1934 in film

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released

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

1. Viva Villa
2. The Black Cat, starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
3. Let's Try Again

• January 22 - Bill Bixby, television actor (+ 1993)
• February 11 - Tina Louise, actress.
• September 20 - Sophia Loren, Italian actress.

• July 28 - Marie Dressler, Academy Award winning actress (+ 1934)

• Frank Capra's It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert
• Cleopatra, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Claudette Colbert
• The Thin Man
• Dames, a Busby Berkeley musical starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, ZaSu Pitts, Berton Churchill and Hugh Herbert. Director: Ray Enright