Film producer Mike Todd and his wife, Elizabeth Taylor, on the first anniversary of Todd's film, "Around The World In Eighty Days," invited 18,000 of their close friends to a Madison Square Garden extravaganza.

 Personalities on hand include George Jesel, (Todd's Wife) Elizabeth Taylor, Elsa Maxwell, Walter Cronkite, Senator Hubert Humphrey, Hedda Hooper, Charles Boyer, Ginger Rogers, Joe E. Lewis, Bill Leon. and Garry Moore. It was estimated that a crowd of 18,000 filled the arena to witness the event. 

Jim McKay is the host.

 NOTE: Mike Todd conned the CBS program  PLAYHOUSE 90 into covering the spectacle, live. But when the crowd got out of control, a bland publicity stunt turned into a giant food fight.

News Anchor  Walter Cronkite covers the event.  
  

 NOTE: Five months later, on March 22, 1958, Mike Todd died in an airplane crash.                                                               

Bob Hope is host (master of ceremonies for the tenth time) for the 34th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, telecast live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.  

                                                                            

Bob Hope is host (master of ceremonies for the tenth time) for the 34th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, telecast live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. 

Dupe of number 6953A 

                                                                                         

Bob Hope is host (master of ceremonies for the tenth time) for the 34th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, telecast live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.  

Duplicate of 6953A.

Best Actor: Maximilian Schell
Best Actress: Sophia Loen
Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris
Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno
Best Picture: West Side Story 
                                                                                                      

January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semi regularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra.

Host: Charles Boyer





 






                                                                                                                                                                        

The premiere of the movie "Is Paris Burning?" 

Special seen on WPIX-TV Channel 11 in New York City.