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On This Day in Film and Television

Events in Film & TV

  • 1891 1st public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope to members of the National Federation of Women's Club
  • 1895 1st commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, NYC)
  • 1926 Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies
  • 1960 13th Cannes Film Festival: "The Sweet Life" directed by Federico Fellini wins the Palme d'Or
  • 1966 19th Cannes Film Festival: "A Man and a Woman" directed by Claude Lelouch and "The Birds, the Bees and the Italians" directed by Pietro Germi jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
  • 1967 BBC bans the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" because of drug references
  • 1970 The Beatles' "Let it Be" documentary film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, premieres at the Liverpool Gaumont Cinema and the London Pavilion; none of the group attend
  • 1973 25th Emmy Awards: The Waltons, All in the Family & Mary Tyler Moore win
  • More Events in Film & TV

Weddings in Film & TV

  • 1995 "Eagles" singer Don Henley (47) weds model Sharon Summerall (33) in Malibu
  • 1995 American "Broadcast News" actress Holly Hunter (37) weds Polish cinematographer Janusz Kamiński (35); divorce in 2001
  • 2000 "Benny and Joon" actress Mary Stuart Masterson (33) weds film director Damon Santostefano
  • 2000 "Stone Temple Pilots" front man Scott Weiland (32) weds model Mary Forsberg (25)
  • 2006 "Dog the Bounty Hunter" TV personality Duane Dog Chapman (53) weds Beth Smith at the Hilton Waikoloa Village in Hawaii