1935 in film
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- 3.1 January to March
- 3.2 from April to June
- 3.3 July to September
- 3.4 October to December
- 3.5 day unknown
- 4.1 January to June
- 4.2 July to December
Events
- January 30: Foundation of the Reich Film Archive in Berlin, with the task to collect all the movies and documents the history of film.
- MARCH 28: The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl in Berlin Premiere.
- November 15: Appointment of Hans Hinkel to the kingdom culture waiting in the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, who also worked in film.
- Henri Langlois and Georges Franju founded the Cinémathèque française.
Film Awards
Academy Awards
This year's Oscars are awarded on February 27 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best Film: It Happened One Night by Frank Capra
- Best Actor: Clark Gable in It Happened One Night
- Best Actress: Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night
- Best Director: Frank Capra for It Happened One Night
- Juvenile Award: Shirley Temple
Full list of winners
Film Festival of Venice
This year for the first time, an international jury will award the prizes.
- Best Foreign Film: Anna Karenina by Clarence Brown
- Best Italian movie: Casta diva of Carmine gallon
- Best Actor: Pierre Blanchar
- Best Actress: Paula Wessely in Episode
- Best Director: King Vidor for The Wedding Night
- Best Music: Mischa Spoliansky
New York Film Critics Circle Award
The New York Film Critics Circle was established this year in protest against the Oscars. For the 1935 film critics association awarded for the first time their prices.
- Best Film: The Traitor by John Ford
- Best Director: John Ford for The Traitor
- Best Actor: Charles Laughton for Mutiny on the Bounty and Butler in America
- Best Actress: Greta Garbo in Anna Karenina
More movie awards and honors
- National Board of Review: The Traitor by John Ford
- Photoplay Award: Naughty Marietta by WS Van Dyke
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 06: Gerald R. Molen, American producer
- January 07: Joe Wizan, American producer ( † 2011)
- January 08: Elvis Presley, American singer and actor († 1977)
- January 10: Herb Andress, Austrian actor († 2004)
- January 11: Ghita Nørby, Danish actress
- JANUARY 13: Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress
- JANUARY 13: Leonora Ruffo, Italian actress († 2007)
- JANUARY 14: Enio Girolami, Italian actor († 2013)
- JANUARY 15: Pablo Ferro, American Title Designer
- JANUARY 19: Soumitra Chattopadhyay, Indian actor
- JANUARY 22: Seymour Cassel, American actor
- January 22: Jane Downs, British actress
- JANUARY 22: Karl Sturm, German actor
February
- February 02: Michel Subor, French actor
- 04 February: Collin Wilcox, American actress († 2009)
- 06 February: Peter Thom, German actor († 2005)
- FEBRUARY 14: Arnold Kopelson, American producer
- FEBRUARY 17: Christina Pickles, American actress
- FEBRUARY 20: Jordan Cronenweth, American Cinematographer ( † 1996)
March
- March 01: Robert Conrad, American actor
- MARCH 11: Nancy Kovack, American actress
- MARCH 13: Leslie Parrish, American actress
- March 15: Doris Abesser, German actress
- March 15: Judd Hirsch, American actor
- MARCH 22: M. Emmet Walsh, American actor
- MARCH 27: Julian Glover, British actor
- MARCH 31: Adolf Dresen, German theater director and actor († 2001)
April-June
April
- April 02: Garrett Lewis, American actor and Production Designer († 2013)
- 04 April: Kenneth Mars, American actor and voice actor († 2011)
- April 15: Gene Cherico, American jazz bassist and composer († 1994)
- APRIL 17: Theo Angelopoulos, Greek director († 2012)
- April 18: Kostas Ferris, Greek director
- APRIL 19: Dudley Moore, British actor († 2002)
- APRIL 20: Mario Camus, Spanish director and screenwriter
- APRIL 21: Charles Grodin, American actor
- APRIL 21: Heinz Meynhardt, German Tierfilmer († 1989)
- APRIL 27: Ursula Hinrichs, German actress
- APRIL 27: Valentin de Vargas, American actor († 2013)
May
- May 02: Lance LeGault, American actor († 2012)
- 05 May: Robert Rehme, American producer
- MAY 11: Doug McClure, American actor († 1995)
- MAY 18: Elena Zuasti, Uruguayan actress († 2011)
- MAY 25: Ann Robinson, American actress
- MAY 26: Richard Harrison, American actor
- May 27: Lee Meriwether, American actress
June
- 01 June: Percy Adlon, German director
- June 03: Irma P. Hall, American actress
- JUNE 27: Laurent Terzieff, French actor († 2010)
July to September
July
- July 01: David Prowse, British actor
- 03 July: Charles Brewer, German actor
- 05 July: Christian Doermer, German actor, director, producer and screenwriter
- July 10: Tura Satana, American actress († 2011)
- July 15: Gianni Garko, Yugoslavian actor
- July 15: Alex Karras, American actor († 2012)
- July 15: Ken Kercheval, American film actor
- JULY 16: Michael Günther, German director, actor and voice actor
- July 17: Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer
- JULY 17: Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor
- JULY 19: Winfried Junge, German documentary filmmaker
- JULY 22: Grover Dale, American actor and dancer
- JULY 25: Barbara Harris, American actress
- JULY 31: Geoffrey Lewis, American actor
August
- 02 August: Volker Brandt, German actor and voice actor
- August 05: Michael Ballhaus, German cameraman
- August 05: John Saxon, American actor
- 09 August: William Friedkin, American film director
- August 11: Anneli Granget, German actress († 1971)
- August 12: John Cazale, American actor († 1978)
- August 15: Jim Dale, British actor
- August 15: Abby Dalton, American actress
September
- 09 September: Topol, Israeli actor
- September 12: John Bloom, British Cutter
- September 14: Amanda Barrie, British actress
- SEPTEMBER 21: Norma Bengell, Brazilian actress and director († 2013)
- September 21: Henry Gibson, American actor († 2009)
- September 26: Lou Myers, American actor († 2013)
- September 28: Heather Sears, British actress
October to December
October
- October 01: Julie Andrews, British actress
- 08 October: André Ratti, Swiss TV journalist († 1986)
- October 18: Peter Boyle, American actor († 2006)
- OCTOBER 20: Jerry Orbach, American actor († 2004)
- OCTOBER 21: Jadwiga Barańska, Polish actress
- OCTOBER 24: Marek Piwowski, Polish director
- October 30: Michael Winner, British film director († 2013)
- October 31: Charles Cioffi, American actor
November
- November 07: Aldo Maccione, Italian actor
- 07 November: Judy Parfitt, British actress
- November 08: Alain Delon, French actor
- November 11: Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress
- NOVEMBER 12: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Soviet- Russian actress († 2011)
- November 13: Tom Atkins, American actor
- November 21: Michael Chapman, American Cinematographer
- November 22: Michael Callan, American actor
- November 23: Mari Törőcsik, Hungarian actress
December
- December 01: Woody Allen, American film director and actor
- December 08: Michael Kahn, American Cutter
- December 14: Lee Remick, American actress († 1991)
- December 21: John G. Avildsen, American film director
- December 22: Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director, producer and screenwriter († 2012)
- December 31: Carlos Ballesteros, Spanish actor and director († 2011)
- December 31: Ric Kidney, American producer
Day unknown
- Ursula Dirichs, German actress
- Pio Zamuner, Italian -Brazilian director and cinematographer († 2012)
Deceased
January to June
- January 24: Anna Müller- Lincke, German actress (* 1869)
- May 04: Junior Durkin, American actor ( born 1915 )
- JUNE 24: Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer and actor (* 1890)
- JUNE 27: Eugène Augustin Lauste, French film pioneer technology (* 1857)
July to December
- September 28: William KL Dickson, British film technology pioneer (* 1860)
- October 20: Arthur Robison, German director (* 1888)
- October 30: Alwin Neuss, German actor and director (* 1879)
- November 26: Paul Askonas, German actor (* 1872)
- December 16: Thelma Todd, American actress (* 1906)