Events in Film & TV on October 23

Film Release

1941 Walt Disney's animated film "Dumbo" released

Animator Walt Disney — Animator
Walt Disney

Film Premier

1952 Charlie Chaplin's "Limelight", starring himself and Claire Bloom, with an appearance by Buster Keaton, premieres in New York City; Not released in Los Angeles until 1972, winning Chaplin his only competitive Academy Award for original score

Comedian, Actor and Filmmaker Charlie Chaplin — Comedian, Actor and Filmmaker
Charlie Chaplin

1953 WTRF TV channel 7 in Wheeling-Steubenville, WV (CBS) 1st broadcast
1954 WSAU TV channel 7 in Wausau, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 First video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast

The Smurfs TV Debut

1958 The Smurfs first appear in the story "Johan and Pirlouit" by Belgium cartoonist Peyo

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*The Smurfs title card from the 1981 TV series*

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1962 WCIV TV channel 4 in Charleston, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting
1971 WXLT (now WWSB) TV channel 40 in Sarasota-Bradenton, FL (ABC) begins
1972 WNJS TV channel 23 in Camden, NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting
1978 CBS raises LP prices to $8.98
1984 NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine

Film Premier

2012 "Skyfall", 23rd James Bond film, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem premieres in London

Film Director Sam Mendes — Film Director
Sam Mendes

Cinematographer Roger Deakins — Cinematographer
Roger Deakins

2018 Megyn Kelly is criticized after making comments supporting blackface on her NBC show

Film Premier

2018 Freddie Mercury bio film "Bohemian Rhapsody" directed by Bryan Singer, starring Rami Malek (Best Actor Academy Awards 2019) premieres in London

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Events in Film & TV on October 23

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The Smurfs TV Debut

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