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The following is an overview of1932 in film,including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1932
Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic rentals
1	The Sign of the Cross	Paramount	$2,738,993^[1]
2	The Kid from Spain	United Artists	$2,621,000^[2]
3	Emma	MGM	$1,409,000^[3]
4	Hell Divers		$1,244,000^[3]
5	Grand Hotel		$1,235,000^[3]
6	Prosperity		$1,166,000^[3]
7	Tarzan the Ape Man		$1,112,000^[3]
8	Smilin' Through		$1,004,000^[3]
9	Strange Interlude		$957,000^[3]
10	Horse Feathers	Paramount	$945,000^[4]

Events

The Film DailyYearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year.^[5]

Sidney Kent leavesParamount Picturesand joinsFox Film.
Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president ofRKO.
Jesse L. Laskyleaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox.
Sam Katz leaves Paramount.
James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount.
Publixand Fox decentralization of cinemas.
New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed byMotion Picture Theater Owners of Americaand Allied.
Joe Brandtretires fromColumbia Pictures,joins World-Wide, and later resigns again.
TwoRadio Citytheaters open, under direction of"Roxy",with coincident acquisition of theRockefellerinterests of 100,000 shares of RKO stock and 100,000 shares ofRCAstock.
Experimentation with exclusive runs.

Other notable events include:

Ingrid Bergman's film career begins
Cary Grant's film career begins
Katharine Hepburn's film career begins
Shirley Temple's film career begins
DisneyreleasesFlowers and Trees,the first cartoon in three-stripTechnicolor
The term "Tollywood" is first used to describe thecinema of West Bengal,based atTollygunge

Top Ten Money Making Stars

Exhibitors selected the following as theTop Ten Money Making Starsfor 1931–1932 inQuigley Publishing Company's first annual poll.^[6]

Rank	Actor/Actress
1.	Marie Dressler
2.	Janet Gaynor
3.	Joan Crawford
4.	Charles Farrell
5.	Greta Garbo
6.	Norma Shearer
7.	Wallace Beery
8.	Clark Gable
9.	Will Rogers
10.	Joe E. Brown

Academy Awards

The 5th Academy Awards were conducted by theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Scienceson November 18, 1932,^[7]at a ceremony held atThe Ambassador Hotel^[7]in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted byConrad Nagel.^[7]Films screened in Los Angeles between August 1, 1931, and July 31, 1932, were eligible to receive awards.^[7]

Major awards:

Best Picture:Grand Hotel–Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Best Director:Frank Borzage–Bad Girl
Best Actor:Fredric March–Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde&Wallace Beery–The Champ
Best Actress:Helen Hayes–The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Note: Prior to 1933 awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are noBest Actor,Best ActressorBest Directorawards for 1932 films. The 1931–32 awards went to 1931 films.

1932 film releases

United Statesunless stated

January–March

January 1932
- January 2
  - Emma
- January 14
  - Union Depot
- January 15
  - Forbidden
  - The Local Bad Man
- January 16
  - Hell Divers
- January 19
  - Broken Lullaby
- January 22
  - Charlie Chan's Chance
- January 23
  - Taxi!
February 1932
- February 6
  - The Passionate Plumber
- February 12
  - Shanghai Express
- February 13
  - The Beast of the City
- February 18
  - Law and Order
- February 20
  - Freaks
  - The Man Who Played God
- February 21
  - Murders in the Rue Morgue
March 1932
- March 1
  - Impatient Maiden
- March 6
  - Business and Pleasure
- March 22
  - One Hour with You
  - Tarzan the Ape Man
- March 24
  - Das blaue Licht(Germany)
- March 30
  - Santa(Mexico)
  - No Man Of Her Own (1932 film not to be confused with the 1950 film of the same title)

Notable films released in 1932

United Statesunless stated

#

20,000 Years in Sing Sing,directed byMichael Curtiz,starringSpencer TracyandBette Davis

A

The Age of Consent,directed byGregory La Cava
Air Mail,directed byJohn Ford,starringRalph Bellamy,Gloria StuartandPat O'Brien
American Madness,directed byFrank Capra,starringWalter HustonandPat O'Brien
The Animal Kingdom,directed byEdward H. Griffith,starringAnn Harding,Leslie HowardandMyrna Loy
Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter(Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec),directed byMartin Frič– (Czechoslovakia)
As You Desire Me,directed byGeorge Fitzmaurice,starringGreta Garbo,Melvyn DouglasandErich von Stroheim
L'Atlantide,directed byG. W. Pabst,starringBrigitte Helm– (Germany/France)
Attorney for the Defense,directed byIrving Cummings,starringEdmund LoweandEvelyn Brent

B

Back Street,directed byJohn M. Stahl,starringIrene DunneandJohn Boles
The Bartered Bride(Die verkaufte Braut),directed byMax Ophüls– (Germany)
The Beast of the City,directed byCharles Brabin,starringWalter Huston,Jean HarlowandWallace Ford
The Big Broadcast,directed byFrank Tuttle,starringBing CrosbyandLeila Hyams
Big City Blues,directed byMervyn LeRoy,starringJoan BlondellandEric Linden
The Big Stampede,directed byTenny Wright,starringJohn WayneandNoah Beery
A Bill of Divorcement,directed byGeorge Cukor,starringJohn Barrymore,Katharine HepburnandBillie Burke
Bird of Paradise,directed byKing Vidor,starringDolores del RíoandJoel McCrea
Das blaue Licht(The Blue Light),starring and directed byLeni Riefenstahl– (Germany)
A Blonde Dream(Ein blonder Traum),directed byPaul Martin,starringLilian Harvey,Willy FritschandWilli Forst– (Germany)
Blonde Venus,directed byJosef von Sternberg,starringMarlene Dietrich,Herbert MarshallandCary Grant
Blondie of the Follies,directed byEdmund Goulding,starringMarion Davies,Robert Montgomery,Billie Dove,andJimmy Durante
Boudu Saved from Drowning(Boudu sauvé des eaux),directed byJean Renoir,starringMichel Simon– (France)
Broken Lullaby,directed byErnst Lubitsch,starringLionel Barrymore
Business and Pleasure,directed byDavid Butler,starringWill Rogers

C

The Cabin in the Cotton,directed byMichael Curtiz,starringRichard BarthelmessandBette Davis
Call Her Savage,directed byJohn Francis Dillon,starringClara Bow,Gilbert RolandandThelma Todd
Charlie Chan's Chance(lost), directed byJohn G. Blystone,starringWarner Oland
Cruiser Emden(Kreuzer Emden),starring and directed byLouis Ralph– (Germany)

D

Dance Pretty Lady,directed byAnthony Asquith– (GB)
Dancers in the Dark,directed byDavid Burton,starringMiriam HopkinsandJack Oakie
The Dark Horse,directed byAlfred E. Green,starringWarren WilliamandBette Davis
The Dentist,directed byLeslie Pearce,starringW. C. Fields
Destry Rides Again,directed byBenjamin Stoloff,starringTom Mix
Devil and the Deep,directed byMarion Gering,starringTallulah Bankhead,Gary Cooper,Charles LaughtonandCary Grant
Downstairs,directed byMonta Bell,starringJohn Gilbert

E–F

Emma,directed byClarence Brown,starringMarie DresslerandMyrna Loy
F.P.1(F.P.1 antwortet nicht),directed byKarl Hartl– (Germany)
Faithless,directed byHarry Beaumont,starringTallulah BankheadandRobert Montgomery
Fanny,directed byMarc Allégret,starringRaimu– (France)
A Farewell to Arms,directed byFrank Borzage,starringHelen Hayes,Gary CooperandAdolphe Menjou
Fast Life,directed byHarry A. Pollard,starringWilliam Haines,Madge EvansandConrad Nagel
Flesh,directed byJohn Ford,starringWallace Beery,Ricardo CortezandKaren Morley
Flowers and Trees,aWalt Disneyanimated short
Forbidden,directed byFrank Capra,starringBarbara Stanwyck,Adolphe MenjouandRalph Bellamy
Freaks,directed byTod Browning,starringWallace FordandLeila Hyams

G–H

Goodnight, Vienna,directed byHerbert Wilcox,starringJack BuchananandAnna Neagle– (GB)
Grand Hotel,directed byEdmund Goulding,starringGreta Garbo,John Barrymore,Joan Crawford,Wallace Beery,Lionel BarrymoreandLewis Stone
Hell Divers,directed byGeorge Hill,starringWallace Beery,Clark GableandConrad Nagel
Horse Feathers,directed byNorman Z. McLeod,starring theMarx BrothersandThelma Todd
Hotel Splendide,directed byMichael Powell– (GB)

I

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang,directed byMervyn LeRoy,starringPaul MuniandGlenda Farrell
I Was Born, But...(Otona no miru ehon – Umarete wa mita keredo),directed byYasujirō Ozu– (Japan)
If I Had a Million,starringGary Cooper,George Raft,Charles Laughton,Jack OakieandW. C. Fields
The Impatient Maiden,directed byJames Whale,starringLew AyresandMae Clarke
Island of Lost Souls,directed byErle C. Kenton,starringCharles Laughton,Bela Lugosi,Richard ArlenandLeila Hyams,based on the 1896 novelThe Island of Dr. MoreaubyH. G. Wells
Ivan– directed byAlexander Dovzhenko– (U.S.S.R.)

J–K

Jack's the Boydirected byWalter Forde,starringJack Hulbert– (GB)
Jewel Robbery,directed byWilliam Dieterle,starringWilliam PowellandKay Francis
The Kid from Spain,directed byLeo McCarey,starringEddie Cantor
Kuhle Wampe, oder: Wem gehört die Welt?(Kuhle Wampe, or: Who Owns the World?),directed bySlatan Dudow– (Germany)

L

The Last Mile,directed bySamuel Bischoff,starringPreston Foster
The Last of the Mohicans,12-part serial directed byFord BeebeandB. Reeves Eason,starringHarry Carey
Law and Order,directed byEdward L. Cahn,starringWalter HustonandHarry Carey
Lord Camber's Ladies,directed byBenn Levy,starringGerald du MaurierandGertrude Lawrence– (GB)
The Local Bad Man,directed byOtto Brower,starringHoot Gibson
Love Me Tonight,directed byRouben Mamoulian,starringMaurice Chevalier,Jeanette MacDonaldandMyrna Loy
The Lucky Number,directed byAnthony Asquith,starringGordon Harker– (GB)

M

The Man Who Played God,directed byJohn G. Adolfi,starringGeorge ArlissandBette Davis
Me and My Gal,directed byRaoul Walsh,starringSpencer TracyandJoan Bennett
Merrily We Go to Hell,directed byDorothy Arzner,starringSylvia SidneyandFredric March
The Midshipmaid,directed byAlbert de Courville,starringJessie Matthews– (GB)
Million Dollar Legs,directed byEdward F. Cline,starringJack OakieandW. C. Fields
The Missing Rembrandt(lost), directed byLeslie S. Hiscott,starringArthur WontnerandIan Fleming– (GB)
The Most Dangerous Game,directed byErnest B. SchoedsackandIrving Pichel,starringJoel McCrea,Fay Wray,Leslie BanksandRobert Armstrong
The Mouthpiece,directed byJames FloodandElliott Nugent,starringWarren William
Movie Crazy,directed byClyde Bruckman,starringHarold Lloyd
Mr. Robinson Crusoe,directed byA. Edward Sutherland,starringDouglas Fairbanks
The Mummy,directed byKarl Freund,starringBoris Karloff
Murders in the Rue Morgue,directed byRobert Florey,starringBela LugosiandSidney Fox

N–O

Night After Night,directed byArchie Mayo,starringGeorge RaftandMae West
Night at the Crossroads(La Nuit du carrefour),directed byJean Renoir– (France)
No Man of Her Own,directed byWesley Ruggles,starringClark GableandCarole Lombard
Odds 777,directed byGeorge Schnéevoigt– (Denmark)
The Old Dark House,directed byJames Whale,starringBoris Karloff,Melvyn Douglas,Gloria Stuart,Charles LaughtonandRaymond Massey
One Hour with You,directed byErnst Lubitsch,starringMaurice ChevalierandJeanette MacDonald
One Way Passage,directed byTay Garnett,starringWilliam PowellandKay Francis

P

Pack Up Your Troubles,directed byGeorge MarshallandRay McCarey,starringLaurel and Hardy
The Passionate Plumber,directed byEdward Sedgwick,starringBuster KeatonandJimmy Durante
Payment Deferred,directed byLothar Mendes,starringCharles LaughtonandMaureen O'Sullivan
The Phantom President,directed byNorman Taurog,starringGeorge M. Cohan,Claudette ColbertandJimmy Durante
Polly of the Circus,directed byAlfred Santell,starringMarion DaviesandClark Gable
Prosperity,directed bySam Wood,starringMarie Dressler,Polly MoranandAnita Page

R

Rain,directed byLewis Milestone,starringJoan CrawfordandWalter Huston
Rasputin and the Empress,directed byRichard Boleslawski,starringJohn Barrymore,Ethel BarrymoreandLionel Barrymore
Rasputin, Demon with Women(Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen),directed byAdolf Trotz,starringConrad Veidt– (Germany)
Raid in St. Pauli(Razzia in St. Pauli),directed byWerner Hochbaum– (Germany)
Red Dust,directed byVictor Fleming,starringClark Gable,Jean Harlow,Mary AstorandGene Raymond
Red-Haired Alibi,directed byChristy Cabanne
Red-Headed Woman,directed byJack Conway,starringJean Harlow,Chester Morris,Lewis Stone,Leila HyamsandUna Merkel
Rome Express,directed byWalter Forde,starringEsther RalstonandConrad Veidt– (GB)

S

Santa,directed byAntonio Moreno,starringLupita Tovar– (Mexico)
Scarface,directed byHoward Hawks,starringPaul Muni,Ann Dvorak,George RaftandBoris Karloff
Scarlet Dawn,directed byWilliam Dieterle,starringDouglas Fairbanks Jr.andNancy Carroll
Shanghai Express,directed byJosef von Sternberg,starringMarlene Dietrich,Clive Brook,Anna May WongandWarner Oland
Sherlock Holmes,directed byWilliam K. Howard,starringClive BrookandErnest Torrence
The Sign of Four,directed byGraham Cutts,starringArthur WontnerandIan Hunter– (GB)
The Sign of the Cross,directed byCecil B. DeMille,starringFredric March,Claudette ColbertandCharles Laughton
Silver Dollar,directed byAlfred E. Green,starringEdward G. RobinsonandBebe Daniels
A Simple Case(Prostoy sloochay), directed byVsevolod PudovkinandMikhail Doller– (USSR)
Smilin' Through,directed bySidney Franklin,starringNorma Shearer,Fredric MarchandLeslie Howard
Speak Easily,directed byEdward Sedgwick,starringBuster Keaton,Jimmy DuranteandThelma Todd
Spring Shower(Tavaszi zápor),directed byPál Fejős– (France/Hungary)
Strange Interlude,directed byRobert Z. Leonard,starringNorma ShearerandClark Gable

T

Tarzan the Ape Man,directed byW. S. Van Dyke,starringJohnny Weissmuller,Maureen O'SullivanandNeil Hamilton
Taxi!,directed byRoy Del Ruth,starringJames CagneyandLoretta Young
They Just Had to Get Married,directed byEdward Ludwig,starringSlim SummervilleandZaSu Pitts
Thirteen Women,directed byGeorge Archainbaud,starringIrene Dunne,Ricardo CortezandMyrna Loy
Three Modern Women(Sāngè Módēng Nǚxìng)(lost), directed byBu Wancang,starringRuan LingyuandJin Yan– (China)
Three on a Match,directed byMervyn LeRoy,starringJoan Blondell,Warren William,Ann DvorakandBette Davis
Tiger Shark,directed byHoward Hawks,starringEdward G. RobinsonandRichard Arlen
Trouble in Paradise,directed byErnst Lubitsch,starringMiriam Hopkins,Kay FrancisandHerbert Marshall
Two Seconds,directed byMervyn LeRoy,starringEdward G. Robinson

U–V

The Undertaker(Funebrák),directed byKarel Lamač– (Czechoslovakia)
Unheimliche Geschichten(Uncanny Stories),directed byRichard Oswald,starringPaul Wegener– (Germany)
Union Depot,directed byAlfred E. Green,starringDouglas Fairbanks Jr.andJoan Blondell
Vampyr,directed byCarl Theodor Dreyer– (Germany/France)
Virtue,directed byEdward Buzzell,starringCarole LombardandPat O'Brien

W–Y

Washington Merry-Go-Round,directed byJames Cruze,starringLee Tracy
What Price Hollywood?,directed byGeorge Cukor,starringConstance Bennett,Lowell ShermanandNeil Hamilton
What Scoundrels Men Are!(Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!),directed byMario Camerini,starringVittorio De Sica– (Italy)
White Zombie,directed byVictor Halperin,starringBela Lugosi
Wooden Crosses(Les Croix de Bois),directed byRaymond Bernard– (France)
Young America,directed byFrank Borzage,starringSpencer TracyandRalph Bellamy

Serials

Ordered by release date:

January 4:Detective Lloyd,12 chapters (216 min)
February 1:The Shadow of the Eagle,12 chapters (218 minutes)
March 28:The Airmail Mystery,12 chapters (225 min)
May 17:The Last of the Mohicans,12 chapters (231 minutes)
June 20:Heroes of the West,12 chapters (225 min)
August 1:The Hurricane Express,12 chapters (227 min)
September 5:The Last Frontier,12 chapters (213 minutes)
September 12:Jungle Mystery,12 chapters (240 min)
November 1:The Devil Horse,12 chapters (216 min)
December 5:The Lost Special,12 chapters (240 minutes)

Short film series

Ordered by release date:

Buster Keaton(1917–1923, 1934–1937, 1939–1941)
Laurel and Hardy(1927–1935); the team later made one instructional short subject, released nontheatrically in 1943
Our Gang(1922–1944) The series was officially called bothOur Gang and Hal Roach's Rascalsuntil 1932, whenOur Gangbecame the sole title of the series.
Shirley Temple(1932–1934)

Animated short film series

Ordered by release date of the film series. This list only includes shorts released in 1932:

Aesop's Film Fables(1921–1933)
Krazy Kat(1925–1940)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit(1927–1938)
Mickey Mouse(1928–1953)
Silly Symphonies(1929–1939)
- The Bird Store
- The Bears and the Bees
- Just Dogs
- Flowers and Trees
- King Neptune
- Bugs in Love
- Babes in the Woods
- Santa's Workshop
Screen Songs(1929–1938)
- Sweet Jennie Lee(January 9)
- Show Me the Way to Go Home(January 30)
- When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along(February 19)
- Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie(March 4)
- Just One More Chance(April 1)
- Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning(April 22)
- Shine On Harvest Moon(May 6)
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart(May 20)
- I Ain't Got Nobody(June 17)
- You Try Somebody Else(July 29)
- Rudy Vallee Melodies(August 5)
- Down Among the Sugar Cane(August 26)
- Just a Gigolo(September 9)
- School Days(September 30)
- Romantic Melodies(October 21)
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South(November 11)
- Sing a Song(December 2)
- Time on My Hands(December 23)
Talkartoons(1929–1932)
- Minnie the Moocher(featuring Betty Boop)
- Sink or Swim S.O.S(featuring Betty Boop)
Looney Tunes(1930–1969)
- Bosko's Store
- Bosko and Honey
- Bosko the Lumberjack
- Bosko and Bruno
- Bosko's Party
Flip the Frog(1930–1933)
Terrytoons(1930–1964)
Merrie Melodies(1931–1969)
Scrappy(1931–1941)
Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren)(1931–1933)
Betty Boop(1932–1939)
- Stopping the Show
- Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee
- Betty Boop, M.D.
- Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
- Betty Boop's Ups and Down
- Betty Boop for President
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
- Betty Boop's Museum
Pooch the Pup(1932–1933)
- The Athlete(August 29)^[8]^[9]
- The Butcher Boy(September 26)^[8]^[10]
- The Crowd Snores(October 24)^[8]^[11]
- The Under Dog(November 7)^[8]^[12]
- Cats and Dogs(December 5)^[8]^[13]
Flowers and Trees(1933)

Births

January 3 –Dabney Coleman,American character actor (died 2024)
January 4
- Carlos Saura,Spanish director (died 2023)
- Richard Stahl,American comic actor (died 2006)
January 11 –Alfonso Arau,Mexican filmmaker, actor and singer
January 19 –Richard Lester,American-born director working in England
January 22 –Piper Laurie,American actress (died 2023)
January 23 –James Rado,American actor, playwright, director and composer (died 2022)
January 24 -Julie Bennett,American actress, realtor and talent agent (died 2020)
February 3 –Peggy Ann Garner,American actress (died1984)
February 6 –François Truffaut,French director (died 1984)
February 8 –John Williams,American film composer
February 13
- Susan Oliver,American actress (died 1990)
- Barbara Shelley,English actress, "The First Leading Lady of British Horror" (died 2021)
February 14
- Harriet Andersson,Swedish actress
- Alexander Kluge,German director
February 15 -Troy Kennedy Martin,British screenwriter (died 2009)
February 18 –Miloš Forman,Czech-born director (died 2018)
February 23 –Majel Barrett,American actress (died 2008)
February 24
- Michel Legrand,French film composer (died 2019)
- John Vernon,Canadian actor (died 2005)
February 27 –Elizabeth Taylor,English-American actress (died 2011)
February 28 –Francisco Colmenero,Mexican voice actor and voice director
March 14 –Hiroshi Ōtake,Japanese actor and voice actor (died 2022)
March 27 –Robert Sacchi,Italian-American character actor (died 2021)
March 31 –Nagisa Oshima,Japanese director (died 2013)
April 1 –Debbie Reynolds,American singer, actress and dancer (died 2016)^[14]
April 4
- Anthony Perkins,American actor (died 1992)
- Andrei Tarkovsky,Russian director (died 1986)
April 9 -Jack Smethurst,English actor (died 2022)
April 10
- Delphine Seyrig,French actress (died 1990)
- Omar Sharif,Egyptian actor (died 2015)
April 11 -Joel Grey,American actor, singer, dancer and director
April 21 -Elaine May,American comedian, director, screenwriter, playwright and actor
April 25 -William Roache,English actor
April 26 –Francis Lai,French film composer (died 2018)
April 27
- Anouk Aimée,French actress (died 2024)
- Casey Kasem,American disc jockey, music historian, radio personality, actor and voice actor (died 2014)
May 2 -Bruce Glover,American character actor
May 3 -Robert Osborne,American actor, author, and film historian (died 2017)
May 8 -Phyllida Law,Scottish actress
May 9 -Geraldine McEwan,English actress (died 2015)
May 22 -Seth Sakai,American actor (died 2007)
May 15 -John Glen,English director and editor
May 27 -Steve Franken,American actor (died 2012)
June 6
- Anne Claire Poirier,Canadian director, producer and screenwriter
- Billie Whitelaw,English actress (died 2014)
June 10 –Branko Lustig,Croatian-born producer (died 2019)
June 11 –Athol Fugard,South African playwright, actor and director
June 12 -Mae Mercer,American singer and actress (died 2008)
June 13 –Bob McGrath,American actor, singer and musician (died 2022)
June 17 –Peter Lupus,American bodybuilder and actor
June 18
- David Herriot,Irish actor (died 2000)
- Sérgio Ricardo,Brazilian director and composer (died 2020)
June 19
- Marisa Pavan,Italian actress (died 2023)
- Anna Maria Pierangeli,Italian actress (died 1971)
June 22
- Amrish Puri,Indian actor (died 2005)
- Prunella Scales,English actress
June 29 –Soon-Tek Oh,Korean-American actor (died2018)
July 1 –Sonny Caldinez,Trinidadian actor, previously professional wrestler (died 2022)
July 2 -Kenneth McMillan,American actor (died 1989)
July 10 –Neile Adams,Filipino-American actress, singer and dancer
July 29 –Mike Hodges,English screenwriter and director (died2022)
July 30 –Edd Byrnes,American actor (died 2020)
August 1 -Norman Bowler,English actor
August 2 –Peter O'Toole,Anglo-Irish actor (died 2013)
August 5 –Ja'Net DuBois,American actress, singer and dancer (Good Times) (died 2020)
August 9 –Denys Hawthorne,Irish actor (died 2009)
August 10 -Murray Melvin,English actor (died 2023)
August 15 –Bob Elkins,American character actor (died 2022)
August 24 –W. Morgan Sheppard,English actor and voice actor (died 2019)
August 25 –Nun Zairina,Indonesian dancer, actress, dance instructor, and model (died 2017)
September 3 –Eileen Brennan,American actress (died 2013)
September 4 –Edward de Souza,British character actor
September 5 –Carol Lawrence,American actress
September 12 –Kim Hamilton,American actress (died 2013)
September 16 -George Chakiris,American actor
September 21 –Mickey Kuhn,American actor (died 2022)
September 26 –Richard Herd,American actor (died 2020)
September 29 –Mehmood Ali,Indian actor, director and producer (died 2004)
October 4
- Felicia Farr,American actress and model
- Edward Judd,British actor (died 2009)
October 6 -Anna Quayle,English actress (died 2019)
October 13
- Dušan Makavejev,Serbian director (died 2019)
- Liliane Montevecchi,French-Italian actress and singer (died 2018)
October 20 –William Christopher,American actor (died 2016)
October 22 -Sheila Allen,English actress (died 2011)
October 30 -Louis Malle,French director, screenwriter and producer (died 1995)
November 1 -John Clark,English actor, director and producer (died 2023)
November 2 -Terry Richards,British actor and stuntman (died 2014)
November 10 –Roy Scheider,American actor (died 2008)
November 12 -Jerry Douglas,American actor (died 2021)
November 13
- Al Mancini,American actor (died 2007)
- Richard Mulligan,American actor (died 2000)
- J. A. Preston,American actor
November 15 –Petula Clark,English singer, actress and film composer
November 20 -Richard Dawson,English-American actor, comedian and game-show host (died 2012)
November 22 –Robert Vaughn,American actor (died 2016)
November 25 -Takayo Fischer,American actress
December 7 –Ellen Burstyn,American actress
December 14
- Henry Blair,American child actor^[15]^[16]^[17]
- Abbe Lane,American singer and actress
December 25 -Mabel King,American actress and singer (died 1999)
December 26 -Robert V. Barron,American director, producer, screenwriter and actor (died 2000)
December 28 –Nichelle Nichols,American actress (died 2022)
December 30 -Macon McCalman,American actor (died 2005)

Deaths

February 15 –Minnie Maddern Fiske,American stage star, also appeared in silent films (born 1865)
June 30 –Bruno Kastner,German actor (born 1890)
July 17 –Rasmus Rasmussen,Norwegian actor (born 1862)
August 1 –James R. Quirk,American editor and publisher ofPhotoplaymagazine (born 1884)
August 10 –Rin Tin Tin,canineactor (born 1918)
September 1 –Guy Oliver,American actor (born 1878)
September 16 –Peg Entwistle,British-born American actress (born 1908)
November 27 –Evelyn Preer,American actress, singer (born 1896)

Film debuts

Conchita Gentil Arcos–Una vida por otra
Monica Bannister–Hypnotized
Ingrid Bergman–International Match
Henry Brandon–The Sign of the Cross
Peter Brocco–Roar of the Dragon
Sheila Darcy–Jewel Robbery
James Ellison–Play Girl
Anita Farra–Palio
Betty Furness–Renegades of the West
Joly Garbi–Social Decay
Cary Grant–This Is the Night
Bonita Granville–Westward Passage
Trude Haefelin–The Bartered Bride
William Hartnell–Say It with Music
Grace Hayle–Back Street
Louis Hayward–Self Made Lady
Paul Henreid–Baroud
Katharine Hepburn–A Bill of Divorcement
Hallene Hill–If I Had a Million
Rut Holm–The Southsiders
Isabel Jewell–Blessed Event
Alan Ladd–Tom Brown of Culver
Marc Lawrence–If I Had a Million
Anna Lee–Ebb Tide
Ruth Lee–The Rich Are Always with Us
Margaret Lindsay–Okay, America!
Signe Lundberg-Settergren–International Match
Eliot Makeham–Rome Express
Hattie McDaniel–Impatient Maiden
Iris Meredith–Hat Check Girl
Inge Meysel–Großstadtnacht
John Mills–The Midshipmaid
Anne Nagel–Hypnotized
David Niven–There Goes the Bride
George O'Hanlon–The Death Kiss
Anne O'Neal–Society Girl
Henry Oscar–After Dark
Andrea Palma–Girl of the Río
Germana Paolieri–La Wally
Jean Parker–Divorce in the Family
Gail Patrick–If I Had a Million
Edward Pawley–Thirteen Women
Dick Powell–Blessed Event
Tyrone Power–Tom Brown of Culver
Edith Schultze-Westrum–Kiki
Mildred Shay–The Age of Consent
Gloria Stuart–Street of Women
Lyle Talbot–Miss Pinkerton
Jessica Tandy–The Indiscretions of Eve
Shirley Temple–The Red-Haired Alibi
Sheila Terry–Week-End Marriage
Helene Thimig–Man Without a Name
Franchot Tone–The Wiser Sex
Alice Treff–Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
Rosa Turich–Beyond the Rockies
Blanca Vischer–Jewel Robbery
Irene Ware–Society Girl
Naunton Wayne–The First Mrs. Fraser
Jane Withers–Handle with Care
Jane Wyman–The Kid from Spain

References

^Birchard, Robert S. (2004).Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood.University Press of Kentucky.ISBN 9780813123240.
^Jones, Lon (March 4, 1944)."Which Cinema Films Have Earned the Most Money Since 1914?".The Argus.Melbourne. p. 3 Supplement:The Argus Weekendmagazine.RetrievedAugust 6,2012– via National Library of Australia.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^gThe Eddie Mannix Ledger,Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^"You Didn't Have Ice Cream All The Way Through... --- Part One".greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.October 2, 2007.
^"Ten Leading Headline Events".Film DailyYear Book (1933).p. 47.
^"The Ten Biggest Money Makers".Motion Picture Herald.August 6, 1932. p. 10.RetrievedMarch 22,2018.
^^a ^b ^c ^d"The 5th Academy Awards – 1933".Archivedfrom the original on September 4, 2012.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e"The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1932".Archived fromthe originalon March 25, 2012.RetrievedApril 27,2017.
^The Athlete (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
^The Butcher Boy (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
^The Crowd Snores (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
^The Underdog (The Under Dog) (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
^Cats And Dogs (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
^"Debbie Reynolds obituary".the Guardian.December 29, 2016.RetrievedDecember 28,2021.
^"Young 'Tad' Lincoln; Six-Year-Old Son of Former City Girl Gets Movie 'Break'".The Vancouver Province.p. 5.
^"California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL5D-H7S:27 November 2014), David Lewis Blakely, 14 Dec 1932; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
^"United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https:// familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJXJ-7LRC:4 June 2020), David Lewis Blakely, 2001-2008.

Bibliography

Finler, Joel Waldo (2003).The Hollywood Story.Wallflower Press.ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.

External links

[1] Birchard, Robert S. (2004).Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood.University Press of Kentucky.ISBN 9780813123240.

[Argus1944-2] Jones, Lon (March 4, 1944)."Which Cinema Films Have Earned the Most Money Since 1914?".The Argus.Melbourne. p. 3 Supplement:The Argus Weekendmagazine.RetrievedAugust 6,2012– via National Library of Australia.

[Mannix-3] ^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^gThe Eddie Mannix Ledger,Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

[GreenBriar-4] "You Didn't Have Ice Cream All The Way Through... --- Part One".greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.October 2, 2007.

[5] "Ten Leading Headline Events".Film DailyYear Book (1933).p. 47.

[1932Poll-6] "The Ten Biggest Money Makers".Motion Picture Herald.August 6, 1932. p. 10.RetrievedMarch 22,2018.

[OscarsWebsite-7] "The 5th Academy Awards – 1933".Archivedfrom the original on September 4, 2012.

[autogenerated1-8] "The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1932".Archived fromthe originalon March 25, 2012.RetrievedApril 27,2017.

[9] The Athlete (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series

[10] The Butcher Boy (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series

[11] The Crowd Snores (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series

[12] The Underdog (The Under Dog) (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series

[13] Cats And Dogs (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series

[14] "Debbie Reynolds obituary".the Guardian.December 29, 2016.RetrievedDecember 28,2021.

[15] "Young 'Tad' Lincoln; Six-Year-Old Son of Former City Girl Gets Movie 'Break'".The Vancouver Province.p. 5.

[16] "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL5D-H7S:27 November 2014), David Lewis Blakely, 14 Dec 1932; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.

[17] "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https:// familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJXJ-7LRC:4 June 2020), David Lewis Blakely, 2001-2008.

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