On This Day in Film & TV for May 22
Events in Film & TV
- 1907 Plaza Cinema opens in Ottawa, Kansas, the world's oldest purpose-built movie theatre [1]
- 1954 KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1956 "Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV
- 1956 KRIS TV channel 6 in Corpus Christi, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1957 KBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1962 14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth win
- 1965 "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious", from the film "Mary Poppin" hits #66
- 1966 18th Emmy Awards: "The Fugitive", Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore win
- More Events in Film & TV
Laurence Olivier
Naomi CampbellWeddings in Film & TV
- 1956 Swedish actress Anita Ekberg (24) weds actor and singer Anthony Steel (36) in Florence, Italy; divorce in 1959
- 1971 American filmmaker Oliver Stone weds Najwa Sarkis; divorce in 1977
- 1980 American actress Marlo Thomas (42) weds American TV talk host Phil Donahue (44)
Divorces in Film & TV
- 2001 Actress and former fitness guru Jane Fonda (63) divorces CNN founder Ted Turner (62) due to irretrievably broken marriage 10 years after getting married
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1921 Marie Wilton, Lady Bancroft, British Victorian theater manager, actress, and novelist, dies at about 82
- 1961 Joan Davis, American actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53
- 1965 Bobby Watson, American comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77
- 1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80
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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