On This Day in Film & TV for February 5
Events in Film & TV
- 1919 Hollywood film studio United Artists founded by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith
- 1924 The Royal Greenwich Observatory begin broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".
- 1927 "The General", American silent film starring Buster Keaton and Marion Mack, co-directed by Keaton and Clyde Bruckman, premieres in New York City
- 1929 Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in San Francisco
- 1936 "Modern Times", silent film directed by, written by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released
- 1942 "Woman of the Year" film directed by George Stevens, starring Katherine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy opens at Radio City Music Hall, NYC
- 1944 "Captain American" serial film premieres starring Dick Purcell, first appearance of a Marvel superhero outside a comic
- 1948 "Nature of Things" science show premieres on NBC prime time
- More Events in Film & TV
Darrell Waltrip
George Arliss
Kirk Douglas
Christopher PlummerWeddings in Film & TV
- 1971 Actress Judi Dench (36) weds actor Michael Williams (35) at St Mary's Catholic Church in Hampstead, London
- 1990 British comic actor Rowan Atkinson (35) weds Sunetra Sastry in New York
- 2007 "Rudo y Cursi" Mexican actor Diego Luna (28) weds actress and model Camila Sodi (21) in Mexico City
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, 1817
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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