1924 in film

Events

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of The Wizard of Oz. MGM and Frank J. 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.
Peter Pan, starring Betty Bronson.
The Sea Hawk, starring Milton Sills.
The Thief of Bagdad, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks.

Births

January 16 - Katy Jurado, actress (+ 2002)
January 21 - Telly Savalas, actor
April 3 - Doris Day, actress, singer
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

Deaths

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