Events in Film & TV
- Feb 25 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC. Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen.
- Jul 10 "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC-TV (later CBS), after being broadcast on radio from 1935
- Jul 20 "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
- Aug 19 ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)
- Aug 27 1st transmission of a TV programme from continental Europe shown on BBC
- Sep 30 Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcast on TV for 1st time
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Film & TV Awards in 1950
- Jan 27 2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show & Texaco Star Theater win
- Feb 23 7th Golden Globes: "All the King's Men", Broderick Crawford, and Olivia de Havilland win
- Mar 23 22nd Academy Awards: "All The King's Men", Broderick Crawford and Olivia de Havilland win
- May 29 3rd British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "Bicycle Thieves" Best Film
- Aug 20 11th Venice Film Festival: "Justice est faite" ("Justice is Done") directed by Andre Cayatte wins the Golden Lion
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Ed HarrisWeddings in Film & TV
- Feb 17 Natural history broadcaster David Attenborough (24) weds Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel
- Mar 24 Actress Ingrid Bergman (34) weds Roberto Rossellini
- Apr 29 American actor Sidney Poitier (23) weds model Juanita Hardy; divorce in 1965
Divorces in Film & TV
- Mar 1 Actress Ingrid Bergman (34) divorces dentist Petter Aron Lindström after 12 years of marriage
- Jul 5 Actress Bette Davis (42) divorces artist William Grant Sherry after more than 4 years of marriage
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