Overview of the events of 1924 in film
This is an overview of1924 in film , including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
[ edit ] The top ten 1924 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1924 Rank Title Studio Domestic rentals 1 The Sea Hawk First National $2,000,000[ 1] 2 Girl Shy Pathé Exchange $1,550,000[ 1] 3 Secrets First National $1,500,000[ 1] 4 The Thief of Bagdad United Artists $1,490,419[ 2] 5 Hot Water Pathé Exchange $1,350,000[ 1] 6 Feet of Clay Paramount $904,383[ 3] 7 Triumph $678,526[ 3] 8 He Who Gets Slapped Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $493,000[ 4] 9 Beau Brummel Warner Bros. $453,000[ 5] 10 His Hour Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $418,000[ 4]
Notable films released in 1924 [ edit ] For the complete list of US film releases for the year, seeUnited States films of 1924
Happiness King Vidor , starringLaurette Taylor The Hands of Orlac (Orlacs Hände)Robert Wiene , starringConrad Veidt , based on the 1920novel byMaurice Renard [ 11] Austria )He Who Gets Slapped Victor Sjöström starringLon Chaney ,Norma Shearer andJohn Gilbert Helena Manfred Noa – (Germany )Helen's Babies William A. Seiter , starringEdward Everett Horton ,Baby Peggy andClara Bow Her Night of Romance Sidney Franklin , starringConstance Talmadge andRonald Colman His Hour King Vidor , starringJohn Gilbert Hot Water Fred C. Newmeyer andSam Taylor , starringHarold Lloyd andJobyna Ralston The Humming Bird Sidney Olcott , starringGloria Swanson The Saga of Gosta Berling (Gösta Berlings Saga)Mauritz Stiller , starringGreta Garbo andLars Hanson – (Sweden )Sampaguita , directed byJosé Nepomuceno [ 12] Philippines )The Sea Hawk Frank Lloyd , starringMilton Sills Secrets Frank Borzage , starringNorma Talmadge The Shadow of the Desert George Archainbaud , starringMildred Harris andNorman Kerry Sherlock Jr. Buster Keaton filmA Son of Satan Oscar Micheaux [ 13] Stupid, But Brave Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle )Symphonie diagonale Viking Eggeling – (Germany )Animated short film series [ edit ] Koko the Clown Felix the Cat Alice Comedies Alice's Day at Sea Alice's Spooky Adventure Alice's Wild West Show Alice's Fishy Story Alice and the Dog-Catcher Alice the Peacemaker Alice Gets in Dutch Alice Hunting in Africa Alice and the Three Bears Alice the Piper January 8 -Ron Moody , English actor (died2015 ) January 9 –Anne Vernon , French actress January 9 –Sergei Parajanov , Soviet director (died1990 ) January 14 –Carole Cook , American actress (died2023 ) January 16 –Katy Jurado , Mexican actress (died2002 ) January 21 -Benny Hill , English actor, comedian, singer and writer (died1992 ) January 26 –Armand Gatti , French filmmaker (died2017 ) January 29 –Dorothy Malone , American actress (died2018 ) February 9 -Woody Woodbury , American comedian and actor February 12 –Louis Zorich , American actor (died2018 ) February 19 –Lee Marvin , American actor (died1987 ) March 3 -John Woodnutt , British actor (died2006 ) March 5 -Harvey Bernhard , American producer (died2014 ) March 12 –Helen Parrish , American actress (died1959 ) March 13 -Norma Michaels , American actress (died2020 ) March 15 -Walter Gotell , German actor (died1997 ) March 24 -Norman Fell , American actor (died1998 ) March 25 –Machiko Kyō , Japanese actress (died2019 ) April 3 –Marlon Brando , American actor (died2004 ) April 4 -Noreen Nash , American actress (died2023 ) April 7 April 13 –Stanley Donen , American director and choreographer (died2019 ) April 14 April 18 –Leida Rammo , Estonian actress (died2020 ) April 19 -Tatiana Farnese , Italian actress (died2022 ) April 20 April 24 April 29 –Heikki Haravee , Estonian actor (died2003 ) May 1 –Dodo Abashidze , Soviet Georgian director (died1990 ) May 2 –Theodore Bikel , Austrian-American actor (died2015 ) May 3 -Jane Morgan , American actress and singer May 6 -Laurie Webb , Welsh retired actor May 18 -Priscilla Pointer , American actress May 23 -Bill McCutcheon , American character actor (died2002 ) June 2 -Al Ruscio , American character actor (died2013 ) June 4 –Dennis Weaver , American actor, SAG president (died2006 ) June 16 –Faith Domergue , American actress (died1999 ) June 21 –Ezzatolah Entezami , Iranian actor (died2018 ) June 25 –Sidney Lumet , American director (died2011 ) July 1 -Florence Stanley , American actress (died2003 ) July 3 -Amalia Aguilar , Cuban-born Mexican actress (died2021 ) July 4 –Eva Marie Saint , American actress July 6 July 14 -Val Avery , American actor (died2009 ) July 19 -Pat Hingle , American actor (died2009 ) July 20 –Lola Albright , American actress (died2017 ) July 21 –Don Knotts , American actor (died2006 ) July 29 -Lloyd Bochner , Canadian actor (died2005 ) August 1 –Marcia Mae Jones , American actress (died2007 ) August 2 -Carroll O'Connor , American actor (died2001 ) August 10 –Martha Hyer , American actress (died2014 ) August 14 –Eduardo Fajardo , Spanish actor (died2019 ) August 19 -William Marshall , American actor (died2003 ) August 21 -Jack Weston , American actor (died1996 ) August 24 –Jimmy Gardner , English actor (died2010 ) August 28 –Peggy Ryan , American actress and dancer (died2004 ) August 29 –Tanis Chandler , French-born American actress (died2006 ) August 31 -Buddy Hackett , American actor, comedian and singer (died2003 ) September 1 -Hal Douglas , American voice actor (died2014 ) September 2 –Knud Leif Thomsen , Danish director and screenwriter (died2003 ) September 6 –Riccardo Cucciolla , Italian actor and voice actor (died1999 ) September 8 –Denise Darcel , French actress (died2011 ) September 9 September 11 -David Morris , English actor (died2007 ) September 13 September 16 –Lauren Bacall , American actress (died2014 ) September 21 –Gail Russell , American actress (died1961 ) September 23 –Bob Herron , American stuntman and actor (died2021 ) September 28 –Marcello Mastroianni , Italian actor (died1996 ) September 29 -Peter Arne , British character actor (died1983 ) September 30 –Truman Capote , American author (died1984 ) October 1 –Jose Corazon de Jesus Jr. , Filipino actor (died1970 ) October 12 -Doris Grau , American script supervisor, actress and voice artist (died1995 ) October 21 -Joyce Randolph , American actress (died2024 ) October 24 -Mark Lenard , American actor (died1996 ) October 25 –Billy Barty , American actor (died2000 ) November 2 -Nadia Cattouse , Belize-British actress (died 2024) November 8 -Joe Flynn (American actor) , American actor (died 1974) November 10 November 16 -Remo Remotti , Italian actor (died2015 ) November 19 -William Russell , English actor (died2024 ) November 20 -Mark Miller , American actor (died 2022) November 21 -Joseph Campanella , American actor (died2018 ) November 22 –Geraldine Page , American actress (died1987 ) December 2 –Vilgot Sjöman , Swedish director (died2006 ) December 5 -George Savalas , American actor (died1985 ) December 13 -Maria Riva , American actress and writer December 14 December 19 -Cicely Tyson , American actress, model and author (died2021 ) December 19 -Edmund Purdom , English actor, voice artist and director (died2009 ) December 25 –Rod Serling , American screenwriter (died1975 ) December 31 -Taylor Mead , American actor (died2013 ) April 16 –Amleto Novelli , Italian stage and screen actor (born in 1885) April 21 –Eleonora Duse , Italian veteran stage actress, who made one film in 1916 (born in 1858) August 9 –L. Rogers Lytton , American stage and screen actor (born in 1867) September 23 –Ben Deeley , film actor married toBarbara La Marr (born in 1878) October 12 –Kate Lester , English veteran stage and film actress (born in 1857) November 19 –Thomas Ince , American actor and pioneer film producer (born in 1880)
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