Events in Film & TV
Film & TV History
Nov 10 Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.
- Nov 13 Walt Disney's animated film "Fantasia", starring Leopold Stokowski, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mickey Mouse, and ballet dancing hippopotamuses, premieres at the Broadway Theatre, New York City
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Nov 2 Gigi Proletti, Italian actor, director and singer (Alleluja brava gente), born in Rome, Italy
- Nov 5 Elke Sommer [Elke Schletz], German actress (A Shot in the Dark, The Oscar), born in Berlin, Germany
- Nov 13 Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor, (Ryan's Hope; Dallas), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2018)
- Nov 15 Sam Waterston, American actor (Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Nov 15 Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor
- Nov 22 Terry Gilliam, comedy author-animator (Monty Python), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bruce Lee (1940-1973)
Nov 27 Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor (Enter the Dragon), born in San Francisco, California
- Nov 27 John Alderton, British actor (Please, Sir!; Zardoz; Upstairs, Downstairs), born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Weddings in Film & TV
David Lean
Nov 23 Film director David Lean (32) weds actress Kay Walsh (29)
Guy Gibson
Nov 23 RAF pilot Guy Gibson (22) weds show dancer and actress Eve Moore in Penarth’s Anglican Church
Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
Nov 30 "I Love Lucy" actress Lucille Ball (28) weds Cuban actor and singer Arnaz">Desi Arnaz (23) in Greenwich, Connecticut; divorce in 1960
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