On November 21, 1976, Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone as
the underdog prizefighter Rocky Balboa, debuted in New York
City. The movie, which opened in theaters across the United
States on December 3, 1976, was a huge box-office hit and
received 10 Academy Award nominations, including Best
Actor and Best Original Screenplay for the then-little known
Stallone. Rocky ultimately took home three Oscars, including
one for Best Picture, and made Stallone one of the biggest
stars in Hollywood.

Sylvester Stallone and Burgess Meredith

Stallone and Carl Weathers

The origin of Remington personal care products dates
back to 1937 when Remington Rand began to branch
out to electric shavers, starting with the Remington
Model E. The cordless shaver was introduced in 1960.        

1948

On November 15, 1956, Love Me Tender, featuring the singer
Elvis Presley in his big-screen debut, premieres in New York
City at the Paramount Theater. Set in Texas following the
American Civil War, the film, which co-starred Richard Egan
and Debra Paget, featured Elvis as Clint Reno, the younger
brother of a Confederate soldier.

Originally titled The Reno Brothers, the movie was renamed
Love Me Tender before its release, after a song of the same
name that Reno sings during the film.

On November 14, 1941, Suspicion, a romantic thriller starring Cary
Grant and Joan Fontaine and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, made
its debut. The film, which earned a Best Picture Academy Award nomination and a Best Actress Oscar for Fontaine, marked the
first time that Grant, one of Hollywood’s quintessential leading
men, and Hitchcock, one of the greatest directors in movie history, worked together. The two would later collaborate on Notorious,
To Catch a Thief and North by Northwest.

Alfred Hitchcock (center) directing Cary Grant in a scene 
from Suspicion.
       

Bonanza is an Western television series that ran on NBC from
September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons
and 431 episodes, Bonanza is NBC’s longest-running Western,
the second-longest-running Western series on U.S. network
television (behind CBS’s Gunsmoke), and one of the longest-
running, live-action American series. The show continues to
air in syndication.