Events in Film & TV
Film Release
Sep 1 Paramount Pictures releases "Rear Window", directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly
- Sep 1 Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant opens infamous 10-day football mini camp in Junction, Texas; ordeal achieves legendary status becoming subject of 2001 book 'The Junction Boys' & television movie of the same name
- Sep 2 WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
Film Premiere
Sep 6 "La Strada" directed by Federico Fellini premieres at the Venice Film Festival starring Anthony Quinn
Film Release
Sep 7 "Journey to Italy", directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders, is released
- Sep 10 WLUK TV channel 11 in Green Bay, WI (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 11 1st Miss America TV broadcast; 19 year old Lee Meriwether of California crowned 27th Miss America
- Sep 11 KXJB TV channel 4 in Valley City (Fargo) (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 12 WLBZ TV channel 2 in Bangor, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 13 WPBN TV channel 7 in Traverse City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 16 CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 18 KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 18 WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (ABC) 1st broadcast
- Sep 20 KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 25 WCBD TV channel 2 in Charleston, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 26 KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 26 KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 26 WANE TV channel 15 in Fort Wayne, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 26 WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting
Television Premiere
Sep 27 "The Tonight Show" premieres on NBC, hosted by Steve Allen
Film Premiere
Sep 29 "Barefoot Contessa" film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart premieres at the Capitol
- Sep 29 "Masquerade Party" TV game show moves from CBS to ABC for two seasons
- Sep 29 KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
Film Premiere
Sep 29 The first remake of "A Star Is Born", starring Judy Garland & James Mason premieres at the Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles
Music Premiere
Sep 30 Sandy Wilson's musical "The Boy Friend", cast includes Julie Andrews, making her Broadway debut, opens at the Royale Theatre, NYC; runs for 485 performances
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Sep 7 Corbin Bernsen, American actor (Arnie Becker-LA Law), born in North Hollywood, California
- Sep 7 Michael Emerson, American actor (Person of Interest), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Sep 8 Clayton Norcross, American actor (Bold & Beautiful, Colbys, Santa Barbara), born in Arcadia, California
- Sep 9 Jeffrey Combs, American actor, born in Oxnard, California
- Sep 11 Reed Birney, American actor (Greatest Man in the World), born in Alexandria, Virginia
- Sep 15 Adrian Adonis [Keith A. Franke Jr.], American professional wrestler, born in NYC, New York (d. 1988)
- Sep 22 Shari Belafonte Harper, American actress (Julie-Hotel), born in NYC, New York
- Sep 23 Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
- Sep 24 Helen Lederer, British comic actress (Absolutely Fabulous - "Catriona"), and writer (Losing It), born in Carmarthen, Wales
- Sep 29 Cindy Morgan [Cichorski], American actress (Tron), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 30 Barry Williams, American actor (Greg-Brady Bunch), born in Santa Monica, California
- Sep 30 Calvin Levels, American actor (Knightwatch), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Weddings in Film & TV
Jerry Stiller
Sep 14 Comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara marry
Shirley MacLaine
Sep 17 Film and theater actress Shirley MacLaine (20) weds Steve Parker in New York City
Audrey Hepburn
Sep 25 "Roman Holiday" actress Audrey Hepburn (25) weds actor Mel Ferrer (37) in Burgenstock, Switzerland; divorce in 1968
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