1929 IN FILM

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Academy Awards

Films released in 1929

Serials

Short film series

Animated short film series

Births

Deaths

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.

Top grossing films

# ''Gold Diggers of Broadway''
# ''Rio Rita''
# ''On With the Show''
# ''The Broadway Melody''
# ''Devil May Cry''
# ''In Old Arizona''
# ''Hollywood Revue of 1929''
# ''The Mysterious Island''
# ''The Love Parade''
# ''Four Feathers''
# ''Sally''
# ''Welcome Stranger ''
# ''Redskin''
# ''The Pagan''
# ''Marriage Playground''
# ''Say It With Songs''
# ''They Had to See Paris''
# ''Disraeli''
# ''Navy Blues''
# ''The Kiss''
# ''Their Own Desire''
# ''Divine Lady''
# ''Sunny Side Up''
# ''The Trespasser''
# ''Madame X''
# ''The Last of Mrs. Cheyney''
# ''The Taming of the Shrew''
# ''Bulldog Drummond''

Academy Awards

★ Best Picture: '''The Broadway Melody''' - MGM

★ Best Actor: 'Warner Baxter' - ''In Old Arizona''

★ Best Actor: 'George Arliss' - ''Disraeli''

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

Films released in 1929

★ ''An Andalusian Dog'' (''Un chien andalou''), a short film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí.

★ ''Applause'', starring Helen Morgan.

★ ''Asphalt''

★ ''Atlantic (1929 film)'', the first sound on film made in Germany and the first sound Titanic movie

★ ''Big Business'', a Laurel and Hardy short.

★ ''Blackmail'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

★ ''Broadway'', a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''The Broadway Melody'', musical comedy starring Charles King, Anita Page and Bessie Love.

★ ''Bulldog Drummond'', starring Ronald Colman.

★ ''The Clue of the New Pin''

★ ''The Cocoanuts'', starring the Marx Brothers.

★ ''Coquette'', starring Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore. Directed by Sam Taylor

★ ''Dance of Life'', a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''The Desert Song'', a musical operetta with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''Devil May Care'', a musical romance with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''Disraeli'', starring George Arliss.

★ ''The Flying Fleet'' Starring Ramon Navarro, Ralph Graves, Anita Page, and Edward Nugent

★ ''Footlights and Fools'', a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor.

★ ''Fox Movietone Follies'', a musical revue with Multicolor sequences.

★ ''Glorifying the American Girl'', a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''Gold Diggers of Broadway'', a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor.

★ ''Great Gabbo'', a musical comedy with Multicolor sequences.

★ ''Hallelujah!'', directed by King Vidor.

★ ''Hearts in Dixie'', starring Clarence Muse, Drama/Musical

★ ''His First Command'', a musical drama with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''The Hollywood Revue of 1929'', a showcase of talent under contract to MGM.

★ ''In Old Arizona'', starring Warner Baxter.

★ ''It's A Great Life'', a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''The Iron Mask''. starring Douglas Fairbanks.

★ ''The Kiss'', starring Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel.

★ ''The Lady Lies'', starring Walter Huston and Claudette Colbert

★ ''The Love Parade'', starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.

★ ''Lucky Star

★ ''Man with a Movie Camera'' (Chelovek s kinoapparatom), a documentary.

★ ''The Manxman'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

★ ''Married In Hollywood'', a musical romance with Multicolor sequences.

★ ''The Mysterious Island'', starring Lionel Barrymore.

★ ''On With the Show'', a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor.

★ ''Pandora's Box'', starring Louise Brooks.

★ ''Paris'', a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''Pointed Heels'', a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''Queen Kelly'', starring Gloria Swanson (this film was never actually finished because producers balked at releasing a silent film in a what was quickly becoming a sound film market)

★ ''Redskin'', a drama with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''Red Hot Rhythm'', a musical comedy with Multicolor sequences.

★ ''Rio Rita'', a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''The River

★ ''Sally'', a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor.

★ ''The Show of Shows'', a musical revue with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''St. Louis Blues'', starring Bessie Smith. -(film mentioned in article)

★ ''The Skeleton Dance'', a Walt Disney animated short.

★ ''Spite Marriage'', a Buster Keaton film.

★ ''Sunny Side Up'', a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''This Thing Called Love'', a musical romance with Technicolor sequences.

★ ''The Virginian'', starring Gary Cooper.

★ ''Woman in the Moon'' (''Frau im Mond''), directed by Fritz Lang.

Serials

★ ''The Ace of Scotland Yard''

★ ''The Black Book''

★ ''The Diamond Master''

★ ''The Fatal Warning''

★ ''A Final Reckoning''

★ ''The Fire Detective''

★ ''The King of the Kongo'', starring Jacqueline Logan

★ ''Pirate of Panama''

★ ''Police Reporter''

★ ''Queen of the Northwoods''

★ ''Tarzan the Tiger'', starring Frank Merrill and Natalie Kingston

Short film series

★ ''Buster Keaton'' (1917-1941)

★ ''Our Gang'' (1922-1944)

★ ''Laurel and Hardy'' (1921-1943)

Animated short film series

★ ''Felix the Cat'' (1919-1930)

★ ''Aesop's Film Fables'' (1921-1933)

★ ''Krazy Kat'' (1925-1940)

★ ''Inkwell Imps'' (1927-1929)

★ ''Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'' (1927-1938)

★ ''Mickey Mouse'' (1928-1953)

★ ''Silly Symphonies'' (1929-1939)

★ ''Screen Songs'' (1929-1938)

★ ''Talkartoons'' (1929-1932)

Births

★ January 3 - Sergio Leone, director (+ 1989)

★ January 31 - Jean Simmons, actress

★ February 10 - Jerry Goldsmith, composer (+ 2004)

★ April 28 - Carolyn Jones, actress (+1983)

★ May 4 - Audrey Hepburn, actress

★ August 23 - Vera Miles, actress

★ September 2 - Hal Ashby, director

★ November 12 - Grace Kelly, actress

★ December 6 – Alain Tanner, Swiss film director

★ December 9 - John Cassavetes, actor, director

Deaths

★ July 2 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress

★ October 3 - Jeanne Eagels, actress