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Events
The days of the silent film were numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on.
- 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
- July 13, The first all color talkie (in Technicolor), On With the Show is released by Warner. Bros. who the led in a new color revolution, just as they'd ushered in that of the talkies.
- Hallelujah!, first Hollywood film to contain an entire black cast.
- Atlantic (1929 film) is the first sound on film movie made in Germany. It is also the first Titanic movie with sound.
- The Broadway Melody is released by MGM and becomes the first major musical film of the sound era, sparking a host of imitators as well as a series of Broadway Melody films that would run until 1940.
Top grossing films
The Broadway Melody
Sunny Side Up
Welcome Danger
The Cock-Eyed World
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Rio Rita
Hollywood Revue of 1929
Coquette
Noah's Ark (film)
In Old Arizona
Syncopation (1929 film)
The Taming of the Shrew
The Single Standards
Wild Orchids
Paris (1929 film)
The Kiss
The Mysterious Island
Die Buchse der Pandora
On With the Show
The Love Parade
Four Feathers
Sally
Redskin
The Pagan
Marriage Playground
Say It With Songs
They Had to See Paris
Disraeli
Navy Blues
Their Own Desire
Divine Lady
The Trespasser
Madame X
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Bulldog Drummond
Academy Awards
Best Picture: The Broadway Melody - MGM
Best Actor: Warner Baxter - In Old Arizona
Best Actor: George Arliss - Disraeli
Best Actress: Mary Pickford - Coquette
Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are 2 'Best Actor' awards for 1929 films.
Films released in 1929
An Andalusian Dog (Un chien andalou), a short film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí.
Applause, starring Helen Morgan.
Asphalt
Atlantic, the first sound on film made in Germany and the first sound Titanic movie
Big Business, a Laurel and Hardy short.
Blackmail, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Broadway, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
The Broadway Melody, musical comedy starring Charles King, Anita Page and Bessie Love.
Bulldog Drummond, starring Ronald Colman.
The Clue of the New Pin
The Cocoanuts, starring the Marx Brothers.
Coquette, starring Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore. Directed by Sam Taylor
Dance of Life, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
The Desert Song, a musical operetta with Technicolor sequences.
Devil May Care, a musical romance with Technicolor sequences.
Disraeli, starring George Arliss.
The Flying Fleet Starring Ramon Navarro, Ralph Graves, Anita Page, and Edward Nugent
Footlights and Fools, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor.
Fox Movietone Follies, a musical revue with Multicolor sequences.
Glorifying the American Girl, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
Gold Diggers of Broadway, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor.
Great Gabbo, a musical comedy with Multicolor sequences.
Hallelujah!, directed by King Vidor.
Hearts in Dixie, starring Clarence Muse, Drama/Musical
His First Command, a musical drama with Technicolor sequences.
The Hole in the Wall
The Hollywood Revue of 1929, a showcase of talent under contract to MGM.
In Old Arizona, starring Warner Baxter.
It's A Great Life, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
The Iron Mask. starring Douglas Fairbanks.
The Kiss, starring Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel.
The Lady Lies, starring Walter Huston and Claudette Colbert
The Love Parade, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.
Lucky Star
Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s kinoapparatom), a documentary.
The Manxman, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Married In Hollywood, a musical romance with Multicolor sequences.
The Mysterious Island, starring Lionel Barrymore.
On With the Show, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor.
Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks.
Paris (1929 film), a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
Piccadilly, a melodrama starring Anna May Wong and Gilda Gray.
Pointed Heels, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
Queen Kelly, starring Gloria Swanson (this film was never actually finished because producers balked at releasing a silent film in a what was quickly becoming a sound film market)
Redskin, a drama with Technicolor sequences.
Red Hot Rhythm, a musical comedy with Multicolor sequences.
Rio Rita, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
The River
Sally, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor.
The Show of Shows, a musical revue with Technicolor sequences.
St. Louis Blues, starring Bessie Smith. -(film mentioned in article)
The Skeleton Dance, a Walt Disney animated short.
Spite Marriage, a Buster Keaton film.
Street Girl, RKO's first "official" film.
Sunny Side Up, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences.
This Thing Called Love, a musical romance with Technicolor sequences.
The Virginian, starring Gary Cooper.
Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond), directed by Fritz Lang.
Serials
The Ace of Scotland Yard
The Black Book
The Diamond Master
The Fatal Warning
A Final Reckoning
The Fire Detective
The King of the Kongo, starring Jacqueline Logan
The Pirate of Panama
Police Reporter
Queen of the Northwoods
Tarzan the Tiger, starring Frank Merrill and Natalie Kingston
Short film series
Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
Our Gang (1922-1944)
Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)
Animated short film series
Felix the Cat (1919-1930)
Aesop's Film Fables (1921-1933)
Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
Inkwell Imps (1927-1929)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927-1938)
Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)
Screen Songs (1929-1938)
Talkartoons (1929-1932)
Births
January 3 - Sergio Leone, director (+ 1989)
January 31 - Jean Simmons, actress
February 10 - Jerry Goldsmith, composer (+ 2004)
April 28 - Carolyn Jones, actress (+1983)
May 4 - Audrey Hepburn, actress
August 23 - Vera Miles, actress
September 2 - Hal Ashby, director
November 12 - Grace Kelly, actress
December 6 – Alain Tanner, Swiss film director
December 9 - John Cassavetes, actor, director
Film Debuts
Judy Garland
Betty Grable
Paulette Goddard
Ginger Rogers
Deaths
January 5 - Marc McDermott
February 18 - William Russell, American actor
May 9 - Fred C. Truesdell, stage & film actor(b. 1870)
July 2 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress
July 3 - Dustin Farnum, American stage & silent screen star.
August 2 - Mae Costello, American actress
October 3 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress
October 31 - Norman Trevor, actor, Olympic athlete (b.1877)Further Information
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