- 1924 in film
Events
* Entertainment entrepreneur
Marcus Loew gained control ofMetro Pictures ,Goldwyn Pictures Corporation andLouis B. Mayer Pictures to createMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
*Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of "The Wizard of Oz". MGM andL. Frank Baum failed to come to an agreement so the rights were sold toChadwick Pictures.
*CBC Distributions corp. is renamedColumbia Pictures Top grossing films
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The Sea Hawk (1924 film) "
# "He Who Gets Slapped "
# "Girl Shy "
# "A Society Scandal "
# "Humming Bird "
# "The Marriage Circle "
# "Beau Brummell"
# "The Thief of Bagdad"
# "Greed"
# "Secrets"
# "Hot Water (1924 film) "Films released in 1924
*"
Aelita ", directed byYakov Protazanov .
*"America (film) ", directed byD.W. Griffith .
*"Ballet Mécanique ", directed byDudley Murphy andFernand Léger .
*"Forbidden Paradise ", starringPola Negri ; directed byErnst Lubitsch .
*"Girl Shy ", starringHarold Lloyd .
*"Greed", starringZasu Pitts andGibson Gowland ; directed byErich von Stroheim .
*"He Who Gets Slapped ", starring Lon Chaney.
*"Hot Water (1924 film) ", starringHarold Lloyd
*"The Humming Bird ", starringGloria Swanson
*"The Iron Horse", starring George O'Brien.
*"Isn't Life Wonderful ", directed byD.W. Griffith .
*"Janice Meredith", starringMarion Davies ,Holbrook Blinn , andTyrone Power, Sr.
*"The Last Laugh "
*"The Marriage Circle ", directed byErnst Lubitsch .
*"Michael", directed byCarl Theodor Dreyer .
*"Monsieur Beaucaire ", starringRudolph Valentino , directed bySidney Olcott .
*"The Navigator", starringBuster Keaton
*"Peter Pan", starringBetty Bronson .
*"The Sea Hawk (1924 film) ", starringMilton Sills .
*"Secrets", starringNorma Talmadge
*"Sherlock, Jr. "
*"The Thief of Bagdad", directed byRaoul Walsh and starringDouglas Fairbanks .
*"Three Weeks", starringConrad Nagel andAileen Pringle .hort film series
*"
Buster Keaton " (1917 -1941 )
*"Laurel and Hardy " (1921 -1943 )
*"Our Gang " (1922-1944)Animated short film series
*"
Felix the Cat " (1919-1930)
*"Koko the Clown " (1919-1934)
*"Alice Comedies " (1923-1927)Births
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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)Film Debuts
*
Clark Gable
*Johannes Heesters Deaths
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April 21 -Eleanora Duse , veteran & revered Italian stage actress who made one film in 1916.*
September 23 - Ben Deeley, film actor married toBarbara La Marr *
October 12 -Kate Lester , veteran stage & film actress, age 67.*
November 19 -Thomas Ince , actor & pioneer film producer
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