Video: 'I Love Lucy Job Switching Recap' (Sep. 15, 1952)
(Thursday, February 5, 1953) — Lucille Ball, the red-haired star of television’s I Love Lucy show, won two awards tonight at the 5th Annual Emmy Awards at the Hotel Statler in Los Angeles. Continue reading Lucille Ball big winner at Emmys 60 years ago tonight (1953)
Video: 'Peter Pan' trailer
(Thursday, February 5, 1953) — Peter Pan, an animated film produced by Walt Disney about a girl named Wendy and her brothers who are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan, was released today in U.S. theaters.
Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske, the film starred Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Paul Collins and Tommy Luske.
Video: 'The Mousetrap'
(Tuesday, November 25, 1952) — The play The Mousetrap, a murder mystery by Agatha Christie, first opened today in London’s West End at the New Ambassadors Theatre. It is the longest continuously running show in history with over 24,500 performances so far.
(Sunday, November 16, 1952, 8 p.m. EST) — Edith Piaf performed “Le Vie En Rose” on tonight’s live edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show.
Video: Nov. 5, 1952 (at 3:44)
(Wednesday, November 5, 1952, shortly after midnight CST, during the 1952 U.S. presidential campaign) — Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson conceded the race to Repubican nominee Dwight Eisenhower this morning in Springfield, Illinois, saying he felt like a little boy who stubbed his toe in the dark–but who was too old to cry and “it hurt too much to laugh.”
Video: 'Limelight' trailer
(Thursday, October 16, 1952) — Limelight, a comedy-drama film about a broken-down comic who sacrifices everything to give a young dancer a shot at the big time, premiered today in London.
Directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, the film also stars Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Sydney Earle Chaplin, Wheeler Dryden and Norman Lloyd.
Video: '1952 World Series Game 7: Yankees vs Dodgers'
(Tuesday, October 7, 1952) — The New York Yankees won the 1952 World Series today, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-2 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York, in the seventh and deciding game. It was the Yankees’s fourth consecutive World Series title, 15th overall.
Video: 'British Nuclear Test "Hurricane"'
(Friday, October 3, 1952) — Britain conducted its first atomic test today as it detonated a 25-kiloton device in the Monte Bello Islands off Australia.
Video: 'This is Cinerama' trailer
(Tuesday, September 30, 1952) — The motion picture This Is Cinerama, which introduced the triple-camera, triple-projector Cinerama widescreen process, premiered today at the New York Broadway theatre in New York City.
Directed by Merian C. Cooper, the film is narrated by travel writer and newscaster Lowell Thomas.
Video: Sept. 21, 1952 (at 4:30)
(Sunday, September 21, 1952, 10:00 p.m. PDT, during the 1952 U.S. presidential campaign) — During a telephone call, GOP vice presidential nominee Richard Nixon, who had decided to make a television/radio broadcast to defend himself against charges he had improperly kept a “secret” fund, asked GOP presidential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower if the general would be able to make a decision on Nixon’s fate immediately after the broadcast.
When Eisenhower hesitated, Nixon angrily burst out: “General, there comes a time in matters like this when you’ve either got to shit or get off the pot.”
Eisenhower replied that it might take three or four days to gauge public reaction.
