Archive for February 1st, 2014

SITCOM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1953

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Private Secretary
(also known as Susie) aired from February 1,
1953 to September 10, 1957 on CBS, alternating with The Jack
Benny Program
on Sundays at 7:30pm EST. The series stars
Ann Sothern as Susan Camille "Susie" MacNamara, devoted
secretary to handsome talent agent Peter Sands, played by
Don Porter.

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ACTOR MAXIMILIAN SCHEEL HAS DIED AT 83

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Maximilian Schell
(December 8, 1930 – February 1, 2014)

(Variety) – Austrian-born actor Maximilian Schell, a fugitive from
Adolf Hitler who became a Hollywood favorite and won an Oscar
for his role as a defense attorney in “Judgment at Nuremberg,”
has died.

Schell’s agent, Patricia Baumbauer, said Saturday he died
overnight at a hospital in Innsbruck following a “sudden and
serious illness.”

Maximilian made his Hollywood debut in Edward Dmytryk’s “The
Young Lions,” a World War II drama starring Marlon Brando,
Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin.

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Tea Leoni and the legendary Maximilian Schell

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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Back row, (L-R) Dr. David Brown, Dr. Laurel Clark, Payload commander Michael Anderson, Ilan Ramon. Front row, (L-R) Commander Rick Husband, Flight engineer Kalpana Chawla, Co-pilot William McCool. (NASA)

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SINGER DON EVERLY IS 77 TODAY

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The Everly Brothers singing duo were from left: Phil and Don

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Paul Simon (left) with Don Everly during the Old Friends tour in 2003

Country/rock singer Isaac Donald "Don" Everly recorded “Wake Up Little Susie”
and many other hits along with his brother Phi who recently died on January 3
of this year.



Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. January 23, 1960

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CAMERA DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1900

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The Brownie, made by Eastman Kodak, popularized low-cost photography and 
was a very basic cardboard box camera with a simple meniscus lens that took
2¼-inch square pictures on 117 roll film. With its simple controls and initial price
of $1, it was intended to be a camera that anyone could afford and use, hence
the slogan, "You push the button, we do the rest." The camera was named after
the popular cartoons created by Palmer Cox
.
 

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