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