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Everything you wanted to know about the twisted history of theatrical movies on TV between (mostly) 1939-1984 and so much more. Happy to answer your questions!

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NY TV debut 4/30/64 at 3 am on WCBS' 'The Late Late Show.'' Yes, yet another Jane Withers vehicle in the middle of the night. One of no fewer than five Fox released that year arrived 8/7/36 atop a Brooklyn double bill.

NY TV debut 4/30/64 at 3 am on WCBS' 'The Late Late Show.'' Yes, yet another Jane Withers vehicle in the middle of the night. One of no fewer than five Fox released that year arrived 8/7/36 atop a Brooklyn double bill.
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NY TV debut 4/30/64 at 9 am on WABC's 'Morning Movie.'' Joe Pasternak produced vehicle for Gloria Jean that also opened 11/7/40 at the RKO Palace in Times Square. Musical arrived the next day at Brooklyn's Albee, topping double bill with Universal's ARGENTINE NIGHTS.

NY TV debut 4/30/64 at 9 am on WABC's 'Morning Movie.'' Joe Pasternak produced vehicle for Gloria Jean that also opened 11/7/40 at the RKO Palace in Times Square. Musical arrived the next day at Brooklyn's Albee, topping double bill with Universal's ARGENTINE NIGHTS.
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NY TV debut 4/30/59 at 5:30 pm on WCBS' 'The Late Show.'' A&C's first brush with Lon Chaney Jr. opened 2/17/45 in Times Square.

NY TV debut 4/30/59 at 5:30 pm on WCBS' 'The Late Show.'' A&C's first brush with Lon Chaney Jr. opened 2/17/45 in Times Square.
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4/30/49 at 8 pm on WNBT. The former W2XBS (later WRCA and WNBC since 1960) celebrates the 10th anniversary of regularly scheduled programming with a live and film half-hour special hosted by Ben Grauer. You can watch a kinescope here: youtube.com/watch?v=SvWS7V…

4/30/49 at 8 pm on WNBT. The former W2XBS (later WRCA and WNBC since 1960) celebrates the 10th anniversary of regularly scheduled programming with a live and film half-hour special hosted by Ben Grauer. You can watch a kinescope here: youtube.com/watch?v=SvWS7V…
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4/30/39: First regularly scheduled TV programs begin in the US, with NBC's experimental W2XBS covering the opening of the New York World's Fair. Feature films will start airing in July.

4/30/39: First regularly scheduled TV programs begin in the US, with NBC's experimental W2XBS covering the opening of the New York World's Fair. Feature films will start airing in July.
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NY TV debut 4/30/64 at 3 am on WCBS' 'The Late Late Show.'' Yes, yet another Jane Withers vehicle in the middle of the night. One of no fewer than five Fox released that year arrived 8/7/36 atop a Brooklyn double bill.

NY TV debut 4/30/64 at 3 am on WCBS' 'The Late Late Show.'' Yes, yet another Jane Withers vehicle in the middle of the night. One of no fewer than five Fox released that year arrived 8/7/36 atop a Brooklyn double bill.
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NY TV debut 4/30/64 at 9 am on WABC's 'Morning Movie.'' Joe Pasternak produced vehicle for Gloria Jean that also opened 11/7/40 at the RKO Palace in Times Square. Musical arrived the next day at Brooklyn's Albee, topping double bill with Universal's ARGENTINE NIGHTS.

NY TV debut 4/30/64 at 9 am on WABC's 'Morning Movie.'' Joe Pasternak produced vehicle for Gloria Jean that also opened 11/7/40 at the RKO Palace in Times Square. Musical arrived the next day at Brooklyn's Albee, topping double bill with Universal's ARGENTINE NIGHTS.
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NY TV debut 4/30/59 at 5:30 pm on WCBS' 'The Late Show.'' A&C's first brush with Lon Chaney Jr. opened 2/17/45 in Times Square.

NY TV debut 4/30/59 at 5:30 pm on WCBS' 'The Late Show.'' A&C's first brush with Lon Chaney Jr. opened 2/17/45 in Times Square.
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4/30/49 at 8 pm on WNBT. The former W2XBS (later WRCA and WNBC since 1960) celebrates the 10th anniversary of regularly scheduled programming with a live and film half-hour special hosted by Ben Grauer. You can watch a kinescope here: youtube.com/watch?v=SvWS7V…

4/30/49 at 8 pm on WNBT. The former W2XBS (later WRCA and WNBC since 1960) celebrates the 10th anniversary of regularly scheduled programming with a live and film half-hour special hosted by Ben Grauer. You can watch a kinescope here: youtube.com/watch?v=SvWS7V…
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4/29/74 at 11:30 pm on 'The CBS Late Movie.'' Hitchcock classic opened 9/13/35 at Manhattan's Roxy, and had been on and off the tube since NY TV debut 9/18/47 bow on WABD. Network debut 2/28/61 on PBS' 'Film Odyssey.''

4/29/74 at 11:30 pm on 'The CBS Late Movie.'' Hitchcock classic opened 9/13/35 at Manhattan's Roxy, and had been on and off the tube since NY TV debut 9/18/47 bow on WABD. Network debut 2/28/61 on PBS' 'Film Odyssey.''
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NY TV debut 4/29/69 at 2:50 am on WCBS' 'The Late Late Show II.'' Another dump job. Sonny and Cher made big-screen debuts as themselves in sorry AIP-style musical that supported 8/25/65 showcase expansion of Fox's VON RYAN'S EXPRESS.

NY TV debut 4/29/69 at 2:50 am on WCBS' 'The Late Late Show II.'' Another dump job. Sonny and Cher made big-screen debuts as themselves in sorry AIP-style musical that supported 8/25/65 showcase expansion of Fox's VON RYAN'S EXPRESS.
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NY TV debut 4/29/64 at 2:30 am on WCBS' 'The Late Late Show II.'' Channel 2 evidently didn't think much of Cantor's only musical for Fox, even if it had Gypsy Rose Lee (billed as Louise Hovick) and bunch of star cameos. Bowed 10/22/37 at Manhattan's 6,214-seat Roxy.

NY TV debut 4/29/64 at 2:30 am on WCBS' 'The Late Late Show II.'' Channel 2 evidently didn't think much of Cantor's only musical for Fox, even if it had Gypsy Rose Lee (billed as Louise Hovick) and bunch of star cameos. Bowed 10/22/37 at Manhattan's 6,214-seat Roxy.
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