: Emil Jannings has died in Austria at age 63. He was the first actor to receive an Oscar. 1953: David Sarnoff has been named Chairman of the Board at NBC. Tomorrow: Shirley Temple at MGM… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 january third 1941: Shirley Temple has signed with MGM to star in a new Andy Hardy film with Mickey Rooney. 1943: See Here, Private Hargrove tops the bestsellers. 1949: Cheaper by the Dozen is published. 1952: Tallulah Bankhead is named the best performer on radio. Tomorrow: Fritz Lang’s new movie vs. the censorship board… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 january fourth 1941: Charlie Chaplin declines a New York Film Critics award as best actor, because the honor implies that actors compete with each other. 1942: Otis Skinner, considered the dean of the Broadway stage, has died in New York. He was 83. 1946: SCARLET STREET has been banned from movie theatres in New York. 1951: THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA premieres in New York. 1959: Bobby Fischer, age 15, wins a national chess tournament in New York. Tomorrow: actress finds her prince charming… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 january fifth 1947: Film Daily magazine says THE LOST WEEKEND was the best film of the previous year. 1948: Ross Lockridge’s Raintree County is published. 1956: Grace Kelly has become engaged to Prince Rainier. Tomorrow: actress answers questions about drug use… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 january sixth 1949: Director Victor Fleming has died in Arizona. He was 60. 1951: Tallulah Bankhead says she doesn’t spend any money on dope or sex. 1952: The Caine Mutiny is the number one bestseller. 1954: Audrey Hepburn and Burt Lancaster are named the top movie stars by the New York Film Critics. 1956: HELL ON FRISCO BAY, starring Alan Ladd and Edward G. Robinson, premieres in New York. 1958: Edward G. Robinson marries a dress designer in Virginia. Tomorrow: screenwriter and director sue studios… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 january seventh 1940: WUTHERING HEIGHTS is chosen as the best picture by the New York Film Critics. 1948: Screenwriter Ring Lardner sues Fox for $1.4 million, and Edward Dmytryk sues RKO for $1.8 million for being fired after convictions on contempt of Congress charges. 1950: Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore are the most popular stars on radio. 1952: Actor Philip Loeb, accused of being a communist, is dropped from the NBC sitcom The Goldbergs. 1956: Joe Louis owes the I.R.S. over $1 million in back taxes. Tomorrow: Elvis in the army… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 january eighth 1946: Film Daily says Alexander Knox and Ingrid Bergman are the best actors. 1951: Burgess Meredith has married a peep show dancer in New York. 1952: Stanley Kramer is waging a $1 million libel suit against an organization that said he was Red-slanted. 1957: Elvis Presley passes his Army pre-induction exam in Memphis. Tomorrow: writer’s tragic suicide… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 january ninth 1956: The first Dear Abby column is published. 1956: Theodore Cox, 49, is dead of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. He won an Oscar for writing THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. 1959: Rawhide debuts on CBS-TV. Tomorrow: wedding bells for Ava Gardner… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 january tenth 1942: Mickey Rooney and Ava Gardner tie the knot in Hollywood. 1945: Top songs – Don’t Fence Me In; and I’m Making Believe. 1947: Finian’s Rainbow opens on Broadway. 1950: Houghton Mifflin publishes The Vintage by Anthony West. 1951: Novelist Sinclair Lewis dies at age 65 near Rome. 1959: Silent film star Clara Mohr, 55, is found stabbed to death in Carmel. Tomorrow: the best picture of our lives… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 january eleventh 1948: THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES is chosen the top film of the previous year by Film Daily magazine. 1955: Jack Webb marries Dorothy Towne in Chicago. 1958: Sea Hunt, starring Lloyd Bridges, debuts on CBS-TV. Tomorrow: Alfred Hitchcock’s latest picture… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 january twelfth 1944: LIFEBOAT premieres in New York. 1961: Show Girl starring Carol Channing opens on Broadway. 1966: Adam West’s first episode as Batman is broadcast on ABC-TV. Tomorrow: wedding bells for Jayne Mansfield… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 january thirteenth 1941: Irish novelist James Joyce has died at age 58 in Zurich. 1943: Top songs – There Are Such Things; and Moonlight Becomes You 1958: Jayne Mansfield marries Mickey Hargitay, former Mr. Universe, in Redondo, California. Tomorrow: the last days of a film legend… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 january fourteenth 1954: Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio have been married in San Francisco. 1957: Humphrey Bogart is dead at age 57 from cancer of the esophagus. He starred in 75 motion pictures. 1960: Elvis has been promoted. He is now a sergeant in the army. Tomorrow: Broadway hit heads for Hollywood… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 january fifteenth 1949: Harvey closes after 1775 performances on Broadway. It will soon be made into a motion picture by Universal. 1952: Hildegarde Neff has divorced producer Kurt Hirsch in Los Angeles. 1967: The first Superbowl is played, and Green Bay beats Kansas City. Tomorrow: Betty Hutton is unlucky in love… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 january sixteenth 1945: FDR is all for baseball, provided it doesn’t interfere with the war effort or use healthy young men. 1947: Charlie Chaplin's friend, tennis star William Tilden, gets nine months in prison for having sex with a fourteen year-old boy. 1951: Betty Hutton has divorced a camera manufacturer in Santa Monica. 1954: June Lockhart marries a doctor in New York. 1958: Two for the Seesaw opens with Henry Fonda and Anne Bancroft. It receives favorable reviews. Tomorrow: the return of Fu Manchu… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 january seventeenth 1941: Delores Del Rio has divorced MGM production designer Cedric Gibbons after eleven years of marriage. 1949: The Goldbergs debuts on CBS-TV. It has been a popular situation comedy on radio since 1929. 1955: Republic Pictures buys the Fu Manchu stories for $4 million. Tomorrow: the last days of a Stooge… Link to post Share on other sites
fxreyman Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 January 16th, 2015 Deleted. Wrong thread. Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 january eighteenth 1946: Top radio shows – Fibber McGee & Molly; and Charlie McCarthy 1952: Stooge Jerome Howard, known as ‘Curly,’ has died at age 48 in Los Angeles. 1954: Fatman villain Sydney Greenstreet has died of diabetes in Hollywood. He was 74. Tomorrow: a boy for Lucy… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 january nineteenth 1943: My Sister Eileen closes on Broadway after 866 performances. 1946: Top songs – I Can’t Begin to Tell You; and Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow! 1949: COMMAND DECISION premieres in New York. 1953: Lucille Ball gives birth to a son in Hollywood. 1955: YOUNG AT HEART premieres in New York. Tomorrow: a most historic inauguration… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 january twentieth 1945: FDR has been sworn in for a fourth term. 1949: J. Edgar Hoover has given Shirley Temple a special tear gas fountain pen. 1950: Dance Me a Song opens on Broadway, featuring Bob Fosse and Wally Cox. 1954: The National Negro Network has been established with 40 radio stations. 1981: Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as President of the United States. Tomorrow: legendary director’s last days… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 january twenty-first 1940: According to a Gallup Poll, 34% of Americans favor a return to Prohibition. 1950: British satirist George Orwell has died at age 46 in London. He had tuberculosis. 1959: Cecil B. DeMille, who turned out 70 motion pictures, has died in Hollywood. He was 77 years old. 1959: Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer, age 32, has been shot to death in Sun Valley, California. The scuffle occurred because of an argument over a debt. Tomorrow: Arthur Miller’s latest play… For more: http://www.franksreelreviews.com/shorttakes/alfalfa/alfalfa.htm Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 january twenty-second 1940: Pierre Caille has translated Gone with the Wind into the French language. For his efforts, he’s been awarded a special prize. 1942: X rays show that Gainsborough’s painting The Blue Boy has an unknown man’s head painted under the surface. This had gone undetected for 200 years. 1953: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible opens on Broadway and receives favorable reviews. Tomorrow: a baby for Princess Grace… Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 january twenty-third 1943: Author and literary critic Alexander Woollcott has died in New York at 56. He had a heart attack during his radio show. 1948: TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE premieres in New York. 1952: CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY premieres in New York. 1956: British producer Alexander Korda has died in London. He was 62. 1957: Princess Caroline is born on this day in Monaco. Tomorrow: a special award for Groucho… Link to post Share on other sites
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