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Film and TV History on July 10

Look Ma, I'm Dancin'

1948 Hugh Martin's musical comedy "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" starring Nancy Walker and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, closes at Adelphi Theater, NYC, after 188 performances

  • 1949 WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, Rhode Island (NBC) begins broadcasting
  • 1950 "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC-TV (later CBS), after being broadcast on radio from 1935

Gladys Knight and The Pips

1975 Gladys Knight and Pips Summer Series premieres on NBC-TV

Film & TV History

1978 World News Tonight premieres on ABC with Max Robinson the first black anchor on a network newscast in the US

Escape from New York

1981 "Escape from New York" directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell and Donald Pleasence, premieres in the US

  • 1981 Walt Disney's "Fox & The Hound" released

Film & TV History

1994 Revival of Henrik Ibsen's stage drama "Hedda Gabler", starring Kelly McGillis, opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 33 performances