1929 in film

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[edit] 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
  • July 13, The first all color talkie (in Technicolor), On With the Show is released by Warner. Bros. who the led in a new color revolution, just as they had ushered in that of the talkies.
  • Hallelujah!, first Hollywood film to contain an entire black cast.
  • Atlantic (1929 film) is the first sound on film movie made in Germany. It is also the first Titanic movie with sound.
  • 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.

[edit] Top grossing films

  1. The Broadway Melody
  2. Sunny Side Up
  3. Welcome Danger
  4. The Cock-Eyed World
  5. Gold Diggers of Broadway
  6. Rio Rita
  7. Hollywood Revue of 1929
  8. Coquette
  9. Noah's Ark (film)
  10. In Old Arizona
  11. Syncopation (1929 film)
  12. The Taming of the Shrew
  13. The Single Standards
  14. Wild Orchids
  15. Paris (1929 film)
  16. The Kiss
  17. The Mysterious Island
  18. Die Buchse der Pandora
  19. On With the Show
  20. The Love Parade
  21. Four Feathers
  22. Sally
  23. Redskin
  24. The Pagan
  25. Marriage Playground
  26. Say It With Songs
  27. They Had to See Paris
  28. Disraeli
  29. Navy Blues
  30. Their Own Desire
  31. Divine Lady
  32. The Trespasser
  33. Madame X
  34. The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
  35. Bulldog Drummond

[edit] Academy Awards

Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are 2 'Best Actor' awards for 1929 films.

[edit] Films released in 1929

[edit] Serials

[edit] Short film series

[edit] Animated short film series

[edit] Births

[edit] Film Debuts

[edit] Deaths