On This Day in Film & TV for August 20
Events in Film & TV
- 1930 Dumont's 1st TV broadcast for home reception (NYC)
- 1950 11th Venice Film Festival: "Justice est faite" ("Justice is Done") directed by Andre Cayatte wins the Golden Lion
- 1951 12th Venice Film Festival: "Rashomon" directed by Akira Kurosawa wins the Golden Lion
- 1952 13th Venice Film Festival: "Genghis Khan" directed by Manuel Conde wins the Golden Lion
- 1953 14th Venice Film Festival opens. No Golden Lion awarded
- 1961 22nd Venice Film Festival: "Last Year at Marienbad" directed by Alain Resnais wins Golden Lion
- 1997 Shelly Moore, 18, of Tenn, crowned 15th Miss Teen USA
- 2013 "One Direction: This Is Us" 3D concert film of One Direction directed by Morgan Spurlock premieres in London
- More Events in Film & TV
Amy Adams
Andrew Garfield
Demi Lovato
Phyllis Diller
Jerry LewisWeddings in Film & TV
- 1939 "Rebecca" actress Joan Fontaine (21) weds actor Brian Aherne (37); divorce in 1945
- 1992 British "Police" singer Sting (41) weds British actress Trudie Styler (38) at an 11th century chapel in Wiltshire, England
- 1999 DJ and music producer Fatboy Slim (36) marries TV presenter Zoë Ball (separated 2016)
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
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, 1939
How 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, 1986
The 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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