1953 was the 4th year of 1950's.
Events[]
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 31 - The Man Behind the Gun
- March 14 - She's Back on Broadway
- March 22 - I Confess
- March 26 - By the Light of the Silvery Moon
- March 28
- The Blue Gardenia
- So You Want to Learn to Dance
- April 4 - Trouble Along the Way
- April 18 - The System
- April 25 - House of Wax
- May 30 - The Desert Song
- June 13 - The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
- June 27 - South Sea Woman
- June 28 - Elizabeth Is Queen
- July 11 - The Charge at Feather River
- July 15 - So This Is Love
- August 5 - The Master of Ballantrae
- August 24 - The Beggar's Opera
- August 26 - Plunder of the Sun
- September 5 - Island in the Sky
- September 16 - Blowing Wild
- September 19 - The Moonlighter
- September 23 - A Lion Is in the Streets
- October 27 - Thunder Over the Plains
- October 31 - So Big
- November 4 - Calamity Jane
- November 23 - Three Sailors and a Girl
- November 25 - Hondo
- November 28 - The Diamond Queen
- December 25 - The Eddie Cantor Story
Shorts[]
- January 3 - Don't Give Up the Sheep
- January 10 - A Tale of Two Mice (re-issue)
- January 17 - Snow Business
- January 31 - A Mouse Divided
- February 4 - Forward March Hare
- February 7 - The Bashful Buzzard (re-issue)
- February 21 - Kiss Me Cat
- February 28 - Duck Amuck
- March 14
- Country Mouse (re-issue)
- Upswept Hare
- March 28 - A Peck o' Trouble
- April 4 - Fowl Weather
- April 11 - Little Dutch Plate (re-issue)
- April 18 - Muscle Tussle
- May 2
- Ain't That Ducky (re-issue)
- Southern Fried Rabbit
- May 9 - Ant Pasted
- May 23 - Much Ado About Nutting
- June 6 - There Auto Be a Law
- June 13 - Mighty Hunters (re-issue)
- June 20 - Hare Trimmed
- June 27 - Tom Tom Tomcat
- July 11
- The Fighting 69½th (re-issue)
- Wild Over You
- July 25 - Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
- August 1 - Sniffles Takes a Trip (re-issue)
- August 8 - Bully for Bugs
- August 22 - Plop Goes the Weasel!
- August 29
- Cat-Tails for Two
- Wacky Wildlife (re-issue)
- September 5 - A Street Cat Named Sylvester
- September 25 - Lumber Jack-Rabbit
- September 12 - Old Glory (re-issue)
- September 19 - Zipping Along
- October 3 - Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
- October 17
- Easy Peckin's
- Walky Talky Hawky (re-issue)
- October 31 - Catty Cornered
- November 7 - Birth of a Notion (re-issue)
- November 14 - Of Rice and Hen
- December 12 - Robot Rabbit
- November 28
- Cats A-Weigh!
- The Eager Beaver (re-issue)
- December 19 - Punch Trunk
- December 26 - Scent-imental Over You (re-issue)
Television[]
Comics[]
People[]
Births[]
- April 24 - Eric Bogosian (actor, playwright, monologuist, novelist and historian)
- October 27 - Robert Picardo (actor)
Deaths[]
- January 8 - Lee Dixon (tap dancer, singer, musician and actor)
- January 30 - Lionel Belmore (actor and director)
- February 8 - Cliff Clark (actor)
- March 15 - Carl Stockdale (actor)
- March 19 - Lee Phelps (actor)
- March 24 - Dick Botiller (actor)
- April 26 - Rian James (screenwriter and author)
- May 11 - Jean Adair (actress)
- May 14 - Crauford Kent (actor)
- June 24 - Edmund Breon (actor)
- July 3 - Adele Lacy (actress)
- July 12 - Herbert Rawlinson (actor)
- July 22 - Cy Kendall (actor)
- August 6 - Houseley Stevenson (actor)
- September 12 - Lewis Stone (actor)
- October 6 - Porter Hall (actor)
- December 19 - Lew Harvey (actor)
Artists Joined[]
Character debuts[]
- January 3 - Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog, Fred Sheepdog
- January 31 - Sylvia
- August 8 - Toro the Bull
- August 22 - The Weasel
- August 29 - Speedy Gonzales
- December 19 - Teeny the Elephant
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