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Overview of the events of 1924 in film
The year 1924 in motion picture involved some significant events and films.
Events
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
Notable films released in 1924
U.S.A. unless stated
- Aelita, directed by Yakov Protazanov - (U.S.S.R.)
- The Alaskan, directed by Herbert Brenon, starring Thomas Meighan and Estelle Taylor
- Along Came Ruth, directed by Edward F. Cline
- America, directed by D. W. Griffith
- Au Secours! (Help), directed by Abel Gance, starring Max Linder - (France)
- Ballet Mécanique, directed by Dudley Murphy and Fernand Léger - (France)
- Beau Brummel, directed by Harry Beaumont; starring John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis and Irene Rich
- Captain January directed by Eddie Cline; starring Baby Peggy and Hobart Bosworth
- Carlos and Elisabeth, starring Conrad Veidt - (Germany)
- Claude Duval, starring Nigel Barrie, Fay Compton (GB)
- The City Without Jews (Die Stadt ohne Juden) - (Austria)
- Dante's Inferno, directed by Henry Otto
- The Enchanted Cottage dir. by John S. Robertson and starring Richard Barthelmess and May McAvoy
- Entr'acte, directed by René Clair - (France)
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (Neobychainye priklyucheniya mistera Vesta v strane bolshevikov) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Forbidden Paradise, directed by Ernst Lubitsch; starring Pola Negri, Adolphe Menjou and Rod La Rocque
- Girl Shy, starring Harold Lloyd
- Gösta Berlings saga, directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Greta Garbo - (Sweden)
- The Grand Duke's Finances (Die Finanzen des Großherzogs), directed by F. W. Murnau - (Germany)
- The Great Well directed by Henry Kolker - (GB)
- Greed, directed by Erich von Stroheim; starring ZaSu Pitts and Gibson Gowland
- Happiness, directed by King Vidor
- The Hands of Orlac, starring Conrad Veidt - (Austria)
- He Who Gets Slapped, directed by Victor Sjöström; starring Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer and John Gilbert
- Helena, directed by Manfred Noa (Germany)
- Helen's Babies, starring Edward Everett Horton, Baby Peggy and Clara Bow
- Her Night of Romance, directed by Sidney Franklin; starring Constance Talmadge and Ronald Colman
- His Hour, directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert
- Hot Water, starring Harold Lloyd
- The Humming Bird, starring Gloria Swanson
- Icebound, directed by William C. deMille, starring Richard Dix and Lois Wilson
- L'Inhumaine (The Inhuman Woman) - (France)
- The Iron Horse, starring George O'Brien
- Isn't Life Wonderful, directed by D. W. Griffith
- Janice Meredith, starring Marion Davies, Holbrook Blinn, and Tyrone Power, Sr.
- The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann), directed by F. W. Murnau; starring Emil Jannings - (Germany)
- Little Robinson Crusoe, starring Jackie Coogan
- The Marriage Circle, directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Michael, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer - (Germany)
- Monsieur Beaucaire, directed by Sidney Olcott; starring Rudolph Valentino and Bebe Daniels
- The Navigator, starring Buster Keaton
- Die Nibelungen: Siegfried, directed by Fritz Lang; starring Paul Richter - (Germany)
- Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache, by Fritz Lang - (Germany)
- Open All Night, starring Viola Dana
- The Passionate Adventure, directed by Graham Cutts, starring Clive Brook - (GB)
- Peter Pan, starring Betty Bronson
- The Sea Hawk, starring Milton Sills
- Secrets, starring Norma Talmadge
- Sherlock, Jr., starring and directed by Buster Keaton
- Stupid, But Brave, directed by Fatty Arbuckle
- Symphonie diagonale - (Germany)
- The Thief of Bagdad, directed by Raoul Walsh; starring Douglas Fairbanks
- Three Weeks, starring Conrad Nagel and Aileen Pringle
- Three Women, directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Waxworks (Das Wachsfigurenkabinett), directed by Paul Leni, starring Conrad Veidt and Emil Jannings - (Germany)
- Wild Oranges, directed by King Vidor
- Wine, directed by Louis J. Gasnier; starring Clara Bow
- Wine of Youth, directed by King Vidor; starring Eleanor Boardman and ZaSu Pitts
Short film series
Animated short film series
- Felix the Cat (1919–1936)
- Koko the Clown (1919–1934)
- Alice Comedies
- Alice's Day at Sea
- Alice's Spooky Adventure
- Alice's Wild West Show
- Alice's Fishy Story
- Alice and the Dog-Catcher
- Alice the Peacemaker
- Alice Gets in Dutch
- Alice Hunting in Africa
- Alice and the Three Bears
- Alice the Piper
Births
Deaths
| Day |
Name |
Profession |
Year of birth
|
| April 16 |
Amleto Novelli |
Italian stage and screen actor |
1885
|
| April 21 |
Eleonora Duse |
Italian veteran & stage actress who made one film in 1916 |
1858
|
| August 9 |
L. Rogers Lytton |
American stage and screen actor |
1867
|
| September 23 |
Ben Deeley |
film actor married to Barbara La Marr |
1878
|
| October 12 |
Kate Lester |
English veteran stage & film actress, age 67 |
1857
|
| November 19 |
Thomas Ince |
American actor & pioneer film producer |
1882
|
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