1934 in film

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Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Academy Awards
4 Films released in 1934
5 Serials
6 Short film series
7 Animated short film series
8 Births
9 Deaths
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[edit] Events
January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.
February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade
April 19 - Fox Studios releases Stand Up and Cheer!, with five-year-old Shirley Temple in a relatively minor role. Shirley steals the film and Fox, which had been near bankruptcy, finds itself owning a goldmine.
May 18 - Paramount releases Little Miss Marker, with Shirley Temple, on loan from Fox, in the title role.
June 13 - An amendment to the Production Code establishes the Production Code Administration, and requires all films to obtain a certificate of approval before being released.
November 12 - The musical Babes in Toyland debuts, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as comic relief.
December 11 - Fox releases the Sol M. Wurtzel production of Bright Eyes, starring their hot new property, Shirley Temple. Shirley sings "On the Good Ship Lollipop", and wins the first Academy Award ever given to a child, for her endearing portrayal of Shirley Blake.

[edit] Top grossing films
North America
Viva Villa!
The Black Cat
Let's Try Again

[edit] Academy Awards
Best Picture: It Happened One Night - Columbia Pictures
Best Actor: Clark Gable - It Happened One Night
Best Actress: Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night
Academy Award for Best Director: Frank Capra - It Happened One Night

[edit] Films released in 1934
Anne of Green Gables, starring Anne Shirley
Babes in Toyland, starring Laurel and Hardy
The Barretts of Wimpole Street, starring Norma Shearer, Fredric March and Charles Laughton
Belle of the Nineties, starring Mae West, Roger Pryor and Johnny Mack Brown
The Black Cat, starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
Bolero, starring George Raft and Carole Lombard
Bright Eyes, starring Shirley Temple
Broadway Bill, directed by Frank Capra, starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, starring Ronald Colman
The Case of the Howling Dog, starring Warren William as Perry Mason
The Cat and the Fiddle, starring Ramon Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald
Chapayev (USSR), winner of National Board of Review "Best Foreign Film" Award in 1935
Charlie Chan in London, starring Warner Oland
Charlie Chan's Courage, starring Warner Oland
The Circus Clown, starring Joe E. Brown
The Clairvoyant, starring Claude Rains and Fay Wray
Cleopatra, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Claudette Colbert and Warren William
The Count of Monte Cristo starring Robert Donat
Crime Without Passion starring Claude Rains
Dames, choreoraphed by Busby Berkeley, starring Joan Blondell, Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler
Dark Hazard, starring Edward G. Robinson
Death on the Diamond starring Robert Young
Death Takes a Holiday, starring Fredric March
Fashions of 1934, starring William Powell and Bette Davis
Fog Over Frisco, starring Bette Davis
Forsaking All Others, starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery
Gambling Lady, starring Barbara Stanwyck
The Gay Bride, starring Carole Lombard
The Gay Divorcee, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
The Girl from Missouri, starring Jean Harlow
Grand Canary, starring Warner Baxter
Here Comes the Navy, starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien
The House of Rothschild, starring George Arliss and Loretta Young
Imitation of Life, starring Claudette Colbert and Warren William
It Happened One Night, directed by Frank Capra, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert
It's a Gift, starring W. C. Fields
Jimmy the Gent, starring James Cagney and Bette Davis
Judge Priest, starring Will Rogers
Kid Millions, starring Eddie Cantor
L'Atalante, directed by Jean Vigo
Let's Try Again, starring Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard
Little Man, What Now?, starring Margaret Sullavan and Douglass Montgomery
The Little Minister, starring Katharine Hepburn and John Beal
Little Miss Marker, starring Shirley Temple
The Lost Patrol, starring Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff and Wallace Ford
The Lucky Texan, starring John Wayne
Madame DuBarry, starring Dolores del Rio
The Man From Utah, starring John Wayne
Man of Aran (documentary), directed by Robert Flaherty
The Man Who Knew Too Much, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best and Peter Lorre
The Man with Two Faces, starring Edward G. Robinson
Manhattan Melodrama, starring Clark Gable, William Powell and Myrna Loy
The Merry Widow, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald
Of Human Bondage, starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis
The Old Fashioned Way, starring W. C. Fields
One Night of Love, starring Grace Moore
Our Daily Bread, starring Karen Morley and Tom Keene
The Richest Girl in the World, starring Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea and Fay Wray
Riptide, starring Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery
The Scarlet Empress, starring Marlene Dietrich and John Lodge
The Scarlet Pimpernel, starring Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon
The Silver Streak, starring Charles Starrett
Six of a Kind, starring Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland and W.C. Fields
Something Always Happens, starring, Ian Hunter, Nancy O'Neil, John Singer, Peter Gawthorne, Muriel George
Spitfire, starring Katharine Hepburn
The St. Louis Kid, starring James Cagney
Stand Up and Cheer! starring Warner Baxter and Madge Evans, and featuring five-year-old Shirley Temple.
The Star Packer, starring John Wayne
Tarzan and His Mate, starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan
The Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
The Trail Beyond, starring John Wayne
Treasure Island, starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper
Twentieth Century, starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard
Twenty Million Sweethearts, starring Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers
Villa, Villa!, starring Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo and Fay Wray
We're Not Dressing, starring Bing Crosby and Carole Lombard
We're Rich Again, starring Edna May Oliver and Billie Burke
A Wicked Woman, starring Mady Christians, Jean Parker and Charles Bickford
Wonder Bar, starring Al Jolson
You Belong to Me, starring Lee Tracy and Helen Mack
You're Telling Me!, starring W. C. Fields

[edit] Serials
Burn 'Em Up Barnes (released June 16) (12-chapter Mascot Pictures action), starring Frankie Darro and (as Barnes) Jack Mulhall
Mystery Mountain (released December 3) (12-chapter Mascot Pictures western), starring Ken Maynard
The Lost Jungle
The Law of the Wild, starring Rin Tin Tin
The Perils of Pauline
Pirate Treasure
The Red Rider (released July 16) (15-chapter Universal Pictures western), starring Buck Jones
Tailspin Tommy (released October 29) (12-chapter Universal Pictures action), starring Maurice Murphy
The Vanishing Shadow
Young Eagles

[edit] Short film series
Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)
Our Gang (1922-1944)
Charley Chase (1924-1940)
The Three Stooges (1933-1959)

[edit] Animated short film series
Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927-1938)
Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)
Screen Songs (1929-1938)
Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
Terrytoons (1930-1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
Scrappy (1931-1941)
Betty Boop (1932-1939)
Popeye (1933-1957)
Willie Whopper (1933-1934)
ComiColor Cartoons (1933-1936)
Cubby Bear (1933-1934)
The Little King (1933-1934)
Happy Harmonies (1934-1938)
Cartune Classics (1934-1935)
Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
Amos 'n' Andy (1934)

[edit] Births
January 22 - Bill Bixby, American actor
February 11 - Tina Louise, American actress
July 1 - Jamie Farr, United States actor
September 20 - Sophia Loren, Italian actress
November 5 - Kira Muratova, Russian director
December 9 - Judi Dench, English actress
December 28 - Maggie Smith, English actress

[edit] Deaths
January 30 - Dorothy Dell, 19, actress (road accident)
March 21 - Lilyan Tashman, 34, actress (cancer)
July 28 - Marie Dressler, Academy Award winning actress (cancer)