1916 Betty Grable – Actress (Follow the Fleet, Tin Pan Alley, Pin-up Girl, Down Argentine Way, Sweet Rosie O'Grady) Her legs were insured for one million dollars, and made her the number one pin-up girl with the US WWII forces

My mom was a huge movie star fan and thought Betty Grable was so pretty and talented. She bought a Betty Grable paper doll book for me. It also had Grable's two daughters. I read where, in order not to get laugh lines, she would always smile in a certain way so they wouldn't form.

1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai, David Lean's film version of Pierre Boulle's Second World War novel, premiered in New York

I saw this one on TV too and I remember being so shocked at the ending. Perfect music for this movie too.