Film Release
1914 1st feature-length silent film comedy "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin
Marie Dressler
Charlie Chaplin
- 1925 "Battleship Potemkin", Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, starring Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barksy and Grigori Aleksandrov, premieres in Moscow
Contract of Interest
1933 Fox Films signs Shirley Temple aged 5, to a studio contract
Shirley Temple
Film Premier
1937 The first full-length animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre
Walt Disney
Film Premier
1949 "Samson and Delilah", directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature, premieres in New York
Hedy Lamarr
Cecil B. DeMille
Film Premier
1966 Cult film "King of Hearts" (Le Roi de cœur) premieres directed by Philippe de Broca starring Alan Bates
Philippe de Broca
Event of Interest
1968 Glen Campbell's album "Wichita Lineman" goes to No. 1 in the US
Glen Campbell
TV Show Appearance
1969 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show)
Ed Sullivan
Event of Interest
2012 Flavor Flav's Chicken & Ribs opens in Sterling Heights, Michigan
Flavor Flav
Film Premier
2016 Indian sports drama film "Dangal" directed by Nitesh Tiwari and starring Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra premieres - first Indian film to earn $300 million worldwide
Aamir Khan
December in History
The Face that Launched a Thousand Quips...
The greatest and most famous clown of them all, and by whose name, Joey, all circus clowns became known, was born on this day, December 18, 1778.
December 18, 1778'Good Sport' in The Trenches
Prime Minister's son, Raymond Asquith tells his wife of life and death on the battlefront in World War I on this day in 1915.
December 21, 1915Business a Rocky Road for Hansom Cab Pioneer
Architect and inventor Joseph Hansom was a man of vision who somehow found it impossible to turn his great ideas into money-making ventures.
December 23, 1834The Day Murdoch Spoilt the Queen's Christmas
Queen Elizabeth II made the first live Christmas Day broadcast of her reign on December 25, 1952. Forty years later a pre-recorded message would be leaked.
December 25, 1952
