On This Day in Film & TV for February 4
Events in Film & TV
- 1880 Steele MacKay's play "Hazel Kirke" premieres in New York City
- 1924 George Kelly's play "Show-Off," premieres in New York City
- 1952 1st African American executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC NY)
- 1960 Lionel Bart's musical comedy "Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be" opens at Garrick Theatre, London; runs for 886 pefromances
- 1970 "Patton" directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring George C. Scott premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1971)
- 1979 "Co-Ed Fever," TV Comedy, debut & cancelled that outing on CBS
- 1991 Alex Trebek becomes first person to host three American game shows at the same time (Jeopardy!, Classic Concentration, To Tell the Truth)
- 1994 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins
- More Events in Film & TV
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LiberaceWeddings in Film & TV
- 1939 American singer Frank Sinatra (23) marries 1st wife Nancy Barbato (21) at Our Lady of Sorrows catholic church in Jersey City, New Jersey; divorce in 1951
- 1941 American dancer and actress Vera-Ellen (19) weds fellow American dancer Robert Hightower; divorce in 1946
- 2015 Actress Riley Keough (25) weds stuntman Ben-Smith Petersen in Napa, California
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
February in Film & TV History
Final Deadly Performance of a Twisted Actor
From a celebrated family of actors came a young man with a twisted mind whose last performance involved the death of a president.
February 20, 1817The 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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