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Years in film:	1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
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Years:	1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Academy Awards 4 Films released in 1934 5 Short film series 6 Animated short film series 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Events

• January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from L. Frank Baum for $40,000.00.
• February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade
• April 19 - Fox Studios releases Stand Up and Cheer!, with five-year-old Shirley Temple in a relatively minor role. Shirley steals the show. Fox, which had been near bankruptcy, owns a gold mine.
• May 18 - Paramount releases Little Miss Marker, with Shirley Temple, on loan from Fox, in the title role.
• June 13 - An amendment to the Production Code establishes the Production Code Administration, and requires all films to obtain a certificate of approval before being released.
• November 12 - The musical Babes in Toyland debuts, featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as comic relief (see Laurel and Hardy).
• December 11 - Fox releases Bright Eyes, starring their hot new property, Shirley Temple. Shirley sings "On the Good Ship Lollypop".

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[edit] Top grossing films

North America

1. Viva Villa!
2. The Black Cat
3. Let's Try Again

[edit] Academy Awards

• Best Picture: It Happened One Night - Columbia Pictures
• Best Actor: Clark Gable - It Happened One Night
• Best Actress: Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night
• Academy Award for Best Director: Frank Capra - It Happened One Night

[edit] Films released in 1934

• Anne of Green Gables, starring Anne Shirley
• Another Wild Idea
• Babes in Toyland
• The Barretts of Wimpole Street, starring Charles Laughton, Fredric March, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Norma Shearer
• Belle of the Nineties, starring Mae West
• The Black Cat, starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
• Bolero, starring George Raft and Carole Lombard
• Bright Eyes, starring Shirley Temple
• Broadway Bill, starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy; directed by Frank Capra
• Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, starring Ronald Colman
• Burn 'Em Up Barnes, starring Jack Mulhall
• The Case of the Howling Dog, starring Warren William as Perry Mason
• The Cat and the Fiddle, starring Ramon Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald
• Charlie Chan in London, starring Warner Oland
• Charlie Chan's Courage, starring Warner Oland
• The Circus Clown, starring Joe E. Brown
• The Clairvoyant, starring Claude Rains and Fay Wray
• Cleopatra, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Claudette Colbert
• The Count of Monte Cristo starring Robert Donat
• Crime Without Passion starring Claude Rains
• Dames, a Busby Berkeley musical starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, ZaSu Pitts, Berton Churchill and Hugh Herbert. Director: Ray Enright
• Dark Hazard, starring Edward G. Robinson
• Death on the Diamond starring Robert Young
• Death Takes a Holiday, starring Fredric March
• Fashions of 1934, starring William Powell and Bette Davis
• Fog Over Frisco, starring Bette Davis
• Forsaking All Others, starring Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable
• Gambling Lady, starring Barbara Stanwyck
• The Gay Bride, starring Carole Lombard
• The Gay Divorcee, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
• The Girl from Missouri, starring Jean Harlow
• Grand Canary
• Here Comes the Navy, starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien
• The House of Rothschild, starring George Arliss and Loretta Young
• Imitation of Life, starring Claudette Colbert and Warren William
• It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, directed by Frank Capra
• It's a Gift, starring W.C. Fields
• Jimmy the Gent, starring James Cagney and Bette Davis
• Judge Priest, starring Will Rogers
• Kid Millions, starring Eddie Cantor
• L'Atalante
• Let's Try Again, starring Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard
• Little Man, What Now?, starring Margaret Sullavan
• The Little Minister, starring Katharine Hepburn and John Beal
• Little Miss Marker, starring Shirley Temple
• The Lost Patrol, starring Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff and Wallace Ford
• The Lucky Texan, starring John Wayne
• Madame DuBarry, starring Dolores del Rio
• The Man From Utah, starring John Wayne
• Man of Aran (Documentary)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much, a Hitchcock thriller starring Leslie Banks and Peter Lorre
• The Man with Two Faces, starring Edward G. Robinson
• Manhattan Melodrama, starring Clark Gable, William Powell and Myrna Loy
• The Merry Widow (films), starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald -(film mentioned in article)
• The Miracle Rider
• Mystery Mountain
• Of Human Bondage, starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis, (see novel Of Human Bondage)
• The Old Fashioned Way, starring W.C. Fields
• One Night of Love, starring Grace Moore
• Our Daily Bread, starring Karen Morley and Tom Keene
• The Richest Girl in the World, starring Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea and Fay Wray
• Riptide, starring Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery
• The Scarlet Empress, starring Marlene Dietrich
• The Scarlet Pimpernel, starring Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon -(film and cast mentioned in article)
• The Silver Streak, starring Charles Starrett
• Six of a Kind, starring Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland and W.C. Fields
• Spitfire, starring Katharine Hepburn
• The St. Louis Kid, starring James Cagney
• Stand Up and Cheer! starring Warner Baxter and Madge Evans, and featuring five-year-old Shirley Temple.
• The Star Packer, starring John Wayne
• Tarzan and His Mate, starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan
• The Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
• The Trail Beyond, starring John Wayne
• Treasure Island, starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper
• Twentieth Century, starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard
• Twenty Million Sweethearts, starring Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers
• Villa, Villa!, starring Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo and Fay Wray
• We're Not Dressing, starring Bing Crosby and Carole Lombard
• We're Rich Again, starring Edna May Oliver and Billie Burke
• A Wicked Woman, starring Mady Christians, Jean Parker and Charles Bickford
• Wonder Bar, starring Al Jolson
• You're Telling Me!, starring W.C. Fields

[edit] Short film series

• Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
• Our Gang (1922-1944)
• Laurel and Hardy (1926-1940)

[edit] Animated short film series

• Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927-1938)
• Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
• Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)
• Screen Songs (1929-1938)
• Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
• Terrytoons (1930-1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
• Scrappy (1931-1941)
• Betty Boop (1932-1939)
• Popeye (1933-1957)
• Willie Whopper (1933-1934)
• ComiColor Cartoons (1933-1936)
• Cubby Bear (1933-1934)
• The Little King (1933-1934)
• Happy Harmonies (1934-1938)
• Cartune Classics (1934-1935)
• Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
• Amos & Andy (1934)

[edit] Births

• January 22 - Bill Bixby, television actor (+ 1993)
• February 11 - Tina Louise, actress.
• September 20 - Sophia Loren, Italian actress.
• November 5 - Kira Muratova, Russian director.

[edit] Deaths

• January 30 - Dorothy Dell, 19, actress, road accident
• March 21 - Lilyan Tashman, 34, actress
• July 28 - Marie Dressler, Academy Award winning actressde:Filmjahr 1934

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