TopBilled Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 september nineteenth 1942: Conde Nast, publisher of Vanity Fair and Vogue, has died in New York. He was 68. 1948: Jeremy Irons is born on this day in England. 1951: The motion picture version of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE opens in New York. 1952: East of Eden has been published by Viking. 1952: Charlie Chaplin has been prevented from returning to the U.S. by J. Edgar Hoover. 1959: Disneyland is not allowing Nikita Khrushchev to visit due to security reasons. Tomorrow: leading man dead at 54 … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 September 19, 1933. David McCallum is born in Glasgow, Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 september nineteenth 1942: Conde Nast, publisher of Vanity Fair and Vogue, has died in New York. He was 68. 1948: Jeremy Irons is born on this day in England. 1951: The motion picture version of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE opens in New York. 1952: East of Eden has been published by Viking. 1952: Charlie Chaplin has been prevented from returning to the U.S. by J. Edgar Hoover. 1959: Disneyland is not allowing Nikita Khrushchev to visit due to security reasons. Tomorrow: leading man dead at 54 … Did you know that Nikita Khrushchev's favorite movie was Song of the South! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 Did you know that Nikita Khrushchev's favorite movie was Song of the South! Funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 september twentieth 1949: Leading man Richard Dix, known for The Whistler series, has died in Hollywood. He was 54. 1950: Rhoda Mabel Young Sanborn, the last survivor of Brigham Young’s 56 sons and daughters, has died at age 87 in Salt Lake City. 1955: Screenwriter Robert Riskin, husband of actress Fay Wray, has died at age 58 in Hollywood. 1968: Mickey Mantle has hit his final career home run. The grand total: 536. 1972: Marijuana has been found growing on Paul McCartney’s farm. 1973: Billy Jean King has defeated Bobby Riggs in a battle-of-the-sexes tennis match. 1976: A special issue of Playboy magazine features an interview with Jimmy Carter who has admitted to lusting for women. Tomorrow: football with Howard Cosell… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 september twenty-first 1948: Texaco Star Theatre debuts on NBC-TV with Milton Berle. 1950: Tatiana Tolstoy, painter and daughter of Leo Tolstoy, dies at age 84 in Rome. 1950: Bill Murray is born on this day in Wilmette, Illinois. 1957: Raymond Burr begins his nine-year run on CBS-TV as Perry Mason. 1970: Monday Night Football starts on ABC, with Howard Cosell, Don Meredith and Frank Gifford broadcasting. 1974: Walter Brennan has died at age 80 in Oxnard from emphysema. Tomorrow: Audie Murphy’s latest film… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 september twenty-second 1943: CBS news anchor Cecil Brown quits because his statements about the war effort evaporating into thin air have been criticized. 1949: Director Sam Wood (KITTY FOYLE and GOODBYE MR. CHIPS) has died at age 66 in Hollywood. 1955: Audie Murphy’s TO HELL AND BACK premieres in New York. 1964: Fiddler on the Roof opens on Broadway. Tomorrow: Ingrid Bergman lauded… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2400 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 september twenty-second 1943: CBS news anchor Cecil Brown quits because his statements about the war effort evaporating into thin air have been criticized. 1949: Director Sam Wood (KITTY FOYLE and GOODBYE MR. CHIPS) has died at age 66 in Hollywood. 1955: Audie Murphy’s TO HELL AND BACK premieres in New York. 1961: Marion Davies dies in Los Angeles. Ms. Davies was a 1930's silent and talking feature star but was best known as the longtime mistress of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. 1964: Fiddler on the Roof opens on Broadway. Tomorrow: Ingrid Bergman lauded… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 september twenty-third 1947: Ingrid Bergman is honored at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock’s SPELLBOUND. 1949: Bruce Springsteen is born on this day in Long Branch, New Jersey. 1959: Jason Alexander is born on this day in Newark, New Jersey. 1961: HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE becomes the first motion picture to be adapted as a television series. 1962: The Jetsons premieres on ABC. Tomorrow: another failed marriage for Mickey Rooney… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 september twenty-fourth 1948: Phil Hartman is born on this day in Ontario. 1951: Martha Vickers has divorced Mickey Rooney in Hollywood on grounds that he stayed away from home too much. 1955: Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher have married in New York. 1956: Grace Metalius’ Peyton Place is published. It will be turned into a major motion picture by 20th Century Fox. 1968: The news program 60 Minutes debuts on CBS. Tomorrow: Audrey Hepburn gets married… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 september twenty-fourth 1948: Phil Hartman is born on this day in Ontario. 1951: Martha Vickers has divorced Mickey Rooney in Hollywood on grounds that he stayed away from home too much. 1955: Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher have married in New York. 1956: Grace Metalius’ Peyton Place is published. It will be turned into a major motion picture by 20th Century Fox. 1968: The news program 60 Minutes debuts on CBS. Tomorrow: Audrey Hepburn gets married… Interesting picture of my favorite gal, Martha Vickers and Mickey. I wouldn't have left home! But hey, Ava also had a similar complaint. I understand wanting to hang out with the boys but Mickey took this a little too far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Interesting picture of my favorite gal, Martha Vickers and Mickey. I wouldn't have left home! But hey, Ava also had a similar complaint. I understand wanting to hang out with the boys but Mickey took this a little too far. Yes, Rooney had some of the sexiest wives in Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 september twenty-fifth 1943: Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth closes on Broadway after 355 performances. 1944: Michael Douglas is born on this day in New Brunswick, New Jersey. 1944: A poll of top movie critics has resulted in Henry King being chosen as the best director of the past year for THE SONG OF BERNADETTE. 1945: Officials in Connecticut have banned a musical play of Uncle Tom’s Cabin due to protests by Negroes. 1947: Edward Dmytryk’s CROSSFIRE is named one of the best films of the year at the annual Cannes Film Festival. 1950: Eugene O’Neill Jr. has committed suicide in New York. He was 40 years old. 1954: Audrey Hepburn has married Mel Ferrer in Switzerland. 1969: Sharing a birthday with her husband: Catherine Zeta Jones is born on this day in Wales. Tomorrow: West Side success Story… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 september twenty-sixth 1950: Pierre Ray, the French painter who founded the surrealist movement, has died in Milan at 70. 1956: Faith Bacon, striptease artist and bubble dancer, has died at 46. She leapt from a hotel window in Chicago. 1957: West Side Story opens on Broadway to favorable reviews. 1962: The Beverly Hillbillies premieres on CBS. 1966: The very first Chevy Camaro rolls off the assembly line. Tomorrow: film star killed by the Nazis… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 september twenty-seventh 1944: Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson has died at age 53 in Los Angeles. Jean Simmons’ character in ELMER GANTRY will be somewhat based on McPherson. 1944: French film star Harry Bauer has died as a result of torture inflicted on him by Germans who held him for four months. 1945: In Connecticut, the ban against Uncle Tom’s Cabin has been lifted. 1948: Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust is published by Random House. 1954: Steve Allen’s version of The Tonight Show debuts. 1968: The stage musical Hair opens in London. It will run for 1998 performances. 1972: Gwyneth Paltrow is born on this day in Los Angeles. Tomorrow: splitsville for the Sinatras… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 september twenty-eighth 1944: THE SEVENTH CROSS premieres in New York. 1950: Frank and Nancy Sinatra have separated after 11 years of marriage. 1950: The feature film version of THE GLASS MENAGERIE, starring Jane Wyman and Kirk Douglas, premieres in New York. 1953: THE CAPTAIN’S PARADISE, starring Alec Guinness, premieres in New York. 1967: Mira Sorvino is born on this day in New York City. Tomorrow: trouble in Memphis… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 september twenty-ninth 1947: Trouble in Memphis—The play Annie Get Your Gun has been banned due to its use of an integrated cast. 1948: Olivier’s film of HAMLET premieres in New York. 1950: Henry Ford’s widow has died at 84 in Detroit. 1951: CBS televises its first football game in color. 1952: Edna Ferber’s Giant has been published by Doubleday. 1954: THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA premieres in New York. 1969: Love, American Style premieres on ABC. 1997: David Brinkley has retired from television news at age 77. He first began reporting for NBC back in 1952. Tomorrow: tragedy near Paso Robles… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 september thirtieth 1943: Top songs include Sunday, Monday or Always and Put Your Arms Around Me. 1953: June Haver is back in Hollywood after six months in a Kansas convent. 1955: James Dean, 24, has been killed near Paso Robles, California. 1959: William F. Buckley’s Up from Liberalism is published. 1960: The Flintstones premiere in primetime. 1962: The last episode of Suspense airs on CBS radio, marking the end of the golden age of radio. Tomorrow: a new month of happenings… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 october first 1946: Elliot Roosevelt’s As He Saw It is published. It details FDR’s wartime conferences. 1948: British theaters must now devote 45% of feature screen time to British films. Hollywood and the American Motion Picture Association are retaliating by banning British films in U.S. theaters. 1948: Random House publishes Irwin Shaw’s The Young Lions. 1958: The Ugly American, by William Lederer & Eugene Burdick, is published. 1962: The Lucy Show debuts on CBS. 1962: Johnny Carson hosts his first episode of The Tonight Show. His guest is Joan Crawford. 1971: Walt Disney World opens in Orlando. Tomorrow: Charlie Brown is introduced… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 october second 1948: Finian’s Rainbow has closed on Broadway after 723 performances. 1950: The first Peanuts comic strip is published by Charles Schulz. 1959: Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone debuts on CBS. 1962: Frank Lovejoy has died at age 50 from a heart attack. 1971: Soul Train debuts with special guest Gladys Knight. Tomorrow: Heavenly tune tops the chart… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 october third 1945: Cass Timberlane is published. 1952: Vaya Con Dios is the number one song in the land. 1955: The Mickey Mouse Club variety show for kids debuts on ABC. 1974: The Watergate trial has begun. 1995: O.J. Simpson has been found not guilty of the murders of his ex-wife and her friend. Tomorrow: Comic books have been banned… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 october fourth 1948: Laws in 50 U.S. cities have now banned comic books dealing with crime or sex. 1951: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS premieres in New York. 1954: Vanguard publishes The Bridge Over the River Kwai. 1957: Leave It to Beaver debuts on CBS. 1961: Alvin and the Chipmunks get their first TV show on CBS. Tomorrow: Marilyn’s calling it quits after just nine months… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 october fifth 1941: David Selznick buys 25% of United Artists. 1947: President Truman gives the first televised address from the White House. 1951: Random House publishes the English translation of Barabbas. 1954: After nine months of marriage, Marilyn Monroe sues Joe DiMaggio for divorce on grounds of mental cruelty. 1955: The Diary of Anne Frank opens on Broadway. 1965: Henry Mancini receives a gold record for the soundtrack of The Pink Panther. 1970: PBS, the Public Broadcasting Company, is founded. Tomorrow: The TV quiz show scandal… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 october sixth 1946: THE LOST WEEKEND has been chosen as the best U.S. film at Cannes. 1949: THE HEIRESS premieres in New York. 1956: Martha Raye has been divorced in Juarez, Mexico. It was her fifth marriage. 1959: A house subcommittee is investigating the TV quiz show scandal. A New York man says he won $50,000 on NBC’s 21 because he was given answers in advance from the show’s executive producer. Tomorrow: the production code ends… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 october seventh 1951: Rachel Carson’s The Sea Around Us tops the bestsellers. 1955: Producer George Blake, who helped bring the Candid Camera series to the screen, has died in New York. 1959: Mario Lanza has died at 38 in Rome from a heart attack. 1960: Route 66 debuts on CBS. 1968: The Hollywood production code officially ends with the Motion Picture Association’s adoption of a rating system from G to X. 1982: Cats! opens on Broadway. Tomorrow: the on-going success of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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