1924 in film
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| 1870s |
| 1880s |
| 1890s |
| 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 |
| 1900s |
| 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 |
| 1910s |
| 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 |
| 1920s |
| 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 |
| 1930s |
| 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 |
| 1940s |
| 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 •1949 |
| 1950s |
| 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 |
| 1960s |
| 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 |
| 1970s |
| 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 |
| 1980s |
| 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 |
| 1990s |
| 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 |
| 2000s |
| 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 |
| 2010s |
| 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 |
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[edit] Events
- 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.
- CBC Distributions corp. is renamed Columbia Pictures
[edit] Top grossing films
[edit] Films released in 1924
- Aelita, directed by Yakov Protazanov.
- America (film), directed by D.W. Griffith.
- Ballet Mécanique, directed by Dudley Murphy and Fernand Léger.
- 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.
- Hot Water (1924 film), starring Harold Lloyd
- 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 Last Laugh
- The Marriage Circle, directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
- Michael, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
- Monsieur Beaucaire, starring Rudolph Valentino, directed by Sidney Olcott.
- The Navigator, starring Buster Keaton
- Peter Pan, starring Betty Bronson.
- The Sea Hawk (1924 film), starring Milton Sills.
- Secrets, starring Norma Talmadge
- Sherlock, Jr.
- The Thief of Bagdad, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks.
- Three Weeks, starring Conrad Nagel and Aileen Pringle.
[edit] Short film series
- Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
- Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)
- Our Gang (1922-1944)
[edit] Animated short film series
- Felix the Cat (1919-1930)
- Koko the Clown (1919-1934)
- Alice Comedies (1923-1927)
[edit] Births
- January 16 - Katy Jurado, actress († 2002)
- January 21 - Telly Savalas, actor († 1994)
- April 3 - Doris Day, actress, singer
- April 3 - Marlon Brando, actor († 2004)
- April 20 - Nina Foch, actress
- July 4 - Eva Marie Saint, actress
- July 21 - Don Knotts, actor († 2006)
- September 16 - Lauren Bacall, actress
- September 28 - Marcello Mastroianni, actor († 1996)
- September 30 - Truman Capote, author († 1984)
- November 22 - Geraldine Page, actress
- December 25 - Rod Serling, screenwriter († 1975)
[edit] Film Debuts
[edit] Deaths
- April 21 - Eleanora Duse, veteran & revered Italian stage actress who made one film in 1916.
- September 23 - Ben Deeley, film actor married to Barbara La Marr
- October 12 - Kate Lester, veteran stage & film actress, age 67.
- November 19 - Thomas Ince, actor & pioneer film producer
