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NY TV debut 2/12/49 from 7 to 7:30 pm. Newfield's 1946 entry in PRC's "Billy Carson'' horse opera series ran 55 minutes in theaters, but was slashed to around 27. 
NY TV debut 2/19/54 from 11:30 to 12:45 am on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Even played in yellowface, you can't totally dismiss any sleuth who arrives for a 1940 police convention on a dirigible.
2/12/59 at 1:30 pm on WNEW's "Late Lunch Movie.'' As far as I can tell, New York City viewers would not have another opportunity to watch Curtiz' 1934 jaw-dropper until it aired on TNT 30 years later. With a few notable exceptions, pre-codes left the airwaves pretty quickly.
2/12/64 at 9:30 am and 1:30 pm on WOR's "Love Story.'' Dubbed German musical biopic THE ETERNAL WALTZ (1954) starring Bernhard Wicki was directed by one Paul Verhoeven, reportedly no relation to the Dutch helmer of SHOWGIRLS and BASIC INSTINCT.
US TV debut 8:30 to 11:15 pm 2/12/69 on "The ABC Wednesday Night Movie.'' Just in case you were wondering what Bennett was up to half a century before Lady Gaga, he was "Hymie Kelly'' in this 1966 classic.
2/12/74 at 2 am on WNBC's "Movie 4.'' After dozens of mostly westerns on Poverty Row, Buster returned to his old studio Paramount to play a psychotic animal trainer in above-average 1948 Pine-Thomas Production. Copyright expired 1976.
2/12/79 at 1 pm on WOR's "Movie 9.'' Irving Reis' 1948 adaptation of Arthur Miller's play made its NY TV debut 9/18/59 on WCBS' "The Late Show.''
