Settlement in 1960 Dumbbell Death
June 20, 1962 - Martin Gabel and his wife Arlene Francis (pictured with their son Peter in 1953) have agreed to pay $185,000 to the widow...
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- Jun 12, 2022
Mickey Rooney Files for Bankruptcy
June 12, 1962 - Mickey Rooney filed petitions of voluntary bankruptcy in Federal court today. The actor listed debts of $484,914 and...
- May 28, 2022
Hugh Griffith Nearly Strangles Himself On Stage
May 28, 1962 - Hugh Griffith, the Academy-Award-winning actor playing the part of a judge in the play “The Caucasian Chalk Circle,”...
- May 28, 2022
Elizabeth Taylor Completes Last Big Scene for "Cleopatra"
May 28, 1962 - Elizabeth Taylor did her death scene as Cleopatra today, and the long-worried stockholders of 20th Century-Fox couldn’t be...
- May 28, 2022
Revival Series of 1930s Warner Brothers Films
May 28, 1962 - A series of 14 double bills of Warner Brothers films from the 1930s will be presented for the next two weeks at the New...
- May 27, 2022
Movies: "The Longest Day"
May 27, 1962 - “The Longest Day,” produced by Darryl F. Zanuck from the book by Cornelius Ryan, will have its American premiere in...
- May 24, 2022
Movies: "Lonely Are the Brave"
May 24, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “Lonely Are the Brave,” a Western film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel “The Brave...
- May 22, 2022
Movies: "The Road to Hong Kong"
May 22, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “The Road to Hong Kong,” a semi-musical comedy film directed by Norman Panama and...
- May 22, 2022
Southern Representative Denounces Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
May 22, 1962 - A Southern Representative denounced Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton today for their conduct in Rome while making the...
- May 22, 2022
Movies: "The Premature Burial"
May 22, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “Premature Burial,” a horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Ray Milland,...
- May 21, 2022
Movies: "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
May 21, 1962 - Scheduled to arrive in local theatres this week is “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” a Western drama with James Stewart...
- May 21, 2022
Movies: "Advise and Consent"
May 21, 1962 - “Advise and Consent,” the drama produced and directed by Otto Preminger (pictured at the Cannes Film Festival) from the...
- May 19, 2022
Movies: "The Miracle Worker"
May 19, 1962 - Due to arrive in local theatres this week is “The Miracle Worker,” the drama starring Anne Bancroft as blind tutor Anne...
- May 18, 2022
Movies: "Gigot" with Jackie Gleason
May 18, 1962 - “Gigot,” a 20th Century-Fox comedy made in Europe with Jackie Gleason in the starring role, will be the first fall...
- May 17, 2022
Movies: "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"
May 17, 1962 - Two Hollywood actresses who possess three Oscars between them are scheduled to do a “sister act” in a new movie about the...
- May 15, 2022
Movies: "Flight From Ashiya"
May 15, 1962 - “Flight from Ashiya,” a drama that will star Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, and George Chakiris, will be directed by...
- May 15, 2022
Audrey Hepburn To Star in Movie Version of "My Fair Lady"
May 15, 1962 - Audrey Hepburn is going to play the Cockney waif who became a lady in the film version of “My Fair Lady,” Jack L. Warner,...
- May 14, 2022
Movies: "The Intruder" with William Shatner
May 14, 1962 - Arriving in local theatres this week is “The Intruder,” a drama dealing with integration in a small Southern town,...
- May 13, 2022
Movies: "55 Days at Peking"
May 13, 1962 - “55 Days at Peking,” a dramatization of the Boxer Rebellion in China starring Charlton Heston and David Niven, is...
- May 12, 2022
Movies: "Bon Voyage!"
May 12, 1962 - Arriving in local theatres next week is “Bon Voyage!” a Walt Disney comedy with Fred MacMurray and Jane Wyman. James...
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