Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ihe ngosi nke abụọ nke akụkọ a na-agbasa dị ka February 14, 1949 nke usoro ihe nkiri nke NBC na-adịru nkeji iri atọ kwa izu, "Chevrolet Tele-Theater" nke, n'oge ọnwa mbụ ya, a kpọrọ "Chevrolet na Broadway". E gosipụtara na mmefu ego dị elu site n'aka ndị na-emepụta ụgbọ ala, ihe ngosi nke ihe ngosi ahụ na-ejikarị ikike Hollywood guzobere nke dị oke ọnụ karịa ndị na-eme ihe nkiri na-amaghị nke ọma na New York. N'ibelata akụkọ ahụ na isi ihe ya, ụbọchị Valentine nke nkeji iri abụọ na isii nke akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ahụ, dị ka Ruth, Mary Anderson bụ onye, n'ime afọ ise gara aga, na-egwu nwanyị na-eduga ma ọ bụ nke abụọ na-eduga na fim isii dị mkpa, gụnyere 1944's "Lifeboat" na "Wilson", 1946's "To Each His Own" na 1947's "Whispering City". A na-egosipụta Art, na TV mbụ ya, site na John Dall onye, ọnwa ole na ole tupu mgbe ahụ, na 1948, sooro otu n'ime mmadụ abụọ ahụ na-egbu egbu dị ka Leopold na Loeb na ihe nkiri Technicolor mbụ nke Alfred Hitchcock, "Rope" na, afọ abụọ tupu nke ahụ, na
18th Academy Awards, bụ otu n'ime ndị a họpụtara maka Best Supporting Actor n'ihi ọrụ ihe nkiri mbụ ya, na-egwuri egwu onye na-eto eto Welsh coal miner nyere ohere maka ndụ ka mma na 1945's "The Corn Is Green". Onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri ahụ bụ onye na-eme ihe nkiri bụ Owen Davis, Jr. (onye mmiri riri n'ihe mberede ụgbọ mmiri ọnwa atọ mgbe e mesịrị, na May 21), nke Gordon Duff duziri ma gbanwee ya site n'aka onye na-eme ihe nkiri "The Corn Is Green" Emlyn Williams. Ihe ndekọ nke NBC na-egosi na n'agbanyeghị nkenke nke mgbanwe ahụ, akụkọ ahụ gụnyere ndị otu atọ ndị ọzọ, Viola Frayne, Lee Harris na Jesse White, mana akọwaghị njirimara nke agwa ha.