Film and TV History on May 23
Laugh-O-Gram Films
1922 Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
Theater Premiere
1951 Peter Ustinov's play "Love of Four Colonels" premieres in London
- 1953 WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1960 WGTV TV channel 8 in Athens-Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1960 WRCA radio changes call letters back to WNBC (NYC)
- 1962 15th Cannes Film Festival: "Keeper of Promises" directed by Anselmo Duarte wins the Palme d'Or
1963 16th Cannes Film Festival: "The Leopard" directed by Luchino Visconti wins the Palme d'Or
- 1963 NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000
- 1969 22nd Cannes Film Festival: "If..." directed by Lindsay Anderson wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
- 1975 28th Cannes Film Festival: "Chronicle of the Years of Fire" directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina wins the Palme d'Or
1980 33rd Cannes Film Festival: "All That Jazz" directed by Bob Fosse and "Kagemusha" directed by Akira Kurosawa jointly awarded the Palme d'Or
- 1980 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton
- 1982 BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
1984 37th Cannes Film Festival: "Paris, Texas" directed by Wim Wenders wins the Palme d'Or, starring Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski
Once Upon a Time in America
1984 Crime epic film "Once Upon a Time in America" directed by Sergio Leone starring Robert De Niro and James Woods premieres at Cannes
- 1988 41st Cannes Film Festival: "Pelle erobreren" directed by Bille August wins the Palme d'Or
- 1989 3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone
1989 42nd Cannes Film Festival: "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" directed by Steven Soderbergh wins the Palme d'Or
- 1989 Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe
- 1994 "Star Trek: The Next Generation" finale airs this week in syndication
- 1997 Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV
- 1999 52nd Cannes Film Festival: "Rosetta" directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne wins the Palme d'Or
- 2010 63rd Cannes Film Festival: "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins the Palme d'Or
Film & TV History
2017 Michael Bay is honored with a hand-and-footprint ceremony at The TCL Chinese Theatre
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