This Day…

1958 – 30th Academy Awards-“The Bridge on the River Kwai” wins Best Picture, Joanne Woodward and Alec Guinness win Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively

1964 – Sean Connery begins shooting Goldfinger, the third installment in the James Bond series.

1934 – At the 6th Academy Awards, Cavalcade won Best Picture, with Frank Capra, Charles Laughton, and Katharine Hepburn also winning top honors.

1936 – 8th Academy Awards: “Mutiny on the Bounty”, Victor McLaglen & Bette Davis wins

1937 – 9th Academy Awards: “The Great Ziegfeld”, Paul Muni & Luise Rainer wins

1933 – “King Kong” film directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring Fay Wray premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in NYC

1934 – “It Happened One Night” directed by Frank Capra and starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert opens at NY’s Radio City Music Hall (Academy Awards Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay 1935)

1965  – British folk-pop duo Chad and Jeremy guest star in “Patty Pits Wits, Two Brits Hits” episode of American TV sitcom “The Patty Duke Show”