1934 in film
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Events
- January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum for $40,000.00.
- 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 show. Fox, which had been near bankruptcy, owns a gold mine.
- 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.
- November 12 - The musical Babes in Toyland debuts, featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as comic relief (see Laurel and Hardy).
- December 11 - Fox releases Bright Eyes, starring their hot new property, Shirley Temple. Shirley sings "On the Good Ship Lollypop".
Top grossing films
- Viva Villa!
- The Black Cat
- Let's Try Again
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: It Happened One Night - Columbia
- Best Actor: Clark Gable - It Happened One Night
- Best Actress: Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night
Movies released
Movies released in 1934 include:
- Anne of Green Gables, starring Anne Shirley
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street, starring Charles Laughton, Fredric March, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Norma Shearer
- Belle of the Nineties, starring Mae West
- The Black Cat, starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
- Bright Eyes, starring Shirley Temple
- Broadway Bill, starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy; directed by Frank Capra
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, starring Ronald Colman
- Burn 'Em Up Barnes, starring Jack Mulhall
- The Case of the Howling Dog, starring Warren William as Perry Mason
- The Cat and the Fiddle, starring Ramon Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald
- Charlie Chan in London, starring Warner Oland
- Charlie Chan's Courage, starring Warner Oland
- The Circus Clown, starring Joe E. Brown
- The Clairvoyant, starring Claude Rains and Fay Wray
- Cleopatra, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Claudette Colbert
- The Count of Monte Cristo starring Robert Donat
- Crime Without Passion starring Claude Rains
- Dames, a Busby Berkeley musical starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, ZaSu Pitts, Berton Churchill and Hugh Herbert. Director: Ray Enright
- Dark Hazard, starring Edward G. Robinson
- Death on the Diamond starring Robert Young
- Death Takes a Holiday, starring Fredric March
- Fashions of 1934, starring William Powell and Bette Davis
- Fog Over Frisco, starring Bette Davis
- Forsaking All Others, starring Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable
- Gambling Lady, starring Barbara Stanwyck
- The Gay Bride, starring Carole Lombard
- The Gay Divorcee, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
- The Girl from Missouri, starring Jean Harlow
- Here Comes the Navy, starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien
- The House of Rothschild, starring George Arliss and Loretta Young
- Imitation of Life, starring Claudette Colbert and Warren William
- It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, directed by Frank Capra
- It's a Gift, starring W.C. Fields
- Jimmy the Gent, starring James Cagney and Bette Davis
- Judge Priest, starring Will Rogers
- Kid Millions, starring Eddie Cantor
- Let's Try Again, starring Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard
- Little Man, What Now?, starring Margaret Sullavan
- The Little Minister, starring Katharine Hepburn and John Beal
- Little Miss Marker, starring Shirley Temple
- The Lost Patrol, starring Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff and Wallace Ford
- The Lucky Texan, starring John Wayne
- Madame DuBarry, starring Dolores del Rio
- The Man From Utah, starring John Wayne
- Man of Aran (Documentary)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much, a Hitchcock thriller starring Leslie Banks and Peter Lorre
- The Man with Two Faces, starring Edward G. Robinson
- Manhattan Melodrama, starring Clark Gable, William Powell and Myrna Loy
- The Merry Widow, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald
- Mystery Mountain
- Of Human Bondage, starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis
- The Old Fashioned Way, starring W.C. Fields
- Our Daily Bread, starring Karen Morley and Tom Keene
- The Richest Girl in the World, starring Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea and Fay Wray
- Riptide, starring Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery
- The Scarlet Empress, starring Marlene Dietrich
- The Scarlet Pimpernel, starring Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon
- Six of a Kind, starring Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland and W.C. Fields
- Spitfire, starring Katharine Hepburn
- The St. Louis Kid, starring James Cagney
- Stand Up and Cheer! starring Warner Baxter and Madge Evans, and featuring five-year-old Shirley Temple.
- The Star Packer, starring John Wayne
- Tarzan and His Mate, starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan
- The Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
- The Trail Beyond, starring John Wayne
- Treasure Island, starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper
- Triumph des Willens, a Nazi propaganda film directed by Leni Riefenstahl
- Twentieth Century, starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard
- Twenty Million Sweethearts, starring Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers
- Villa, Villa!, starring Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo and Fay Wray
- We're Not Dressing, starring Bing Crosby and Carole Lombard
- We're Rich Again, starring Edna May Oliver and Billie Burke
- A Wicked Woman, starring Mady Christians, Jean Parker and Charles Bickford
- Wonder Bar, starring Al Jolson
- You're Telling Me!, starring W.C. Fields
Births
- January 22 - Bill Bixby, television actor (+ 1993)
- February 11 - Tina Louise, actress.
- September 20 - Sophia Loren, Italian actress.
Deaths
- January 30, Dorothy Dell, 19, actress, road accident
- July 28 - Marie Dressler, Academy Award winning actress