1910s
Women: How to gain weight (1918)
Hot chocolate. Roast beef. Bread with butter. Naps. No, this isn’t the ideal vacation, but tips on how to gain weight from a famous actress of long ago.
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1910s
Billie Burke: Wholesome cleanliness a must for womanly beauty (1912)
Cleanliness is the basis of all physical beauty. A famous old-time belle was asked for her secret of beauty, and she answered: ‘I have three: the first is cleanliness, the second is cleanliness, and the third is cleanliness.’
1960s
Bewitched makes its magical television debut (1964)
Bewitched ‘is for viewers who want to have the fun of losing themselves in fantasy. Our witches, Samantha and Endora, are believable. The audience can identify with them. They are treated as much as possible as humans with special gifts.’
1920s
The legendary actress Greta Garbo and her movies (1934)
America’s highest-paid film star in the 1930s was a Swedish-born woman we know as Greta Garbo. A legend during the Golden Age of Hollywood, Garbo was one of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, as well as very successful in the early talking films.
1930s
Celebrity aviator Charles Lindbergh’s baby son kidnapped – then found killed (1932)
May 12, 1932 – Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr, infant son of the world-famous aviator, was found dead at Mount Rose, NJ
1970s
Life after ‘Leave It To Beaver’ – former child stars Tony Dow & Jerry Mathers on their acting careers and beyond (1977)
Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow grew up in somewhat of a fairytale world on television’s ‘Leave It to Beaver.’ 20 years later, in 1977, both actors talked about what it was like to be childhood stars who had to grow up and cope with the adult world.
1970s
Come on down! Bob Barker and The Price is Right (1976)
‘The Price is Right’ television game show host Bob Barker reckons he’s interviewed 50,000 persons on the air, and concludes very few Americans are smart alecks.
1960s
Happy holiday hairstyles of the ’60s (1968)
Christmas coifs are catching the season’s sparkle. Make your ’60s hairstyle repertoire merrier! For romance, try pin-on tendrils, love-locks, and Emily Bronte ringlets. For a change of color, cut or curve, wear a wig that’s charmed with stretch or curl.
1970s
James Garner’s ‘The Rockford Files’ TV show debuts (1974)
James Garner and producer-creator Roy Huggins are having another try at a wry, tongue-in-cheek series, ‘The Rockford Files.’ Jim Rockford is a modern-day private eye, money-hungry, and a man who gets heroic only if he’s forced into it.
1970s
The Odd Couple: Jack Klugman & Tony Randall are Oscar & Felix (1970s)
“The Odd Couple” TV show recounted the madcap experiences of Felix Unger (Tony Randall) and Oscar Madison (Jack Klugman), two of Neil Simon’s most endearing and enduring characters.
1960s
How to make a ’60s beehive hairstyle
Although the dramatic, dome-shaped beehive hairdos are rather difficult to manage, they are not impossible to create at home. Here’s how to make the ’60s beehive style!
1960s
Goodbye, bouffant – Hello, beehive! The hot hairstyle of 1960
The bouffant coiffure has had its day. What’s needed to set off evening clothes is a smooth, high-piled coiffure — a new hairdo that creates the illusion of tall elegance — the beehive.
1940s
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: The quintessential ’50s family
Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, with their progeny David and Rick, are synonymous with the American family image both on and off television. The Nelson boys are perhaps the only people who have literally grown up before the eyes of millions of weekly viewers.
1960s
Jimi Hendrix concert is an experience, all right (1968)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience was too much for the ushers who have managed to confine spectators to their seats during the summer series of rock concerts in the Hollywood Bowl. Hendrix heads one of the best trios in rock music, a trio dominated by his screaming guitar and dry husky voice.
1970s
Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory for all – See the trailer! (1971)
Willy’s Chocolate Factory is for all “With his wavy orange mane and glazed fish-green eyes, Gene Wilder conveys a beguiling look of incipient madness. In
1980s
Flash back with Flashdance: What a feeling! (1983)
Adrian Lyne’s ‘Flashdance’ widens the eyes. Equal pans of shamelessness, brainlessness, and perverse energy have been scrambled into a movie that’s laughable, preposterous and truly awful.
1800s
See NYC’s stunning historical Fifth Avenue mansions (1890s)
Take a stroll back to the late 1800s and early 1900s to see some of the grand homes and mansions that lined New York City’s famed Fifth Avenue.
1960s
‘Have story, will travel’ is newsman Walter Cronkite’s motto (1962)
Besides reporting the news on “CBS News with Walter Cronkite,” he takes an active part in selection and editing of news and film, and is often his own leg-man, covering fast-breaking news stories on the spot.
1960s
TV’s ‘Get Smart’ spoofs the spies (1965)
What do you get when you mix equal parts Mel Brooks and James Bond? Get Smart – one of the most hilarious spoofs on spies and private eyes ever to be presented on television or in any other medium. (Also see the memorable opening credits!)
1960s
Andy Griffith’s start in showbiz: From teaching to television (1960)
Andy Griffith, who stars as a slow-talking, story-telling jack-of-all-trades with a sly Southern sense of humor in the new ‘Andy Griffith Show,’ is very much like the character he plays. The only difference is that Griffith is famous.
1960s
Ron Howard: Andy Griffith’s Ronnie is all boy (1965)
Ronnie Howard, the red-haired moppet of “The Andy Griffith Show,” is that rare child actor without guile and a Hollywood head.
1950s
‘Happy Days’ for the trio starring in 1950s revival (1974)
On Tuesday nights, a great many folks are watching Happy Days, with Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham, Donny Most as Ralph Malph, and Henry Winkler as Fonzie, growing up in 1956 – or at least the 1956 some like to believe existed.
1970s
Chico & The Man ratings high, but stars not awed (1974)
A 20-year-old newcomer to show business and a 40-year veteran made it to the top of the ratings charts recently as NBC’s “Chico and the Man” took the No. 1 spot.
1970s
New on the scene: The Jackson Five (1970)
by Louie Robinson, Ebony Explosive soul brothers from Indiana are hottest young group in entertainment history The No. 1 singing group in the country today
1960s
The classic TV show ‘That Girl’ gave Marlo Thomas a chance to shine
After ‘That Girl’ proved a comedy success for the actress who played the title role, TV executives suggested the series be called ‘The Marlo Thomas Show.’
1960s
Big-eyed, twig-limbed Twiggy is newest top model (1967)
Twiggy’s big, blue eyes, set in fantastic black lashes, brightened and she waved her hand on the world’s top model from London’s first morning in New York.
1970s
Berry Gordy’s Motown Records still flying high (1971)
Berry Gordy, the man behind Motown Records, placed the first pressing of the new Diana Ross recording on the turntable in his dimly-lit office and settled back in his chair to let his musical instincts, which have been spectacularly correct over the years, work for him yet another time.
1960s
Martin Luther King Jr slain by lone Memphis assassin (1968)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Nobel Peace Prize winner who made nonviolence his chief weapon in the fight for civil rights, was shot to death here last night as he stood on a balcony outside his motel room.
1950s
Goodness gracious! It’s Jerry Lee Lewis with ‘Great Balls of Fire’ (1957)
A Louisiana boy with the fervor of a music with-the-modern-beat is burning up the radio, television and film industries. He is 21-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis, of Ferriday, Louisiana.
1800s
Nikola Tesla’s plan to give free electricity to everyone (1896)
Free electricity for everyone? It means that if Nikola Tesla succeeds in harnessing the electrical earth currents and putting them to work for man there will be an end to oppressive extortionate monopolies in steam, telephones, telegraphs and the other commercial uses of electricity
1980s
Xanadu: A place where dreams come true? (1980)
The music, a blend of ’80s pop rock and ’40s big-band sound, is grand; the choreography is chrome-plated tackiness (just right) and there is enough glitz and glitter to give you a cornea burn.
1700s
Fact and fiction about George Washington’s dentures
Two big questions that have emerged over the years: Did George Washington have wooden false teeth? Did George Washington’s dentures include actual human teeth that came from slaves? Find out here!
1960s
Fleet Admiral Nimitz: Liberty flourishes only where there is free flow of communication (1960)
“We sometimes despair over specifics in our educational, political, and military systems or of actions, or opinions of individuals representing them.” – Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz, USN
1960s
Kennedy: Society grows or withers according to the power of its ideas (1961)
“If ever the United States should reach a point where the clash of ideas comes to an end, where debate disappears, where everybody agrees with everybody else on everything, then we are finished as a nation.” – John F Kennedy
1960s
President Dwight D Eisenhower (R): Informed citizens are the guardian & spirit of democracy (1960)
“Our magazines are a leading force for moral and cultural growth in our country, and one of our surest guarantees of an informed public.” – President Dwight D Eisenhower
1700s
Founding Father Benjamin Franklin dies at age 85 (1790)
Benjamin Franklin dies at 85: Upon the death of a prominent American, we are favored with the following short account of Franklin’s last illness, by his friend and physician, Dr Jones.
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