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*''[[Marianne (1929 musical film)|Marianne]]'', directed by [[Robert Z. Leonard]], starring [[Marion Davies]]
*''[[Madame X (1929 film)|Madame X]]'', directed by [[Lionel Barrymore]], starring [[Ruth Chatterton]] and [[Lewis Stone]]
*''[[Madame X (1929 film)|Madame X]]'', directed by [[Lionel Barrymore]], starring [[Ruth Chatterton]] and [[Lewis Stone]]
*''[[Man with a Movie Camera]] (Chelovek s kinoapparatom)'', documentary directed by [[Dziga Vertov]] – ([[Soviet films of 1929|USSR]])
*''[[Man with a Movie Camera]] (Chelovek s kinoapparatom)'', documentary directed by [[Dziga Vertov]] – ([[Soviet films of 1929|Ukrainian SSR]])
*''[[The Manxman (1929 film)|The Manxman]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[The Manxman (1929 film)|The Manxman]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
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*''[[Marianne (1929 musical film)|Marianne]]'', directed by [[Robert Z. Leonard]], starring [[Marion Davies]]
*''[[Married in Hollywood]]'' (lost), directed by Marcel Silver
*''[[Married in Hollywood]]'' (lost), directed by Marcel Silver
*''[[Melody of the Heart]]'', directed by [[Hanns Schwarz]], starring [[Dita Parlo]] and [[Willy Fritsch]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Melody of the Heart]]'', directed by [[Hanns Schwarz]], starring [[Dita Parlo]] and [[Willy Fritsch]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
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**[[Roman Kłosowski]], Polish actor (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
**[[Roman Kłosowski]], Polish actor (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
**[[Allan Miller]], American actor and director
**[[Allan Miller]], American actor and director
** [[Vic Morrow]], American actor (died [[1982 in film|1982]]
** [[Vic Morrow]], American actor (died [[1982 in film|1982]])
* February 17 - [[Patricia Routledge]], English actress
* February 17 - [[Patricia Routledge]], English actress
* February 22
* February 22
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* April 1
* April 1
**[[Barbara Bryne]], British-American actress (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
**[[Barbara Bryne]], British-American actress (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
** [[Jonathan Haze]], American actor, producer and screenwriter (died [[2024]])
**[[Jane Powell]], American actress, singer and dancer (died [[2021 in film|2021]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Kristine Helen Burns|title=Women and Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQcKAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-1-57356-309-3|page=538}}</ref>
**[[Jane Powell]], American actress, singer and dancer (died [[2021 in film|2021]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Kristine Helen Burns|title=Women and Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQcKAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-1-57356-309-3|page=538}}</ref>
* April 5 – [[Nigel Hawthorne]], English actor (died [[2001 in film|2001]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Kathleen Riley|title=Nigel Hawthorne on Stage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucs-FWpTjp8C&pg=PA9|date=27 April 2005|publisher=Univ of Hertfordshire Press|isbn=978-1-902806-31-0|pages=9}}</ref>
* April 5 – [[Nigel Hawthorne]], English actor (died [[2001 in film|2001]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Kathleen Riley|title=Nigel Hawthorne on Stage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucs-FWpTjp8C&pg=PA9|date=27 April 2005|publisher=Univ of Hertfordshire Press|isbn=978-1-902806-31-0|pages=9}}</ref>
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* April 15 – [[Mariano Laurenti]], Italian director and actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
* April 15 – [[Mariano Laurenti]], Italian director and actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
* April 17 – [[Michael Forest]], American actor
* April 17 – [[Michael Forest]], American actor
* April 28 – [[Bhanu Athaiya]], Indian costume designer (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
* April 28
**[[Bhanu Athaiya]], Indian costume designer (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
**[[Evangelina Elizondo]], Mexican actress and singer (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
* May 2 – [[Eddie Garcia]], Filipino actor (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
* May 2 – [[Eddie Garcia]], Filipino actor (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
* May 4 – [[Audrey Hepburn]], British actress (died [[1993 in film|1993]])
* May 4 – [[Audrey Hepburn]], British actress (died [[1993 in film|1993]])
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**[[Asta Vihandi]], Estonian opera singer, actress and dancer (died [[1993 in film|1993]])
**[[Asta Vihandi]], Estonian opera singer, actress and dancer (died [[1993 in film|1993]])
**[[John Woodvine]], English actor
**[[John Woodvine]], English actor
** [[Veronica Racanelli]], American actress (died 2019)
* July 22 - [[Perry Lopez]], American actor (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
* July 22 - [[Perry Lopez]], American actor (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
* July 23 – [[Maya Buzinova]], Russian animator (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
* July 23 – [[Maya Buzinova]], Russian animator (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
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**[[Vija Artmane]], Latvian actress (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
**[[Vija Artmane]], Latvian actress (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
**[[John McMartin]], American actor (died [[2016 in film|2016]])
**[[John McMartin]], American actor (died [[2016 in film|2016]])
* August 23 - [[Vera Miles]], American retired actress
* August 28 – [[Ken Gampu]], South African actor (died [[2003 in film|2003]])
* August 28 – [[Ken Gampu]], South African actor (died [[2003 in film|2003]])
* September 2 – [[Hal Ashby]], American director (died [[1988 in film|1988]])
* September 2 – [[Hal Ashby]], American director (died [[1988 in film|1988]])
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* September 5
* September 5
**[[Edward S. Feldman]], American producer (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
**[[Edward S. Feldman]], American producer (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
**[[Bob Newhart]], American actor and comedian (d. [[2024 in film|2024]])
**[[Bob Newhart]], American actor and comedian (died [[2024 in film|2024]])
* September 11 – [[Eve Brent]], American actress (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
* September 11 – [[Eve Brent]], American actress (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
* September 18 – [[Elizabeth Spriggs]], English actress (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
* September 18 – [[Elizabeth Spriggs]], English actress (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
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* December 9 – [[John Cassavetes]], American actor, director (died [[1989 in film|1989]])
* December 9 – [[John Cassavetes]], American actor, director (died [[1989 in film|1989]])
* December 13 – [[Christopher Plummer]], Canadian actor (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
* December 13 – [[Christopher Plummer]], Canadian actor (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*December 31 - [[George Schlatter]], American director and producer


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
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==Film debuts==
==Film debuts==
{{column list|
*[[Adrienne Ames]] – ''[[Sally (1929 film)|Sally]]''
*[[Adrienne Ames]] – ''[[Sally (1929 film)|Sally]]''
*[[Eve Arden]] – ''[[Song of Love (1929 film)|Song of Love]]''
*[[Eve Arden]] – ''[[Song of Love (1929 film)|Song of Love]]''
*[[Hooper Atchley]] – ''[[Love at First Sight (1929 film)|Love at First Sight]]''
*[[Hooper Atchley]] – ''[[Love at First Sight (1929 film)|Love at First Sight]]''
*[[Lew Ayres]] – ''The Sophomore''
*[[Lew Ayres]] – ''The Sophomore''
*[[Virginia Bruce]] - ''[[The Love Parade]]''
*[[Charles Bickford]] – ''[[South Sea Rose]]''
*[[Lilian Bond]] – ''No More Children''
*[[Virginia Bruce]] – ''[[The Love Parade]]''
*[[Lita Chevret]] – ''[[Fox Movietone Follies of 1929]]''
*[[Lita Chevret]] – ''[[Fox Movietone Follies of 1929]]''
*[[Mae Clarke]] – ''[[Big Time (1929 film)|Big Time]]''
*[[Mae Clarke]] – ''[[Big Time (1929 film)|Big Time]]''
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*[[Henry Daniell]] – ''[[The Awful Truth (1929 film)|The Awful Truth]]''
*[[Henry Daniell]] – ''[[The Awful Truth (1929 film)|The Awful Truth]]''
*[[Frances Dee]] – ''[[Words and Music (1929 film)|Words and Music]]''
*[[Frances Dee]] – ''[[Words and Music (1929 film)|Words and Music]]''
*[[James Dunn (actor)|James Dunn]] - ''In the Nick of Time''
*[[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]] – ''[[White Cargo (1930 film)|White Cargo]]''
*[[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]] – ''[[White Cargo (1930 film)|White Cargo]]''
*[[Glenda Farrell]] – ''[[Lucky Boy (1929 film)|Lucky Boy]]''
*[[Glenda Farrell]] – ''[[Lucky Boy (1929 film)|Lucky Boy]]''
*[[Frank Fay (comedian)|Frank Fay]] - ''[[The Show of Shows]]''
*[[Wallace Ford]] – ''[[Married in Hollywood]]''
*[[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]] - ''[[Gentlemen of the Press]]''
*[[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]] – ''[[Gentlemen of the Press]]''
*[[Kay Francis]] – ''Gentlemen of the Press''
*[[Kay Francis]] – ''Gentlemen of the Press''
*[[William Gargan]] – ''Lucky Boy''
*[[Paulette Goddard]] – ''[[The Locked Door]]''
*[[Paulette Goddard]] – ''[[The Locked Door]]''
*[[Minna Gombell]] – ''The Great Power''
*[[Minna Gombell]] – ''The Great Power''
*[[Gavin Gordon (actor)|Gavin Gordon]] - ''The Medicine Men''
*[[Gavin Gordon (actor)|Gavin Gordon]] – ''[[Chasing Through Europe]]''
*[[Betty Grable]] – ''[[Happy Days (1929 film)|Happy Days]]''
*[[Betty Grable]] – ''[[Happy Days (1929 film)|Happy Days]]''
*[[Dorothy Granger]] – ''Words and Music''
*[[Dorothy Granger]] – ''Words and Music''
*[[Danny Green (actor)|Danny Green]] – ''[[The Crooked Billet]]''
*[[Danny Green (actor)|Danny Green]] – ''[[The Crooked Billet]]''
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*[[Theresa Harris]] – ''[[Thunderbolt (1929 film)|Thunderbolt]]''
*[[Halliwell Hobbes]] – ''[[Lucky in Love (film)|Lucky in Love]]''
*[[John Huston]] – ''[[The Shakedown (1929 film)|The Shakedown]]''
*[[John Huston]] – ''[[The Shakedown (1929 film)|The Shakedown]]''
*[[Walter Huston]] – ''Gentlemen of the Press''
*[[Walter Huston]] – ''Gentlemen of the Press''
*[[Warren Hymer]] – ''[[Speakeasy (1929 film)|Speakeasy]]''
*[[Warren Hymer]] – ''[[Speakeasy (1929 film)|Speakeasy]]''
*[[Dean Jagger]] – ''[[The Woman from Hell]]''
*[[Dean Jagger]] – ''[[The Woman from Hell]]''
*[[Dorothy Jordan (American actress)|Dorothy Jordan]] – ''[[Black Magic (1929 film)|Black Magic]]''
*[[Vi Kaley]] – ''[[Piccadilly (film)|Piccadilly]]''
*[[Vi Kaley]] – ''[[Piccadilly (film)|Piccadilly]]''
*[[Pert Kelton]] – ''Sally''
*[[Pert Kelton]] – ''Sally''
*[[Germaine Kerjean]] – ''[[Monte Cristo (1929 film)|Monte Cristo]]''
*[[Franziska Kinz]] – ''[[Diary of a Lost Girl]]''
*[[Franziska Kinz]] – ''[[Diary of a Lost Girl]]''
*[[Florence Lake]] – ''[[New Year's Eve (1929 film)|New Year's Eve]]''
*[[Florence Lake]] – ''[[New Year's Eve (1929 film)|New Year's Eve]]''
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*[[Jeanette MacDonald]] – ''[[The Love Parade]]''
*[[Jeanette MacDonald]] – ''[[The Love Parade]]''
*[[Fred MacMurray]] – ''[[Girls Gone Wild (film)|Girls Gone Wild]]''
*[[Fred MacMurray]] – ''[[Girls Gone Wild (film)|Girls Gone Wild]]''
*[[Marx Brothers]] - ''[[The Cocoanuts]]''
*[[David Manners]] – ''[[The Sky Hawk]]''
*[[Raymond Massey]] – ''[[High Treason (1929 British film)|High Treason]]''
*[[Raymond Massey]] – ''[[High Treason (1929 British film)|High Treason]]''
*[[Edwin Maxwell (actor)|Edwin Maxwell]] – ''[[The Taming of the Shrew (1929 film)|The Taming of the Shrew]]''
*[[Frank McHugh]] - ''If Men Played Cards as Women Do''
*[[Frank McHugh]] – ''If Men Played Cards as Women Do''
*[[Nina Mae McKinney]] - ''[[Hallelujah (film)|Hallelujah]]''
*[[Marilyn Miller]] - ''Sally''
*[[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] – ''[[The Single Standard]]''
*[[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] – ''[[The Single Standard]]''
*[[Dennis Morgan]] - ''[[The Canary Murder Case (film)|The Canary Murder Case]]''
*[[Dennis Morgan]] – ''[[The Canary Murder Case (film)|The Canary Murder Case]]''
*[[Una O'Connor (actress)|Una O'Connor]] – ''[[Dark Red Roses]]''
*[[Una O'Connor (actress)|Una O'Connor]] – ''[[Dark Red Roses]]''
*[[Lee Patrick (actress)|Lee Patrick]] – ''[[Strange Cargo (1929 film)|Strange Cargo]]''
*[[Lee Patrick (actress)|Lee Patrick]] – ''[[Strange Cargo (1929 film)|Strange Cargo]]''
*[[Basil Radford]] – ''[[Barnum Was Right]]''
*[[George Raft]] – ''[[Queen of the Night Clubs]]''
*[[George Raft]] – ''[[Queen of the Night Clubs]]''
*[[Gene Raymond]] - ''[[The Marriage Playground]]''
*[[Gene Raymond]] – ''[[The Marriage Playground]]''
*[[Rene Ray]] – ''High Treason''
*[[Rene Ray]] – ''High Treason''
*[[Claire Rochelle]] – ''[[Tanned Legs]]''
*[[Claire Rochelle]] – ''[[Tanned Legs]]''
*[[Ginger Rogers]] - ''A Day of a Man of Affairs''
*[[Ginger Rogers]] – ''A Day of a Man of Affairs''
*[[Sig Ruman]] – ''Lucky Boy''
*[[Marion Shilling]] – ''[[Wise Girls (film)|Wise Girls]]''
*[[Regis Toomey]] – ''[[Alibi (1929 film)|Alibi]]''
*[[Regis Toomey]] – ''[[Alibi (1929 film)|Alibi]]''
*[[Lupita Tovar]] – ''[[The Veiled Woman]]''
*[[Lupita Tovar]] – ''[[The Veiled Woman]]''
*[[Lee Tracy]] – ''[[Salute (1929 film)|Salute]]''
*[[Lee Tracy]] – ''[[Salute (1929 film)|Salute]]''
*[[Rudy Vallée]] - ''Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees''
*[[Arthur Treacher]] – ''[[The Battle of Paris]]''
*[[Helen Twelvetrees]] – ''[[The Ghost Talks (1929 film)|The Ghost Talks]]''
*[[Rudy Vallée]] – ''[[The Vagabond Lover]]''
*[[Nella Walker]] – ''Tanned Legs''
*[[Nella Walker]] – ''Tanned Legs''
*[[Johnny Weissmuller]] – ''[[Glorifying the American Girl]]''
*[[Johnny Weissmuller]] – ''[[Glorifying the American Girl]]''
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*[[Wheeler & Woolsey]] - ''[[Rio Rita (1929 film)|Rio Rita]]''


==References==
==References==

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This is an overview of 1929 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

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The top ten 1929 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1929
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 The Broadway Melody MGM $2,808,000[1]
2 The Cock-Eyed World Fox Film $2,700,000[2]
3 Gold Diggers of Broadway Warner Bros. $2,540,000[3]
4 Sunny Side Up Fox Film $2,190,000[4]
5 Rio Rita RKO $1,775,000[5]
6 On with the Show! Warner Bros. $1,741,000[3]
7 Say It with Songs $1,715,000[3]
8 Show Boat Universal $1,643,000[4]
9 The Desert Song Warner Bros. $1,549,000[3]
10 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 MGM $1,527,000[1]

Events

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The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on.

Academy Awards

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Main article: 2nd Academy Awards

The 2nd Academy Awards honored the best films released between August 1, 1928, and July 31, 1929. They took place on April 3, 1930, at an awards banquet in the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

Most nominations: In Old Arizona (Fox Film Corporation) – 5

Most awards – no film won more than 1 award

Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years. Best Picture, Actress and Director went to 1930 films.

Notable films released in 1929

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References

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  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  3. ^ a b c d Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 7 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  4. ^ a b "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M150.
  5. ^ Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55
  6. ^ "Fox's World High, $173,391". Variety. August 14, 1929. p. 9. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  7. ^ "Fox Sells F.N. Holdings to Warners". The Film Daily. November 4, 1929. p. 1.
  8. ^ Sexton, Jamie. "Drifters (1929)". screenonline. BFI. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  9. ^ a b Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 337. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
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  19. ^ a b Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 348. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  20. ^ Donald F. Glut (1999). Carbon Dates: A Day by Day Almanac of Paleo Anniversaries and Dino Events. McFarland. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-7864-0592-3.
  21. ^ Gaetana Marrone (2007). Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J. Taylor & Francis. p. 1015. ISBN 978-1-57958-390-3.
  22. ^ Cleveland Amory (1959). International Celebrity Register. Celebrity Register. p. 529.
  23. ^ "Saeed Jaffrey, actor – obituary". The Telegraph. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  24. ^ Kristine Helen Burns (2002). Women and Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. p. 538. ISBN 978-1-57356-309-3.
  25. ^ Kathleen Riley (27 April 2005). Nigel Hawthorne on Stage. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-902806-31-0.
  26. ^ "Grace Kelly | American actress and princess of Monaco". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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