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Film and TV History on February 3

"Shanghai Express"

1932 "Shanghai Express" directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook and Anna Mae Wong premieres in Los Angeles

  • 1945 Walt Disney's "3 Caballeros" released

"The Victor Borge Show"

1951 "The Victor Borge Show" debuts on NBC-TV

  • 1953 J Fred Muggs, a chimpanzee, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show

"La Dolce Vita"

1960 "La Dolce Vita" directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg has its film premiere in Italy

  • 1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast

"Harrigan 'n Hart"

1985 Max Showalter and Peter Walker's musical "Harrigan 'n Hart", starring Harry Groening and Mark Hamill, closes at Longacre Theater, NYC, after 4 performances

Pixar Animation

1986 Pixar Animation Studios (Toy Story; The Incredibles) headed by Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith, is spun off from Lucasfilm, Ltd as an independent film production company, with backing of Steve Jobs

  • 1989 Baseball's National League announces Yanks' broadcaster Bill White will its 1st African American President

Spector Murders Clarkson

2003 Actress Lana Clarkson is shot and killed by Phil Spector at Spector's house in Alhambra, California

  • 2005 51st National Film Awards (India): "Shwaas" wins the Golden Lotus

Film & TV History

2014 Léa Seydoux receives the Lumières Award for Best Actress for the film "Grand Central"