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Overview of the events of 1924 in film
Overview of the events of 1924 in film
This is an overview of 1924 in film , including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
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
MGM
$493,000
[4]
9
Beau Brummel
Warner Bros.
$453,000
[5]
10
His Hour
MGM
$418,000
[4]
Events
Notable films released in 1924
For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see
United States films of 1924
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
Happiness , directed by
King Vidor , starring
Laurette Taylor
The Hands of Orlac (Orlacs Hände) , directed by
Robert Wiene , starring
Conrad Veidt , based on the 1920
novel by
Maurice Renard
[11] – (
Austria )
He Who Gets Slapped , directed by
Victor Sjöström starring
Lon Chaney ,
Norma Shearer and
John Gilbert
Helena , directed by
Manfred Noa – (
Germany )
Helen's Babies , directed by
William A. Seiter , starring
Edward Everett Horton ,
Baby Peggy and
Clara Bow
Her Night of Romance , directed by
Sidney Franklin , starring
Constance Talmadge and
Ronald Colman
His Hour , directed by
King Vidor , starring
John Gilbert
Hot Water , directed by
Fred C. Newmeyer and
Sam Taylor , starring
Harold Lloyd and
Jobyna Ralston
The Humming Bird , directed by
Sidney Olcott , starring
Gloria Swanson
I
J
L
M
N
O
P
Q
S
The Saga of Gosta Berling (Gösta Berlings Saga) , directed by
Mauritz Stiller , starring
Greta Garbo and
Lars Hanson – (
Sweden )
Sampaguita , directed by
José Nepomuceno
[12] – (
Philippines )
The Sea Hawk , directed by
Frank Lloyd , starring
Milton Sills
Secrets , directed by
Frank Borzage , starring
Norma Talmadge
The Shadow of the Desert (lost), directed by
George Archainbaud , starring
Mildred Harris and
Norman Kerry
Sherlock Jr. , a
Buster Keaton film
A Son of Satan (lost), written and directed by
Oscar Micheaux
[13]
Stupid, But Brave , directed by William Goodrich (
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle )
Symphonie diagonale , directed by
Viking Eggeling – (
Germany )
T
U
W
Y
Short film series
Animated short film series
Koko the Clown (1919–1934)
Felix the Cat (1919–1936)
Alice Comedies (1923–1927)
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
Births
January 7 –
Anne Vernon , French actress
January 9 –
Sergei Parajanov , Soviet director (died
1990 )
January 14 –
Carole Cook , American actress (died
2023 )
January 16 –
Katy Jurado , Mexican actress (died
2002 )
January 21 -
Benny Hill , English actor, comedian, singer and writer (died
1992 )
January 26 –
Armand Gatti , French filmmaker (died
2017 )
January 29 –
Dorothy Malone , American actress (died
2018 )
February 12 –
Louis Zorich , American actor (died
2018 )
February 19 –
Lee Marvin , American actor (died
1987 )
March 5 -
Harvey Bernhard , American producer (died
2014 )
March 12 –
Helen Parrish , American actress (died
1959 )
March 13 -
Norma Michaels , American actress (died
2020 )
March 15 -
Walter Gotell , German actor (died
1997 )
March 24 -
Norman Fell , American actor (died
1998 )
March 25 –
Machiko Kyō , Japanese actress (died
2019 )
April 3 –
Marlon Brando , American actor (died
2004 )
April 4 -
Noreen Nash , American actress (died
2023 )
April 7
April 13 –
Stanley Donen , American director and choreographer (died
2019 )
April 14
April 18 –
Leida Rammo , Estonian actress (died
2020 )
April 19 -
Tatiana Farnese , Italian actress (died
2022 )
April 20
April 24
April 29 –
Heikki Haravee , Estonian actor (died
2003 )
May 1 –
Dodo Abashidze , Soviet Georgian director (died
1990 )
May 2 –
Theodore Bikel , Austrian-American actor (died
2015 )
May 18 -
Priscilla Pointer , American actress
May 23 -
Bill McCutcheon , American character actor (died
2002 )
June 2 -
Al Ruscio , American character actor (died
2013 )
June 4 –
Dennis Weaver , American actor, SAG president (died
2006 )
June 16 –
Faith Domergue , American actress (died
1999 )
June 21 –
Ezzatolah Entezami , Iranian actor (died
2018 )
June 25 –
Sidney Lumet , American director (died
2011 )
July 1 -
Florence Stanley , American actress (died
2003 )
July 3 -
Amalia Aguilar , Cuban-born Mexican actress (died
2021 )
July 4 –
Eva Marie Saint , American actress
July 6 –
Draga Ahačič , Slovene actress and director (died
2022 )
July 14 -
Val Avery , American actor (died
2009 )
July 19 -
Pat Hingle , American actor (died
2009 )
July 20 –
Lola Albright , American actress (died
2017 )
July 21 –
Don Knotts , American actor (died
2006 )
July 29 -
Lloyd Bochner , Canadian actor (died
2005 )
August 1 –
Marcia Mae Jones , American actress (died
2007 )
August 2 -
Carroll O'Connor , American actor (died
2001 )
August 10 –
Martha Hyer , American actress (died
2014 )
August 14 –
Eduardo Fajardo , Spanish actor (died
2019 )
August 19 -
William Marshall , American actor (died
2003 )
August 21 -
Jack Weston , American actor (died
1996 )
August 24 –
Jimmy Gardner , English actor (died
2010 )
August 28 –
Peggy Ryan , American actress and dancer (died
2004 )
August 29 –
Tanis Chandler , French-born American actress (died
2006 )
August 31 -
Buddy Hackett , American actor, comedian and singer (died
2003 )
September 1 -
Hal Douglas , American voice actor (died
2014 )
September 2 –
Knud Leif Thomsen , Danish director and screenwriter (died
2003 )
September 6 –
Riccardo Cucciolla , Italian actor and voice actor (died
1999 )
September 8 –
Denise Darcel , French actress (died
2011 )
September 9
September 11 -
David Morris , English actor (died
2007 )
September 13
September 16 –
Lauren Bacall , American actress (died
2014 )
September 21 –
Gail Russell , American actress (died
1961 )
September 23 –
Bob Herron , American stuntman and actor (died
2021 )
September 28 –
Marcello Mastroianni , Italian actor (died
1996 )
September 29 -
Peter Arne , British character actor (died
1983 )
September 30 –
Truman Capote , American author (died
1984 )
October 1 –
Jose Corazon de Jesus Jr. , Filipino actor (died
1970 )
October 12 -
Doris Grau , American script supervisor, actress and voice artist (died
1995 )
October 21 -
Joyce Randolph , American actress (died
2024 )
October 24 -
Mark Lenard , American actor (died
1996 )
October 25 –
Billy Barty , American actor (died
2000 )
November 10
November 16 -
Remo Remotti , Italian actor (died
2015 )
November 21 -
Joseph Campanella , American actor (died
2018 )
November 22 –
Geraldine Page , American actress (died
1987 )
December 2 –
Vilgot Sjöman , Swedish director (died
2006 )
December 5 -
George Savalas , American actor (died
1985 )
December 13 -
Maria Riva , American actress and writer
December 14
December 19 -
Cicely Tyson , American actress, model and author (died
2021 )
December 25 –
Rod Serling , American screenwriter (died
1975 )
Deaths
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 to
Barbara 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 1882)
Film debuts
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978-0-7864-8160-6 . This effort returned some startlingly good results on several pictures. United Artists' The Thief of Bagdad (1924), starring Douglas Fairbanks, performed exceptionally well, with $1,490,419 in domestic rentals, but had a high production cost of $1,135,654.
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