1934 in film

See also: 1933 in film, other events of 1934, 1935 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released

Events

• January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn[?] (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum[?] for $40,000.00.
• February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade[?]

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Viva Villa![?]
2. The Black Cat[?], starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
3. Let's Try Again[?]

Births

• January 22 - Bill Bixby, television actor (+ 1993)
• February 11 - Tina Louise[?], actress.
• September 20 - Sophia Loren, Italian actress.

Deaths

• July 28 - Marie Dressler, Academy Award winning actress (+ 1934)

Other Movies Released

• Frank Capra's It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert
• Cleopatra, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Claudette Colbert
• The Thin Man
• Dames[?], a Busby Berkeley[?] musical starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, ZaSu Pitts, Berton Churchill and Hugh Herbert[?]. Director: Ray Enright