1924 in film
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Events
- The merger of the film studio Metro Picture Corporation, Goldwyn Picture Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures Metro -Goldwyn -Mayer produced.
Film Awards and honors
- Photoplay Award: The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln by Phil Rosen
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 05: Beatrice winds, American actress († 2004)
- January 07: Geoffrey Bayldon, British actor
- January 07: Anne Vernon, French actress
- January 08: Ron Moody, British actor
- January 14: Guy Williams, American actor († 1989)
- January 16: Katy Jurado, Mexican actress († 2002)
- JANUARY 17: Guglielmo Garroni, Italian cinematographer and director
- JANUARY 17: Kurt Grigoleit, German cameraman († 1988)
- JANUARY 21: Gail Russell, American actress († 1961)
- JANUARY 21: Telly Savalas, American actor († 1994)
- January 27: Sabu, Indian actor († 1963)
February
- February 09: Marcello Gatti, Italian cameraman († 2013)
- FEBRUARY 19: Lee Marvin, American actor († 1987)
- FEBRUARY 23: Alexander Kerst, Austrian actor († 2010)
- FEBRUARY 23: Claude Sautet, French film director († 2000)
March
- March 08: René Allio, French film director († 1995)
- MARCH 16: Wolfgang Kieling, German actor († 1985)
- MARCH 18: Giulio Questi, Italian director
- March 25: Roberts Blossom, American actor († 2011)
- March 25: Machiko Kyo, Japanese actress
- MARCH 27: Hideko Takamine, Japanese actress († 2010)
- MARCH 28: Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor († 1992)
April-June
April
- April 03: Doris Day, American actress
- April 03: Marlon Brando, American actor († 2004)
- April 05: Gianni Rizzo, Italian actor († 1992)
- April 06: Yannick Bellon, French director
- 08 April: Frédéric Back, Canadian animation director
- 08 April: Günter Pfitzmann, German actor († 2003)
- April 10: Aldo Giuffrè, Italian actor († 2010)
- April 10: Wolfgang Menge, German writer († 2012)
- April 12: Dick Marx, American composer († 1997)
- April 13: Stanley Donen, American film director
- April 16: Henry Mancini, American composer († 1994)
- April 18: Ghislain Cloquet, Belgian cameraman († 1981)
- APRIL 20: Nina Foch, American actress († 2008)
- April 20: Leslie Phillips, British actor
- April 23: Ruth Leuwerik, German actress
May
- 02 May: Theodore Bikel, British- Austrian actor and folk singer
- MAY 17: Hannes Messemer, German actor († 1991)
- MAY 18: Priscilla Pointer, American actress
- MAY 21: Peggy Cass, American actress († 1999)
- MAY 21: Doris Schade, German actress († 2012)
- MAY 22: Charles Aznavour, French actor and singer
June
- 04 June: Dennis Weaver, American actor († 2006)
- June 06: Orna Porat, German - Israeli actress
- JUNE 16: Adam Hanuszkiewicz, Polish actor († 2011)
- June 22: Olivier Mathot, French actor and director († 2011)
- JUNE 25: Sidney Lumet, American film director († 2011)
- JUNE 26: Richard Bull, American actor
July to September
July
- 04 July: Oldrich Lipský, Czechoslovakian director and screenwriter († 1986)
- July 04: Eva Marie Saint, American actress
- July 05: Erika Müller- Fuerstenau, German actress († 1986)
- July 14: Val Avery, American actor († 2009)
- JULY 19: Pat Hingle, American actor († 2009)
- JULY 20: Tatyana Mikhailovna Liosnowa, Soviet director († 2011)
- JULY 25: Leonardo Villar, Brazilian actor
August
September
- September 07: Leonard Rosenman, American composer († 2008)
- September 13: Maurice Jarre, French composer († 2009)
- SEPTEMBER 16: Lauren Bacall, American actress
- September 16: Raoul Coutard, French cameraman
- September 28: Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor († 1996)
- SEPTEMBER 29: Steve Forrest, American actor († 2013)
October to December
October
- October 02: Tapan Sinha, Indian- Bengali director († 2009)
- October 04: Charlton Heston, American actor († 2008)
- 06 October: Teala Loring, American actress († 2008)
- October 16: Alan Hume, British cinematographer († 2010)
- OCTOBER 27: Ruby Dee, American actress
November
- 08 November: Joe Flynn, American actor († 1974)
- November 09: Robert Frank, Swiss- American film director and cinematographer
- NOVEMBER 10: Russell Johnson, American actor († 2014)
- November 11: Andrzej Łapicki, Polish actor († 2012)
- November 14: Bhagwan Das Garga, Indian documentary filmmaker and film historian († 2011)
- November 16: Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer († 2013)
- November 18: Elfie Pertramer, German actress († 2011)
- November 22: Geraldine Page, American actress († 1987)
- November 28: André Falcon, French actor († 2009)
- NOVEMBER 29: Erik Balling, Danish director and screenwriter († 2005)
- November 30: Jacques Dacqmine, French actor and screenwriter († 2010)
December
- 02 December: Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish director († 2006)
- 06 December: Susanna Foster, American actress († 2009)
- December 19: Edmund Purdom, British actor († 2009)
- DECEMBER 29: Herbert Ballmann, German producer and director († 2009)
- December 31: EO Fuhrmann, German actor († 1986)
Day unknown
- Otto Guggenbichler, German journalist and documentary filmmaker († 2009)
Deceased
- MARCH 22: Louis Delluc, French filmmaker, writer and critic (* 1890)
- September 10: Eva May, Austrian actress (* 1902)
- NOVEMBER 1: Jules Greenbaum, German producer (* 1867)
- November 20: Thomas Harper Ince, American film pioneer (* 1882)