Video: 'Network' trailer
(Sunday, November 14, 1976, 11:30 a.m. EST) — Network, an American satirical black comedy-drama film about television programmers who turn a deranged news anchor into “the mad prophet of the airwaves,” opened today at the Sutton Theater, 205 E. 57th Street in New York City. Continue reading ‘Network’ satirical black comedy drama film opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour (Nov 14 1976)
Video: 'All This and World War II' trailer
(Thursday, November 11, 1976, premiere “festivities” scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. EDT) — All This and World War II, a musical documentary that juxtaposes Beatles songs, performed by a number of musicians, with World War II newsreel footage and 20th Century Fox films from the 1940s, premiered tonight at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles. Continue reading ‘All This and World War II’ musical documentary film premieres in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour (Nov 11 1976)
Video: 'Carrie' trailer
(Halloween, Sunday, October 31, 1976, 12:01 a.m. EDT) — Carrie, an American supernatural horror film based on Stephen King’s 1974 epistolary novel of the same name about a young teenage girl who wreaks telekinetic vengeance on her high school tormentors and religious-nut mother, premiered tonight/this morning at several U.S. theaters as one-time special Halloween midnight showings. Continue reading ‘Carrie’ supernatural horror film premieres at special midnight Halloween showings 50 years ago this hour (Oct 31 1976)
Video: 'All This and World War II' (28 videos)
(Monday, October 25, 1976) — The soundtrack album to the musical documentary All This and World War II, which juxtaposes Beatles songs performed by a number of musicians with World War II newsreel footage and 20th Century Fox films from the 1940s, was released today, 17 days before the film’s release. Continue reading ‘All This And World War II’ soundtrack album released 50 years ago today (Oct 25 1976)
Video: 'Marathon Man' trailer
(Wednesday, October 6, 1976, 9:00 a.m. EDT) — Marathon Man, a suspense thriller film about a covert government group that uncovers a criminal plot run by Nazi War criminals, premiered this morning at Loew’s State 1 theater at 1540 Broadway on Times Square in New York City. Continue reading ‘Marathon Man’ suspense thriller film premieres in New York City 50 years ago this hour (Oct 6 1976)
Video: 'The Front' trailer
(Thursday, September 30, 1976, 12:15 p.m. EDT) — The Front, a drama film set against the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s, opened today at the Coronet Theater in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Front’ drama film opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1976)
(Saturday, August 7, 1976) — “I’m Easy” by Keith Carradine peaked at #17 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'The Outlaw Josey Wales' trailer
(Tuesday, June 29, 1976, 6:00 p.m. MDT) — The Outlaw Josey Wales, a revisionist Western film about a peaceful farmer who turns vigilante when soldiers murder his family, was pre-screened today at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities in Ketchum, Idaho, during a five-day conference entitled Western Movies: Myths and Images. Continue reading ‘The Outlaw Josey Wales’ revisionist Western film premieres in in Ketchum, Idaho 50 years ago this hour (Jun 26 1976)
Video: 'The Omen' trailer
(Friday, June 25, 1976, 10:00 a.m. EDT) — The Omen, a American-British supernatural horror-drama film about the young son of an American diplomat and his wife (living in London) who turns out to be marked with the sign of Satan (the infamous “666”), was released in U.S. theaters today (opening this morning at the National theater at Broadway and W. 44th St. in Times Square). Continue reading ‘The Omen’ supernatural horror film opens in Manhattan 50 years ago this hour (Jun 25 1976)
Video: 'Annie Hall (4/12) Movie CLIP - Cooking Lobster (1977) HD'
(Wednesday, May 19, 1976) — Principal photography for Woody Allen’s Annie Hall film began today on the South Fork of Long Island with the scene in which Alvy and Annie boil live lobsters; filming continued periodically for the next ten months. Continue reading Principal photography for ‘Annie Hall’ begins on Long Island, New York 50 years ago today (May 19 1976)
