Wikipedia: 1933 in film

1933 in film
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Events

March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) once again expresses interest in the Wizard of Oz books for a series of animated cartoons, but they once again failed to make a deal with creator L. Frank Baum
Ecstasy, a Czechoslovak film, shocks audiences when female actor, Hedy Lamarr is seen naked in the film.

Top Grossing Films 1933

I'm No Angel
42nd Street
She Done Him Wrong
Peg o' My Heart
Going Hollywood

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Cavalcade - Fox
Best Actor: Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII
Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory

Movies Released

Movies released in 1933 imclude:

42nd Street - starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers - Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Alice in Wonderland, starring Charlotte Henry
Baby Face, starring Barbara Stanwyck
The Bitter Tea of General Yen, starring Barbara Stanwyck
Blood Money, starring George Bancroft
Bombshell, starring Jean Harlow
The Bowery, starring Wallace Beery and George Raft
Cavalcade, starring Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor and Herbert Mundin
Counsellor at Law, starring John Barrymore
Dancing Lady, starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable
Design for Living, starring Fredric March and Gary Cooper
The Devil's Brother, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
Dinner at Eight, featuring an all-star cast
Duck Soup, starring the Marx Brothers
Employees' Entrance, starring Warren William and Loretta Young
Flying Down to Rio, starring Dolores del Rio and Gene Raymond
Footligh Parade, starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell and Ruby Keeler
Going Hollywood, starring Marion Davies and Bing Crosby
Gold Diggers of 1933, starring Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers and Warren William
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum, starring Al Jolson
Hold Your Man, starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow
I'm No Angel, starring Mae West and Cary Grant. West also wrote the story and screenplay.
King Kong, starring Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong
Ladies They Talk About, starring Barbara Stanwyck
Lady for a Day, starring Warren William and May Robson
Lady Killer, starring James Cagney
Liebelei
Man's Castle, starring Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young
The Mayor of Hell, starring James Cagney
Morning Glory, starring Katharine Hepburn
Mystery of the Wax Museum, starring Lionell Atwill and Fay Wray
One Sunday Afternoon, starring Gary Cooper
Parachute Jumper, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Bette Davis, and Frank McHugh
Peg o' My Heart, starring Marion Davies
Penthouse, starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy
Picture Snatcher, starring James Cagney
The Power and the Glory, starring Spencer Tracy
The Private Life of Henry VIII, starring Charles Laughton
The Prizefighter and the Lady, starring Max Baer, Myrna Loy, Primo Carnera and Jack Dempsey
Professional Sweetheart, starring Ginger Rogers
Queen Christina, starring Greta Garbo
Secret of the Blue Room, starring Paul Lukas, Gloria Stuart and Lionel Atwill
Secrets, starring Mary Pickford
She Done Him Wrong, starring Cary Grant amd Mae West
The Son of Kong, starring Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack
Sons of the Desert, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
State Fair, starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers and Lew Ayres
The Story of Temple Drake, starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue
A Study in Scarlet, starring Reginald Owen
Supernatural, starring Carole Lombard, Alan Dinehart, Vivienne Osborne and Randolph Scott
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse, directed by Fritz Lang
Tillie and Gus, starring Alison Skipworth and W.C. Fields
Tonight Is Ours, starring Fredric March and Claudette Colbert
Topaze, starring John Barrymore and Myrna Loy
Torch Singer, starring Claudette Colbert
Tugboat Annie, starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery
Turn Back the Clock, starring Lee Tracy and Mae Clarke
The Vampire Bat, starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray
When Ladies Meet, starring Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy
Wild Boys of the Road, starring Frankie Darro and Edwin Phillips
The Working Man, starring George Arliss and Bette Davis

Births

January 18 - John Boorman, director
May 20 - Danny Aiello, American actor

Deaths

January 3 - Jack Pickford, actor, Hollywood's first "bad boy"
February 15 - Pat Sullivan, director and producer of animated films, alleged co-creator of Felix the Cat
October 5 - Renée Adorée, actress