On This Day in Film & TV for August 23
Events in Film & TV
- 1919 "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune
- 1933 First televised boxing match — 6-round exhibition at Broadcasting House in London between middleweights Archie Sexton and Lauri Raiteri; aired by BBC-TV
- 1938 "You Can’t Take It With You" from the play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur premieres. Best Picture (1939)
- 1946 "The Big Sleep" directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart (Philip Marlowe) and Lauren Bacall, premieres
- 1947 8th Venice Film Festival opens (first since the start of World War II)
- 1953 KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1959 20th Venice Film Festival: "The Great War" directed by Mario Monicelli and "General della Rovere" directed by Roberto Rossellini jointly awarded Golden Lion
- 1962 1st Europe-US live TV program (via Telstar)
- More Events in Film & TV
Gene Kelly
River Phoenix
Robert Solow
Vera Miles
Barbara EdenWeddings in Film & TV
- 1942 "King Kong" actress Fay Wray (34) weds screenwriter and playwright Robert Riskin (45)
- 1975 Actress Maggie Smith (40) weds playwright Beverley Cross (44) at the Guildford Register Office in Surrey, England
- 1978 Actress Kate Jackson (29) weds actor Andrew Stevens (23) in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
Divorces in Film & TV
- 2010 Former Swedish model Elin Nordegren (30) divorces professional golfer Tiger Woods (34) after 6 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
Rudolph ValentinoAugust 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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