1924 in film explained
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 |
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| 1 | | First National | $2,000,000[1] |
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| 2 | Girl Shy | Pathé Exchange | $1,550,000 |
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| 3 | Secrets | First National | $1,500,000 |
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| 4 | | United Artists | $1,490,419[2] |
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| 5 | Hot Water | Pathé Exchange | $1,350,000 |
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| 6 | Feet of Clay | Paramount | $904,383[3] |
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| 7 | Triumph | $678,526 |
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| 8 | He Who Gets Slapped | MGM | $493,000[4] |
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| 9 | Beau Brummel | Warner Bros. | $453,000[5] |
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| 10 | His Hour | MGM | $418,000 | |
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Events
Notable films released in 1924
For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see United States films of 1924
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- 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
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- 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
- 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)
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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 8 - Ron Moody, English actor (died 2015)
- January 9 – 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 9 - Woody Woodbury, American comedian and actor
- 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
- Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (died 2008)
- Leslie Phillips, English comic actor (died 2022)
- 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 3 - Jane Morgan, American actress and singer
- May 6 - Laurie Webb, British actor
- 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 8 - Joe Flynn (American actor), American actor (died 1974)
- November 10
- November 16 - Remo Remotti, Italian actor (died 2015)
- November 19 - William Russell, English actor (died 2024)
- November 20 - Mark Miller, American actor (died 2022)
- 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 19 - Edmund Purdom, English actor, voice artist and director (died 2009)
- December 25 – Rod Serling, American screenwriter (died 1975)
- December 31 - Taylor Mead, American actor (died 2013)
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 1880)
Film debuts
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: The All Time Best Sellers. Quigley Publishing Company. International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38 . 942. April 8, 2018.
- Book: Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. 2014. 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..
- Book: Birchard, Robert S.. 2004. Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. 9780813123240.
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- H Mark . Glancy . Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger . Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television . 15 . 1995. 55–73 . 10.1080/01439689500260031 .
- Book: Taves . Brian.. Thomas Ince: Hollywood's Independent Producer . 10 January 2016 . 2012 . The University Press of Kentucky . 978-0-8131-3423-9. 1–13.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 273. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 274. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Pg. 277. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- Web site: Sampaguita (1924) . imdb.com.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 280. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 278. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
