On This Day in Film & TV for May 28
Events in Film & TV
- 1858 Dion Boucicault's play "Foul Play" premieres in London
- 1951 The Jerry Colonna Show debuts on ABC-TV
- 1951 Radio programme "Crazy People" (later titled The Goon Show) premieres on the BBC, created by Spike Milligan
- 1953 Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-"Melody"
- 1957 WPSD TV channel 6 in Paducah, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1960 Frank Loesser's musical "Greenwillow", starring Anthony Perkins, closes at Alvin Theater, NYC, after 95 performances
- 1962 Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio
- 1974 26th Emmy Awards: M*A*S*H, Alan Alda & Mary Tyler Moore win, 1st Daytime Award presentation and "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" wins 5 awards, including Cicely Tyson for Dramatic Performance
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Kylie Minogue
Phil HartmanWeddings in Film & TV
- 1948 Film director Stanley Kubrick (19) weds high school sweetheart Toba Metz
- 1954 "The Bad and the Beautiful" actor Kirk Douglas (37) weds producer Ann Buydens (24) at Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas
- 1959 Muppeteer Jim Henson (22) weds Jane Nebel (24) in Salisbury, Maryland
Divorces in Film & TV
- 2013 Actress Courteney Cox and actor David Arquette divorce after 13 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
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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