Sinatra's Debut
Feb 6 Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade"
15th Academy Awards
Mar 4 15th Academy Awards: "Mrs. Miniver", James Cagney & Greer Garson win
Sanshiro Sugata
Mar 25 Akira Kurosawa's debut film "Sanshiro Sugata" is released
The Durante-Moore Show
Mar 25 Jimmy Durante & Garry Moore premiere on radio
Blue Ribbon Town
Mar 27 Blue Ribbon Town (with Groucho Marx) 1st heard on CBS Radio
Present Laughter
Apr 29 Noël Coward's comic play "Present Laughter" premieres in London
- Apr 30 Noël Coward's play "This Happy Breed" premieres in London; written in 1939, production was delayed by WWII
Sorry, Wrong Number
May 25 Agnes Moorehead appears in "Sorry, Wrong Number" on the radio program "Suspense", her most successful appearance
- Jun 1 Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, 13 passengers, included actor Leslie Howard, and 4 crew die
Stormy Weather
Jul 21 Musical film "Stormy Weather", directed by Andrew L. Stone, starring Bill Robinson, Lena Horne and Fats Waller (singing "Ain't Misbehavin'") premieres in the US
Film & TV History
Aug 2 Gene Roddenberry pilots B-17 'Yankee Doodle' which crashes on takeoff, killing two
Othello
Oct 19 Theater Guild presentation of Shakespeare's "Othello", starring Paul Robeson, opens at the Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 296 performances
Girl Crazy
Nov 26 MGM releases last of 9 Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movies - "Girl Crazy", a film adaptation of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's stage musical
"While the Sun Shines"
Dec 24 Terence Rattigan's comedy play "While the Sun Shines" premieres in London
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