The 1927 action film Wings was the only silent film to win the Academy
Award for Best Picture.
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ACTOR ROBERT CONRAD IS 79 TODAY
Conrad was a recording artist of pop/rock songs in the early 1960s as
Bob Conrad before he began his acting career. He has hosted a weekly
two hour national radio show (The PM Show with Robert Conrad) on CRN
Digital Talk Radio.
SITCOM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1953
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.
LEADING MAN BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1904
Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach)
(January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986)
Grant was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time
(after Humphrey Bogart) by the American Film Institute. He was
known for both comedic and dramatic roles; his best-known films
include The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), The
Bishop’s Wife (1947), To Catch a Thief (1955), An Affair to
Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959), and Charade
(1963).
Nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor Penny
Serenade (1941) and None But the Lonely Heart (1944) and
five times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
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ACTRESS FAYE DUNAWAY IS 73 TODAY
Dunaway won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the
1976 film Network. She was previously nominated for Bonnie and Clyde (1967),
and Chinatown (1974). She has starred in numerous other films, including The
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Little Big Man (1970), and The Towering
Inferno (1974),
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