Editing 1924 in film (section)

==Events==
*[[January 10]] – CBC Distributions corp. is renamed and incorporated as [[Columbia Pictures]].
*[[D. W. Griffith]], co-founder of [[United Artists]], leaves the company.
*[[April 17]] – Entertainment entrepreneur [[Marcus Loew]] gains control of [[Metro Pictures]], [[Goldwyn Pictures Corporation]] and [[Louis B. Mayer Pictures]] to create [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM)
*[[November 15]] – In [[Los Angeles]], director [[Thomas H. Ince|Thomas Ince]] ("The Father of the Western") meets publishing tycoon [[William Randolph Hearst]] to work out a deal. When Ince dies a few days later, reportedly of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]], rumors soon surface that he was murdered by Hearst.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taves |first1=Brian.|title=''Thomas Ince: Hollywood's Independent Producer'' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H1BRDjArx64C |access-date=10 January 2016 |date=2012 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-3423-9|pages=1–13}}</ref>
*[[Loews Theatres]] acquires the 4,000 seat [[Capitol Theatre (New York City)|Capitol Theatre]] in New York City becoming the flagship of the theatre chain and site of many future MGM premieres.
*[[Joseph Schenck]] becomes president of [[United Artists]].
*[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM) considers making a film of ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''. MGM and the estate of [[L. Frank Baum]] failed to come to an agreement so the rights were sold to [[Chadwick Pictures]].