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NY TV debut 2/4/49 from 9:50 to 10:50 pm on WCBS' "Film Theatre of the Air.'' Tiffany network flagship was heavily dependent on Poverty Row's PRC for film programming while indie WPIX was showing movies from Korda and Roach. Newfield's 1946 potboiler listed as "Danger Chaser.'' 
NY TV debut 2/4/54 from 6:15 to 7:25 on WCBS' "The Early Show.'' 1941 Fox mystery distributed minus logo by Unity TV. By the '60s it was showing on TV with logos via Seven Arts, later merged into Warner Bros.
NY TV debut 2/4/54 at 11:15 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Unity was also distributing Fox British titles to TV under its Argyle Films label. Aka THE GAY DUELIST, no reference to preferences of Eythe, briefly married to Buff Cobb, later TV personality wife of Mike Wallace.
NY TV debut 2/4/59 at 11:15 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Channel 2, which had just rolled out a bunch of Paramount premieres, wanted to let viewers know they still had plenty of new-to-TV pre-'48 MGMs in reserve as well.
2/4/64 from 7:30 to 9:30 pm on WOR's "Million Dollar Movie.'' Channel 9 never had to ask if its young audience liked gladiator movies like the Italian-made SLAVE OF ROME (1961), which was in the second day of its week-long premiere run on this prime-time showcase.
2/4/69 at 12:30 pm on WOR. Koster's charming 1941 Durbin vehicle, Pasternak's last for Universal before decamping to MGM, was remade as I'D RATHER BE RICH (1964) and as 1973 German comedy OH JONATHAN, OH JONATHAN.
2/4/69 at 11:30 pm on WPIX's "Film Festival.'' Part of the legendary "Masterpiece" package of UA-owned pre-'48s, 1937 Wanger-produced romantic drama made NY TV debut 6/3/50 on WCBS' "Premiere Playhouse.''
2/4/74 at 1 pm on WNEW's "Flashing Phrase Flick.'' Ed Ladd hosted second (1958) adaptation of Nathaniel West's novel, previously filmed as ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN (20th, 1933) with Lee Tracy. NY TV debut 9/1/64 on WABC's "Best of Broadway.''
US TV debut 2/4/79 from 8 to 10:30 pm on "The CBS Sunday Night Movie.'' Avildsen's 1976 Best Picture Oscar winner was followed by "special preview'' of "Co-Ed Fever.''
