On This Day in Film and Television
Events in Film & TV
- 1921 KDKA Pittsburgh presents first radio broadcast of MLB; Pirates beat Phillies, 8-0; Harold Arlin first play-by-play broadcaster
- 1953 "From Here to Eternity" based on book by James Jones, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1954)
- 1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1956 WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1957 "American Bandstand" premieres on network TV (ABC)
- 1968 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
- 1969 The UVF plant their first bomb in the Republic of Ireland, damaging the RTÉ Television Centre in Dublin
- 1971 WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Maureen McCormick
Marilyn Monroe
Alec GuinnessWeddings in Film & TV
- 1956 Actress-singer Shirley Jones (22) weds film and stage actor Jack Cassidy (29)
- 1964 Film director Mel Brooks (38) weds actress Anne Bancroft (32) at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau
- 1971 Five-time Grammy Award singer Donna Summer [nee Gaines] (22) weds actor Helmuth Sommer
- 1972 "The Addams Family" actor John Astin (42) weds actress Patty Duke (25)
- 1977 Actress Julie Newmar (43) weds lawyer J. Holt Smith
August in Film & TV History
The Wizard of Oz
Publicity still of the Wizard of Oz, showing the Tin Man, Scarecrow, Dorothy and Cowardly Lion
August 15, 1939How Paula Yates Discovered Her Real Father
Controversial television presenter Paula Yates married pop star Bob Geldof on this day. Fate decided she would not remain happy ever after
August 31, 1986The Best Quentin Tarantino Quiz
Do you know the answer to every Tarantino question? Including which Tarantino film script was leaked prior to filming? Or which actor is his most frequent collaborator?
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Elizabeth Taylor
Bette Davis
Peter Jackson
Stanley Kubrick
Steven Spielberg