Sunset Boulevard
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
Rashomon
Aug 25 "Rashomon", Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune and Machiko Kyō, is released (Honorary Academy Award 1952)
- Aug 25 Akira Kurosawa's film "Rashomon" premieres in Tokyo
- Aug 27 1st transmission of a TV programme from continental Europe shown on BBC
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