On This Day in Film & TV for May 15
Events in Film & TV
- 1928 Mickey Mouse makes his 1st ever appearance in silent film "Plane Crazy"
- 1954 KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast
- 1955 KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1958 "Gigi" based on the story by Colette, directed by Vincent Minnelli and starring Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier premieres in New York (Best Picture 1959)
- 1959 12th Cannes Film Festival: "Black Orpheus" directed by Marcel Camus wins the Palme d'Or
- 1960 KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1960 "L'Avventura", Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti. premieres at Cannes
- 1961 "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19
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David KrumholtzWeddings in Film & TV
- 1948 American dancer and actress Cyd Charisse (26) weds American pop singer Tony Martin (34)
- 1965 Director Martin Scorsese (22) weds Laraine Brennan in New York
- 1993 British-American actress Jane Seymour (42) weds American actor James Keach (45); divorce 2015
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1698 Marie Champmeslé, French actress (Fête de Vénus), dies at 56
- 1833 Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean actor (Edmund Kean's Masonic Career), dies at 46
- 1933 Ernest Torrence, Scottish actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies from complications following surgery for gall stones at 54
- 1952 Albert Bassermann, German actor (Foreign Correspondent, Madame Curie), dies at 84
May in Film & TV History
Miss Atomic Pageant
Linda Lawson is the winner of the 1955 Miss Atomic Pageant, with a mushroom cloud crown for good measure
May 1, 1955Silence is Golden At The First Oscars
The first Academy Awards ceremony took place on this day before just 250 guests. All the movies nominated for what would become known as an Oscar were silent
May 16, 1929The 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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