1st Public TV Demonstration
Jan 26 John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of television in his laboratory in London
Walt Disney Studios
Feb 8 Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios
The Pleasure Garden
Apr 12 Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film as director "The Pleasure Garden", in England; the silent drama was made in Germany
Lady, Be Good!
Apr 14 George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's 1st collaborative musical "Lady, Be Good!", featuring siblings Fred Astaire and Adelle Astaire as a brother and sister dance team, opens at Empire Theatre, London's West End; runs for 326 performances
Thomas Edison on Talkies
May 20 Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies
Houdini Escapes Underwater Coffin
Aug 5 Harry Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1½ hrs before escaping
Don Juan
Aug 6 "Don Juan" starring John Barrymore is released by Warner Bros, the 1st feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects
- Aug 18 Weather map televised for 1st time
- Oct 7 Actress Theo Mann-Master resigns from stage
- Oct 9 NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) forms
- Oct 22 Boxer J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in his dressing room at the Princess Theater in Montreal. The attack started or helped cause the appendicitis that would take Houdini's life 9 days later.
- Oct 24 Harry Houdini's last performance, at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan
- Nov 15 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC)
This Was a Man
Nov 23 Noël Coward's "This Was a Man" premieres in NYC
- Dec 10 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)
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