Video: 'Eisenhower Seriously Ill (1956)'
(Saturday, June 9, 1956, 2:59 a.m. EDT) — U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, 65, was taken to Walter Reed hospital today for an emergency operation to remove an intestinal blockage. Eisenhower’s physicians termed his condition “excellent,” saying they looked for a “rapid and complete recovery.”
Video: 'Elvis - Hound Dog & Dialogue - Milton Berle Show - 5 June 1956'
(Tuesday, June 5, 1956, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Elvis Presley performed “Hound Dog” doing his hip-gyrating act live tonight on the the final episode of the original The Milton Berle Show in Los Angeles. From then on, cameras would only show him from the waist up.
Video: 'TONY CURTIS on The Ed Sullivan Show - RIP'
(Sunday, June 3, 1956, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Film actor Tony Curtis celebrated his 31st birthday tonight with Ed Sullivan and Burt Lancaster (during a promotional spot for the film Trapeze) on tonight’s live edition of The Ed Sullivan Show from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City.
(Saturday, June 2, 1956) — “Moonglow and Theme from Picnic“ by Morris Stoloff peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Most Played by Jockeys chart for three consecutive weeks (June 2/9/16, 1956).
(Saturday, June 2, 1956) — “Long Tall Sally” by Pat Boone peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes chart for one week.
Video: 'The Searchers' trailer
(Wednesday, May 30, 1956, doors opened at 9:30 a.m. EDT) — The Searchers, a Western film about a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece, opened today at the Criterion in New York City.
Directed by John Ford, the film starred John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond and Natalie Wood.
Video: 'The Killing' trailer
(Saturday, May 19, 1956) — The Killing, a film noir about a team of specialists that plots a daring racetrack robbery but doesn’t reckon with human frailty, opened today at the Mayfair theater in New York City.
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, the film starred Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Marie Windsor and Ted de Corsia.
(Saturday, May 19, 1956) — “Blue Suede Shoes” by Carl Perkins peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes chart for four weeks. In 2004, this track was ranked No. 95 on Rolling Stone‘s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
Video: 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' trailer
(Wednesday, May 16, 1956, doors opened at 9:30 a.m. EDT) — The Man Who Knew Too Much, a suspense thriller film about international spies who kidnap a doctor’s son when he stumbles on their assassination plot, opened today at Paramount Theatre in New York City.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the film starred James Stewart and Doris Day.
