1929 in film

Events

The days of the silent film were numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on.

January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona was released. The film was the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors.
May 16 - The first Academy Awards, or Oscars, are distributed
Hallelujah, first Hollywood film to conatin an entire black cast.

Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are 2 'Best Actor' awards for 1929 films.

An Andalusian Dog (Un chien andalou), a short film by Luis BuÃÂÃÂ±uel and Salvador DalÃÂÃÂ.
Applause, starring Helen Morgan.
''Big Business', a Laurel and Hardy short.
Blackmail, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The Broadway Melody, starring Charles King, Anita Page and Bessie Love.
Bulldog Drummond, starring Ronald Colman.
The Cocoanuts, starring the Marx Brothers.
The Cameraman
Coquette, starring Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore. Directed by Sam Taylor
Disraeli, starring George Arliss.
Hallelujah, directed by King Vidor.
The Hollywood Revue of 1929, a showcase of talent under contract to MGM.
In Old Arizona, starring Warner Baxter.
The Iron Mask. starring Douglas Fairbanks.
The Kiss, starring Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel.
The Love Parade, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.
The Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s kinoapparatom), a documentary.
The Manxman, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The Mysterious Island, starring Lionel Barrymore
Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks
Queen Kelly, starring Gloria Swanson (this film was never actually finished because producers balked at releasing a silent film in a what was quickly becoming a sound film market)
''Saint Louis Blues starring Bessie Smith
The Skeleton Dance, a Walt Disney animated short.
Spite Marriage, a Buster Keaton film.
The Virginian, starring Gary Cooper.
Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond), directed by Fritz Lang.