1924 in film
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Events
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of The Wizard of Oz. MGM and L. Frank Baum failed to come to an agreement so the rights were sold to Chadwick Pictures.
Top grossing films
- The Thief of Baghdad
Movies released
Movies released in 1924 include:
- Aelita, a Russian science-fiction propaganda film.
- America (movie), directed by D.W. Griffith.
- Forbidden Paradise, starring Pola Negri; directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
- Girl Shy, starring Harold Lloyd.
- Greed, starring Zasu Pitts and Gibson Gowland; directed by Erich von Stroheim.
- He Who Gets Slapped, starring Lon Chaney.
- The Iron Horse, starring George O'Brien.
- Isn't Life Wonderful, directed by D.W. Griffith.
- The Marriage Circle, directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
- Monsieur Beaucaire, starring Rudolph Valentino, directed by Sidney Olcott.
- Peter Pan, starring Betty Bronson.
- The Sea Hawk, starring Milton Sills.
- The Thief of Bagdad, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks.
- Three Weeks, starring Conrad Nagel and Aileen Pringle.
Short film series
- Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
- Our Gang (1922-1944)
Births
- January 16 - Katy Jurado, actress (+ 2002)
- January 21 - Telly Savalas, actor
- April 3 - Doris Day, actress, singer
- April 3 - Marlon Brando, actor (+ 2004)
- April 20 - Nina Foch, actress
- July 4 - Eva Marie Saint, actress
- July 21 - Don Knotts, actor
- September 16 - Lauren Bacall, actress
- September 27 - Wilford Brimley, actor
- September 28 - Marcello Mastroianni, actor
- September 30 - Truman Capote, author
- October 13 - Nipsey Russell, comedian, actor
- November 22 - Geraldine Page, actress
- December 25 - Rod Serling, screenwriter