1929 in film

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released

Events

• January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona was released. The film was the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors.
• May 16 - The first Academy Awards, or Oscars, are distributed
• Hallelujah, first Hollywood film to conatin an entire black cast.

1. The Broadway Melody
2. The Mysterious Island, starring Lionel Barrymore

• January 3 - Sergio Leone, director (+ 1989)
• May 4 - Audrey Hepburn, actress

• November 29 - Zeppo Marx, comedian, The Marx Brothers

• Applause
• Blackmail
• The Cameraman
• Coquette - Starring Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore. Directed by Sam Taylor
• Queen Kelly - never actually finished being made, their are several different endings.