Film and TV History on March 10

March 10 Calendar

Movie Camera not Invented by Edison

1902 A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera

1948 5th Golden Globes: "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, & Rosalind Russell win

Purple Noon

1960 French-Italian crime film "Purple Noon" premieres starring Alain Delon, directed by René Clément, based on the novel "The Talented Mr Ripley" by Patricia Highsmith

  • 1972 "What's Up, Doc?", Peter Bogdanovich's film homage to screwball comedies, starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn & Kenneth Mars premieres
  • 1977 CBS' premiere of "A Circle of Children", starring Jane Alexander and based on the life and book about this by Mary Mac Cracken

The Incredible Hulk

1978 "The Incredible Hulk", starring Bill Bixby as David Banner, premieres on CBS

  • 1979 Eubie Blake, a 92-year old ragtime piano player and composer, and Gregory Hines are musical guest on Saturday Night Live
  • 1990 4th American Comedy Award: "When Harry Met Sally"

Music Concert

1991 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, Gilberto Gil; Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Caetano Veloso

  • 1994 1 million Greeks attend actress and activist Melina Mercouri's funeral
  • 2000 16th Soap Opera Digest Awards - General Hospital wins

See You Again

2015 "See You Again" released by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth commissioned by film "Furious 7" as tribute to Paul Walker (Billboard Song of the Year 2015)

  • 2016 Twelfth Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by CNN, held in Coral Gables, Florida
  • 2018 Two girls aged 8 and 6 become the first female weightlifters to appear on Iranian television after a protest
  • 2021 Video gaming platform Roblox goes public on the New York Stock Exchange, valued at $45 billion
  • 2023 Gary Lineker, the BBC’s highest-paid presenter, suspended for tweeting UK government's immigration policy a "immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s”. [1]

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