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… 1919 . This list of years in film indexes the individual year The table of years in film is a tabular display of all years in Film, for overview and quick navigation to any year The year 1919 in film involved some significant events Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas 1920 . The year 1920 in film involved some significant events Events November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks 1921 . Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres 1922 . Events November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general 1923 . Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York 1924 . Events Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B 1925 …
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… 1926 . The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the The year 1926 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1926. The year 1927 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1927. The year 1928 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1928. The year 1929 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1929. The year 1930 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events The year 1931 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1931. The year 1932 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1932. The year 1926 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. The year 1927 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. The year 1928 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. The year 1929 in Radio involved some significant events Events January 8 - CBS purchases New York City The year 1930 in radio involved some significant events Events Debuts January 1 - The Cuckoo Hour The year 1931 in radio involved some significant events Events Debuts January 27 - Clara Lu ’n’ The year 1932 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1927 . Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1928 - 1929 - 1930 . Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1931 . Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1932 …
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The days of the silent film were numbered. The year 1929 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below This list of years in film indexes the individual year Events 1870s - French inventor Charles-Émile Reynaud improved on the Zoetrope idea by placing mirrors at the center of the Events 1880 - American George Eastman begins to commercially manufacture dry plates for Photography. Events 1891 - Designed around the work of Muybridge Marey and Eastman Thomas Edison 's employee William K Events William Dickson completes his work for Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1889 Events WK Laurie Dickson supervises the construction of the first movie studio called the " Black Maria " in West Orange New Jersey which produces Events The final revisions to the Kinetoscope are made including a vertical transport and wider film Events Thomas Edison builds "America's First Movie Studio" the Black Maria Blacksmith Scene is made Events January 7 - William Kennedy Dickson receives a Patent for motion picture film. Events March 22 - First display of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière (private screening Events January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W Paul developed their own film projector the Theatrograph (later known Events 125 people died during a film screening at the Charity Bazaar in Paris after a curtain catches on fire from the ether used to fuel the Events May 19 - Vitagraph is founded in New York Birt Acres invents the first amateur format Birtac, by splitting 35 mm The year 1899 in film involved some significant events Events T Events Several full-length films were produced during the first decade of the 1900s The year 1900 in film involved some significant events Events Reulos Goudeau & Co The year 1901 in film involved some significant events Events Edwin S The year 1902 in film involved some significant events Events March 10 - Circuit Court's decision disallows Thomas Edison from having a monopoly The year 1903 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison demolishes "America's First Movie Studio" the Black The year 1904 in film involved some significant events Events As shown in the film Westinghouse Works, some filmmakers begin to move The year 1905 in film involved some significant events Events Pathé Frères colors black-and-white films by machine The year 1906 in film involved some significant events Events 26 December - The world's first feature film The Story of the Kelly Gang The year 1907 in film involved some significant events Events January 19 - Variety publishes its first film review The year 1908 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company, with goals of controlling The year 1909 in film involved some significant events Events Matsunosuke Onoe, who would become the first superstar of Japanese cinema Events Several full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1910s The year 1910 in film involved some significant events Events The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot The year 1911 in film involved some significant events Events October 27: David Horsley 's Nestor Motion The year 1912 in film involved some significant events Events Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D The year 1913 in film involved some significant events Events The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film is made The year 1914 in film involved some significant events Events The 3300-seat Strand Theater opens in New York City. The year 1915 in film involved some significant events Events June 18: The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA was formed by The year 1916 in film involved some significant events Events October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods released - first US production with The year 1917 in film involved some significant events Events Foundation of Universum Film AG (UƒA as a propaganda film company in Berlin The year 1918 in film involved some significant events Events Following litigation for anti-trust activities the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture The year 1919 in film involved some significant events Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Events Many full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1920s The year 1920 in film involved some significant events Events November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres Events November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York Events Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B Events Top grossing films The Big Parade Ben-Hur The Freshman Events August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film Don Juan. Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. Events Many full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1930s Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the Events Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York The year 1948 in film involved some significant events Events Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet becomes the The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Events Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety As a result of Television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters The year 1950 in film involved some significant events Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian The year 1952 in film involved some significant events Events January 10 - Cecil B The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as The year 1954 in film involved some significant events Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock The year 1958 in film involved some significant events Events February 16- " In the Money " by William The year 1959 in film involved some significant events Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film Events Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the 1960s The year 1960 in film involved some significant events Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military The year 1961 in film involved some significant events Events Last Year at Marienbad ( L'année dernière The year 1962 in film involved some significant events Events Dr The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr The year 1965 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1966 in film involved some significant events Events Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse died on The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support World cinema In cinema all over the world the seventies brought about vigor in adventurous cool and realistic complex narratives with rich cinematography and elaborate scores The year 1970 in film involved some significant events Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian The year 1971 in film involved some significant events Events February 8 - Bob Dylan 's hour long documentary The year 1972 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second The year 1974 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released The year 1975 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft The year 1976 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas ' The year 1977 in film involved some significant events Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The year 1979 in film involved some significant events Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode Events The 1980s saw the continued rise of the blockbuster, an increased amount of Nudity in film and the increasing emphasis in the American industry on film The year 1980 in film involved some significant events Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film McVicar, opens Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Events Michael Jackson 's first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films (U Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million Events Thousands of full-length Films were produced during the 1990s The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for The year 1991 in film involved some significant events Events April 28 - Bonnie The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The year 1995 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace The year 1998 in film involved some significant events Events February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s Events Thousands of full-length Films have been produced during the first decade of the 21st Century The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, 2009 in film has numerous films in production to be released in 2009 as well as films that have announced release dates but have yet to begin filming A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on. A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image as opposed to a Silent film.
- January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona was released. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. In Old Arizona is a 1929 Western film, directed by Irving Cummings and Raoul Walsh, nominated for five Academy Awards including Best The film was the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors.
- May 16 - The first Academy Awards, or Oscars, are distributed
- July 13, The first all color talkie (in Technicolor), On With the Show is released by Warner. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation On with the Show! ( 1929) is historically important in cinema history as the first modern Sound film photographed Bros. who the led in a new color revolution, just as they had ushered in that of the talkies.
- Hallelujah!, first Hollywood film to contain an entire black cast. The film Hallelujah! ( 1929) was an MGM musical directed by King Vidor, starring Daniel L
- Atlantic (1929 film) is the first sound on film movie made in Germany. Atlantic is a 1929 British black and white film directed and produced by Ewald André Dupont and starring Franklin Dyall and It is also the first Titanic movie with sound.
- The Broadway Melody is released by MGM and becomes the first major musical film of the sound era, sparking a host of imitators as well as a series of Broadway Melody films that would run until 1940. The Broadway Melody is a 1929 musical Motion picture and the first Sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film
Top grossing films
- The Broadway Melody
- Sunny Side Up
- Welcome Danger
- The Cock-Eyed World
- Gold Diggers of Broadway
- Rio Rita
- Hollywood Revue of 1929
- Coquette
- Noah's Ark (film)
- In Old Arizona
- Syncopation (1929 film)
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Single Standards
- Wild Orchids
- Paris (1929 film)
- The Kiss
- The Mysterious Island
- Die Buchse der Pandora
- On With the Show
- The Love Parade
- Four Feathers
- Sally
- Redskin
- The Pagan
- Marriage Playground
- Say It With Songs
- They Had to See Paris
- Disraeli
- Navy Blues
- Their Own Desire
- Divine Lady
- The Trespasser
- Madame X
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
- Bulldog Drummond
Academy Awards
Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are 2 'Best Actor' awards for 1929 films. The Broadway Melody is a 1929 musical Motion picture and the first Sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture Sunny Side Up ( 1929) is a musical film set in New York City and starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Gold Diggers of Broadway ( 1929) is a Warner Bros comedy/musical film which is historically important as the second Talkie (a term used early For other uses of Rio Rita see Rio Rita (disambiguation Rio Rita is a 1929 Radio Pictures musical comedy starring The Hollywood Revue of 1929 is an American Musical film / Comedy motion picture released in 1929. Coquette is a 1929 film which tells the story of a flirtatious young woman whose father warns off her honorable boyfriend only to cause tragedy Noah’s Ark is a 1928 American early romantic Melodrama Disaster film directed by Michael Curtiz and written by Darryl In Old Arizona is a 1929 Western film, directed by Irving Cummings and Raoul Walsh, nominated for five Academy Awards including Best The Taming of the Shrew is an early comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594 Paris ( 1929) is an All-Talking musical comedy film with Technicolor sequences The Mysterious Island, directed by Lucien Hubbard, is the 1929 film adaptation of Jules Verne's French novel L'Île mystérieuse ( Pandora's Box (1904 ( Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German Dramatist Frank Wedekind. On with the Show! ( 1929) is historically important in cinema history as the first modern Sound film photographed The Love Parade is a 1929 Musical comedy film The plot concerns the romantic difficulties of Queen Louise of Sylvania ( Jeanette MacDonald) The Four Feathers is a 1902 Adventure novel by British writer A Redskin is a 1929 feature film with a synchronized score and sound effects that was photographed partially in Technicolor. Say It With Songs ( 1929) in an All-Talking musical drama motion picture which was released by Warner Bros Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 &ndash 19 April 1881 was Navy Blues was the fourth album by Canadian rock band Sloan (it is also the title of six different films Their Own Desire is a 1929 Romantic drama film which tells the story of a young woman who is upset by the knowledge that her father is divorcing her mother For the book by D H Lawrence see The Trespasser (novel. The Trespasser ( 1929) is a film which tells the story of a "kept Madame X is a 1929 Drama film directed by Lionel Barrymore. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading The Last of Mrs Cheyney is a 1925 Frederick Lonsdale play that was adapted to the Screen three times Bulldog Drummond is a British Fictional character created by "Sapper" a Pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937 in imitation The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to
Films released in 1929
- An Andalusian Dog (Un chien andalou), a short film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. Un chien andalou ( An Andalusian Dog) is a 1928 short Surrealist film made in France by two Spanish auteurs the Aragonian Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 &ndash 29 July 1983 was a Spanish -born Filmmaker and naturalized Mexican who worked mainly in Mexico Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11 1904 &ndash January 23 1989 was a Spanish Catalan Surrealist
- Applause, starring Helen Morgan. Applause is a 1929 Black and white "backstage" musical Film, shot during the early years of Sound films Based Helen Morgan (August 2 1900 – October 9 1941 was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage
- Asphalt
- Atlantic, the first sound on film made in Germany and the first sound Titanic movie
- Big Business, a Laurel and Hardy short. Asphalt is a 1929 German Silent film. The film was one of the last silent films released in Germany as the world was entering the era of Atlantic is a 1929 British black and white film directed and produced by Ewald André Dupont and starring Franklin Dyall and Big Business is a 1929 silent Laurel and Hardy comedy Short subject directed by James W Laurel and Hardy were the popular American -based comedy team of thin British-born Stan Laurel (1890-1965 and heavy American-born Oliver Hardy (1892-1957
- Blackmail, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Blackmail is a 1929 thriller / Drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anny Ondra, John Longden and Cyril Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13
- Broadway, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences. Broadway is a 1929 film directed by Pál Fejös from a play by George Abbott, Phillip Dunning and Jed Harris. Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- The Broadway Melody, musical comedy starring Charles King, Anita Page and Bessie Love. The Broadway Melody is a 1929 musical Motion picture and the first Sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture Charles King may refer to Charles King (composer, English composer and musician of the 17th and 18th century Anita Pomares, better known as Anita Page ( August 4 1910 &ndash September 6 2008) was an American Film actress Bessie Love ( September 10, 1898 - April 26, 1986) was an American Motion picture actress who achieved fame largely
- Bulldog Drummond, starring Ronald Colman. Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer bored with civilian life Ronald Colman ( February 9 1891 &ndash May 19 1958) was an English Academy Award and Golden Globe -winning actor
- The Clue of the New Pin
- The Cocoanuts, starring the Marx Brothers. The Cocoanuts ( 1929) was the first feature-length Marx Brothers film produced by Paramount Pictures. The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling Comedians who appeared in Vaudeville, stage plays film and television
- Coquette, starring Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore. Coquette is a 1929 film which tells the story of a flirtatious young woman whose father warns off her honorable boyfriend only to cause tragedy Mary Pickford ( April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Academy Award -winning Canadian motion picture This article is for the college football player for the head coach see Mack Brown. Matthew Moore ( January 8, 1888 &ndash January 21, 1960) was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland Directed by Sam Taylor
- Dance of Life, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences. Sam Taylor ( August 13, 1895 – March 6, 1958) was a Film director, Screenwriter, and producer, most active Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- The Desert Song, a musical operetta with Technicolor sequences. The Desert Song is an Operetta with Music by Sigmund Romberg and Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- Devil May Care, a musical romance with Technicolor sequences. Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- Disraeli, starring George Arliss. Disraeli ( 1929) is a film that was adapted by Julien Josephson and De Leon Anthony from a play by Louis N George Arliss ( April 10, 1868 - February 5, 1946) was an English Academy Award -winning Actor, Author
- The Flying Fleet Starring Ramon Navarro, Ralph Graves, Anita Page, and Edward Nugent
- Footlights and Fools, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor. Ramón Novarro ( February 2, 1899 - October 30, 1968) was a Mexican Actor who achieved fame as a " Latin lover Ralph Graves ( 23 January, 1900 &ndash 18 February, 1977) was an American film actor Anita Pomares, better known as Anita Page ( August 4 1910 &ndash September 6 2008) was an American Film actress Edward J Nugent ( 7 February, 1904 &ndash 3 January, 1995) was an American film actor Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- Fox Movietone Follies, a musical revue with Multicolor sequences. Multicolor is a subtractive natural color process for motion pictures.
- Glorifying the American Girl, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences. Glorifying the American Girl is a 1929 Musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- Gold Diggers of Broadway, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor. Gold Diggers of Broadway ( 1929) is a Warner Bros comedy/musical film which is historically important as the second Talkie (a term used early Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- Great Gabbo, a musical comedy with Multicolor sequences. Multicolor is a subtractive natural color process for motion pictures.
- Hallelujah!, directed by King Vidor. The film Hallelujah! ( 1929) was an MGM musical directed by King Vidor, starring Daniel L King Wallis Vidor ( February 8, 1894 &ndash November 1, 1982) was an acclaimed American Film director whose career
- Hearts in Dixie, starring Clarence Muse, Drama/Musical
- His First Command, a musical drama with Technicolor sequences. Hearts in Dixie ( 1929) is one of the first all-talkie big-studio production to boast a predominately African-American cast Clarence Muse ( October 14, 1889 &ndash October 13, 1979) was a Lawyer, Screenwriter, director, Composer Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- The Hole in the Wall
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929, a showcase of talent under contract to MGM. The Hole in the Wall is a 1929 film directed by Robert Florey, and starring Claudette Colbert and Edward G The Hollywood Revue of 1929 is an American Musical film / Comedy motion picture released in 1929.
- In Old Arizona, starring Warner Baxter. In Old Arizona is a 1929 Western film, directed by Irving Cummings and Raoul Walsh, nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Warner Leroy Baxter ( March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951) was an American Academy Award –winning actor who is best known for
- It's A Great Life, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences. Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- The Iron Mask. The Iron Mask is a 1929 Silent film adaptation of the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas starring Douglas Fairbanks. Douglas Fairbanks ( May 23 1883 – December 12 1939) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, director
- The Kiss, starring Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel. Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's Conrad Nagel (16 March &ndash24 February) was an American screen Actor and matinee idol of the Silent film era and beyond
- The Lady Lies, starring Walter Huston and Claudette Colbert
- The Love Parade, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. The Lady Lies is a 1929 film directed by Hobert Henley, and starring Walter Huston, Claudette Colbert and Charles Ruggles Walter Huston ( April 6 1884 &ndash April 7 1950) was an Academy Award -winning Canadian -born American actor Claudette Colbert ( IPA: /koʊlˈbɛɹ/ ( September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was a French -born American stage The Love Parade is a 1929 Musical comedy film The plot concerns the romantic difficulties of Queen Louise of Sylvania ( Jeanette MacDonald) Maurice Auguste Chevalier ( September 12, 1888 &ndash January 1, 1972) was a French Actor, Singer, and Jeanette MacDonald (June 18 1903 &ndash January 14 1965 was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier
- Lucky Star
- Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s kinoapparatom), a documentary. Lucky Star ( 1929) is a romantic drama film starring Janet Gaynor and directed by Frank Borzage. For the TV-series see Man with a Camera. ---- Man with a Movie Camera, sometimes The Man with the Movie Camera,
- The Manxman, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The Manxman is a 1929 Film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Based on a romantic novel by Hall Caine, the director began work on Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13
- Married In Hollywood, a musical romance with Multicolor sequences. Multicolor is a subtractive natural color process for motion pictures.
- The Mysterious Island, starring Lionel Barrymore. The Mysterious Island, directed by Lucien Hubbard, is the 1929 film adaptation of Jules Verne's French novel L'Île mystérieuse ( Lionel Barrymore ( April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American Academy Award -winning actor of stage radio
- On With the Show, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor. On with the Show! ( 1929) is historically important in cinema history as the first modern Sound film photographed Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks. For the Greek myth see Pandora. For other uses see Pandora (disambiguation and Pandora's box (disambiguation Pandora's Louise Brooks ( November 14, 1906 &ndash August 8, 1985) was an American Dancer, model, Showgirl
- Paris (1929 film), a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences. Paris ( 1929) is an All-Talking musical comedy film with Technicolor sequences Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- Piccadilly, a melodrama starring Anna May Wong and Gilda Gray. Piccadilly ( 1929) is a silent British film directed by Ewald André Dupont, written by Arnold Bennett and starring Anna May Wong (or Wong Liu Tsong,, January 3 1905 – February 2 1961 was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star and the first Gilda Gray ( October 24, 1901 – December 22, 1959) was a Polish born American actress and dancer who became famous in the US
- Pointed Heels, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences. Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- Queen Kelly, starring Gloria Swanson (this film was never actually finished because producers balked at releasing a silent film in a what was quickly becoming a sound film market)
- Redskin, a drama with Technicolor sequences. Queen Kelly is the title of an American Silent film produced in 1928-29 and released in 1929, originally by United Artists. Gloria Swanson (March 27 1899 – April 4 1983 was an Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe -winning American Hollywood A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image as opposed to a Silent film. Redskin is a 1929 feature film with a synchronized score and sound effects that was photographed partially in Technicolor. Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- Red Hot Rhythm, a musical comedy with Multicolor sequences. Multicolor is a subtractive natural color process for motion pictures.
- Rio Rita, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences. Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- The River
- Sally, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor. The River is a 1929 film starring Charles Farrell and directed by Frank Borzage. Sally is the third sound feature photographed in Technicolor released in 1929 (the first was On with the Show 1929 Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- The Show of Shows, a musical revue with Technicolor sequences. The Show of Shows was a 1929 lavish Revue film which cost $850000 and featured most of the contemporary Warner Bros Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- St. Louis Blues, starring Bessie Smith. Bessie Smith (July 9 1892 or April 15 1894&ndash September 26 1937 was an American Blues singer -(film mentioned in article)
- The Skeleton Dance, a Walt Disney animated short. The Skeleton Dance is a 1929 Silly Symphonies Animated Short subject produced and directed by Walt Disney and Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter
- Spite Marriage, a Buster Keaton film. Spite Marriage is an American 1929 silent Comedy starring Buster Keaton and Dorothy Sebastian. Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton ( October 4 1895 &ndash February 1 1966) was an Academy Award -winning American
- Street Girl, RKO's first "official" film. Street Girl is a 1929 musical comedy / drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles.
- Sunny Side Up, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences. Sunny Side Up ( 1929) is a musical film set in New York City and starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- This Thing Called Love, a musical romance with Technicolor sequences. Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
- The Virginian, starring Gary Cooper. The Virginian is a 1929 Western movie starring Gary Cooper as the Virginian and Walter Huston as the villainous Trampas Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star
- Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond), directed by Fritz Lang. Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang ( December 5, 1890 &ndash August 2, 1976) was an Austrian German - American
Serials
Short film series
Animated short film series
Births
- January 3 - Sergio Leone, director (+ 1989)
- January 31 - Jean Simmons, actress
- February 10 - Jerry Goldsmith, composer (+ 2004)
- April 28 - Carolyn Jones, actress (+1983)
- May 4 - Audrey Hepburn, actress
- August 23 - Vera Miles, actress
- September 2 - Hal Ashby, director
- November 12 - Grace Kelly, actress
- December 6 – Alain Tanner, Swiss film director
- December 9 - John Cassavetes, actor, director
Film Debuts
Deaths
- January 5 - Marc McDermott
- February 18 - William Russell, American actor
- May 9 - Fred C. The Ace of Scotland Yard ( 1929) is a Universal movie serial. The Black Book is a 1929 drama Film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey The Diamond Master is a 1929 Film serial directed by Jack Nelson. The Fatal Warning is a 1929 mystery Film serial directed by Richard Thorpe. A Final Reckoning is a 1928 Western Film serial directed by Ray Taylor. The Fire Detective is a 1929 adventure Film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey For the 1952 Columbia serial see King of the Congo, and for other uses please see Congo. Jacqueline Logan ( November 30, 1901 - April 4, 1983) was a star of the silent motion picture screen who was on board William Randolph Hearst The Pirate of Panama is a 1929 action Film serial directed by Ray Taylor. Queen of the Northwoods is a film serial produced in 1929 by Pathé, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey with Tarzan the Tiger ( 1929) is a Universal movie serial based on the novel Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Frank Merrill (born Arthur Poll in New Jersey) ( March 21, 1893 - February 12, 1966) was a Southern California and national Natalie Kingston ( 19 May 1905 – 2 February 1991) was an American actress. Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton ( October 4 1895 &ndash February 1 1966) was an Academy Award -winning American Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "The Little Rascals" redirects here For other uses see The Little Rascals (disambiguation. 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The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as Silly Symphonies is a series of Animated Short subjects 75 in total produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939 The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the Screen Songs is the name of a series of animated cartoons produced by the Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures between 1929 The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland Talkartoons is the name of a series of 42 animated cartoons produced by the Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures between 1929 Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 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Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Jean Merilyn Simmons OBE (born January 31 1929 is an Oscar -nominated English actress Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith ( February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was an American Film score Composer The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Carolyn Sue Jones ( April 28, 1930 — August 3, 1983) was an American Actress, best remembered for playing the role Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Audrey Hepburn ( &ndash) was an English/Dutch Academy Award - Emmy Award - Tony Award - and Grammy Award -winning film and stage actress Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Vera Miles (born Vera June Ralston; August 23, 1929) is an American actress known from such classic films as The Searchers Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Hal Ashby ( September 2, 1929 - December 27, 1988) was an American film director and Academy Award -winning film editor Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Grace Patricia Kelly (later Grace Princess of Monaco; November 12 1929 &ndash September 14 1982 was an Academy Award -winning American film and Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Alain Tanner (born 6 December 1929 in Geneva) is a Swiss Film director. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city John Nicholas Cassavetes ( December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, and director Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer Betty Grable ( December 18, 1916 &ndash July 2, 1973) was an American Dancer Singer, and actress Paulette Goddard ( June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an Oscar -nominated American Film and Theatre Ginger Rogers ( July 16, 1911 &ndash April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award -winning American film and stage actress Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Marcus McDermott ( July 24 1881 - January 5 1929) was an Australian born American Actor who starred on Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy William Russell ( 12 April 1884 – 18 February 1929) was an American Silent film Actor. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Truesdell, stage & film actor(b. 1870)
- July 2 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress
- July 3 - Dustin Farnum, American stage & silent screen star. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Gladys Brockwell, ( September 26, 1893 in Brooklyn New York – July 2, 1929 in Hollywood California) was an Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Dustin Lancy Farnum ( May 27, 1874 - July 3, 1929) was an American singer dancer and an actor in silent movies during the early days of motion
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- October 3 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress
- October 31 - Norman Trevor, actor, Olympic athlete (b. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Mae Costello (b 1882 - August 2, 1929) was an American stage and film actress of the early twentieth-century Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Jeanne Eagels ( June 26, 1894 – October 3, 1929) was an actress on Broadway and in several motion pictures Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Norman Gilbert Pritchard (also known as Norman Trevor) ( June 23, 1877 &ndash October 31, 1929) was an athlete from 1877)
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