Events in Film & TV
- Jan 28 "La Vie Commence Demain" the 1st X-rated movie, depicting artificial insemination, opens in London
- May 28 Radio programme "Crazy People" (later titled The Goon Show) premieres on the BBC, created by Spike Milligan
- Jun 28 "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
- Aug 20 12th Venice Film Festival: "Rashomon" directed by Akira Kurosawa wins the Golden Lion
- Aug 26 Film "An American In Paris" with music by George Gershwin, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron premieres in London (Academy Awards Best Picture, 1952)
- Sep 3 TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS
- Sep 9 1st broadcast of "Love of Life" on CBS-TV
- Sep 18 "A Streetcar Named Desire", directed by Elia Kazan and based on Tennessee Williams' 1947 play of the same name, starring Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, is released
- Dec 23 National Football League Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns, 24-17; first coast-to-coast televised NFL title game
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Film & TV Awards in 1951
- Jan 23 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young and Gertrude Berg win
- Feb 22 4th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "All About Eve" Best Film
- Feb 28 8th Golden Globes: "Sunset Boulevard", Jose Ferrer, & Gloria Swanson win
- Mar 29 23rd Academy Awards: "All About Eve", Judy Holliday and José Ferrer win
- Apr 20 4th Cannes Film Festival: "Miss Julie" directed by Alf Sjoberg and "Miracle in Milan" directed by Vittorio De Sica jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
- Jun 6 1st Berlin International Film Festival opens
- Aug 20 12th Venice Film Festival: "Rashomon" directed by Akira Kurosawa wins the Golden Lion
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- Jan 8 American actor Burgess Meredith (43) weds Swedish-American ballerina Kaja Sundsten
- Feb 10 Shah of Persia Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (31) marries actress Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (19)
- Apr 3 Actress and singer Doris Day (29) marries producer Martin Melcher (35) in Burbank, California
Divorces in Film & TV
- Jan 29 Actress Elizabeth Taylor's 1st divorce from hotel heir Conrad Hilton Jr.
- Sep 20 Actor Jackie Coogan (36) divorces Ann McCormack after 5 years of marriage
- Oct 29 Singer and actor Frank Sinatra and 1st wife Nancy (Barbato) divorce due to infidelity after 12 years of marriage
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