1929 in film
Events
\nThe days of the silent film were numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on.\n*January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona was released. The film was the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors. \n*May 16 - The first Academy Awards, or Oscars, are distributed \n*Hallelujah, first Hollywood film to conatin an entire black cast.
Top Grossing Films of the Year
\n# The Broadway Melody \n# The Mysterious Island
Academy Awards
\n*Best Picture: The Broadway Melody - MGM\n*Best Actor: Warner Baxter - In Old Arizona\n*Best Actor: George Arliss - Disraeli\n*Best Actress: Mary Pickford - Coquette\nNote: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are 2 'Best Actor' awards for 1929 films.
Movies Released
\nMovies released in 1929 include:\n*An Andalusian Dog (Un chien andalou), a short film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. \n*Applause, starring Helen Morgan.\n*Big Business', a Laurel and Hardy short.\n*Blackmail, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.\n*The Broadway Melody, starring Charles King, Anita Page and Bessie Love.\n*Bulldog Drummond, starring Ronald Colman. \n*The Cocoanuts, starring the Marx Brothers.\n*The Cameraman\n*Coquette, starring Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore. Directed by Sam Taylor\n*Disraeli, starring George Arliss.\n*Hallelujah, directed by King Vidor.\n*The Hollywood Revue of 1929, a showcase of talent under contract to MGM.\n*In Old Arizona, starring Warner Baxter.\n*The Iron Mask. starring Douglas Fairbanks.\n*The Kiss, starring Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel.\n*The Love Parade, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.\n*The Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s kinoapparatom), a documentary.\n*The Manxman, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.\n*The Mysterious Island, starring Lionel Barrymore\n*Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks\n*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)\n*Saint Louis Blues starring Bessie Smith\n*The Skeleton Dance, a Walt Disney animated short.\n*Spite Marriage, a Buster Keaton film.\n*The Virginian, starring Gary Cooper. \n*Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond), directed by Fritz Lang.
Births
\n*January 3 - Sergio Leone, director (+ 1989) \n*April 28 - Carolyn Jones, actress (+1983)\n*May 4 - Audrey Hepburn, actress\n*December 6 – Alain Tanner, Swiss film director
Deaths
\n*October 3 - Jeanne Eagels, actress\n*November 29 - Zeppo Marx, comedian, The Marx Brothers
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