Film year 1924

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Film year 1924
Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Baghdad .

Events

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is formed from the merger of the film studios Metro Picture Corporation , Goldwyn Picture Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures .

Film prizes and awards

Photoplay Award : The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln by Phil Rosen

Birthdays

January to March

Geoffrey Bayldon (born January 7th)

Telly Savalas (born January 21)

Hideko Takamine (born March 27th)

January

0January 5: Beatrice Winde , American actress († 2004)
0January 7: Geoffrey Bayldon , British actor and voice actor († 2017)
0January 7th: Anne Vernon , French actress
0January 8: Ron Moody , British actor († 2015)
January 14: Guy Williams , American actor († 1989)
January 16: Katy Jurado , Mexican actress († 2002)
January 17th: Guglielmo Garroni , Italian cameraman and director († 2002)
January 17: Kurt Grigoleit , German cameraman († 1988)
January 21: Gail Russell , American actress († 1961)
January 21: Telly Savalas , American actor († 1994)
January 26: Alice Babs , Swedish actress († 2014)
January 26th: Armand Gatti , French director and screenwriter († 2017)
January 27: Sabu , Indian actor († 1963)

February

0February 5: Hilde Sochor , Austrian actress († 2017)
0February 6: Ivo Garrani , Italian actor and speaker († 2015)
0February 9: Marcello Gatti , Italian cameraman († 2013)
February 19: Lee Marvin , American actor († 1987)
February 20: Christine Oesterlein , German actress († 2017)
February 23: Alexander Kerst , Austrian actor († 2010)
February 23: Claude Sautet , French director († 2000)

March

0March 8: René Allio , French director († 1995)
March 16: Wolfgang Kieling , German actor († 1985)
March 18: Giulio Questi , Italian director († 2014)
March 25: Roberts Blossom , American actor († 2011)
March 25: Machiko Kyō , Japanese actress († 2019)
March 27: Hideko Takamine , Japanese actress († 2010)
March 28: Freddie Bartholomew , Irish actor († 1992)
March 24th: Norman Fell , American actor († 1998)

April to June

Marlon Brando (born April 3)

Sidney Lumet (born June 25)

April

0April 3: Marlon Brando , American actor († 2004)
0April 5: Gianni Rizzo , Italian actor († 1992)
0April 6: Yannick Bellon , French director and film editor († 2019)
0April 8: Frédéric Back , Canadian animation director († 2013)
0April 8: Günter Pfitzmann , German actor († 2003)
April 10: Aldo Giuffrè , Italian actor († 2010)
April 10: Wolfgang Menge , German screenwriter († 2012)
April 12: Dick Marx , American composer († 1997)
April 13: Stanley Donen , American director († 2019)
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 († 2016)
April 27: Kurt Radeke , German actor († 2017)

May

0May 2: Theodore Bikel , American singer and actor († 2015)
May 10: Senta Wengraf , Austrian actress
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 († 2018)
May 27: Ladislav Chudík , Slovak actor († 2015)

June

0June 4: Dennis Weaver , American actor († 2006)
0June 6: Orna Porat , German-Israeli actress († 2015)
June 16: Adam Hanuszkiewicz , Polish actor († 2011)
June 22nd: Olivier Mathot , French actor and director († 2011)
June 25: Sidney Lumet , American director († 2011)
June 26: Richard Bull , American actor († 2014)

July to September

Holger Juul Hansen (born August 14)

July

0July 4: Oldřich Lipský , Czechoslovakian director and screenwriter († 1986)
0July 4th: Eva Marie Saint , American actress
0July 5: Heinz Kahlow , German screenwriter († 2015)
0July 5: Erika Müller-Fürstenau , German actress († 1986)
July 14: Val Avery , American actor († 2009)
July 19: Pat Hingle , American actor († 2009)
July 20: Lola Albright , American actress († 2017)
July 20: Tatjana Mikhailovna Liosnowa , Soviet director († 2011)
July 25: Leonardo Villar , Brazilian actor († 2020)

August

August 10: Martha Hyer , American actress († 2014)
August 14: Holger Juul Hansen , Danish actor († 2013)
August 17: Peter Garden , German actor († 2015)
August 25: Masumura Yasuzō , Japanese director († 1986)
August 31: Buddy Hackett , American actor († 2003)

September

0September 7th: Leonard Rosenman , American composer († 2008)
0September 9: Sylvia Miles , American actress († 2019)
September 13: Maurice Jarre , French composer († 2009)
September 13: Norman Alden , American actor († 2012)
September 16: Lauren Bacall , American actress († 2014)
September 16: Raoul Coutard , French cameraman († 2016)
September 28: Marcello Mastroianni , Italian actor († 1996)
September 29: Steve Forrest , American actor († 2013)

October to December

Cicely Tyson (born December 18)

October

0October 2: Tapan Sinha , Indian-Bengali director († 2009)
0October 4: Charlton Heston , American actor († 2008)
0October 5: Bill Dana , American actor, screenwriter and producer († 2017)
October 16: Alan Hume , British cameraman († 2010)

November

0November 8: Joe Flynn , American actor († 1974)
0November 9: Robert Frank , Swiss-American director and cameraman
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 30th: Jacques Dacqmine , French actor and screenwriter († 2010)

December

0December 2: Vilgot Sjöman , Swedish director († 2006)
0December 6th: Susanna Foster , American actress († 2009)
December 14: Linda Hopkins , American singer and actress († 2017)
December 18: Gibba , Italian animator († 2018)
December 18: Cicely Tyson , American actress
December 19: Edmund Purdom , British actor († 2009)
December 29th: 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 22nd: 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)

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