First Shot-On-Video Adult Movie, Football Widow, is Released | Jan 25, 1979
Shot and released in January of 1979, Football Widow became the first erotic film to be shot fully on videotape. The adult movie’s release coincided with the home video revolution, which was just starting to take off at the time. Produced by Arrow Productions and directed by Daniel L. Symmes, Football Widow stars adult cinema ….
George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead was Originally Released to U.S. Theaters | Apr 13, 1979
George A. Romero’s cult classic 1978 zombie thriller Dawn of the Dead is the second film in Romero’s series of zombie films. Dawn of the Dead contains no characters or settings from the preceding film Night of the Living Dead, but chronicles the larger-scale effects of a zombie apocalypse on society. In the film, a ….
The Dukes of Hazzard Premieres on CBS Television | Jan 26, 1979
It was on January 26, 1979 that pop culture icon The Dukes of Hazzard first aired on CBS Television. The series would go on to run for seven seasons on network mixing comedy, action and fast cars. The Dukes of Hazzard was created by Gy Waldron, inspired by his own film called Moonrunners, and was ….
Seven (1979 film) | U.S. Theatrical Releases | Sep 21, 1979
Joan Blondell | Deaths | Dec 25, 1979
A. Philip Randolph | Deaths | May 16, 1979
The Warriors | U.S. Theatrical Releases | Feb 9, 1979
Musical Variety TV Series Dance Fever Premieres, Brings Disco to the Masses | Jan 13, 1979
American musical variety television series Dance Fever aired weekly in syndication from January 1979 until September 1987. The concept for Dance Fever was created by Merv Griffin and his agent Murray Schwartz as a special Merv Griffin Show salute to then-newly released film Thank God It’s Friday, which would feature top disco dancers from eight ….
More American Graffiti | U.S. Theatrical Releases | Aug 3, 1979
Winter Kills | U.S. Theatrical Releases | May 11, 1979
William Richert’s thriller Winter Kills centers on the younger brother (Jeff Bridges) of an assassinated American President (John Warner) who’s led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter. Winter Kills stars Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, Sterling Hayden, Dorothy ….
