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NY TV debut 2/25/49 at 8:30 pm on WATV. Obscure Poverty Row musical may have been at least partly shot well before its 1946 release after Wilde achieved stardom. 
NY TV debut 2/25/54 at 7:30 pm on WPIX's "First Show.'' dubbed 1951 Australian biopic of Johann Strauss played for a week on this predecessor of "Million Dollar Movie.''
NY TV debut 2/25/59 at 5 pm on WRCA's "Movie 4.'' Final installment in Fox's forgotten "Jones Family'' series, made after Zanuck declined request for a pay raise from Jed Prouty, who played the clan's father in 16 previous episodes, spread over three NYC channels.
2/25/64 at 11:20 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' WIZARD OF OZ's Uncle Henry, top-billed for once, replaced Henry Hull, who had famously created role of Lester Jeeter in long-running Broadway show. 1941 Ford oddity bowed 4/7/61 on WCBS.
2/25/69 at 9 pm on "NBC Tuesday Night at the Movies.'' Austin, best known for Dodge Charger commercials, toplined 1967 spoof of silent serials. Due to rights issues, arrived on TV before 1947 Betty Hutton film of same name, a biopic of Pearl White, the original Pauline.
2/25/74 on WNEW's "11:30 Movie.'' "Lavish, lively, sweeping,'' blurbs @nytimesarts' Howard Thompson of 1940 Curtiz swashbuckler. "But they are showing this one to death.''
@nytimesarts 2/25/79 from 1 to 3 pm on WNEW's "Five Star Movie.'' Gordon Douglas' sci-fi classic, running 94 minutes when it opened 6/16/54 at the Paramount, made NY TV debut 9/30/64 on WCBS' "The Early Show,'' trimmed to fit a 90-minute time slot.
