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The following is a list of American films released in 1953. Donald O'Connor and Fredric March cohosted the 26th Academy Awards ceremony on March 25, 1954, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. This was the second year in which the ceremony was telecast, with viewership at an estimated 43,000,000.
January 7, 1953: Million Dollar Mermaid [1] 2: January 14, 1953 [1] 3: January 21, 1953: Above and Beyond: Above and Beyond reached number one in its ninth week of release. [2] 4: January 28, 1953: The Bad and the Beautiful: The Bad and the Beautiful reached number one in its second week of release. [3] 5: February 4, 1953 [4] 6: February 11 ...
1953 – Peter Pan, Tokyo Story, From Here to Eternity, Shane, Dangerous When Wet, The War of the Worlds, Ugetsu, The Earrings of Madame de..., Salome, Roman Holiday, The Band Wagon, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, first use of CinemaScope, British cinema advertisement company Pearl & Dean was founded
This is the last Disney animated movie released in partnership with RKO Pictures, becoming the last ever smash hit movie of the later company before it bankrupted in 1959. February 25 – Jacques Tati's film Les Vacances de M. Hulot is released in France, introducing the gauche character of Monsieur Hulot. [5]
1953 – CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra. 1960 – The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system. 1964 – At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
2017 – The Walt Disney Company announces that it would acquire 21st Century Fox, including the 20th Century Fox movie studio, for $52.4 billion. 2020 – A total solar eclipse is visible from parts of the South Pacific Ocean, southern South America, and the South Atlantic Ocean.
July 11 - Medallion Theatre on CBS (1953-1954) July 6 - Glamour Girl on NBC (1953-1954) July 14 -Anyone Can Win on CBS (1953) July 20 – The Good Old Days on BBC Television (1953–1983) August 18 - Judge for Yourself with Fred Allen on NBC (1953–1954) September 13 – Jukebox Jury on ABC (1953–1954) September 13 - The George Jessel Show ...
Swedish calendar for February 1712. February 30 or 30 February is a date that does not occur on the Gregorian calendar, where the month of February contains only 28 days, or 29 days in a leap year. However, from a historical perspective February 30 has been used at least once and appears in some reform calendars.