On This Day in Film & TV for August 6
Events in Film & TV
- 1926 "Don Juan" starring John Barrymore is released by Warner Bros, the 1st feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects
- 1932 1st Venice Film Festival opens, the world's oldest film festival
- 1939 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio
- 1940 German occupiers in Belgium impose censorship rules on film making and exhibition
- 1954 WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1956 After going bankrupt in 1955, the American national broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena
- 1960 Chubby Checker performs his version of Hank Ballard's "The Twist" on "The Dick Clark Show", starting a worldwide dance craze
- 1965 Beatles release their 5th UK album - "Help!", from the film soundtrack
- More Events in Film & TV
Lucille Ball
Andy Warhol
Michelle Yeoh
Harry ReasonerWeddings in Film & TV
- 1983 Film director Philippe de Broca (50) weds actress Margot Kidder (34) in France
- 2005 Legendary Hollywood film producer Robert Evans (75) weds Lady Victoria White (42) at the One & Only Palmilla resort in Cabo San Lucas
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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