1924 in film

Events

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of The Wizard of Oz. MGM and Frank J. Baum failed to come to an agreement so the rights were sold to Chadwick Pictures.

Top grossing films

• The Thief of Baghdad

Movies released

Movies released in 1924 include:

• Aelita, a Russian science-fiction propaganda film.
• America (movie) , directed by D.W. Griffith.
• Forbidden Paradise , starring Pola Negri; directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
• Girl Shy , starring Harold Lloyd.
• Greed, starring Zasu Pitts and Gibson Gowland ; directed by Erich von Stroheim.
• He Who Gets Slapped , starring Lon Chaney.
• The Iron Horse , starring George O'Brien .
• Isn't Life Wonderful , directed by D.W. Griffith.
• The Marriage Circle , directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
• Peter Pan, starring Betty Bronson .
• The Sea Hawk, starring Milton Sills .
• The Thief of Bagdad, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks.

Births

• January 16 - Katy Jurado, actress (+ 2002)
• January 21 - Telly Savalas, actor
• April 3 - Doris Day, actress, singer
• April 20 - Nina Foch , actress
• July 4 - Eva Marie Saint, actress
• July 21 - Don Knotts, actor
• September 16 - Lauren Bacall, actress
• September 27 - Wilford Brimley, actor
• September 28 - Marcello Mastroianni, actor
• September 30 - Truman Capote, author
• October 13 - Nipsey Russell, comedian, actor
• November 22 - Geraldine Page, actress
• December 25 - Rod Serling, screenwriter

Deaths