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NY TV debut 1/24/44 at 8:40 pm. Gambler develops soft spot for newsboy orphan he adopts as PR stunt. Nigh's 1938 Monogram remade five years later as Lambert Hillyer's SMART GUY with Rick Vallin succeeding Carroll, posthumously on view in Welles' THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND. 
1/24/54 at 1 to 2 pm on WCBS' "Picture for a Sunday Afternoon.'' Aherne plays dual role opposite Francis in Ludwig's 72-minute 1941 comedy. Originally slated for Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller on a more elaborate scale at RKO.
1/24/59 at 3:30 pm on WABC's "Shock Theater.'' Besides pair of chillers shown in late night from Monday through Wednesday and Thursday through Saturday, Zacherley hosted Saturday matinee repeats on Channel 7 showcase. THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET (1942) shown under original title.
1/24/64 at 9 am on WABC's "Movie of the Day'' and 5 pm on "The Big Show.'' Channel 7's movie offerings often courted a younger demographic than those of WCBS and WNBC with unabashed drive-in fodder like this pair from 1957 and 1958.
US TV debut 1/24/69 at 9 pm on "The CBS Friday Night Movie.'' Freed couldn't get his Irving Berlin biopic into production, but MGM rival Pasternak kept cranking out Elvis vehicles like 1965 musical that recycled footage from WHERE THE BOYS ARE (1960).
1/24/69 at 12:30 pm on WOR. Dunne endeavors to save Bellamy from clutches of Constance Cummings in Cromwell's 1934 soaper. NY TV debut 12/30/56 on WOR's "Theatre of Film Classics,'' hosted by Basil Rathbone. Each week, one pre-code was repeated four times on Sundays.
1/24/74 on WOR's "4 O'Clock Movie.'' Fairbanks produced and co-wrote 1947 swashbuckler, which unfortunately for him fell short at box-office because it was filmed in black and white.
1/24/79 at 12:30 am on WOR. When Universal split up Wanger's "mighty'' productions for its studio with a TV distributor who bought out Wanger's half ownership, it got delirious 1942 Technicolor epic that launched the Maria Montez cycle.
