Film Tv Events Date 1938 | History by KabAstro

Casey vs. Thesz

Feb 11 Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston to win the American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Championship

Film & TV History

Feb 11 World's first science fiction TV program - a broadcast of the play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek

Writer, Playwright and Critic Karel Čapek

Bringing Up Baby

Feb 16 "Bringing Up Baby" film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, is released

Feb 17 1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV (London)

Jezebel

Mar 10 "Jezebel" film premieres directed by William Wyler, starring Bette Davis and Henry Fonda, from the play by Owen Davis

10th Academy Awards

Mar 10 10th Academy Awards: "The Life of Emile Zola", Spencer Tracy & Luise Rainer win

Mar 13 World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States.

Operette

Mar 16 Noël Coward's musical "Operette" premieres in London

Playwright, Director and Singer Noël Coward

Hanson's 3rd Symphony

Mar 26 NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony

Apr 30 The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End

The Adventures of Robin Hood

May 14 "The Adventures of Robin Hood", directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland premieres

May 17 Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network

Room Service

Jul 16 John Murray and Allen Boretz's stage comedy "Room Service", starring Sam Levene, Eddie Albert, and Phillip Loeb, closes at the Cort Theatre, NYC, after 500 performances

Jul 26 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC
Aug 8 6th Venice Film Festival opens
Aug 14 BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague)

You Can’t Take It With You

Aug 23 "You Can’t Take It With You" from the play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur premieres. Best Picture (1939)

Sep 21 RKO film comedy "Room Service", starring the Marx Brothers, based on Allen Boretz and John Murray's play, premieres in NYC
Oct 15 Robert E Sherwood's stage drama "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", starring Raymond Massey, opens at the Plymouth Theatre, NYC; runs for 472 performances

Panic Over War of the Worlds

Oct 30 A radio broadcast of H. G. Wells "The War of the Worlds", narrated by Orson Welles, allegedly causes a mass panic

Orson Welles at the microphone and how the New York Times reacted to the broadcast

Frank Sinatra Arrested

Nov 27 Bergen County (New Jersey) sheriff's department arrests American singer Frank Sinatra (23) on charge of "seduction", later withdrawn and amended to adultery, and shortly thereafter case dismissed