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The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.
Hank Williams is admitted to the North Louisiana Sanitorium, Louisiana, USA, suffering from acute alcoholism.
The King And I is performed at The St. James Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, suring a run of 1246 performances.
The Norman Leyden Orchestra, with vocalist Johnny Hartman records Out Of The Night and Worry Bird for RCA Victor in New York City, USA.
Miss Hue Lee (aka Yao Lee) records Rose Rose I Love You and An Autumn Melody for Columbia Records in Hong Kong, Asia. The songs are sung in Chinese, but will prove successful enough to be released on the USA and UK.
Judy Garland plays the first of seven nights at The Empire Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland.
The Alfred Hitchcock film Stage Fright, starring Jane Wyman and Marlene Dietrich, goes on
general release to cinemas in Denmark, Europe. The film features an original Cole Porter song, The
Laziest Gal In Town, which is performed by Dietrich.