Editing 1924 in film

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This is an overview of '''1924 in film''', including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

==Top-grossing films (U.S.)==
The top ten 1924 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1924
|-
! Rank !! Title !! Studio !!  Domestic rentals
|-
!style="text-align:center;"| '''1'''
|''{{sort|sea|[[The Sea Hawk (1924 film)|The Sea Hawk]]}}''
|[[First National Pictures|First National]]
| $2,000,000<ref name="quig">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/international193738quig#page/942/mode/2up|publisher=[[Quigley Publishing Company]]|title=The All Time Best Sellers|work=[[International Motion Picture Almanac]] 1937–38 |page=942|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''2'''
|''[[Girl Shy]]'' 
|[[Pathé Exchange]]
|$1,550,000<ref name="quig"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''3'''
|''[[Secrets (1924 film)|Secrets]]''
| First National
|$1,500,000<ref name="quig"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''4'''
|''{{sort|thief|[[The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]}}''
| [[United Artists]]
|$1,490,419<ref name=FoxFilmBook>{{cite book|first=Aubrey|last=Solomon|title= The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography|date=2014|isbn=978-0-7864-8160-6|quote= This effort returned some startlingly good results on several pictures. United Artists' ''The Thief of Bagdad'' (1924), starring Douglas Fairbanks, performed exceptionally well, with $1,490,419 in domestic rentals, but had a high production cost of $1,135,654.}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''5'''
|''[[Hot Water (1924 film)|Hot Water]]''
| Pathé Exchange
|$1,350,000<ref name="quig"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
|''[[Feet of Clay (1924 film)|Feet of Clay]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $904,383<ref name=birchard>{{cite book|last=Birchard|first=Robert S.|date=2004|title=Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813123240}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''7'''
|''[[Triumph (1924 film)|Triumph]]''
| $678,526<ref name=birchard/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''8''' 
|''[[He Who Gets Slapped (film)|He Who Gets Slapped]]''
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| $493,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref>
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| '''9'''
|''[[Beau Brummel (1924 film)|Beau Brummel]]''
|[[Warner Bros.]]
| $453,000<ref name="wb">{{cite journal|first=H Mark |last=Glancy |title=Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger  |journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television |volume=15 |year=1995|pages=55–73 |doi=10.1080/01439689500260031 }}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''10'''
|''[[His Hour]]''
| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| $418,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|}

==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]].

==Notable films released in 1924==
For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see [[List of American films of 1924|United States films of 1924]]

===A===
*''[[Aelita]]'', directed by [[Yakov Protazanov]] – ([[Soviet films of 1924|U.S.S.R.]]) 
*''[[The Alaskan (1924 film)|The Alaskan]]'' (lost), directed by [[Herbert Brenon]], starring [[Thomas Meighan]] and [[Estelle Taylor]]
*''[[Along Came Ruth]]'' (lost), directed by [[Edward F. Cline]], starring [[Viola Dana]]
*''[[America (1924 film)|America]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]] and [[Lionel Barrymore]]
*''[[Au Secours!]] (Help!)'', directed by [[Abel Gance]], starring [[Max Linder]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 273. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref> – ([[French films of 1924|France]])

===B===
*''[[Ballet Mécanique]]'', directed by [[Fernand Léger]] and [[Dudley Murphy]] – ([[French films of 1924|France]])
*''[[Beau Brummel (1924 film)|Beau Brummel]]'', directed by [[Harry Beaumont]], starring [[John Barrymore]] and [[Mary Astor]]
*''Behind the Curtain'', directed by [[Chester M. Franklin]], based on a story by William J. Flynn<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>

===C===
*''[[Captain January (1924 film)|Captain January]]'' directed by [[Edward F. Cline]], starring [[Diana Serra Cary|Baby Peggy]] and [[Hobart Bosworth]]
*''[[Carlos and Elisabeth]]'', directed by [[Richard Oswald]], starring [[Conrad Veidt]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Claude Duval (film)|Claude Duval]]'', directed by [[George A. Cooper (director)|George A. Cooper]], starring [[Fay Compton]] and [[Nigel Barrie]] – ([[British films of 1924|GB]])
*''[[The City Without Jews]] (Die Stadt ohne Juden)'', directed by [[Hans Karl Breslauer]] – ([[Austrian films of the 1920s|Austria]])

===D===
*''[[Dante's Inferno (1924 film)|Dante's Inferno]]'', directed by [[Henry Otto]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 274. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>
*''[[The Dixie Handicap]]'' (lost), directed by [[Reginald Barker]]

===E===
*''[[The Enchanted Cottage (1924 film)|The Enchanted Cottage]]'', directed by [[John S. Robertson]], starring [[Richard Barthelmess]] and [[May McAvoy]]
*''[[Entr'acte (film)|Entr'acte]]'', directed by [[René Clair]] – ([[French films of 1924|France]])
*''[[The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks]] (Neobychainye priklyucheniya mistera Vesta v strane bolshevikov)'', directed by [[Lev Kuleshov]] – ([[Soviet films of 1924|U.S.S.R.]])

===F===
*''[[Forbidden Paradise]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[Pola Negri]], [[Rod La Rocque]] and [[Adolphe Menjou]]
*''The Further Mysteries of Dr. Fu Manchu'', eight-part series directed by [[A. E. Coleby]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press.  ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>  – ([[British films of 1924|GB]])

===G===
*''[[Girl Shy]]'', directed by [[Fred C. Newmeyer]] and [[Sam Taylor (director)|Sam Taylor]], starring [[Harold Lloyd]] and [[Jobyna Ralston]]
*''[[The Grand Duke's Finances]] (Die Finanzen des Großherzogs)'', directed by [[F. W. Murnau]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Great Well]]'', directed by [[Henry Kolker]] – ([[British films of 1924|GB]])
*''[[Greed (1924 film)|Greed]]'', directed by [[Erich von Stroheim]], starring [[Gibson Gowland]] and [[ZaSu Pitts]]

===H===
*''[[Happiness (1924 film)|Happiness]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[Laurette Taylor]]
*''[[The Hands of Orlac (1924 film)|The Hands of Orlac]] (Orlacs Hände)'', directed by [[Robert Wiene]], starring [[Conrad Veidt]], based on the 1920 [[Les Mains d'Orlac|novel]] by [[Maurice Renard]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Pg. 277. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref> – ([[Austrian films of the 1920s|Austria]])
*''[[He Who Gets Slapped (film)|He Who Gets Slapped]]'', directed by [[Victor Sjöström]] starring [[Lon Chaney]], [[Norma Shearer]] and [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]]
*''[[Helena (1924 film)|Helena]]'', directed by [[Manfred Noa]] – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[Helen's Babies (film)|Helen's Babies]]'', directed by [[William A. Seiter]], starring [[Edward Everett Horton]], [[Diana Serra Cary|Baby Peggy]] and [[Clara Bow]]
*''[[Her Night of Romance]]'', directed by [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]], starring [[Constance Talmadge]] and [[Ronald Colman]]
*''[[His Hour]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]]
*''[[Hot Water (1924 film)|Hot Water]]'', directed by [[Fred C. Newmeyer]] and [[Sam Taylor (director)|Sam Taylor]], starring [[Harold Lloyd]] and [[Jobyna Ralston]]
*''[[The Humming Bird (1924 film)|The Humming Bird]]'', directed by [[Sidney Olcott]], starring [[Gloria Swanson]]

===I===
*''[[Icebound (1924 film)|Icebound]]'' (lost), directed by [[William C. deMille]], starring [[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]] and [[Richard Dix]]
*''[[L'Inhumaine]] (The Inhuman Woman)'', directed by [[Marcel L'Herbier]] – ([[French films of 1924|France]])
*''[[The Iron Horse (film)|The Iron Horse]]'', directed by [[John Ford]], starring [[George O'Brien (actor)|George O'Brien]] and [[Madge Bellamy]]
*''[[Isn't Life Wonderful]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]]

===J===
*''[[Janice Meredith]]'', directed by [[E. Mason Hopper]], starring [[Marion Davies]]

===L===
*''[[The Last Laugh (1924 film)|The Last Laugh]] (Der Letzte Mann)'', directed by [[F. W. Murnau]], starring [[Emil Jannings]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Little Robinson Crusoe]]'', directed by [[Edward F. Cline]], starring [[Jackie Coogan]]

===M===
*''[[The Marriage Circle]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]]
*''[[Michael (1924 film)|Michael]]'', directed by [[Carl Theodor Dreyer]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Monsieur Beaucaire (1924 film)|Monsieur Beaucaire]]'', directed by [[Sidney Olcott]], starring [[Rudolph Valentino]], [[Bebe Daniels]] and [[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]]

===N===
*''[[The Navigator (1924 film)|The Navigator]]'', a [[Buster Keaton]] film
*''[[Die Nibelungen: Siegfried]]'', directed by [[Fritz Lang]]; starring [[Paul Richter]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache]]'', directed by [[Fritz Lang]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])

===O===
*''[[On Time (film)|On Time]]'' (lost), directed by [[Henry Lehrman]], starring [[Richard Talmadge]] 
*''[[Open All Night (1924 film)|Open All Night]]'', directed by [[Paul Bern]], starring [[Viola Dana]]

===P===
*''[[Paris Qui Dort]] (Paris Which Sleeps)'', directed by [[René Clair]] – ([[French films of 1924|France]])
*''[[The Passionate Adventure]]'', directed by [[Graham Cutts]], starring [[Alice Joyce]], [[Clive Brook]] and [[Victor McLaglen]] – ([[British films of 1924|GB]])
*''[[Peter Pan (1924 film)|Peter Pan]]'', directed by [[Herbert Brenon]], starring [[Betty Bronson]] and [[Ernest Torrence]]

===Q===
*''[[Quo Vadis (1924 film)|Quo Vadis]]'', directed by [[Gabriellino D'Annunzio]] and [[Georg Jacoby]], starring [[Emil Jannings]] – ([[List of Italian films of 1924|Italy]])

===S===
*''[[The Saga of Gosta Berling]] (Gösta Berlings Saga)'', directed by [[Mauritz Stiller]], starring [[Greta Garbo]] and [[Lars Hanson]] – ([[List of Swedish films before 1930|Sweden]])
*''Sampaguita'', directed by [[José Nepomuceno]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4989910/|title=Sampaguita (1924) |work=imdb.com}}</ref> – ([[List of Philippine films before 1940|Philippines]])
*''[[The Sea Hawk (1924 film)|The Sea Hawk]]'', directed by [[Frank Lloyd]], starring [[Milton Sills]]
*''[[Secrets (1924 film)|Secrets]]'', directed by [[Frank Borzage]], starring [[Norma Talmadge]]
*''[[The Shadow of the Desert]]'' (lost), directed by [[George Archainbaud]], starring [[Mildred Harris]] and [[Norman Kerry]] 
*''[[Sherlock Jr.]]'', a [[Buster Keaton]] film
*''[[A Son of Satan]]'' (lost), written and directed by [[Oscar Micheaux]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 Pg. 280">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 280. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>
*''[[Stupid, But Brave]]'', directed by William Goodrich ([[Roscoe Arbuckle|Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle]])
*''[[Symphonie diagonale]]'', directed by [[Viking Eggeling]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])

===T===
*''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]'', directed by [[Raoul Walsh]], starring [[Douglas Fairbanks]]
*''[[Those Who Dare]]'' (lost), directed by [[John B. O'Brien]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 Pg. 280"/>
*''[[Three Weeks (film)|Three Weeks]]'', directed by [[Alan Crosland]], starring [[Conrad Nagel]] and [[Aileen Pringle]]
*''[[Three Women (1924 film)|Three Women]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[May McAvoy]], [[Pauline Frederick]] and [[Marie Prevost]]

===U===
*''[[Unseen Hands]]'', directed by [[Jacques Jaccard]], starring [[Wallace Beery]]

===W===
*''[[Waxworks (film)|Waxworks]] (Das Wachsfigurenkabinett)'', directed by [[Paul Leni]], starring [[Emil Jannings]], [[Conrad Veidt]] and [[Werner Krauss]]  – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''What an Eye'', written and directed by [[Edward Ludwig]]
*''[[Wild Oranges]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 278. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>
*''[[Wine (1924 film)|Wine]]'' (lost), directed by [[Louis J. Gasnier]], starring [[Clara Bow]]
*''[[Wine of Youth]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[Eleanor Boardman]] and [[William Haines]]

===Y===
*''[[Yolanda (film)|Yolanda]]'', directed by [[Robert G. Vignola]], starring [[Marion Davies]]

==Short film series==
*''[[Buster Keaton]]'' (1917–1941)
*''[[Laurel and Hardy]]'' (1921–1943)
*''[[Our Gang]]'' (1922–[[1944 in film|1944]])

==Animated short film series==
*''[[Koko the Clown]]'' (1919–1934)
*''[[Felix the Cat]]'' (1919–1936)
*''[[Alice Comedies]]'' (1923–1927)
** ''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==
*January 8 - [[Ron Moody]], English actor (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*January 9 – [[Anne Vernon]], French actress 
*January 9 – [[Sergei Parajanov]], Soviet director (died [[1990 in film|1990]])
*January 14 – [[Carole Cook]], American actress (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*January 16 – [[Katy Jurado]], Mexican actress (died [[2002 in film|2002]])
*January 21 - [[Benny Hill]], English actor, comedian, singer and writer (died [[1992 in film|1992]])
*January 26 – [[Armand Gatti]], French filmmaker (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
*January 29 – [[Dorothy Malone]], American actress (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*February 9 - [[Woody Woodbury]], American comedian and actor
*February 12 – [[Louis Zorich]], American actor (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*February 19 – [[Lee Marvin]], American actor (died [[1987 in film|1987]])
*March 3 - [[John Woodnutt]], British actor (died [[2006]])
*March 5 - [[Harvey Bernhard]], American producer (died [[2014 in film|2014]])
*March 12 – [[Helen Parrish]], American actress (died [[1959 in film|1959]])
*March 13 - [[Norma Michaels]], American actress (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
*March 15 - [[Walter Gotell]], German actor (died [[1997 in film|1997]])
*March 24 - [[Norman Fell]], American actor (died [[1998 in film|1998]])
*March 25 – [[Machiko Kyō]], Japanese actress (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*April 3 – [[Marlon Brando]], American actor (died [[2004 in film|2004]])
*April 4 - [[Noreen Nash]], American actress (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*April 7
**[[Astrid Lepa]], Estonian actress and director (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
**[[Espen Skjønberg]], Norwegian actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*April 13 – [[Stanley Donen]], American director and choreographer (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*April 14
**[[Joseph Ruskin]], American actor (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
**[[Philip Stone]], English actor (died [[2003 in film|2003]])
*April 18 – [[Leida Rammo]], Estonian actress (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
*April 19 - [[Tatiana Farnese]], Italian actress (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*April 20
**[[Nina Foch]], Dutch-American actress (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
**[[Leslie Phillips]], English comic actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*April 24
**[[Ruth Kobart]], American performer (died [[2002 in film|2002]])
**[[Eric Pleskow]], Austrian film producer (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*April 29 – [[Heikki Haravee]], Estonian actor (died [[2003 in film|2003]])
*May 1 – [[Dodo Abashidze]], Soviet Georgian director (died [[1990 in film|1990]])
*May 2 – [[Theodore Bikel]], Austrian-American actor (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*May 3 - [[Jane Morgan]], American actress and singer
*May 6 - [[Laurie Webb (actor)|Laurie Webb]], Welsh retired actor
*May 18 - [[Priscilla Pointer]], American actress (died [[2025 in film|2025]])
*May 23 - [[Bill McCutcheon]], American character actor (died [[2002 in film|2002]])
*May 25 - [[Walter Schultheiss]], German actor
*June 2 - [[Al Ruscio]], American character actor (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
*June 4 – [[Dennis Weaver]], American actor, SAG president (died [[2006 in film|2006]])
*June 16 – [[Faith Domergue]], American actress (died [[1999 in film|1999]])
*June 21 – [[Ezzatolah Entezami]], Iranian actor (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*June 25 – [[Sidney Lumet]], American director (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
*July 1 - [[Florence Stanley]], American actress (died [[2003 in film|2003]])
*July 3 - [[Amalia Aguilar]], Cuban-born Mexican actress (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*July 4 – [[Eva Marie Saint]], American actress
*July 6 
**[[Draga Ahačič]], Slovene actress and director (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
**[[Donald Pelmear]], British actor (died [[2025 in film|2025]])
*July 14 - [[Val Avery]], American actor (died [[2009 in film|2009]])
*July 19 - [[Pat Hingle]], American actor (died [[2009 in film|2009]])
*July 20 – [[Lola Albright]], American actress (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
*July 21 – [[Don Knotts]], American actor (died [[2006 in film|2006]])
*July 29 - [[Lloyd Bochner]], Canadian actor (died [[2005 in film|2005]])
*August 1 – [[Marcia Mae Jones]], American actress (died [[2007 in film|2007]])
*August 2 - [[Carroll O'Connor]], American actor (died [[2001 in film|2001]])
*August 10 – [[Martha Hyer]], American actress (died [[2014 in film|2014]])
*August 13 - [[Meta Velander]], Swedish actress (died [[2025 in film|2025]])
*August 14 – [[Eduardo Fajardo]], Spanish actor (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*August 19 - [[William Marshall (actor)|William Marshall]], American actor (died [[2003 in film|2003]])
*August 21 - [[Jack Weston]], American actor (died [[1996 in film|1996]])
*August 24 – [[Jimmy Gardner (actor)|Jimmy Gardner]], English actor (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*August 28 – [[Peggy Ryan]], American actress and dancer (died [[2004 in film|2004]])
*August 29 – [[Tanis Chandler]], French-born American actress (died [[2006 in film|2006]])
*August 31 - [[Buddy Hackett]], American actor, comedian and singer (died [[2003 in film|2003]])
*September 1 - [[Hal Douglas]], American voice actor (died [[2014 in film|2014]])
*September 2 – [[Knud Leif Thomsen]], Danish director and screenwriter (died [[2003 in film|2003]])
*September 6 – [[Riccardo Cucciolla]], Italian actor and voice actor (died [[1999 in film|1999]])
*September 8 – [[Denise Darcel]], French actress (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
*September 9
**[[Jane Greer]], American actress (died [[2001 in film|2001]])
**[[Sylvia Miles]], American actress (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*September 11 - [[David Morris (actor)|David Morris]], English actor (died [[2007 in film|2007]])
*September 13
**[[Norman Alden]], American character actor (died [[2012 in film|2012]])
**[[Scott Brady]], American actor (died [[1985 in film|1985]])
*September 16 – [[Lauren Bacall]], American actress (died [[2014 in film|2014]])
*September 21 – [[Gail Russell]], American actress (died [[1961 in film|1961]])
*September 23 – [[Bob Herron (stuntman)|Bob Herron]], American stuntman and actor (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*September 28 – [[Marcello Mastroianni]], Italian actor (died [[1996 in film|1996]])
*September 29 - [[Peter Arne]], British character actor (died [[1983 in film|1983]])
*September 30 – [[Truman Capote]], American author (died [[1984 in film|1984]])
*October 1 – [[Jose Corazon de Jesus Jr.]], Filipino actor (died [[1970 in film|1970]])
*October 12 - [[Doris Grau]], American script supervisor, actress and voice artist (died [[1995 in film|1995]])
*October 21 - [[Joyce Randolph]], American actress (died [[2024 in film|2024]])
*October 24 - [[Mark Lenard]], American actor (died [[1996 in film|1996]])
*October 25 – [[Billy Barty]], American actor (died [[2000 in film|2000]])
*November 2 - [[Nadia Cattouse]], Belize-British actress (died 2024)
*November 8 - [[Joe Flynn (American actor)]], American actor (died 1974)
*November 10
**[[Russell Johnson]], American actor (died [[2014 in film|2014]])
**[[Paul Richards (actor)|Paul Richards]], American actor (died [[1974 in film|1974]])
*November 16 - [[Remo Remotti]], Italian actor (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*November 19 - [[William Russell (English actor)|William Russell]], English actor (died [[2024 in film|2024]])
*November 20 - [[Mark Miller (actor)|Mark Miller]], American actor (died 2022)
*November 21 - [[Joseph Campanella]], American actor (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*November 22 – [[Geraldine Page]], American actress (died [[1987 in film|1987]])
*December 2 – [[Vilgot Sjöman]], Swedish director (died [[2006 in film|2006]])
*December 5 - [[George Savalas]], American actor (died [[1985 in film|1985]])
*December 13 - [[Maria Riva]], American actress and writer
*December 14
**[[John Franklyn-Robbins]], English actor (died [[2009 in film|2009]])
**[[Raj Kapoor]], Indian actor, director and producer (died [[1988 in film|1988]])
*December 19 - [[Cicely Tyson]], American actress, model and author (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*December 19 - [[Edmund Purdom]], English actor, voice artist and director (died [[2009 in film|2009]])
*December 25 – [[Rod Serling]], American screenwriter (died [[1975 in film|1975]])
*December 31 - [[Taylor Mead]], American actor (died [[2013]])

==Deaths==
*April 16 – [[Amleto Novelli]], Italian stage and screen actor (born in 1885)
*April 21 – [[Eleonora Duse]], Italian veteran stage actress, who made one film in 1916 (born in 1858)
*August 9 – [[L. Rogers Lytton]], American stage and screen actor (born in 1867)
*September 23 – [[Ben Deeley]], film actor married to [[Barbara La Marr]] (born in 1878)
*October 12 – [[Kate Lester]], English veteran stage and film actress (born in 1857)
*November 19 – [[Thomas H. Ince|Thomas Ince]], American actor and pioneer film producer (born in 1880)

==Film debuts==
*[[Brian Aherne]] – ''[[The Eleventh Commandment (1924 film)|The Eleventh Commandment]]''
*[[Mary Brian]] – ''[[Peter Pan (1924 film)|Peter Pan]]''
*[[Kay Deslys]] – ''[[Tarnish (film)|Tarnish]]''
*[[Clark Gable]] – ''[[White Man (film)|White Man]]''
*[[Janet Gaynor]] – ''[[Cupid's Rustler]]''
*[[John Gielgud]] – ''[[Who Is the Man?]]''
*[[Johannes Heesters]] – ''[[Cirque hollandais]]''
*[[Olin Howland]] – ''[[The Great White Way (1924 film)|The Great White Way]]''
*[[Ian Hunter (actor)|Ian Hunter]] – ''[[Not for Sale (film)|Not for Sale]]''
*[[Leila Hyams]] – ''[[Sandra (1924 film)|Sandra]]''
*[[Ian Keith]] – ''[[Manhandled (1924 film)|Manhandled]]''
*[[Robert Keith (actor)|Robert Keith]] – ''[[The Other Kind of Love]]''
*[[Lois Moran]] – ''[[La Galerie des monstres]]''
*[[Grete Mosheim]] – ''[[Michael (1924 film)|Michael]]''
*[[Rafaela Ottiano]] – ''[[The Law and the Lady (1924 film)|The Law and the Lady]]''
*[[Nat Pendleton]] – ''[[The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924 film)|The Hoosier Schoolmaster]]''
*[[Jane Pierson]] – ''[[Mandrin (1924 film)|Mandrin]]''
*[[Michel Simon]] – ''La Galerie des monstres''
*[[Camilla Spira]] – ''Mutter und Sohn'' 
*[[Tom Tyler]] – ''[[Three Weeks (film)|Three Weeks]]'' 
*[[Ellinor Vanderveer]] – ''[[Married Flirts]]''
*[[Pierre Watkin]] – ''[[He Who Gets Slapped (film)|He Who Gets Slapped]]''

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1924-01-01,1924-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1924 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1924-01-01,1924-12-31&adult=include List of 1924 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1924-01-01,1924-12-31&adult=include List of 1924 births] at [[IMDb]]

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