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2/14/56 at 10 and 11:30 am, 1 and 2:30 pm on WABD's "Tune In Anytime Theatre.'' Capra's 122-minute still-timely warning about American fascism made NY TV debut 12/3/50 from 7 to 8:30 pm on WABD, now WNYW/5. 
2/14/57 from 3 to 4:30 pm on ABC's "Afternoon Film Festival.'' Winston Churchill's daughter plays a reporter in 1949 British rom-com that made US TV debut 9/20/56 on this, the only regularly scheduled daytime movie showcase on one of the three legacy networks in the US.
2/14/58 at 10 am on WABC's "Morning Feature.'' Campy musical w/costumes, sets by Don Loper can only be fully appreciated in full Technicolor glory, treat denied Channel 7's viewers as well as for 11/21/55 NY TV debut on WOR's "Million Dollar Movie.'' (International/RKO, 1944).
2/14/59 from 5:30 to 6:45 pm on WCBS' "The Early Show.'' Ava Gardner got added to the cast when MGM picked up Sirk's 1943 fact-inspired indie from PRC, which followed Lang's less lurid HANGMEN ALSO DIE into theaters. NY TV debut 8/10/58 on WCBS.
NY TV debut 2/14/60 at 11:15 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' More than three years after it began rolling out pre-'48 MGMs, Channel 2 finally let viewers see Conway's 1941 screwball comedy for Valentine's Day. Spoiler alert!
2/14/61 from 11:10 to 12:55 am on WNEW's "Five Star Movie.'' "He used to be a big shot.'' Walsh's THE ROARING TWENTIES (1939) made NY TV debut 1/27/57 on WRCA's "Movie 4.'' Channel 4 had unusually leased it as a single title and not part of a package.
2/14/62 from 1 to 2:45 am on WCBS' "The Late Late Show.'' Rather astonishingly, this appears to be the NY TV debut of Mamoulian, Rodgers and Hart's 1932 masterpiece.
2/14/63 at 1:15 am on WCBS' "The Late Late Show.'' 1942 Universal B musical with DO'C followed WHEN LOVERS MEET (formerly LOVER COME BACK) on "The Late Show'' and LOVE AND LEARN on "The Early Show.'' Channel 2 took Valentine's Day VERY seriously back in the day!
2/14/64 at 10:30 am on WABC's "Movie of the Day.'' I don't remember ever seeing Grace Moore's final Hollywood musical (1937) but Melvyn Douglas donning gypsy drag as her manager looks promising.
NY TV debut 2/14/65 at 1:25 am on WCBS' "The Late Late Show.'' Elissa Landi discovers that two Colmans are not necessarily better than one in his last and least (1933) film for Goldwyn.
2/14/66 at 4:30 pm on WCBS' "The Early Show.'' More Love from D'OC (1953), as featured in a movie montage at the sadly soon-to-close @Newseum in Washington D.C.
@Newseum 2/14/67 at 4:30 pm on WCBS' "The Early Show.'' On this date one year earlier, this was on "The Late Show.'' Because no one does Valentine's Day quite like J.D. Salinger.
@Newseum 2/14/68 at 11:30 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Blurbs @nytimesarts' Howard Thompson of 1952 Donen romcom star-crossed by blacklist: "But not here.''
@Newseum @nytimesarts 2/14/69 at 9:30 pm on WOR's "Million Dollar Movie.'' German exchange student Hardy Kruger romances Sylvia Sims at Cambridge. Frederic Raphael and Leslie Bricusse wrote 1958 British comedy.
@Newseum @nytimesarts 2/14/70 at 2:05 am on WCBS' "The Late Late Show.'' 1949 backstage musical from the Fox assembly line followed a repeat of Sirk's IMITATION OF LIFE.
@Newseum @nytimesarts 2/14/71 from 7 to 11:15 pm on "The CBS Sunday Night Movie.'' Wyler's surreptitiously homoerotic (courtesy of Gore Vidal) 1959 epic fills the Tiffany Network's entire schedule on Valentine's Day.
@Newseum @nytimesarts 2/14/74 at 2:20 am on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Howard Thompson on Cukor's 1936 Bardwagon: "Surprisingly good, silver-platter Shakespeare.''
@Newseum @nytimesarts 2/14/75 at noon on WPIX. 1937 romcom with 5 credited writers and five uncredited writers, including Dorothy Parker. DVD: @Warner@warner
@Newseum @nytimesarts 2/14/76 at 9:30 am on WNEW. Undeservedly forgotten 1936 screwball romcom starring a couple who were married in real life from 1931 to 1933. NY TV 4/24/63 on WCBS.
@Newseum @nytimesarts 2/14/77 at 12:30 am on WNEW. Dietrich's 1934 love interest is played by John Lodge, future governor and namesake of the Connecticut Turnpike.
@Newseum @nytimesarts 2/14/78 at 3 am on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' 1958 remake of sudsy SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (1946) with John Payne and Maureen O'Hara, remade again as 1984 made-for-TV with Jaclyn Smith and David Dukes.
@Newseum @nytimesarts 2/14/79 at 1:50 am on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' One of the most absurd plots ever but it reduces me to tears every time.
@Newseum @nytimesarts 2/14/80 at 2:20 am on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Well, I did meet Ali McGraw on the set of LOVE STORY (1970) when it filmed at CCNY. nypost.com/2010/12/17/sti…
