Editing 1933 in film (section)

==Events==
[[The Film Daily]] Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading news events of the year in [[North America]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyyearboo00film_4#page/33/mode/1up|title=The Ten Leading News Events|page=33|work=[[Film Daily]] Year Book (1934)}}</ref>
* Motion picture industry goes under [[National Recovery Administration]] code.
* [[Receivership|Receivers]] appointed for [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Publix]], [[RKO]] and [[Fox Theatres]].
* Film industry takes eight week salary cut.
* Sirovich bill for sweeping probe of film industry is defeated.
* [[John D. Hertz]] withdraws as Paramount Publix finance chairman and [[Adolph Zukor]] appoints [[George J. Schaefer]] as general manager.
* Sidney Kent effects financial reorganization of [[Fox Film]] Corp., averting receivership, and company shows first profit since 1930.
* Ruling of the [[United States District Court for the District of Delaware]] creates "open market" for sound equipment.
* Nathan Nathanson regains control of [[Famous Players]] Canadian circuit.
* [[Darryl F. Zanuck]] quits [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros-First National]] and with [[Joseph M. Schenck]] forms [[Twentieth Century Pictures]], turning out eight productions in the first four months, beginning with ''[[The Bowery (film)|The Bowery]]''.
* [[Harold B. Franklin]] resigns as president of RKO Theaters.

Other notable events include:
* January 11 – [[Radio City Music Hall]] in New York City starts showing films.<ref name=Variety1934>{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 2, 1934|title=The Year in Pictures|page=3|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety113-1934-01#page/n2/mode/1up|access-date=April 30, 2018}}</ref>
* January 20 – The film ''[[Ecstasy (film)|Ecstasy]]'' premieres in [[Czechoslovakia]] film; its foreign distribution presents difficulties as 18-year-old actress [[Hedy Lamarr]] is seen naked in it.
* March – Director [[Fritz Lang]] is informed by [[Joseph Goebbels]] that release of Lang's crime-thriller ''[[The Testament of Dr. Mabuse]]'' in Germany will not be permitted by the newly formed [[Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda]]. The German-language premiere takes place on April 21 in Budapest (Hungary). On April 20, Lang divorces his wife, the film's writer [[Thea von Harbou]], and on July 31 leaves Germany permanently, initially settling in Paris.<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Patrick McGilligan (biographer)|last=McGilligan|first=Patrick|title=Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast|location=New York|publisher=St. Martin's Press|year=1997|isbn=0312132476}}</ref>
* March 2 – ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City;<ref name=afi>{{AFI film|4005|King Kong}}</ref> opening weekend takings are estimated at US$90,000.
* March 9 – ''Punyal na Ginto'' (The Golden Dagger), the first Filipino-language film made in the Philippines, is released.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=2021-02-05 | url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/opinions/03/06/20/lets-talk-story-a-book-review-of-the-golden-dagger | title=ABS-CBN News | language=en | website=news.abs-cbn.com/}}</ref> 
* March 11 – ''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]'' sparks a comeback for [[musical film]].<ref name=Variety1934/>
* June 6 – Chemical company executive [[Richard Hollingshead]] opens a [[drive-in theater]] near [[Camden, New Jersey]], according to his U.S patent granted May 16.<ref>{{US patent|1909537}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/82_years_ago_first_drive-in_theatre_opened_in_nj.html|title=82 years ago today, first U.S. drive-in theater opened in N.J.|date=June 2015|website=NJ.com|access-date=2017-10-16}}</ref> The first film shown is ''[[Wives Beware]]''.
* September 6 – ''[[Variety (magazine)|Daily Variety]]'', a trade newspaper, is published for the first time in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/depression-doesn-t-stop-i-daily-variety-i-1117994816/|title=Depression Doesn't Stop Daily Variety|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=Hofler|first=Robert|date=October 28, 2008|access-date=April 23, 2018}}</ref>
* October 10 – [[John Wayne]] appears as Singin' Sandy Saunders in ''[[Riders of Destiny]]''.
* December 29 – [[Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers]] appear on screen together for the first time in ''[[Flying Down to Rio]]''.
* ''Ang Aswang'', the first sound film made in the Philippines, is released.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=2021-02-05 | url=https://aboutphilippines.org/files/HUNTING-THE-ASWANG.pdf | title=About Philippines | language=en | website=aboutphilippines.org/}}</ref> 
* ''Makata At Paraluman'' (The Poet and the Maiden), the first talking film in vernacular made in the Philippines, is released.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=2021-02-05 | url=https://philippinepresshistory.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/vii-philippine-movies-during-the-american-occupation/ | title=Philippine Movies during the American Occupation | language=en | website=philippinepresshistory.wordpress.com/| date=27 May 2015 }}</ref> 
* [[British Film Institute]] founded.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=2017-08-24 | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/british-film-institute | title=British Film Institute | language=en | website=gov.uk}}</ref>
* [[GPO Film Unit]] established in the United Kingdom under [[John Grierson]], taking over responsibility for [[documentary film]] making from the [[Empire Marketing Board]].
* [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM) once again expresses interest in ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|The Wizard of Oz]]'' books for a series of animated shorts, but once again fail to make a deal with the estate of creator [[L. Frank Baum]].
* ''[[The Private Life of Henry VIII]]'' becomes the first [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British film]] to win an American [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]. Featured actor [[Charles Laughton]] wins the 1933 [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his performance. The film is the first British production to be nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]].
* The book ''[[Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox]]'' is published, detailing what [[William Fox (producer)|William Fox]] considers to be the conspiracy that forced him from control of Fox Film in 1930.