On This Day in Film & TV for May 4
Events in Film & TV
- 1944 MGM releases film adaptation of "Gaslight", starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, and an 18-year-old Angela Lansbury in her film debut
- 1959 "The 400 Blows", French film directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, is released
- 1964 KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1975 Italian film "Seven Beauties" directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini, and Shirley Stoler released - first film directed by a women to be nominated for an Academy Award
- 1991 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent
- 1999 "The Mummy" film directed by Stephen Sommers starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah premieres in the US
- 2008 Seth MacFarlane reaches an agreement worth $100 million with Fox to keep "Family Guy" and "American Dad" on television until 2012, making MacFarlane the world's highest paid television writer
- 2010 Julia Louis-Dreyfus receives the 2,407th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, although on the original star her name is spelled incorrectly
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Audrey Hepburn
Randy Travis
Moe HowardWeddings in Film & TV
- 1962 Actor Christopher Plummer (32) weds columnist Patricia Lewis at the Marylebone Registry office in London
- 1969 Actor Dustin Hoffman (31) weds actress Anne Byrne (25)
- 1991 Actress Sharon Gless and producer Barney Rosenzeig marry
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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