1934 in film
Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000. February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade April 19 - Fox Studios releases Stand Up and Cheer! 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 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 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as comic relief. December 11 - Fox releases the Sol M. Wurtzel production of Bright Eyes On the Good Ship Lollipop ", and wins the first Academy Award ever given to a child, for her endearing portrayal of Shirley Blake. Top grossing films Academy Awards Films released in 1934 U.S.A. unless stated
All of Me Miriam Hopkins and Fredric March Ang le Marcel Pagnol , starring Fernandel - (France )Anne of Green Gables Anne Shirley L'Atalante Jean Vigo , starring Michel Simon - (France )Babes in Toyland Laurel and Hardy Baby Take a Bow The Barretts of Wimpole Street Norma Shearer , Fredric March and Charles Laughton Belle of the Nineties Mae West , Roger Pryor and Johnny Mack Brown The Black Cat Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi Bolero George Raft and Carole Lombard Bright Eyes Shirley Temple Broadway Bill Frank Capra , starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back Ronald Colman The Captain Hates the Sea Victor McLaglen and John Gilbert in his last film roleThe Case of the Howling Dog Warren William as Perry Mason The Cat and the Fiddle Ram n Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald The Cat's-Paw Harold Lloyd Chapayev National Board of Review "Best Foreign Film" Award in 1935 - (U.S.S.R. )Charlie Chan in London Warner Oland Charlie Chan's Courage Warner Oland The Circus Clown Joe E. Brown City Limits The Clairvoyant Claude Rains and Fay Wray - (U.K. )Cleopatra Cecil B. DeMille , starring Claudette Colbert and Warren William Colonel Blood The Count of Monte Cristo Robert Donat Crime Without Passion Claude Rains Dames Busby Berkeley , starring Joan Blondell , Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler Dark Hazard Edward G. Robinson Death on the Diamond Robert Young Death Takes a Holiday Fredric March Doctor Monica Kay Francis Evergreen Victor Saville , starring Jessie Matthews - (U.K. )Everybody's Woman Max Oph ls - (Italy )Fashions of 1934 William Powell and Bette Davis Fog Over Frisco Bette Davis Forsaking All Others Joan Crawford , Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery Gambling Lady Barbara Stanwyck The Gay Bride Carole Lombard The Gay Divorcee Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers The Girl from Missouri Jean Harlow The Goddess China )Grand Canary Warner Baxter Le Grand Jeu Jacques Feyder - (France )Here Comes the Navy James Cagney and Pat O'Brien Here is My Heart Bing Crosby and Kitty Carlisle The House of Rothschild George Arliss and Loretta Young Imitation of Life Claudette Colbert and Warren William It Happened One Night Frank Capra , starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert - winner of 5 Academy Awards It's a Gift W. C. Fields Jimmy the Gent James Cagney and Bette Davis Jolly Fellows Russian musicalJudge Priest Will Rogers Kid Millions Eddie Cantor The Lady Is Willing Leslie Howard and Cedric Hardwicke - (U.K. )The Last Round-Up Randolph Scott Leave It to Blanche Let's Try Again Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard - (U.K. )Lieutenant Kij - (U.S.S.R. )Liliom Fritz Lang , starring Charles Boyer - (France )Limehouse Blues Little Man, What Now? Margaret Sullavan and Douglass Montgomery The Little Minister Katharine Hepburn and John Beal Little Miss Marker Shirley Temple Lord Edgware Dies Henry Edwards and starring Austin Trevor - (U.K.)A Lost Lady Barbara Stanwyck The Lost Patrol Victor McLaglen , Boris Karloff and Wallace Ford The Lucky Texan John Wayne Madame Du Barry Dolores del R o The Man from Utah John Wayne Man of Aran Robert Flaherty - (U.K. )The Man Who Knew Too Much Alfred Hitchcock , starring Leslie Banks , Edna Best and Peter Lorre - (U.K.)The Man with Two Faces Edward G. Robinson Managed Money Mandalay Manhattan Melodrama Clark Gable , William Powell and Myrna Loy Maniac William Woods and Horace B. Carpenter Master and Man U.K. )The Merry Widow Ernst Lubitsch , starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald - (France /U.S.)Les Mis rables Raymond Bernard , starring Harry Baur and Charles Vanel - (France)Murder at Monte Carlo Errol Flynn - (U.K. )Now and Forever Now I'll Tell Of Human Bondage Leslie Howard and Bette Davis The Old Fashioned Way W. C. Fields One More River James Whale One Night of Love Grace Moore Operator 13 Marion Davies and Gary Cooper Our Daily Bread Karen Morley and Tom Keene Pardon My Pups The Private Life of Don Juan Alexander Korda , starring Douglas Fairbanks and Merle Oberon - (U.K.)The Return of Bulldog Drummond Ralph Richardson and Ann Todd - (U.K. )The Richest Girl in the World Miriam Hopkins , Joel McCrea and Fay Wray Two Heads on a Pillow Neil Hamilton , Miriam Jordan , and Henry Armetta Riptide Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery The Rise of Catherine the Great Elisabeth Bergner and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - (U.K. )Sadie McKee Joan Crawford The Scarlet Empress Josef von Sternberg , starring Marlene Dietrich and John Lodge The Scarlet Pimpernel Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon - (U.K. )She Loves Me Not Miriam Hopkins and Bing Crosby The Silver Streak Charles Starrett Six of a Kind Charles Ruggles , Mary Boland and W. C. Fields Something Always Happens Ian Hunter , Nance O'Neil , John Singer , Peter Gawthorne , Muriel George - (U.K. )The Song of Ceylon documentary directed by Basil Wright - (U.K.)Song of the Fishermen China )Spitfire Katharine Hepburn The St. Louis Kid James Cagney Stand Up and Cheer! Warner Baxter and Madge Evans , and featuring five-year-old Shirley Temple .The Star Packer John Wayne A Story of Floating Weeds Yasujir Ozu - (Japan )Tarzan and His Mate Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan The Thin Man W. S. Van Dyke , starring William Powell and Myrna Loy The Trail Beyond John Wayne Treasure Island Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper Twentieth Century Howard Hawks , starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard Twenty Million Sweethearts Pat O'Brien , Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers Unfinished Symphony Anthony Asquith (U.K./Austria)Viva Villa! Wallace Beery , Leo Carrillo and Fay Wray We're Not Dressing Bing Crosby and Carole Lombard We're Rich Again Edna May Oliver and Billie Burke White Heat , directed by Lois Weber The White Parade Loretta Young A Wicked Woman Mady Christians , Jean Parker and Charles Bickford Wonder Bar Al Jolson You Belong to Me Lee Tracy and Helen Mack You're Telling Me! W. C. Fields Young and Beautiful Zouzou Marc All gret , starring Jean Gabin and Josephine Baker - (France ) Serials Comedy film series Animated short film series Births January 22 - Bill Bixby , American actor (died 1993) February 11 - Tina Louise , American actress March 26 - Alan Arkin , American actor March 31 - Shirley Jones , American singer and actress April 24 - Shirley MacLaine , American actress May 24 - Kiril Gospodinov , Bulgarian actor July 1 - Jean Marsh , English actress of Upstairs, Downstairs July 1 - Jamie Farr , United States actor July 5 - Nikolay Binev , Bulgarian actor September 20 - Sophia Loren , Italian actress September 28 - Brigitte Bardot , French actress November 5 - Kira Muratova , Russian director November 11 - Nadine Trintignant December 9 - Judi Dench , English actress December 28 - Maggie Smith , English actress Deaths Debuts
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