Film and TV History on March 8

March 8 Calendar
  • 1949 WAGA TV channel 5 in Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1953 KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, Oklahoma (ABC) begins broadcasting

Two's Company

1953 Vernon Duke, Ogden Nash and Sammy Cahn's musical revue "Two's Company", starring Bette Davis, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, closes at Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for, after 90 performances

  • 1953 WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, Ohio (NBC) begins broadcasting
  • 1959 KUAT TV channel 6 in Tucson, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting

Golden Boy

1966 Lee Adams and Charles Strouse's musical adaptation of Clifford Odet's "Golden Boy", starring Sammy Davis Jr. closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 569 performances

  • 1970 WTCI TV channel 45 in Chattanooga, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1987 "A Team" last aired on NBC-TV after 4 years

Film & TV History

1998 The Screen Actors Guild award Gloria Stuart (Old Rose in "Titanic") with their Founders Award

  • 2003 34th NAACP Image Awards: "Antwone Fisher" wins Outstanding Motion Picture

Film & TV History

2016 Turner Classic Movies show several of Claire Trevor’s films to honor the 106th anniversary of her birth


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