NY TV debut 11/16/48 at 8 pm on WCBS' "Film Theatre of the Air.'' 1940 Monogram musical western was being distributed initially by Associated Artists Productions, later Motion Pictures For Television. Copyright not renewed in 1968, entered public domain. 
11/16/53 at 11:30 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Not part of the Tracy-Sawyer army series, Guiol's 1948 comedy mystery has newspaper setting. Roach "streamliner'' originally shown on double bills with WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? Copyright expired 1976.
NY TV debut 11/16/58 at 10:30 pm on WRCA's "Movie 4.'' Zinnemann's 1950 Kramer production was part of NTA's "Champagne'' package including Selznicks, Republics and Foxes. Interrupted for 10 minutes of news at 11.
NY TV debut 11/16/63 at 7:30 pm on WPIX's "Chiller Theater.'' Final film of Paul Cavanagh and Lumsden Hare, horror was released by UA on a double feature with INVISIBLE INVADERS, also directed by the prolific Cahn for the same producer's Premium Pictures. Blu-ray: @ShoutFactory!
US TV debut 11/16/63 from 9 to 11:20 pm on "NBC Saturday Night at the Movies.'' King's 1955 adventure had footage filmed on location in Africa, but not with the leads because Hayward was involved in a child custody dispute.
NY TV debut 11/16/63 at 11:20 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Humphrey Bogart tried unsuccessfully to land the rights to Hemingway's book because he wanted the role eventually played in Sturges' 1958 film by his Oscar-nominated friend Spencer Tracy.
NY TV debut 11/16/63 at 1:10 am on WCBS' "The Late Late Show.'' Third and most elusive of Fox's three vehicles for the Canadian quints, directed by Taurog for 1936 release. The other two, THE COUNTRY DOCTOR and FIVE OF A KIND, are on DVD from Fox Cinema Archives but not this one.
NY TV debut 11/16/68 at 11:30 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Holliday beat out Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson for 1950 Best Picture Oscar for BORN YESTERDAY. But many of her films, like Richard Quine's 1956 marital comedy, linger on the classic-film periphery. DVD: Sony Choice.
11/16/73 at 10:30 pm on WNJU/47. Landers' 1936 aviation programmer is a new one on me, but any film with Robert Armstrong and Sally Eilers is worth checking out, even if Spanish-dubbed into what was listed as LA SENDA EN LAS NUBES.
US TV debut 11/16/73 at 11:30 pm on "The CBS Late Movie.'' Francis' Victorian-era British chiller was one of many horror films this showcase presented on Friday nights.
11/16/78 from 1:52 to 3:21 on WCBS. Channel 2 originally showed reruns of NBC's "Name of the Game'' on Sunday nights in place of "The Late Show,'' but by this point they were being used interchangeably with features. Some guy named Spielberg directed post-apocalyptic episode.
11/16/83 from 1 to 2:50 am on WABC's "The Channel 7 Late Movie.'' Most likely this was the same pan-and-scanned version of Nunnally Johnson's 1957 biopic that premiered on "The ABC Sunday Night Movie'' 2/6/66.
11/16/88 at 12:30 and 2:15 am on "TNT Overnight.'' Two film versions of the same play, released by WB in 1940 and 1932. The earlier one, for some reason broadcast after the remake, was known as LIFE BEGINS in the US.
11/16/93 at 1:20 and 3 am on "TNT Overnight.'' For the life of me, I can't figure out a common denominator in Ed Wood/Richard Quine double feature. My first guess was Tor Johnson, but no he isn't in SYNANON.
11/16/98 at 8 pm on TCM. 20 years ago tonight, Robert Osborne introduces an evening of Claude Rains films, beginning with his portrayal of a craven district attorney in LeRoy's scalding anti-lynching drama THEY WON'T FORGET (1937).
