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He became notable for appearing as the robot Gort in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). [3] Despite his size, he had difficulty moving in the heavy robot suit, and during scenes in which he was supposed to lift and carry either Patricia Neal or Michael Rennie , they were either held up by wires, or replaced with lightweight dummies.
The Fentz legend describes how one evening in mid-June 1951, at about 11:15 p.m., passersby at New York City's Times Square noticed a man of about 29 years of age, dressed in the fashion of the late 19th century. No one observed how he had arrived there, and he was disoriented and confused standing in the middle of an intersection.
This Is Music – two episodes (1951 and April 1952) Top 12 Business Leaders (30-minute special aired May 28, 1951, from the 21 Club in New York City) The Vincent Lopez Show – one episode from 1950; Window on the World – one episode (March 25, 1949) Wisdom of the Ages – one episode (June 16, 1953) You Asked for It – two episodes (#8 and ...
1951 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1951st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 951st year of the 2nd millennium, the 51st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1950s decade.
Jim Thorpe – All-American (UK title: Man of Bronze) is a 1951 American biographical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Burt Lancaster as Jim Thorpe, the great Native American athlete who won medals at the 1912 Olympics and distinguished himself in various sports, both in college and on professional teams.
Johnny Bright Incident – October 21, 1951 Des Moines Register newspaper page showing Robinson and Ultang photo sequence [1]. The Johnny Bright incident was a violent on-field assault against African-American player Johnny Bright by Wilbanks Smith, a white opposing player during an American college football game held on October 20, 1951, in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Bedtime for Bonzo is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Fred de Cordova and starring Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, and a chimpanzee named Peggy as Bonzo. [4] Its central character, a psychology professor (Reagan), tries to teach human morals to a chimpanzee , hoping to solve the " nature versus nurture " question.
On February 6, 1951, a Pennsylvania Railroad train derailed on a temporary wooden trestle in Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States, killing 85 passengers. It remains New Jersey's deadliest train wreck, the deadliest U.S. derailment since 1918 and the deadliest peacetime rail disaster in the U.S. history. [1]