Daily Archives: February 23, 2019

‘You Can’t Take It with You’ wins Outstanding Production at 11th Academy Awards 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1939)

1930s, movies 1930s, Popular Music 1930s


Video: 'Bette Davis, Spencer Tracy and Deanna Durbin winning Oscars'

(Thursday, February 23, 1939, 8:30-10:36 p.m. PST) — You Can’t Take It with You, a 1938 American romantic comedy film about a man from a family of rich snobs who becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family, won Outstanding Production tonight at the 11th Academy Awards at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Continue reading ‘You Can’t Take It with You’ wins Outstanding Production at 11th Academy Awards 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1939) →

The 5th Dimension perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1969)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, Television 1960s


Video: 'The 5th Dimension California Soul' (Feb, 22, 1969, video only)

(Sunday, February 23, 1969, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — The 5th Dimension performed “California Soul” on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City (click here for a :30 sample from tonight’s show with original audio). Continue reading The 5th Dimension perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1969) →