This is an overview of 1929 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
This is an overview of 1924 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook was an English film actor.
Florence Vidor was an American silent film actress.
Bardelys the Magnificent is a 1926 American silent romantic film directed by King Vidor and starring John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman. The film is based on the 1906 novel of the same title by Rafael Sabatini. It was the second film of the 19-year-old John Wayne, who had a minor role.
Children of Divorce is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Clara Bow, Esther Ralston, and Gary Cooper. Adapted from the 1927 novel of the same name by Owen Johnson, and written by Louis D. Lighton, Hope Loring, Alfred Hustwick, and Adela Rogers St. Johns, the film is about a young flapper who tricks her wealthy friend into marrying her during a night of drunken revelry. Even though she knows that he is in love with another woman, she refuses to grant him a divorce and repeat the mistake of her divorced parents. Produced by Jesse L. Lasky, E. Lloyd Sheldon, and Adolph Zukor for the Famous Players–Lasky, the film was released on April 25, 1927 by Paramount Pictures.
Francis de Croisset was a Belgian-born French playwright and opera librettist.
Franklin Bryant Washburn III was an American actor who appeared in more than 370 films between 1911 and 1947. Washburn's parents were Franklin Bryant Washburn II and Metha Catherine Johnson Washburn. He attended Lake View High School in Chicago.
Build Thy House is a 1920 British silent film directed by Fred Goodwins, and starring Henry Ainley, Ann Trevor, Reginald Bach and Claude Rains in his film debut. The screenplay was written by Eliot Stannard from the story by S. Trevor Jones.
Experience is a 1921 American silent morality drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The allegorical film was directed by George Fitzmaurice and starred Richard Barthelmess. It was based on George V. Hobart's successful 1914 Broadway play of the same name. It was the film debut of Lilyan Tashman.
The Dark Angel is a 1925 American silent drama film, based on the play The Dark Angel, a Play of Yesterday and To-day by H. B. Trevelyan, released by First National Pictures, and starring Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, and Wyndham Standing.
The Black Panther's Cub is a 1921 American silent melodrama film produced by William K. Ziegfeld, Florenz Ziegfeld's younger brother. It stars stage actress Florence Reed in her last silent screen portrayal where she plays multiple roles. It is a lost film.
The Secret Game is a surviving 1917 American silent drama film produced by Jesse Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and starred Sessue Hayakawa. It survives complete at the Library of Congress and was released on DVD.
The House of a Thousand Candles is a 1936 American thriller film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke and Irving Pichel. The title is taken from the 1905 novel by Meredith Nicholson, but the story is entirely different. The novel had been filmed twice before, once in 1915 and again in 1919 by Henry King.
The Marriage of Kitty is a lost 1915 American silent comedy film directed by George Melford.
Marry Me is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Anne Caldwell, Anthony Coldeway, and Walter Woods. The film stars Florence Vidor, Edward Everett Horton, John Roche, Helen Jerome Eddy, Fanny Midgley, and Ed Brady. The film was released on June 29, 1925, by Paramount Pictures.
The Marriage Playground is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lothar Mendes, and written by Doris Anderson, J. Walter Ruben, and Edith Wharton. The film stars Mary Brian, Fredric March, Lilyan Tashman, Huntley Gordon, Kay Francis, William Austin, Seena Owen and Gene Raymond. The film was released on December 21, 1929, by Paramount Pictures. It's the first film debuted by Gene Raymond.
Fred de Gresac, born Frédérique Rosine de Grésac, was a French librettist, playwright and screenwriter. She was the wife of opera singer Victor Maurel.
Christine of the Hungry Heart is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Florence Vidor. It was produced by Thomas H. Ince and released through First National Pictures.
The Marriage of Kitty is a 1902 comedy play by Cosmo Gordon Lennox. It is an English-language adaptation of the French play La Passerelle by Francis de Croisset and Fred de Gresac which premiered in Paris the same year.
