Events in Film & TV on March 26

Music Concert

1938 NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony

Composer and Conductor Howard Hanson — Composer and Conductor
Howard Hanson

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1958 30th Academy Awards-"The Bridge on the River Kwai" wins Best Picture, Joanne Woodward & Alec Guinness win Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively

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*The Bridge on the River Kwai movie poster*

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Music Premiere

1964 Jule Styne and Bob Merrill's musical "Funny Girl", starring Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, opens at Winter Garden Theater, New York City; runs for 1,348 performances

Singer-Songwriter and Actress Barbra Streisand — Singer-Songwriter and Actress
Barbra Streisand

1969 "Marcus Welby, M.D.", starring Robert Young and James Brolin debuts as a TV movie on ABC-TV, prior to becoming a weekly series

Music Premiere

1970 Musical "Minnie's Boys", starring Shelley Winters as the mother of the Marx Brothers, and Drama Desk Award winner Lewis J. Stadlen as Groucho, opens at the Imperial Theater, New York City; runs for 80 performances

Actress Shelley Winters — Actress
Shelley Winters

1971 "Cannon" starring William Conrad as a private detective premieres on CBS-TV; airs for 5 seasons
1973 TV soap opera "The Young & the Restless" premieres on CBS

Event of Interest

1979 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan State beats Indiana State, 75-64; marks start of rivalry between future Hall of Famers Magic Johnson and Larry Bird; highest-rated game in history of televised college basketball