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The following is an overview of 1934 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1934 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1934
Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic rentals
1	Kid Millions	United Artists	$2,000,000<ref name=RadioBook>Template:Cite book</ref>
2	Cleopatra	Paramount	$1,929,161<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
3	Forsaking All Others	MGM	$1,399,000<ref name="Mannix">Template:Citation.</ref>
4	It Happened One Night	Columbia	$1,366,000<ref name=AllTime>Template:Cite news</ref>
5	Chained	MGM	$1,301,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
6	Wonder Bar	Warner Bros./First National	$1,264,000<ref name="warners">Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 15 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551</ref>
7	The Barretts of Wimpole Street	MGM	$1,258,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
8	Here Comes the Navy	Warner Bros.	$1,183,000<ref name="warners"/>
9	Judge Priest	Fox Film	$1,176,000<ref name=AllTime/>
10	Treasure Island	MGM	$1,164,000<ref name="Mannix"/>

Events

January 26 – Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.
February 19 – Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade.
April 19 – Fox Studios releases Stand Up and Cheer!, with five-year-old Shirley Temple in a relatively minor role. Shirley steals the film and Fox, which had been near bankruptcy, finds itself owning a goldmine.
May 18 – Paramount releases Little Miss Marker, with Shirley Temple, on loan from Fox, in the title role.
June 13 – An amendment to the Production Code establishes the Production Code Administration, and requires all films to obtain a certificate of approval before being released.
July 28 – Canadian-born actress Marie Dressler, best known for starring in films such as Min and Bill and Emma, dies from cancer in Santa Barbara, California at the age of 65. For her performance in Min and Bill, Dressler received the Academy Award for Best Actress.
October 19 – Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers wham audiences again with their first joint starring roles in The Gay Divorcee, grossing $1.8 million<ref name="rko">Richard Jewel, "RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951", Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1994, p.55</ref> to add to the $1.5 million<ref name="rko"/> earned by Flying Down to Rio released at the end of 1933.
November 12 – The musical Babes in Toyland debuts, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as comic relief.
December 11 – Fox releases the Sol M. Wurtzel production of Bright Eyes, starring their hot new property, Shirley Temple. Shirley sings "On the Good Ship Lollipop", and wins the first Academy Award ever given to a child, for her endearing portrayal of Shirley Blake.

Academy Awards

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The 7th Academy Awards was held on February 27, 1935, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. They were hosted by Irvin S. Cobb. For the first time, the Academy standardized the practice – still in effect, notwithstanding changes to the 93rd and 94th Academy Awards as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – that the award eligibility period for a film would be the preceding calendar year.

Most nominations: One Night of Love (Columbia Pictures) – 6

Major Awards

Best Picture: It Happened One Night – Columbia Pictures
Best Director: Frank Capra – It Happened One Night
Best Actor: Clark Gable – It Happened One Night
Best Actress: Claudette Colbert – It Happened One Night

Most Awards: It Happened One Night – 5

It Happened One Night became the first film to perform a "clean sweep" of the top five award categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay. This feat would later be duplicated by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1976 and The Silence of the Lambs in 1992. It also was the first romantic comedy to be named Best Picture.

1934 film releases

United States unless stated

Notable films released in 1934

United States unless stated

0–9

1860, directed by Alessandro Blasetti – (Italy)

A

All of Me, directed by James Flood, starring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins and George Raft
Amok, directed by Fedor Ozep – (France)
Angèle, directed by Marcel Pagnol, starring Fernandel – (France)
Anne of Green Gables, directed by George Nicholls Jr., starring Anne Shirley
Are We Civilized?, directed by Edwin Carewe, starring William Farnum
L'Atalante, directed by Jean Vigo, starring Michel Simon – (France)

B

Babes in Toyland, directed by Gus Meins and Charles Rogers, starring Laurel and Hardy
Baby, Take a Bow, directed by Harry Lachman, starring Shirley Temple and Claire Trevor
The Barretts of Wimpole Street, directed by Sidney Franklin, starring Norma Shearer, Fredric March and Charles Laughton
The Battle, directed by Nicolas Farkas, starring Charles Boyer, Merle Oberon and John Loder – (GB/France)
Belle of the Nineties, directed by Leo McCarey, starring Mae West and Johnny Mack Brown
The Big Road (Dàlù), directed by Sun Yu – (China)
The Big Shakedown, directed by John Francis Dillon, starring Charles Farrell, Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez and Glenda Farrell
The Black Cat, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi
Bolero, directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring George Raft and Carole Lombard
Boots! Boots!, directed by Bert Tracy, starring George Formby – (GB)
Born to Be Bad, directed by Lowell Sherman, starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant
Bright Eyes, directed by David Butler, starring Shirley Temple and James Dunn
Broadway Bill, directed by Frank Capra, starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Warner Oland and Una Merkel

C

The Captain Hates the Sea, directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Victor McLaglen and John Gilbert
Carolina, directed by Henry King, starring Janet Gaynor and Lionel Barrymore
The Case of the Howling Dog, directed by Alan Crosland, starring Warren William and Mary Astor
The Cat and the Fiddle, directed by William K. Howard, starring Ramón Novarro, Jeanette MacDonald and Frank Morgan
The Cat's-Paw, directed by Sam Taylor, starring Harold Lloyd and Una Merkel
Chained, directed by Clarence Brown, starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Otto Kruger
Chapayev, directed by the Vasilyev Brothers, starring Boris Babochkin – (USSR)
Charlie Chan in London, directed by Eugene Forde, starring Warner Oland and Ray Milland
Charlie Chan's Courage (lost), directed by Eugene Forde, starring Warner Oland
The Circus Clown, directed by Ray Enright, starring Joe E. Brown
City Limits, directed by William Nigh, starring Frank Craven and Sally Blane
Cleopatra, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Claudette Colbert and Warren William
Colonel Blood, directed by W. P. Lipscomb, starring Frank Cellier – (GB)
The Count of Monte Cristo, directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Robert Donat
Crime Without Passion, directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, starring Claude Rains

D

Dames, directed by Ray Enright, starring Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell and ZaSu Pitts
Dark Hazard, directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Edward G. Robinson and Glenda Farrell
David Harum, directed by James Cruze, starring Will Rogers
Death on the Diamond, directed by Edward Sedgwick, starring Robert Young
Death Takes a Holiday, directed by Mitchell Leisen, starring Fredric March
Don't Make Grandpa Angry (Nezlobte dědečka), directed by Karel Lamač, starring Vlasta Burian, Čeněk Šlégl and Adina Mandlová – (Czechoslovakia)
The Dream Car (Meseautó), directed by Béla Gaál and starring Zita Perczel and Jenő Törzs – (Hungary)

E

Evelyn Prentice, directed by William K. Howard, starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and Una Merkel
Evergreen, directed by Victor Saville, starring Jessie Matthews – (GB)
Everybody's Woman (La signora di tutti), directed by Max Ophüls, starring Isa Miranda – (Italy)

F

Fashions of 1934, directed by William Dieterle, starring William Powell and Bette Davis
Ferdowsi, directed by Abdolhossein Sepanta – (Iran)
Flirtation Walk, directed by Frank Borzage, starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Pat O'Brien
Fog Over Frisco, directed by William Dieterle, starring Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay and Lyle Talbot
Forbidden Territory, directed by Phil Rosen, starring Gregory Ratoff and Binnie Barnes – (GB)
Forsaking All Others, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery
Four Frightened People, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Claudette Colbert and Herbert Marshall
Frontier Marshal, directed by Lewis Seiler, starring George O' Brien

G

Gambling, directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring George M. Cohan
Gambling Lady, directed by Archie Mayo, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea and Pat O'Brien
The Gay Bride directed by Jack Conway, starring Carole Lombard, Chester Morris and ZaSu Pitts
The Gay Divorcee directed by Mark Sandrich, starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Alice Brady
The Girl from Missouri, directed by Jack Conway, starring Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone and Lewis Stone
Girl o' My Dreams, directed by Ray McCarey, starring Mary Carlisle, Edward J. Nugent and Lon Chaney Jr.
Glamour, directed by William Wyler, starring Paul Lukas and Constance Cummings
The Goddess (Shen nu), directed by Wu Yonggang, starring Ruan Lingyu – (China)
Grand Canary, directed by Irving Cummings, starring Warner Baxter and Madge Evans
Le Grand Jeu (The Great Game), directed by Jacques Feyder, starring Marie Bell and Pierre Richard-Willm – (France)
Great Expectations, directed by Stuart Walker, starring Henry Hull and Jane Wyatt

H

Here Comes the Navy, directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Gloria Stuart
Here is My Heart, directed by Frank Tuttle, starring Bing Crosby and Kitty Carlisle
Hide-Out, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring Robert Montgomery, Maureen O'Sullivan and Edward Arnold
Hollywood Party, starring Laurel and Hardy, Jimmy Durante and Lupe Vélez
The House of Rothschild, directed by Alfred L. Werker, starring George Arliss, Loretta Young, Boris Karloff and Robert Young

I

Imitation of Life, directed by John M. Stahl, starring Claudette Colbert and Warren William
The Iron Duke, directed by Victor Saville, starring George Arliss – (GB)
It Happened One Night, directed by Frank Capra, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert
It's a Gift, directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring W. C. Fields
I've Got Your Number, directed by Ray Enright, starring Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien and Glenda Farrell

J

Jane Eyre, directed by Christy Cabanne, starring Virginia Bruce and Colin Clive
Jew Süss, directed by Lothar Mendes, starring Conrad Veidt – (GB)
Jimmy the Gent, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring James Cagney and Bette Davis
Jolly Fellows (Vesyolye rebyata), directed by Grigori Aleksandrov, starring Lyubov Orlova – (USSR)
Juárez y Maximiliano (Juarez and Maximilian), directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and Raphael J. Sevilla – (Mexico)
Judge Priest, directed by John Ford, starring Will Rogers

K

The Key, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring William Powell and Edna Best
Kid Millions, directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring Eddie Cantor, Ann Sothern and Ethel Merman
Kiss and Make-Up, directed by Harlan Thompson, starring Cary Grant and Helen Mack

L

The Lady Is Willing, directed by Gilbert Miller, starring Leslie Howard and Cedric Hardwicke – (GB)
The Last Round-Up, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Randolph Scott
Lieutenant Kijé (Poruchik Kizhe), directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer, starring Mikhail Yanshin – (USSR)
Liliom, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Charles Boyer – (France)
Limehouse Blues, directed by Alexander Hall, starring George Raft, Jean Parker and Anna May Wong
Little Man, What Now?, directed by Frank Borzage, starring Margaret Sullavan and Douglass Montgomery
The Little Minister, directed by Richard Wallace, starring Katharine Hepburn and John Beal
Little Miss Marker, directed by Alexander Hall, starring Adolphe Menjou, Charles Bickford and Shirley Temple
A Lost Lady, directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Morgan, Ricardo Cortez and Lyle Talbot
The Lost Patrol, directed by John Ford, starring Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff and Wallace Ford
The Lucky Texan, directed by Robert N. Bradbury, starring John Wayne

M-N

Madame Du Barry, directed by William Dieterle, starring Dolores del Río
The Man from Utah, directed by Robert N. Bradbury, starring John Wayne
Man of Aran, documentary directed by Robert J. Flaherty – (Ireland)
The Man Who Knew Too Much, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Peter Lorre, Leslie Banks and Edna Best – (GB)
The Man with Two Faces, directed by Archie Mayo, starring Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez and Mae Clarke
Managed Money, directed by Charles Lamont, starring Shirley Temple
Mandalay, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland and Lyle Talbot
Manhattan Melodrama, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring Clark Gable, William Powell and Myrna Loy
Maniac, directed by Dwain Esper
Mauvaise Graine (Bad Seed), directed by Billy Wilder and Alexander Esway, starring Danielle Darrieux – (France)
The Merry Widow (La veuve joyeuse), directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald and Una Merkel – (France/US)
The Mighty Barnum, directed by Walter Lang, starring Wallace Beery and Adolphe Menjou
Les Misérables, directed by Raymond Bernard, starring Harry Baur and Charles Vanel – (France)
Murder at Monte Carlo (lost), directed by Ralph Ince, starring Errol Flynn – (GB)
Now and Forever, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard and Shirley Temple
Now I'll Tell, directed by Edwin J. Burke, starring Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees and Alice Faye

O

Of Human Bondage, directed by John Cromwell, starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis
The Old Curiosity Shop, directed by Thomas Bentley – (GB)
The Old Fashioned Way, directed by William Beaudine, starring W. C. Fields
One More River, directed by James Whale, starring Colin Clive
One Night of Love, directed by Victor Schertzinger, starring Grace Moore and Lyle Talbot
Operator 13, directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Marion Davies, Gary Cooper and Jean Parker
Our Daily Bread, directed by King Vidor, starring Karen Morley and Tom Keene

P

The Painted Veil, directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent and Warner Oland
Pardon My Pups, directed by Charles Lamont, starring Shirley Temple
Peck's Bad Boy, directed by Edward F. Cline, starring Jackie Cooper
Plunder of Peach and Plum (Táolǐ Jié), directed by Ying Yunwei, starring Yuan Muzhi and Chen Bo'er – (China)
The Private Life of Don Juan, directed by Alexander Korda, starring Douglas Fairbanks and Merle Oberon – (GB)
The Pursuit of Happiness, directed by Alexander Hall, starring Francis Lederer and Joan Bennett

R

Radio Parade of 1935, directed by Arthur B. Woods, starring Will Hay – (GB)
Red Ensign, directed by Michael Powell, starring Leslie Banks – (GB)
The Return of Bulldog Drummond, directed by Walter Summers, starring Ralph Richardson and Ann Todd – (GB)
The Richest Girl in the World, directed by William A. Seiter, starring Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea and Fay Wray
Riptide, directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery and Herbert Marshall
The Rise of Catherine the Great, directed by Paul Czinner, starring Elisabeth Bergner and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. – (GB)
Road House, directed by Maurice Elvey, starring Violet Loraine and Gordon Harker (GB)
Le Roi des Champs-Élysées (The King of the Champs-Élysées), directed by Max Nosseck, starring Buster Keaton – (France)

S

Sadie McKee, directed by Clarence Brown, starring Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Gene Raymond and Edward Arnold
The Scarlet Empress, directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Marlene Dietrich and John Lodge
The Scarlet Pimpernel, directed by Harold Young, starring Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon and Raymond Massey – (GB)
Servants' Entrance, directed by Frank Lloyd, starring Janet Gaynor and Lew Ayres
She Loves Me Not, directed by Elliott Nugent, starring Bing Crosby and Miriam Hopkins
Shirin and Farhad, directed by Abdolhossein Sepanta, starring Roohangiz Saminejad – (Iran)
The Silver Streak, directed by Tommy Atkins, starring Sally Blane and Charles Starrett
Sing as We Go, directed by Basil Dean, starring Gracie Fields – (GB)
Six of a Kind, directed by Leo McCarey, starring Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, W. C. Fields, George Burns and Gracie Allen
Something Always Happens, directed by Michael Powell, starring Ian Hunter and Nancy O'Neil – (GB)
The Song of Ceylon, documentary directed by Basil Wright – (GB)
Song of the Fishermen (Yú guāng qǔ), directed by Cai Chusheng – (China)
Spitfire, directed by John Cromwell, starring Katharine Hepburn, Robert Young and Ralph Bellamy
The St. Louis Kid, directed by Ray Enright, starring James Cagney
Stand Up and Cheer!, directed by Hamilton MacFadden, starring Warner Baxter, Madge Evans and Shirley Temple
A Story of Floating Weeds (Ukikusa monogatari), directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan)

T

The Tars (De Jantjes), directed by Jaap Speyer – (Netherlands)
Tarzan and His Mate, directed by Cedric Gibbons, starring Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan and Neil Hamilton
The Thin Man, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and Maureen O'Sullivan
Thirty-Day Princess, directed by Marion Gering, starring Sylvia Sidney and Cary Grant
Those Were the Days, directed by Thomas Bentley, starring Will Hay and John Mills – (GB)
The Trail Beyond, directed by Robert N. Bradbury, starring John Wayne
Treasure Island, directed by Victor Fleming, starring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger, Lewis Stone and Nigel Bruce
Twentieth Century, directed by Howard Hawks, starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard
Twenty Million Sweethearts, directed by Ray Enright, starring Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien and Ginger Rogers

U-V

Unfinished Symphony, directed by Anthony Asquith and Willi Forst, starring Márta Eggerth – (GB/Austria)
Viva Villa!, directed by Jack Conway, starring Wallace Beery and Fay Wray

W

Waltzes from Vienna, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Esmond Knight, Jessie Matthews and Edmund Gwenn – (GB)
We're Not Dressing, directed by Norman Taurog, starring Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Ethel Merman
We're Rich Again, directed by William A. Seiter, starring Edna May Oliver and Billie Burke
What Every Woman Knows, directed by Gregory La Cava, starring Helen Hayes
Whirlpool, directed by Roy William Neill, starring Jack Holt and Jean Arthur
The White Parade, directed by Irving Cummings, starring Loretta Young and John Boles
A Wicked Woman, directed by Charles Brabin, starring Mady Christians, Jean Parker and Charles Bickford
The Woman of the Port (La Mujer del Puerto), directed by Arcady Boytler, starring Andrea Palma – (Mexico)
Wonder Bar, directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Al Jolson, Kay Francis, Dolores del Río, Ricardo Cortez and Dick Powell
Workers, Let's Go (Hej rup!), directed by Martin Frič – (Czechoslovakia)
The World Moves On, directed by John Ford, starring Madeleine Carroll and Franchot Tone

Y-Z

You Can't Buy Everything, directed by Charles Reisner, starring May Robson, Jean Parker and Lewis Stone
Young and Beautiful, directed by Joseph Santley, starring William Haines
You're Telling Me!, directed by Erle C. Kenton, starring W. C. Fields
Zouzou, directed by Marc Allégret, starring Josephine Baker and Jean Gabin – (France)

Serials

Burn 'Em Up Barnes (released June 16) (12-chapter Mascot Pictures action), starring Frankie Darro and (as Barnes) Jack Mulhall
Mystery Mountain (released December 3) (12-chapter Mascot Pictures western), starring Ken Maynard
The Lost Jungle
The Law of the Wild, starring Rin Tin Tin
Pirate Treasure
The Red Rider (released July 16) (15-chapter Universal Pictures western), starring Buck Jones
Tailspin Tommy (released October 29) (12-chapter Universal Pictures action), starring Maurice Murphy
The Vanishing Shadow
Young Eagles

Comedy film series and shorts

Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)

The Cat's-Paw

Lupino Lane (1915–1939)

My Old Duchess (directed by)

Buster Keaton (1917–1944)

The Gold Ghost (short, directed by)
Allez Oop (short, directed by)
Le Roi des Champs-Élysées (feature)

Laurel and Hardy (1921–1945)

Oliver the Eighth (short)
Hollywood Party (feature)
Going Bye-Bye! (short)
Them Thar Hills (short)
Babes in Toyland (feature)
The Live Ghost (short)

Our Gang (1922–1944)

Harry Langdon (1924–1936)

Circus Hoodoo (short)
Petting Preferred (short)
Counsel on De Fence (short) as Darrow Langdon
Shivers (short) as Ichabod Somerset Crop

Wheeler & Woolsey (1929–1937)

Ted Healy and His Stooges (1933–1934)

The Three Stooges (1934–1959)

Woman Haters (May 5)
Punch Drunks (July 13)
Men in Black (September 28) AAN
Screen Snapshots Series 14 #1 (September 29)
Screen Snapshots Series 14 #2 (October 26)
The Captain Hates the Sea (November 28) §
Three Little Pigskins (December 8)

Animated short film series

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Krazy Kat.

Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
- The Autograph Hunter
- Southern Exposure
- Tom Thumb
- Cinder Alley
- Bowery Daze
- Busy Bus
- Masquerade Party
- The Trapeze Artist
- The Katnips of 1940
- Krazy's Waterloo
- Goofy Gondolas
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–1938)
- Chicken Reel
- The Candy House
- The County Fair
- The Toy Shoppe
- Kings Up
- Wolf! Wolf!
- The Ginger Bread Boy
- Goldielocks and the Three Bears
- Annie Moved Away
- Wax Works
- William Tell
- Chris Columbus, Jr.
- The Dizzy Dwarf
- Ye Happy Pilgrims
- Sky Larks
- Spring in the Park
Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
- Shanghaied
- Camping Out – known as "Camping Troubles" in releases outside the United States.
- Playful Pluto
- Gulliver Mickey
- Hollywood Party (guest appearance)
- Mickey's Steam Roller – First appearance of Mickey's nephews.
- Orphan's Benefit – First time Donald Duck from The Wise Little Hen appears in a Mickey cartoon. First appearance of Clara Cluck. Last black and white appearance of Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar. First cartoon were Mickey wears a shirt.
- Mickey Plays Papa
- The Dognapper
- Babes in Toyland (guest appearance in live action; costumed character)
- Two-Gun Mickey – Last black and white appearance of Minnie Mouse.
Silly Symphonies (1929–1939)
- The China Shop
- The Grasshopper and the Ants
- Funny Little Bunnies
- The Big Bad Wolf
- The Wise Little Hen
- The Flying Mouse
- Peculiar Penguins
- The Goddess of Spring
Screen Songs (1929–1938)
- Keeps Rainin' All the Time
- Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing
- Tune Up and Sing
- Lazy Bones
- This Little Piggie Went to Market
- She Reminds Me of You
- Love Thy Neighbor
- Let's Sing with Popeye
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (1930–1969)
- Buddy the Gob
- Pettin' in the Park
- Honeymoon Hotel
- Buddy and Towser
- Buddy's Garage
- Beauty and the Beast
- Those Were Wonderful Days
- Buddy's Trolley Troubles
- Goin' to Heaven on a Mule
- Buddy of the Apes
- How Do I Know It's Sunday
- Buddy's Bearcats
- Why Do I Dream Those Dreams
- The Girl at the Ironing Board
- The Miller's Daughter
- Shake Your Powder Puff
- Buddy the Detective
- Rhythm in the Bow
- Buddy the Woodsman
- Buddy's Circus
- Those Beautiful Dames
- Buddy's Adventures
- Pop Goes Your Heart
- Viva Buddy
- Buddy the Dentist
Terrytoons (1930–1964)
Scrappy (1931–1941)
Betty Boop (1932–1939)
- She Wronged Him Right
- Red Hot Mamma
- Ha! Ha! Ha!
- Betty in Blunderland
- Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
- Betty Boop's Trial
- Betty Boop's Lifeguard
- Poor Cinderella (first and only Betty Boop cartoon in colour)
- There's Something About a Soldier
- Betty Boop's Little Pal
- Betty Boop's Prize Show
- Keep in Style
- When My Ship Comes In
Popeye the Sailor (1933–1957)
Willie Whopper (1933-1934)
ComiColor Cartoons (1933–1936)
Cubby Bear (1933-1934)
The Little King (1933-1934)
Happy Harmonies (1934–1938)
Cartune Classics (1934–1935)
Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949)
Amos 'n' Andy (1934)

Births

January 6 – Sylvia Syms, English actress (d. 2023)
January 8 – Roy Kinnear, English actor and comedian (d. 1988)
January 11 – Mitchell Ryan, American actor (d. 2022)
January 13 - Rip Taylor, American comedian and actor (d. 2019)
January 14
- Richard Briers, English actor (d. 2013)
- Priscilla Morgan, English actress
January 20 – Tom Baker, English actor and writer
January 21
- Audrey Dalton, Irish actress
- Ann Wedgeworth, American character actress (d. 2017)
January 22 – Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993)
January 23 – Carmine Caridi, American actor (d. 2019)
January 25 – Donald W. Ernst, American editor and producer (d. 2023)
February 5 – Jimmy Flynn, American actor (d. 2022)
February 10 – Tatyana Lolova, Bulgarian actress (d. 2021)
February 11 – Tina Louise, American actress
February 12
- Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress
- Valerio Ruggeri, Italian actor and voice actor (d. 2015)
February 13 – George Segal, American actor and musician (d. 2021)
February 14 – Florence Henderson, American actress (d. 2016)
February 17
- Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)
- Barry Humphries, Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist and author (d. 2023)
February 21 – Rue McClanahan, American actress (d. 2010)
February 25 – Michael Fairman, American actor and writer
March 4 – Anne Haney, American actress (d. 2001)
March 5
- James B. Sikking, American actor (d. 2024)
- Nicholas Smith, English comedy actor (d. 2015)
March 9
- Del Close, American actor, writer and teacher (d. 1999)
- Joyce Van Patten, American actress
March 12 – Henryk Bista, Polish actor (d. 1997)
March 22 – May Britt, Swedish actress
March 26
- Alan Arkin, American actor (d. 2023)
- Norman Reynolds, English production designer (d. 2023)
March 27 – Peter Schamoni, German director (d. 2011)
March 30 – Count Prince Miller, Jamaican-British actor and musician (d. 2018)
March 31
- Richard Chamberlain, American actor and singer (d. 2025)
- Shirley Jones, American singer and actress
April 1 – Don Hastings, American actor
April 2 – Shirley Douglas, Canadian actress (d. 2020)
April 4 – Helen Hanft, American actress (d. 2013)
April 7 – Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (d. 2007)
April 14 – Josef Somr, Czech actor (d. 2022)
April 16 – Robert Stigwood, Australian-born British producer (d. 2016)
April 24 – Shirley MacLaine, American actress
April 25 – Denny Miller, American actor (d. 2014)
May 1 – John Meillon, Australian character actor (d. 1989)
May 3 – Ivan Andonov, Bulgarian film director (d. 2011)
May 11 – André Gregory, French-born American director, writer and actor
May 18 – Dwayne Hickman, American actor, producer and director (d. 2022)
May 22 – Fred Roos, American film producer (d. 2024)
May 24 – Kiril Gospodinov, Bulgarian actor (d. 2003)
May 29 – Marina Cicogna, Italian producer (d. 2023)
June 1
- Pat Boone, American singer and actor
- Peter Masterson, American actor, director, producer and writer (d. 2018)
June 8 – Millicent Martin, English actress, singer and comedian
June 15
- Eileen Atkins, English actress
- William Newman, American actor (d. 2015)
June 16
- Bill Cobbs, American actor (d. 2024)
- Jane Henson, American puppeteer (d. 2013)
June 21
- Terrence Evans, American actor (d. 2015)
- Maro Kontou, Greek actress and politician
- Maggie Jones, English actress (d. 2009)
June 26 – Josef Sommer, German-American actor
July 1
- Jamie Farr, American actor
- Jean Marsh, English actress (d. 2025)
- Ester Pajusoo, Estonian actress <ref>Eesti Draamateater Template:Webarchive Retrieved 30 November 2016.</ref>
- Sydney Pollack, American director, producer and actor (d. 2008)
July 5 – Nikolay Binev, Bulgarian actor (d. 2003)
July 8 – Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (d. 1982)
July 9 – John Clegg, English actor (d. 2024)
July 10 – Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer (d. 2012)
July 15 – Eva Krížiková, Slovak actress (d. 2020)
July 22
- Eric Del Castillo, Mexican actor
- Louise Fletcher, American actress (d. 2022)
July 23 – Silvana Bosi, Italian actress (d. 2020)
July 26 – Ken Pogue, Canadian actor (d. 2015)
July 29 – Sergio Fiorentini, Italian actor and voice actor (d. 2014)
August 5 – Zakes Mokae, South African-American actor (d. 2009)
August 7 – Marija Kohn, Croatian actress (d. 2018)
August 14 – Vernon Dobtcheff, French-British actor
August 16
- Donnie Dunagan, American former child actor
- John Standing, English actor
August 24 – Kenny Baker, English-born actor (d. 2016)
August 30 – Helen Craig, English children's author and illustrator (Angelina Ballerina)
September 2 – Chuck McCann, American actor, comedian, puppeteer and television host (d. 2018)
September 5 – Dennis Letts, American actor (d. 2008)
September 11 – Ian Abercrombie, English-American actor and comedian (d. 2012)
September 18 – Eddie Jones, American actor (d. 2019)
September 20
- Sophia Loren, Italian actress
- Jeff Morris, American actor (d. 2004)
- Karen Sharpe, American actress
September 24 – Robert Lang, English actor (d. 2004)
September 27
- Wilford Brimley, American actor (d. 2020)
- Claude Jarman Jr., American child actor (d. 2025)
September 28 – Brigitte Bardot, French actress
September 29 – Alan Hopgood, Australian actor (d. 2022)
October 13 – Savely Kramarov, Russian-American actor (d. 1995)
October 15 – Peter Haskell, American actor (d. 2010)
October 18 – Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian-American actor (d. 2007)
October 19 – Glória Menezes, Brazilian actress
October 20 – Timothy West, English actor (d. 2024)
October 28 – Charles A. Gargano, Italian-American actor
October 31 – Suzanne Shepherd, American actress (d. 2023)
November 5 – Kira Muratova, Russian director (d. 2018)
November 10
- Richard Bradford, American actor (d. 2016)
- Joanna Moore, American actress (d. 1997)
November 11
- Suzanne Lloyd, Canadian actress
- Nadine Trintignant, French director, producer and screenwriter
November 13 – Garry Marshall, American director, actor, producer, writer and voice artist (d. 2016)
November 15 – Joanna Barnes, American actress (d. 2022)
November 21
- Jack Kehoe, American actor (d. 2020)
- Laurence Luckinbill, American actor, playwright and director
November 23
- Robert Towne, American screenwriter and director (d. 2024)
- Michael Wayne, American producer and actor (d. 2003)
November 25 – Ann Davies, English actress (d. 2022)
November 28 – Jaakko Pakkasvirta, Finnish film director and screenwriter (d. 2018)
December 2 – Brian Phelan, Irish actor (d. 2024)
December 9 – Judi Dench, English actress
December 16 – Pete Schrum, American actor (d. 2003)
December 26 – Matt Zimmerman, Canadian actor (d. 2022)
December 27 – Christopher Benjamin, English actor (d. 2025)
December 28 – Maggie Smith, English actress (d. 2024)
December 29 – Forugh Farrokhzad, Iranian poet and film director (d. 1967)
December 30 – Russ Tamblyn, American actor

Deaths

March 21 – Lilyan Tashman, 34, American actress
May 31 – Lew Cody, 50, American actor
June 8 – Dorothy Dell, 19, American actress
July 6 – Harry A. Pollard, 55, American actor & director
July 28 – Marie Dressler, 65, Canadian-born American Academy Award winning actress
September 18 – Marie Shotwell, 54, American actress
December 20 – Frank Beal, 72, American actor

Debuts

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References

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