1929 in film

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Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Academy Awards
4 Films released in 1929
5 Serials
6 Short film series
7 Animated short film series
8 Births
9 Deaths
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[edit] Events
The days of the silent film were numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on.
January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona was released. 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. 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.
Atlantic (1929 film) is the first sound on film movie made in Germany. 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.

[edit] Top grossing films
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Rio Rita
On With the Show
The Broadway Melody
Devil May Cry
In Old Arizona
Hollywood Revue of 1929
The Mysterious Island
The Love Parade
Four Feathers
Sally
Welcome Stranger
Redskin
The Pagan
Marriage Playground
Say It With Songs
They Had to See Paris
Disraeli
Navy Blues
The Kiss
Their Own Desire
Divine Lady
Sunny Side Up
The Trespasser
Madame X
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Taming of the Shrew
Bulldog Drummond

[edit] Academy Awards
Best Picture: The Broadway Melody - MGM
Best Actor: Warner Baxter - In Old Arizona
Best Actor: George Arliss - Disraeli
Best Actress: Mary Pickford - Coquette
Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are 2 'Best Actor' awards for 1929 films.

[edit] Films released in 1929
An Andalusian Dog (Un chien andalou), a short film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí.
Applause, starring Helen Morgan.
Asphalt
Atlantic (1929 film), the first sound on film made in Germany and the first sound Titanic movie
Big Business, a Laurel and Hardy short.
Blackmail, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Broadway, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
The Broadway Melody, musical comedy starring Charles King, Anita Page and Bessie Love.
Bulldog Drummond, starring Ronald Colman.
The Clue of the New Pin
The Cocoanuts, starring the Marx Brothers.
Coquette, starring Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore. Directed by Sam Taylor
Dance of Life, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
The Desert Song, a musical operetta with Technicolor sequences.
Devil May Care, a musical romance with Technicolor sequences.
Disraeli, starring George Arliss.
The Flying Fleet Starring Ramon Navarro, Ralph Graves, Anita Page, and Edward Nugent
Footlights and Fools, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor.
Fox Movietone Follies, a musical revue with Multicolor sequences.
Glorifying the American Girl, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
Gold Diggers of Broadway, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor.
Great Gabbo, a musical comedy with Multicolor sequences.
Hallelujah!, directed by King Vidor.
Hearts in Dixie, starring Clarence Muse, Drama/Musical
His First Command, a musical drama with Technicolor sequences.
The Hollywood Revue of 1929, a showcase of talent under contract to MGM.
In Old Arizona, starring Warner Baxter.
It's A Great Life, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
The Iron Mask. starring Douglas Fairbanks.
The Kiss, starring Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel.
The Lady Lies, starring Walter Huston and Claudette Colbert
The Love Parade, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.
Lucky Star
Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s kinoapparatom), a documentary.
The Manxman, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Married In Hollywood, a musical romance with Multicolor sequences.
The Mysterious Island, starring Lionel Barrymore.
On With the Show, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor.
Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks.
Paris, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
Pointed Heels, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
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.
Red Hot Rhythm, a musical comedy with Multicolor sequences.
Rio Rita, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
The River
Sally, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor.
The Show of Shows, a musical revue with Technicolor sequences.
St. Louis Blues, starring Bessie Smith. -(film mentioned in article)
The Skeleton Dance, a Walt Disney animated short.
Spite Marriage, a Buster Keaton film.
Sunny Side Up, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
This Thing Called Love, a musical romance with Technicolor sequences.
The Virginian, starring Gary Cooper.
Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond), directed by Fritz Lang.

[edit] Serials
The Ace of Scotland Yard
The Black Book
The Diamond Master
The Fatal Warning
A Final Reckoning
The Fire Detective
The King of the Kongo, starring Jacqueline Logan
Pirate of Panama
Police Reporter
Queen of the Northwoods
Tarzan the Tiger, starring Frank Merrill and Natalie Kingston

[edit] Short film series
Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
Our Gang (1922-1944)
Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)

[edit] Animated short film series
Felix the Cat (1919-1930)
Aesop's Film Fables (1921-1933)
Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
Inkwell Imps (1927-1929)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927-1938)
Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)
Screen Songs (1929-1938)
Talkartoons (1929-1932)

[edit] 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

[edit] Deaths
July 2 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress
October 3 - Jeanne Eagels, actress