Wednesday
Oct242018
Showbiz History: The Manchurian Candidate, Soul Man, and B.D. Wong
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 10:00AM 8 random things that happened on this day (Oct 24th) in showbiz history
1962 The depressingly prescient classic The Manchurian Candidate involving Russian infiltration into the US government arrives in theaters, receive tswo Oscar nominations: Supporting Actress Angela Lansbury (who won the Globe but lost the Oscar -- argh!) and Film Editing. It deserved to win both races and it's so annoying that it didn't make the Best Picture list.
1969 After a few scattered premieres and openings in big cities, the Paul Newman / Robert Redford western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid opens everywhere...