Events in Film & Television in 1950

Feb 15 Walt Disney's animated film "Cinderella" premieres in Boston

Feb 16 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
Feb 21 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting

Feb 23 7th Golden Globes: "All the King's Men", Broderick Crawford, & Olivia de Havilland win

Feb 25 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon & Woody Allen

Mar 23 22nd Academy Awards: "All The King's Men", Broderick Crawford and Olivia de Havilland win

Mar 27 WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting
Apr 2 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
May 1 WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
May 29 3rd British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "Bicycle Thieves" Best Film
Jun 1 WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
Jul 1 WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Jul 10 "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV
Jul 20 "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)

Aug 10 "Sunset Boulevard", American film noir directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC

Aug 19 ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)
Aug 20 11th Venice Film Festival: "Justice est faite" directed by Andre Cayatte wins the Golden Lion

Aug 25 "Rashomon", Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune and Machiko Kyō, is released (Honorary Academy Award 1952)

Aug 27 1st transmission of a TV programme from continental Europe shown on BBC
Sep 11 Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence
Sep 29 "Tin Pan Alley TV" last airs on ABC-TV
Sep 30 Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcast on TV for 1st time
Sep 30 WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
Oct 11 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS

Oct 13 "All About Eve" directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter premieres (Academy Awards Best Picture 1951)

Dec 13 James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial

Dec 16 Child star Shirley Temple announces her retirement from films aged 22

Dec 20 "Harvey" starring James Stewart premieres in New York