18th Academy Awards
Mar 7 18th Academy Awards: "The Lost Weekend" Ray Milland & Joan Crawford win
Gilda
Mar 14 American film noir classic "Gilda", starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford, and directed by Charles Vidor, premieres in New York City
3rd Golden Globes
Mar 30 3rd Golden Globes: "The Lost Weekend" and its star Ray Milland, & Ingrid Bergman win
Make Mine Music
Apr 20 Walt Disney's animated film anthology "Make Mine Music" premieres in New York City
The Postman Always Rings Twice
May 2 "The Postman Always Rings Twice" film based on the novel by James M. Cain, directed by Tay Garnett, starring Lana Turner and John Garfield is released
- May 9 1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres
Annie Get Your Gun
May 16 Irving Berlin, Dorothy and Herbert Fields' musical "Annie Get Your Gun" starring Ethel Merman and featuring "There's No Business Like Show Business" opens at Imperial Theater, NYC
Lute Song
Jun 8 Raymond Scott and Bernard Hanighen's musical "Lute Song", starring Mary Martin, Yul Brenner, and Nancy Davis, and directed by John Houseman, closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 142 performances
Fred Allen's Last Show
Jun 26 Fred Allen's last radio show, his guest is Jack Benny
I Remember Mama
Jun 29 John Van Druten's stage play "I Remember Mama", marking the Broadway debut of Marlon Brando (20), in a minor role, closes at the Music Box Theatre, NYC, after 713 performances
Martin and Lewis's First Show
Jul 25 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team at 500 Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey
The Big Sleep
Aug 23 "The Big Sleep" directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart (Philip Marlowe) and Lauren Bacall, premieres
The Killers
Aug 28 Film noir "The Killers" premieres, directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, based on a story by Ernest Hemingway
- Aug 31 Foghorn Leghorn, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Robert McKimson and Warren Foster, (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Walky Talky Hawky"
- Sep 29 "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio
- Oct 2 1st network soap opera "Faraway Hill" begins broadcasting on DuMont Television Network
- Oct 5 1st Cannes Film Festival ends
- Nov 2 New York City's WABC (AM & FM) radio stations change call letters to WCBS
- Nov 2 New York City's WEAF (AM & FM) radio stations change call letters to WNBC
- Nov 12 Walt Disney's "Song Of South" released
The Best Years of Our Lives
Nov 21 "The Best Years of Our Lives", film directed by William Wyler, based on MacKinlay Kantor's novella Glory for Me, starring Myrna Loy and Fredric March, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1947)
- Nov 30 Philip Yordan's stage drama "Anna Lucasta", starring Hilda Sims, Canada Lee, and Alice Childress, and featuring the Broadway debut of Ruby Dee, closes at the Mansfield Theatre, NYC, after 957 performances
"Pacific 1860"
Dec 19 Noël Coward's musical "Pacific 1860" premieres in London
"It's a Wonderful Life"
Dec 20 Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life" film, directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore premieres in New York
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