1924 in film

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of The Wizard of Oz. MGM and L. Frank Baum failed to come to an agreement so the rights were sold to Chadwick Pictures.

Movies released in 1924 include:

Aelita, a Russian science-fiction propaganda film.
America (movie), directed by D.W. Griffith.
Forbidden Paradise, starring Pola Negri; directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
Girl Shy, starring Harold Lloyd.
Greed, starring Zasu Pitts and Gibson Gowland; directed by Erich von Stroheim.
He Who Gets Slapped, starring Lon Chaney.
The Iron Horse, starring George O'Brien.
Isn't Life Wonderful, directed by D.W. Griffith.
Janice Meredith, starring Marion Davies, Holbrook Blinn, and Tyrone Power, Sr.
The Marriage Circle, directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
Michael, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
Monsieur Beaucaire, starring Rudolph Valentino, directed by Sidney Olcott.
Peter Pan, starring Betty Bronson.
The Sea Hawk, starring Milton Sills.
The Thief of Bagdad, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks.
Three Weeks, starring Conrad Nagel and Aileen Pringle.

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