Events in Film & TV
- Jan 14 "Today Show" premieres with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
- Feb 18 4th Emmy Awards: first time awards presented based on nationwide basis, "The Red Skelton Show", Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca win
- Feb 20 "African Queen" film directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn is released in the US
- Mar 20 24th Academy Awards: "An American in Paris", Humphrey Bogart & Vivien Leigh win
- Mar 27 "Singin' in the Rain", musical comedy directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC
- Apr 30 Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television
- Jul 24 "High Noon", American Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Gary Cooper and Thomas Mitchell, is released
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Film & TV Awards in 1952
- Feb 18 4th Emmy Awards: first time awards presented based on nationwide basis, "The Red Skelton Show", Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca win
- Feb 21 9th Golden Globes: "A Place in the Sun", Fredric March, & Jane Wyman win
- Mar 20 24th Academy Awards: "An American in Paris", Humphrey Bogart & Vivien Leigh win
- May 8 5th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "La Ronde" Best Film
- May 10 5th Cannes Film Festival: "The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice" directed by Orson Welles and "Two Cents Worth of Hope" directed by Renato Castellani jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
- Jun 12 2nd Berlin International Film Festival: "One Summer of Happiness" wins Golden Bear (audience vote)
- Aug 20 13th Venice Film Festival: "Genghis Khan" directed by Manuel Conde wins the Golden Lion
Weddings in Film & TV
- Feb 14 Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller
- Feb 21 Actress Elizabeth Taylor (19) marries for the 2nd time to actor Michael Wilding (39)
- Mar 24 Author of 'James Bond' novels, journalist and secret intelligence agent Ian Fleming marries Anne Geraldine Charteris
Divorces in Film & TV
- Feb 28 Actress Gene Tierney (31) divorces fashion designer Oleg Cassini (39) after almost 11 years of marriage
- Apr 21 American actor Clark Gable (50) and socialite Sylvia Ashley (47) divorce
- Jun 11 Actress Agnes Moorehead (51) divorces actor Jack G. Lee (50) after 22 years of marriage
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