Events Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of The Wizard of Oz. MGM and Frank J. Baum failed to come to an agreement so the rights were sold to Chadwick Pictures Top Grossing Films of 1924 The Thief of Baghdad Movies Released Movies released in 1924 include: Aelita, a Russian science-fiction propaganda film. America (movie), directed by D.W. Griffith. Forbidden Paradise, starring Pola Negri; directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Girl Shy, starring Harold Lloyd. Greed, starring Zasu Pitts and Gibson Gowland; directed by Erich von Stroheim. He Who Gets Slapped, starring Lon Chaney. The Iron Horse, starring George O'Brien. Isn't Life Wonderful, directed by D.W. Griffith. The Marriage Circle, directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Peter Pan, starring Betty Bronson. The Sea Hawk, starring Milton Sills. The Thief of Bagdad, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks. Births January 16 - Katy Jurado, actress (+ 2002) January 21 - Telly Savalas, actor April 3 - Doris Day, actress, singer April 20 - Nina Foch, actress July 4 - Eva Marie Saint, actress July 21 - Don Knotts, actor September 16 - Lauren Bacall, actress September 27 - Wilford Brimley, actor September 28 - Marcello Mastroianni, actor September 30 - Truman Capote, author October 13 - Nipsey Russell, comedian, actor November 22 - Geraldine Page, actress December 25 - Rod Serling, screenwriter Deaths
