1929 in film
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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
- Hallelujah!, first Hollywood film to contain an entire black cast.
- 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.
Top grossing films
- The Broadway Melody
- The Mysterious Island
- 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.Movies released
Movies released in 1929 include:
- An Andalusian Dog (Un chien andalou), a short film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí.
- Applause, starring Helen Morgan.
- Big Business, a Laurel and Hardy short.
- Blackmail, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
- The Broadway Melody, starring Charles King, Anita Page and Bessie Love.
- Bulldog Drummond, starring Ronald Colman.
- The Cocoanuts, starring the Marx Brothers.
- The Cameraman
- Coquette, starring Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore. Directed by Sam Taylor
- Disraeli, starring George Arliss.
- Hallelujah, directed by King Vidor.
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929, a showcase of talent under contract to MGM.
- In Old Arizona, starring Warner Baxter.
- The Iron Mask. starring Douglas Fairbanks.
- The Kiss, starring Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel.
- The Love Parade, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.
- The Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s kinoapparatom), a documentary.
- The Manxman, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
- The Mysterious Island, starring Lionel Barrymore.
- Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks.
- 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)
- Saint Louis Blues, starring Bessie Smith.
- The Skeleton Dance, a Walt Disney animated short.
- Spite Marriage, a Buster Keaton film.
- The Virginian, starring Gary Cooper.
- Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond), directed by Fritz Lang.
Short film series
- Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
- Our Gang (1922-1944)
- Laurel and Hardy (1926-1940)
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)
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
Deaths
- July 2 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress
- October 3 - Jeanne Eagels, actress
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