Events in Film & TV
Film Premier
Jan 5 "Cavalcade" based on the play by Noël Coward, directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1934)
Noël Coward
- Jan 24 Noël Coward's "Design for Living" premieres in NYC
- Jan 30 "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jan 1 Joe Orton, British actor and dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears), born in Leicester, England (d. 1967)
- Jan 6 Emil Steinberger, Swiss comedian, born in Lucerne, Switzerland
- Jan 7 Elliott Kastner, American film producer (Angel Heart, Where Eagles Dare), born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)
- Jan 8 Charles Osgood, American news anchor (CBS Weekend News), born in NYC, New York
- Jan 12 Michael Aspel, English television presenter, born in Battersea, London
- Jan 14 Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2003)
Susan Sontag
Jan 16 Susan Sontag, American author & film director (Benefactor, 1966 Pol Award), born in NYC, New York (d. 2004)
Susan Sontag
- Jan 17 Dalida, Egyptian actress and singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day)
- Jan 17 Sheree North [Dawn Bethel], American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2005)
- Jan 18 David Bellamy, English botanist & TV presenter, born in London, England (d. 2019)
- Jan 18 John Boorman, English filmmaker (Exorcist II, Deliverance, Zardoz), born in Shepperton, United Kingdom
- Jan 23 Chita Rivera, American actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity), born in Washington, D.C.
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 3 Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor (The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come), dies at 37