On This Day in Film & TV for January 25
Events in Film & TV
- 1937 1st broadcast of "Guiding Light" on NBC radio
- 1949 1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale & Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win
- 1953 WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1961 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference with JFK
- 1961 Walt Disney's animated film "101 Dalmatians", based on the novel by Dodie Smith and directed by Clyde Geronimi and Hamilton Luske is released in the US
- 1966 WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, NJ (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1970 Dark comedy film "M*A*S*H", directed by Robert Altman, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould, and based on novel by Richard Hooker, premieres (Palme d'Or 1970)
- 1971 WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis, IN (IND) begins broadcasting
- More Events in Film & TV
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1885 Else Mauhs [Alwine Julie Else Mauhs], German-Dutch actress (Eline Vere, L'aiglon), born in Mülheim an der Ruhr (d. 1959)
- 1891 Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, British actress (The Devil Rides Out), born in London, England (d. 1992)
- 1896 Florence Mills [Winfrey], American cabaret singer, dancer and comedian, known as 'the Queen of Happiness', born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1927)
- 1900 Mildred Dunnock, American actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1991)
Weddings in Film & TV
- 1964 Comedian and actor Bill Cosby marries Camille Olivia Hanks
- 1981 Actor Bill Murray (30) weds Margaret Kelly on Super Bowl Sunday in Las Vegas; divorce in 1994
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
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Mary Tyler MooreJanuary in Film & TV History
The Name Is Bond – Cary Bond!
They wanted Cary Grant to take the part of James Bond when the film series was launched with Dr No in the early Sixties. But the debonair actor turned it down.
January 18, 1904
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