The following is an overview of 1935 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. The cinema releases of 1935 were highly representative of the early Golden Age period of Hollywood. This period was punctuated by performances from

Clark Gable William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in multiple genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades ...

, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and the first teaming of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. A significant number of productions also originated in the UK film industry.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1935 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

* February 22 – '' The Little Colonel'' premieres starring Shirley Temple,

Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931 ...

and Bill Robinson, featuring famous stair dance with Hollywood's first interracial dance couple * February 23 –

Gene Autry Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning s ...

stars as himself as the Singing Cowboy in the serial ''

The Phantom Empire ''The Phantom Empire'' is a 1935 American Western serial film directed by Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason and starring Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, and Betsy King Ross.Magers 2007, p. 21. This 12-chapter Mascot Pictures serial combined the ...

''. He would later be voted the number one Western star from 1937 to 1942. * February 27 – Seven-year-old Shirley Temple wins the first special Academy Juvenile Award. * March – The Bantu Educational Kinema Experiment is started in order to educate the

Bantu peoples The Bantu peoples, or Bantu, are an ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. They are native to 24 countries spread over a vast area from Central Africa to Southeast Africa and into Souther ...

. * May – Formation of Republic Pictures following merger of smaller companies including

Monogram Pictures Monogram Pictures Corporation was an American film studio that produced mostly low-budget films between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram was among the smaller studios i ...

Mascot Pictures Mascot Pictures Corporation was an American film company of the 1920s and 1930s best known for producing and distributing film serials and B-westerns. Mascot was formed in 1927 by film producer Nat Levine. In 1936 it merged with several other ...

Liberty Pictures Liberty Pictures was an American film production company of the 1930s. Part of Poverty Row, the company produced low-budget B pictures. It was one of two companies controlled by the producer M.H. Hoffman along with Allied Pictures. The company ...

and

Majestic Pictures Majestic Pictures was an American film production and distribution company active during the 1930s. Under the control of Larry Darmour the company specialized in low-budget production, and was one of the more stable Poverty Row outfits during the p ...

. * May 31 –

Fox Film The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film C ...

and

Twentieth Century Pictures Twentieth Century Pictures, Inc. was an independent Hollywood motion picture production company created in 1933 by Joseph Schenck (the former president of United Artists) and Darryl F. Zanuck from Warner Bros. Financial backing came from Sche ...

merge to form

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Disn ...

. * August 15 – Will Rogers who the previous year was voted the Top Money Making Star dies in a plane crash. * August 25 –

William Boyd William, Willie, Will or Bill Boyd may refer to: Academics * William Alexander Jenyns Boyd (1842–1928), Australian journalist and schoolmaster * William Boyd (educator) (1874–1962), Scottish educator * William Boyd (pathologist) (1885–1979), ...

appears in his first of 66 films as Hopalong Cassidy in ''

Hop-Along Cassidy ''Hop-Along Cassidy'' (reissued as ''Hopalong Cassidy Enters'') is a 1935 American Western film that features the character '' Hop-Along Cassidy'' created by writer Clarence E. Mulford. This is the first of 66 ''Hopalong Cassidy'' films produc ...

''. * September –

Judy Garland Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. While critically acclaimed for many different roles throughout her career, she is widely known for playing the part of Dorothy Gale in '' The ...

signs a contract with

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by amazon (company), Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded o ...

(MGM). * September 5 –

appears in his first film for the newly formed Republic Pictures – '' Tumbling Tumbleweeds'', named after his second million-selling record. * November 30 – The British-made film '' Scrooge'', the first all-talking film version of

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian er ...

' novel ''

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. ''A Christmas ...

'', opens in the U.S. after its U.K. release on November 26.

Seymour Hicks Sir Edward Seymour Hicks (30 January 1871 – 6 April 1949), better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, actor-manager and producer. He became known, early in his career, for writing, starring in and p ...

plays

Ebenezer Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge () is the protagonist of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella '' A Christmas Carol''. At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas. The tale of his redemption by three spirits (the Ghos ...

, a role he has played onstage hundreds of times. The film is criticized by some for not showing all of the ghosts physically, and quickly fades into obscurity. Widespread interest does not surface until the film is shown on

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

in the 1980s, in very shabby-looking prints. It is eventually restored on DVD.

Academy Awards

The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936, at the Biltmore Hotel in

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. They were hosted by

Frank Capra Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s ...

. This was the first year in which the gold statuettes were called "Oscars". Most nominations: '' Mutiny on the Bounty'' ( MGM) – 8 Major Awards * Best Picture: '' Mutiny on the Bounty'' –

* Best Director:

John Ford John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. He ...

– '' The Informer'' *

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to the ...

: Victor McLaglen – '' The Informer'' * Best Actress:

Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her p ...

– '' Dangerous'' Most Awards: '' The Informer'' ( RKO) – 4 (Actor, Director,

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, Scoring)

Top Ten Money Making Stars

Exhibitors selected the following as the Top Ten Money Making Stars of the Year in Quigley Publishing Company's annual poll.

1935 film releases

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unless stated.

January–March

*January 1935 **11 January ***'' The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' ***'' The Night Is Young'' **18 January ***'' David Copperfield'' **23 January ***'' Bordertown'' **25 January ***'' The Gilded Lily'' **27 January ***'' The Youth of Maxim'' (

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...

) **31 January ***'' The Good Fairy'' ***'' The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes'' *February 1935 **1 February ***'' Home on the Range'' **2 February ***'' New Women'' (

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

) **4 February ***'' The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' **8 February ***'' Long Live with Dearly Departed'' (

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

) **11 February ***'' Police Chief Antek'' (

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

) **19 February ***'' Ruggles of Red Gap'' **22 February ***''

After Office Hours ''After Office Hours'' is a 1935 crime drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Clark Gable and Constance Bennett. The screenplay was written by Herman Mankiewicz. Plot Jim Branch (Clark Gable), a newspaper editor, falls for weal ...

'' ***''

Death Drives Through ''Death Drives Through'' is a 1935 British sports drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Chili Bouchier, Robert Douglas and Miles Mander. It was made as a quota quickie by the independent producer Clifford Taylor at Ealing Studios ...

'' ***'' The Little Colonel'' ***''

Toni Toni, Toñi or Tóni is a unisex given name. In Spanish, Italian, Croatian and Finnish, it is a masculine given name used as a short form of the names derived from Antonius like Antonio, Ante or Anttoni. In Danish, English, Finnish, Norwe ...

'' (

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

) ***'' The Whole Town's Talking'' *March 1935 **8 March ***'' Naughty Marietta'' ***'' Roberta'' ***'' The Wedding Night'' **16 March ***'' Gold Diggers of 1935'' **22 March ***'' Life Begins at 40'' ***''

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

'' **25 March ***'' The New Gulliver'' ( U.S.S.R.) **28 March ***''

Triumph of the Will ''Triumph of the Will'' (german: Triumph des Willens) is a 1935 German Nazi propaganda film directed, produced, edited and co-written by Leni Riefenstahl. Adolf Hitler commissioned the film and served as an unofficial executive producer; hi ...

'' (

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

) **30 March ***'' Devdas''

April–June

*April 1935 **10 April ***'' Villa for Sale'' **11 April ***'' Four Hours to Kill!'' **18 April ***''

G Men ''G Men'' is a 1935 Warner Bros. crime film starring James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, Margaret Lindsay and Lloyd Nolan in his film debut. According to '' Variety,'' the movie was one of the top-grossing films of 1935. The supporting cast features ...

'' **19 April ***''

Private Worlds ''Private Worlds'' is a 1935 dramatic film which tells the story of the staff and patients at a mental hospital and the chief of the hospital, who has problems dealing with a female psychiatrist. The film stars Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, ...

'' ***'' Reckless'' ***''

Star of Midnight ''Star of Midnight'' is a 1935 American mystery comedy film directed by Stephen Roberts. William Powell was loaned out to RKO Pictures from MGM to star with Ginger Rogers. Plot New York lawyer and playboy Clay "Dal" Dalzell (William Powell) is ...

'' **20 April ***'' Go Into Your Dance'' ***'' Little Mother'' (

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...

) ***''

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its origin ...

'' **22 April ***'' Bride of Frankenstein'' **25 April ***''

Goin' to Town ''Goin' To Town'' is a 1935 musical comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and written by Mae West. The film stars Mae West, Paul Cavanagh, Gilbert Emery, Marjorie Gateson, Tito Coral and Ivan Lebedeff. The film was released on April 25, 1935, ...

'' **27 April ***'' Party Wire'' **30 April ***'' The Scoundrel'' *May 1935 **9 May ***'' The Informer'' **11 May ***''

Dinky Dinky may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Dinky Toys, a brand of die-cast toy vehicles * Dinky (film), a 1935 film starring Jackie Cooper * Dinky Bossetti, protagonist of the 1990 film '' Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael'', played by Winona Ryde ...

'' **13 May ***'' Werewolf of London'' **16 May ***''

Drake of England ''Drake of England'' is a 1935 British drama film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Matheson Lang, Athene Seyler and Jane Baxter. It depicts the life of Francis Drake and the events leading up to the defeat of the Armada in 1588. Pr ...

'' (GB) **18 May ***'' Black Fury'' **26 May ***''

The Girl from 10th Avenue ''The Girl from 10th Avenue'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green. The screenplay by Charles Kenyon is based on the 1914 play ''Outcast'' by Hubert Henry Davies. The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''Men on Her M ...

'' **31 May ***''

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'' *June 1935 **6 June ***'' The 39 Steps'' ( GB) **7 June ***''

Doubting Thomas A doubting Thomas is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience — a reference to the Gospel of John's depiction of the Apostle Thomas, who, in John's account, refused to believe the resurrected Jesus had appeared t ...

'' ***'' Our Little Girl'' **13 June ***''

Becky Sharp Rebecca "Becky" Sharp, later describing herself as Rebecca, Lady Crawley, is the main protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1847–48 novel '' Vanity Fair''. She is presented as a cynical social climber who uses her charms to fascinate a ...

'' **15 June ***'' The Glass Key'' ***'' The Million Ryo Pot'' (

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

) **28 June ***'' The Arizonian''

July–September

*July 1935 **6 July ***'' Escapade'' **8 July ***'' The Raven'' **12 July ***'' Mad Love'' ***''

The Murder Man ''The Murder Man'' is a 1935 American crime-drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, and Lionel Atwill, and directed by Tim Whelan. The picture was Tracy's first film in what would be a twenty-year career with MGM. Tracy plays an inves ...

'' ***''

She She most commonly refers to: *She (pronoun), the third person singular, feminine, nominative case pronoun in modern English. She or S.H.E. may also refer to: Literature and films *'' She: A History of Adventure'', an 1887 novel by H. Rider Hagga ...

'' **15 July ***'' The Black Room'' ***'' The Clairvoyant'' ( GB) **18 July ***''

Amphitryon Amphitryon (; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιτρύων, ''gen''.: Ἀμφιτρύωνος; usually interpreted as "harassing either side", Latin: Amphitruo), in Greek mythology, was a son of Alcaeus, king of Tiryns in Argolis. His mother was named ...

'' (

) **19 July ***''

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the ...

'' **20 July ***'' Front Page Woman'' **26 July ***''Curly Top'' **31 July ***'' Dante's Inferno'' *August 1935 **2 August ***''

The Farmer Takes a Wife ''The Farmer Takes a Wife'' is a 1934 play by Frank B. Elser and Marc Connelly based on the 1929 novel '' Rome Haul'' by Walter D. Edmonds. It was well-received upon its opening night on Broadway on October 30, 1934, at the 46th Street Theatre ...

'' **3 August ***'' Man on the Flying Trapeze'' **9 August ***'' The Call of the Wild'' ***'' China Seas'' **15 August ***'' Alice Adams'' **19 August ***'' Westward Ho'' **25 August ***''

'' **29 August ***'' Top Hat'' **30 August ***'' Anna Karenina'' *September 1935 **5 September ***'' Tumbling Tumbleweeds'' **6 September ***'' Steamboat Round the Bend'' **7 September ***'' Little Big Shot'' ***'' Page Miss Glory'' **8 September ***'' The Dark Angel'' **9 September ***''

Harmony Lane ''Harmony Lane'' is a 1935 low-budget American film directed by Joseph Santley, based upon the life of Stephen Foster, released by Mascot Pictures. This was the first sound film based on the life of the famous composer. Two others would follow, ...

'' **14 September ***'' Special Agent'' **19 September ***'' She Married Her Boss'' **20 September ***''

Broadway Melody of 1936 ''Broadway Melody of 1936'' is a musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1935. In New York, the film opened at the Capitol Theatre, the site of many prestigious MGM premieres. In New York, the film opened at the Capitol Theatre, the site ...

'' **24 September ***'' The Crime of Dr. Crespi'' **25 September ***'' La Bandera'' (

)

October–December

*October 1935 **4 October ***'' I Live My Life'' **5 October ***'' Waterfront Lady'' **8 October ***'' She Couldn't Take It'' **13 October ***'' Barbary Coast'' **16 October ***''

Way Down East ''Way Down East'' is a 1920 American silent romantic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. It is one of four film adaptations of the melodramatic 19th century play ''Way Down East'' by Lottie Blair Parker. There wer ...

'' **18 October ***'' Hands Across the Table'' ***'' The Last Days of Pompeii'' **24 October ***'' Rendezvous'' **25 October ***''

The Crusades The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were in ...

'' ***'' Thanks a Million'' **27 October ***'' Trans-atlantic Tunnel'' ( GB) **28 October ***'' No Limit'' ( GB) **30 October ***''

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict a ...

'' **31 October ***'' Peter Ibbetson'' *November 1935 **2 November ***''

Princess Tam Tam ''Princess Tam Tam'' is a 1935 French black-and-white film which stars Josephine Baker as a local Tunisian girl who is educated and then introduced to Parisian high society. Baker sings two songs, "Dream Ship" and "Neath the Tropical Blue Skies", ...

'' (

) **4 November ***'' Remember Last Night?'' **8 November ***'' Mutiny on the Bounty'' **14 November ***'' The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo'' **15 November ***'' Annie Oakley'' ***'' A Night at the Opera'' **21 November ***'' An Inn in Tokyo'' (

) **22 November ***'' Crime and Punishment'' ***'' The Littlest Rebel'' ***'' Splendor'' **26 November ***'' Scrooge'' ( GB) **28 November ***'' In Old Kentucky'' **30 November ***'' Frisco Kid'' *December 1935 **3 December ***'' Carnival in Flanders'' (

) **6 December ***'' Ah, Wilderness!'' **9 December ***'' The Great Impersonation'' **17 December ***'' The Ghost Goes West'' ( GB) **20 December ***''

Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia (; ca-valencia, Lucrècia Borja, links=no ; 18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was a Spanish-Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She reigned as the Gover ...

'' **25 December ***'' The Bride Comes Home'' ***'' Dangerous'' **27 December ***'' Professional Soldier'' ***'' A Tale of Two Cities'' **28 December ***'' Captain Blood'' **30 December ***'' Magnificent Obsession'' **31 December ***''

Let's Go With Pancho Villa ''Let's Go with Pancho Villa'' (Spanish: ''Vámonos con Pancho Villa'') is a Mexican motion picture directed by Fernando de Fuentes in 1936, the last of the director's '' Revolution Trilogy'', besides '' El prisionero trece'' and '' El compadre ...

'' (

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)

Notable films released in 1935

:See also:

unless stated.

0–9

*'' The 39 Steps'', directed by

Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...

and starring

Robert Donat Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's '' The 39 Steps'' (1935) and ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1939), winning for the latter the Academy Award for ...

and Madeleine Carroll ( GB)

A

*''

'', starring

and

Constance Bennett Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress and producer. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s; during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid ...

*'' Ah, Wilderness!'', starring Wallace Beery and

*'' Alice Adams'', starring

Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress in film, stage, and television. Her career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned over 60 years. She was known for her headstrong independence, spirited perso ...

*''

'' (

) *'' Anna Karenina'', starring

Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic ch ...

and Fredric March *'' Annie Oakley'', starring Barbara Stanwyck *'' The Arizonian'', starring

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B

*'' La Bandera'', directed by

Julien Duvivier Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are '' La Bandera'', ''Pépé le Moko' ...

and starring Jean Gabin (

) *'' Barbary Coast'', starring Miriam Hopkins,

Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-American actor of stage and screen, who was popular during the Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in 30 Broadway plays and more than 100 films duri ...

and Joel McCrea *''

'', starring Miriam Hopkins (first feature made in Three Strip Technicolor) *'' Black Fury'', directed by Michael Curtiz, starring

Paul Muni Paul Muni (born Frederich Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund; September 22, 1895– August 25, 1967) was an American stage and film actor who grew up in Chicago. Muni was a five-time Academy Award nominee, with one win. He started his acting career in ...

*'' The Black Room'', starring

Boris Karloff William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), better known by his stage name Boris Karloff (), was an English actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film ''Frankenstein'' (1931) (his 82nd film) established ...

*'' Bordertown'', starring

and

*'' Boys Will Be Boys'', starring

Will Hay William Thomson Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian who wrote and acted in a schoolmaster sketch that later transferred to the screen, where he also played other authority figures with comic failings. His film '' O ...

( GB) *'' Brewster's Millions'', starring Jack Buchanan and Lili Damita ( GB) *'' The Bride Comes Home'', starring Claudette Colbert and

Fred MacMurray Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series, in a career that spanned nearly a half-century. His career as a major film le ...

*'' Bride of Frankenstein'', directed by

James Whale James Whale (22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957) was an English film director, theatre director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood. He is best remembered for several horror films: '' Frankenstein'' (1931), '' The ...

, starring

and Elsa Lanchester *''

'', starring

Jack Benny Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success playing violin on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century wit ...

Eleanor Powell Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912 – February 11, 1982) was an American dancer and actress. Best remembered for her tap dance numbers in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, she was one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's top dancing stars du ...

, Robert Taylor

C

*'' The Call of the Wild'', starring

*'' Captain Blood'', starring

Errol Flynn Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Classical Hollywood cinema, Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, freque ...

and

Olivia de Havilland Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (; July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British-American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actresses of her time. ...

*''

Car of Dreams ''Car of Dreams'' is a 1935 British romantic comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and Austin Melford and starring Grete Mosheim, John Mills, Norah Howard and Robertson Hare. A tycoon's son falls in love with a woman who works at his father's f ...

'', starring

John Mills Sir John Mills (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 190823 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portray ...

( Britain) *'' Carnival in Flanders'' (La Kermesse héroïque), directed by Jacques Feyder (

) *''

Charlie Chan in Egypt ''Charlie Chan in Egypt'' is the eighth of 16 20th Century Fox Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland in the title role. It was released in 1935. Plot Charlie Chan is brought in when an archaeologist disappears while excavating ancient art t ...

'', starring Warner Oland *'' China Seas'', starring

, Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery *'' Coal Face'', a documentary directed by

Alberto Cavalcanti Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti (February 6, 1897 – August 23, 1982) was a Brazilian-born film director and producer. He was often credited under the single name "Cavalcanti". Early life Cavalcanti was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of ...

( GB) *'' Crime and Punishment'', directed by

Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg (; born Jonas Sternberg; May 29, 1894 – December 22, 1969) was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major ...

, starring Peter Lorre *'' The Crime of Dr. Crespi'', starring

Erich Von Stroheim Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. H ...

*''

'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Henry Wilcoxon and Loretta Young *''Curly Top'', starring Shirley Temple

D

*'' Dandy Dick'', starring

( GB) *'' Dangerous'', starring

and Franchot Tone *'' Dante's Inferno'', starring

Spencer Tracy Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two cons ...

and

Claire Trevor Claire Trevor ( Wemlinger; March 8, 1910April 8, 2000) was an American actress. She appeared in 65 feature films from 1933 to 1982, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ''Key Largo'' (1948), and received nomina ...

*'' The Dark Angel'', starring Fredric March and Merle Oberon *'' David Copperfield'', directed by

George Cukor George Dewey Cukor (; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's Head ...

, starring Edna May Oliver, Freddie Bartholomew,

W. C. Fields William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler, and writer. Fields's comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist who remained a sympathet ...

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'', directed by

Edward L. Cahn Edward L. Cahn (February 12, 1899 – August 25, 1963) was an American film director. Early life and education Cahn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He went to work at Universal Pictures in 1917 while still a student at UCLA. Career H ...

*'' Devdas'' (

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) *'' The Devil Is a Woman'', directed by

, starring

Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...

*''

'', starring

Jackie Cooper John Cooper Jr. (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011) was an American actor, television director, producer, and executive, known universally as Jackie Cooper. He was a child actor who made the transition to an adult career. Cooper was the first ...

and Mary Astor *''

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'', starring Matheson Lang and

Jane Baxter Jane Baxter (9 September 1909 – 13 September 1996) was a British actress. Her stage career spanned half a century, and she appeared in a number of films and in television. Early life Baxter was born as Feodora Kathleen Alice Forde in Bremen, ...

(GB)

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*'' Escapade'', starring William Powell *'' Escape Me Never'', directed by

Paul Czinner Paul Czinner (30 May 1890 – 22 June 1972) was a Hungarian-born British writer, film director, and producer. Biography Czinner was born to a Jewish family in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. After studying literature and philosophy at the Universi ...

, starring

Elisabeth Bergner Elisabeth Bergner (22 August 1897 – 12 May 1986) was an Austrian-British actress. Primarily a stage actress, her career flourished in Berlin and Paris before she moved to London to work in films. Her signature role was Gemma Jones in '' Esca ...

(GB) *'' Every Night at Eight'', starring George Raft and

Alice Faye Alice Faye (born Alice Jeanne Leppert; May 5, 1915 – May 9, 1998) was an American actress and singer. A musical star of 20th Century-Fox in the 1930s and 1940s, Faye starred in such films as ''On the Avenue'' (1937) and ''Alexander's Ragtime B ...

*''

'', directed by Victor Fleming, starring

Janet Gaynor Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Gaynor began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film Corporation (late ...

and Henry Fonda *''

Foreign Affaires ''Foreign Affaires'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. It also features Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Norma Varden and Cecil Parker. The screenplay is by Ben Travers, and the cast included cast members from the Wall ...

'', directed by and starring Tom Walls ( Britain) *'' Four Hours to Kill!'', starring Richard Barthelmess *'' Frisco Kid'', starring

James Cagney James Francis Cagney Jr. (; July 17, 1899March 30, 1986) was an American actor, dancer and film director. On stage and in film, Cagney was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He ...

*'' Front Page Woman'', directed by Michael Curtiz, starring

and George Brent

G

*''

'', starring

and

Ann Dvorak Ann Dvorak (born Anna McKim; August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told ''The Literary Digest'' in 1936: "My fake name is properly pronounced ''vor'shack ...

*'' The Ghost Goes West'', directed by

René Clair René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He wen ...

, starring

Jean Parker Jean Parker (born Lois May Green; August 11, 1915 – November 30, 2005) was an American film and stage actress. A native of Montana, indigent during the Great Depression, she was adopted by a family in Pasadena, California at age ten. She ...

, Eugene Pallette ( GB) *'' The Gilded Lily'', starring Claudette Colbert and

*''

'', starring

*'' The Glass Key'', starring George Raft *'' Go Into Your Dance'', starring Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler *''

'', starring Mae West *'' Gold Diggers of 1935'', a Busby Berkeley musical starring

Dick Powell Richard Ewing Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American actor, musician, producer, director, and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer, he showed versatility, and successfully transformed into ...

and Gloria Stuart *'' The Good Fairy'', starring

Margaret Sullavan Margaret Brooke Sullavan (May 16, 1909 – January 1, 1960) was an American stage and film actress. Sullavan began her career onstage in 1929 with the University Players. In 1933, she caught the attention of film director John M. Stahl and had ...

and

Herbert Marshall Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall (23 May 1890 – 22 January 1966) was an English stage, screen and radio actor who starred in many popular and well-regarded Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s. After a successful theatrical career in the Uni ...

* '' The Great Impersonation'', directed by Alan Crosland, starring Edmund Lowe and

Valerie Hobson Babette Louisa Valerie Hobson (14 April 1917 – 13 November 1998) was a British actress whose film career spanned the 1930s to the early 1950s. Her second husband was John Profumo, a British government minister who became the subject of the Pro ...

H

*'' Hands Across the Table'', starring

Carole Lombard Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress, particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in screwball comedies. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 2 ...

and

*''

'', starring

Douglass Montgomery Robert Douglass Montgomery (also credited as Kent Douglass; October 29, 1909 – July 23, 1966) was an American film actor. Early years The son of Chester Montgomery, a jeweler, Montgomery graduated from Los Angeles High School. Career ...

*'' Home on the Range'', starring

Jackie Coogan John Leslie Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984) was an American actor and comedian who began his film career as a child actor in silent films. Charlie Chaplin's film classic '' The Kid'' (1921) made him one of the first child stars in t ...

and Randolph Scott *''

'', starring

*''

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'', directed by Sinclair Hill, starring Gordon Harker ( Britain)

I-J

*'' I Live My Life'', starring

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and Frank Morgan *'' In Old Kentucky'', starring Will Rogers *'' The Informer'', directed by

, starring Victor McLaglen *'' An Inn in Tokyo'' (Tokyo no yado), directed by Yasujirō Ozu (

) *'' Jánošík'', directed by Martin Frič (

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) *'' Jedenácté přikázání'' (The Eleventh Commandment) (

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)

L

*'' The Last Days of Pompeii'', starring Preston Foster and

Basil Rathbone Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was a South African-born English actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume ...

*''

'' (Vámonos con Pancho Villa) (

) *'' Life Begins at 40'', starring Will Rogers *'' Little Big Shot'', directed by Michael Curtiz *'' The Little Colonel'', starring Shirley Temple and

*'' Little Mother'' (Kleine Mutti) (

) *'' The Littlest Rebel'', starring Shirley Temple *'' The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'', starring

Gary Cooper Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, a ...

and Franchot Tone *'' Long Live with Dearly Departed'' (Ať žije nebožtík) (

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) *''

'', directed by

Abel Gance Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: ''J ...

, starring

Edwige Feuillère Edwige Feuillère (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; October 29, 1907 – November 13, 1998) was a French stage and film actress. Biography She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti to an Italian architect father and an Alsace-born mo ...

(France)

M

*'' Mad Love'' (aka ''The Hands of Orlac''), starring Peter Lorre *'' Magnificent Obsession'', starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor *'' The Making of a King'' (Der alte und der junge König), starring Emil Jannings (

) *'' Man of the Moment'', starring

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best known for starring in such films as ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937), ''Gunga Din'' (1939) ...

( GB) *'' Man on the Flying Trapeze'', starring

*'' The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo'', starring

Ronald Colman Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Cinema of the United States, ...

and

Joan Bennett Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She came from a show-business family, one of three acting sisters. Beginning her career on the stage, Bennett appeared in more t ...

*'' Men of Action'', starring Frankie Darro and Barbara Worth *'' Midshipman Easy'', directed by Carol Reed, starring Hughie Green and

Margaret Lockwood Margaret Mary Day Lockwood, CBE (15 September 1916 – 15 July 1990), was an English actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included ''The Lady Vanishes'' (1938), ''Night Train to Munich' ...

( GB) *''

'', directed by

Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt (; born Maximilian Goldmann; 9 September 1873 – 30 October 1943) was an Austrian-born theatre and film director, intendant, and theatrical producer. With his innovative stage productions, he is regarded as one of the most pr ...

and

William Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his ...

*'' The Million Ryo Pot'' (Tange Sazen Yowa: Hyakuman Ryō no Tsubo) (

) *''

'', starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton *''

'', starring

Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...

and

*'' Moscow Nights'', directed by Anthony Asquith, starring

Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage ...

( GB) *''

'', starring

*'' Music Hath Charms'', directed by

Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley (23 February 1884 – 23 December 1966) was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, ''The Man in the Street'' (1926), ' ...

, starring Henry Hall ( Britain) *'' Mutiny on the Bounty'', starring

and Charles Laughton *'' The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', starring Claude Rains and

N

*'' Naughty Marietta'', starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy *'' The New Gulliver'', directed by

Aleksandr Ptushko Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko (russian: Александр Лукич Птушко, – 6 March 1973) was a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and a People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Ptushko is frequently (and somewhat misleadingly) refer ...

, a stop motion-animated film ( U.S.S.R.) *'' New Women'' (Xīn nǚxìng) (

) *'' A Night at the Opera'', directed by Sam Wood, starring the

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Kitty Carlisle Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn; September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007) was an American actress, singer, and spokeswoman for the arts. She was the leading lady of the Marx Brothers movie '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935) and was a regula ...

, Allan Jones *'' The Night Is Young'', starring Ramon Navarro *'' No Limit'', starring George Formby ( GB) *''

No More Ladies ''No More Ladies'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith. The film stars Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery, and co-stars Charlie Ruggles, Franchot Tone, and Edna May Oliver. The screenplay credited to Donald ...

'', starring

and Robert Montgomery

O-P

*'' Our Little Girl'', starring Shirley Temple *'' Page Miss Glory'', starring Marion Davies, Pat O'Brien,

, Mary Astor, and Patsy Kelly *'' Party Wire'', starring Jean Arthur and Victor Jory *'' The Passing of the Third Floor Back'', starring

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German film actor who attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and ''The Man Who Laughs ...

( GB) *'' Peter Ibbetson'', directed by Henry Hathaway, starring

and Ann Harding *'' Police Chief Antek'' (Antek policmajster) (

) *''

'', starring

Josephine Baker Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald; naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French dancer, singer and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted Fran ...

(

) *''

'', starring Claudette Colbert,

Charles Boyer Charles Boyer (; 28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French-American actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in American fi ...

, Joel McCrea *'' Professional Soldier'', starring Victor McLaglen *''

'', starring

and Jean Arthur

R

*'' The Raven'', starring

and Béla Lugosi *'' Reckless'', a musical starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone *''

Red Passport ''Red Passport'' (Italian: ''Passaporto rosso'') is a 1935 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Isa Miranda, Filippo Scelzo and Ugo Ceseri. A group of Italian immigrants to South America join in a revolution. It ...

'', directed by Guido Brignone, starring

Isa Miranda Isa Miranda (born Ines Isabella Sampietro; 5 July 1909 – 8 July 1982) was an Italian actress with an international film career. Biography Miranda was born Ines Isabella Sampietro in Milan, the daughter of atreet car conductor in Mian. When ...

(Italy) *'' Remember Last Night?'', directed by

, starring Edward Arnold and Constance Cummings *'' Rendezvous'' (1935), starring William Powell *'' Roberta'', a musical starring Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, with an uncredited appearance by

Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedienne and producer. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five times, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Gold ...

*''

Royal Cavalcade ''Royal Cavalcade'', also known as ''Regal Cavalcade'', is a 1935 British, black-and-white, drama film directed by six separate directors: Thomas Bentley (Supervising Director), Herbert Brenon, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, W. P. Kellino and Mar ...

'', a historical film celebrating

George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother ...

's silver jubilee with six directors and a large ensemble cast (GB) *'' Ruggles of Red Gap'', directed by Leo McCarey, starring Charles Laughton

S

*'' The Scoundrel'', starring Noël Coward *'' Scrooge'' ( GB) *''

'', starring Randolph Scott *'' She Couldn't Take It'', starring George Raft and

*'' She Married Her Boss'', starring Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas *'' Sheela'' (Indian) *''

'', starring

and Loretta Young *'' The Silent Code'', starring Kane Richmond and Blanche Mehaffey *'' So Red the Rose'', starring

*'' Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm'' (Fengyun ernu) (

) *''

The Soul of the Accordion ''The Soul of the Accordion'' ( es, El alma de bandoneón) is a 1935 Argentine tango musical film directed by Mario Soffici and written by José A. Bugliot. It is considered one of the earliest classics of Argentine cinema. The film starred Lib ...

'' (El alma de bandoneón) (

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...

) *'' Special Agent'', starring

and George Brent *'' Splendor'', starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea *'' Squibs'' directed by Henry Edwards and starring

Betty Balfour Betty Balfour (born Florence Lilian Woods; 27 March 1902 – 4 November 1977) was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness". She was best known to au ...

( Britain) *''

'', starring William Powell and Ginger Rogers *'' Steamboat Round the Bend'', starring Will Rogers

T

*'' A Tale of Two Cities'', starring

and

Elizabeth Allan Elizabeth Allan (9 April 1910 – 27 July 1990) was an English stage and film actress who worked in both Britain and Hollywood, where she appeared in 50 films. Life and career Allan was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire in 1910 and educated in D ...

*'' Thanks a Million'', starring

and

*''

'' by Jean Renoir (

) – the most significant precursor to the Italian neorealist movement *'' Top Hat'', starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers *'' The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes'' (British), a Sherlock Holmes film directed by Leslie Hiscott based on the Arthur Conan Doyle novel ''The Valley of Fear'', starring Arthur Wontner as Holmes, and Ian Fleming as Watson *''

'' – Nazi propaganda film directed by Leni Riefenstahl (

) *'' Tumbling Tumbleweeds'', western with

*'' Trans-atlantic Tunnel'', starring Richard Dix (actor), Richard Dix and Leslie Banks ( GB) *''Turn of the Tide'', starring John Garrick and Geraldine Fitzgerald (GB)

V-Y

*'' Villa for Sale (Ez a villa eladó) (

) *''The Village Squire'', starring Vivien Leigh ( GB) *'' Waterfront Lady'', starring Ann Rutherford, Frank Albertson *'' The Wedding Night'', starring

and Anna Sten *'' Werewolf of London'', starring Henry Hull, Warner Oland,

*'' Westward Ho'', starring John Wayne *'' The Whole Town's Talking'', starring

and Jean Arthur *''

'', starring Henry Fonda *''Xin nü xing'' (directed by: Chusheng Cai), starring: Ruan Lingyu, Naidong Wang and Junli Zheng. *'' The Youth of Maxim'' (Yunost Maksima) (

)

Serials

*''The Adventures of Rex and Rinty'', starring Rex (horse), Rex the Wonder Horse and Rin Tin Tin *''The Call of the Savage'', directed by Lew Landers *''The Fighting Marines'' *''The Lost City (1935 serial), The Lost City'' *''The Miracle Rider'', starring Tom Mix *''The New Adventures of Tarzan'', starring Herman Brix *''

'', starring

*''Queen of the Jungle'', directed by Robert F. Hill *''The Roaring West'' *''Rustlers of Red Dog'', directed by Lew Landers *''Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery''

Comedy film series

*''Harold Lloyd'' (1913–1938) *''Charlie Chaplin'' (1914–1940) *''Lupino Lane'' (1915–1939) *''Buster Keaton'' (1917–1944) *''Laurel and Hardy'' (1921–1945) **''Thicker than Water (1935 film), Thicker than Water'' *''Our Gang'' (1922–1944) *''Harry Langdon'' (1924–1936) *''Wheeler and Woolsey'' (1929–1937) *''

'' (1929–1946) *''The Three Stooges filmography, The Three Stooges'' (1934–1959)

Animated short film series

*''Krazy Kat'' (1925–1940) *''Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'' (1927–1938) *''Mickey Mouse'' (1928–1953) *''Screen Songs'' (1929–1938) *''Silly Symphonies'' (1929–1939) ** ''The Tortoise and the Hare'' ** ''The Golden Touch'' ** ''The Robber Kitten'' ** ''Water Babies'' ** ''The Cookie Carnival'' ** ''Who Killed Cock Robin?'' ** ''Music Land'' ** ''Three Orphan Kittens'' ** ''Cock o' the Walk'' ** ''Broken Toys'' *''Looney Tunes'' (1930–1969) *''Terrytoons'' (1930–1964) *''Merrie Melodies'' (1931–1969) *''Scrappy'' (1931–1941) *''Betty Boop'' (1932–1939) *''Popeye'' (1933–1957) *''ComiColor Cartoons'' (1933–1936) *''Happy Harmonies'' (1934–1938) *''Cartune Classics'' (1934–1935) *''Color Rhapsodies'' (1934–1949) *''Rainbow Parades'' (1935–1936)

Births

*January 1 – Brian G. Hutton, American actor and director (died 2014) *January 2 - John Considine (actor), American writer and actor *January 5 - Gerald R. Molen, American producer and actor *January 8 – Elvis Presley, American rock singer and actor (died 1977) *January 9 – Bob Denver, American comic actor (died 2005) *January 22 – Seymour Cassel, American actor (died 2019) *January 28 - Nicholas Pryor, American actor *January 30 – Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress (died 2017) *February 17 - Christina Pickles, British-American actress *February 25 - Sally Jessy Raphael, American former tabloid talk show host *February 26 **Stephen Pearlman, American actor (died 1998) **Jane Wagner, American writer, director and producer *March 11 - Nancy Kovack, American retired actress *March 15 - Judd Hirsch, American actor *March 18 **Oumarou Ganda, Nigerien director and actor (died 1981) **Leslie Parrish, American actress, writer and producer *March 19 - Burt Metcalfe, Canadian-American actor (died 2022) *March 22 – M. Emmet Walsh, American character actor and comedian *March 24 - Mary Berry, English television presenter *March 27 – Julian Glover, English actor *April 4 – Kenneth Mars, American actor and voice actor (died 2011 in film, 2011) *April 5 – Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (died 1996) *April 9 - Motomu Kiyokawa, Japanese actor and voice actor (died 2022) *April 10 – Álvaro de Luna (actor), Álvaro de Luna, Spanish actor (died 2018) *April 16 - Bobby Vinton, American singer, songwriter and actor *April 19 – Dudley Moore, English-born comic actor and musician (died 2002 in film, 2002) *April 20 – Mario Camus, Spanish director (died 2021) *April 21 – Charles Grodin, American actor (died 2021) *April 22 - Mario Machado, Chinese-American actor and broadcaster (died 2013) *April 23 - Franco Citti, Italian actor (died 2016) *April 27 ** Theo Angelopoulos, Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer (died 2012 in film, 2012) ** Nikki van der Zyl, German voice-over artist (died 2021) *May 2 – Lance LeGault, American film and television actor (died 2012) *May 11 – Doug McClure, American actor (died 1995) *May 19 - David Hartman (TV personality), American television personality and media host *May 25 - George Roubicek, Austrian actor *May 26 – Sheila Steafel, British actress (died 2019) *May 27 ** Carole Lesley, English actress (died 1974) ** Lee Meriwether, American beauty queen and actress *May 28 - Anne Reid, English actress *May 30 – Ruta Lee, Canadian-American actress and dancer *June 2 - Roger Brierley, English actor (died 2005) *June 3 - Irma P. Hall, American actress *June 16 – James Bolam, English actor *June 21 - Monte Markham, American actor *June 27 – Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (died 2007) *June 29 - Keith Walker (writer), American writer, producer and actor (died 1996) *July 1 – David Prowse, English bodybuilder, weightlifter and character actor (died 2020 in film, 2020) *July 5 – Christian Doermer, German actor *July 8 - Steve Lawrence, American singer and actor *July 9 - Michael Williams (actor), British actor (died 2001) *July 13 – Gregorio Casal, Mexican actor (died 2018) *July 15 **Gianni Garko, Croatian-born Italian actor **Alex Karras, American football player, professional wrestler and actor (died 2012) *July 17 **Diahann Carroll, African American singer and actress (died 2019) **Donald Sutherland, Canadian-born actor *July 22 - Stanley Ralph Ross, American writer and actor (died 2000) *August 2 – Amidou, Moroccan-French actor (died 2013) *August 3 – Omero Antonutti, Italian actor and voice actor (died 2019 in film, 2019) *August 5 **Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer (died 2017) **Wanda Ventham, English actress *August 7 – Yoná Magalhães, Brazilian actress (died 2015) *August 8 - Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer and screenwriter *August 12 – John Cazale, American actor (died 1978 in film, 1978) *August 15 - Jim Dale, English actor, director and singer *August 23 - Ronald Falk, Australian actor (died 2016 in film, 2016) *August 29 - William Friedkin, American director, producer and screenwriter *August 31 – Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (died 2018 in film, 2018) *September 2 - Kenneth Tsang, Hong Kong actor (died 2022 in film, 2022) *September 9 **Nadim Sawalha, Jordanian-British actor **Chaim Topol, Israeli actor, singer, comedian and producer *September 21 - Henry Gibson, American actor, singer and songwriter (died 2009) *September 24 – Sean McCann (actor), Sean McCann, Canadian actor (died 2019) *September 28 - Ronald Lacey, English actor (died 1991) *September 29 - Mylène Demongeot, French actress (died 2022) *October 1 – Julie Andrews, English-born singer and actress *October 3 – Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Soviet Russian-Armenian actor (died 2020 in film, 2020) *October 18 – Peter Boyle, American actor (died 2006) *October 20 – Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (died 2004) *October 24 – Rosamaria Murtinho, Brazilian actress *November 7 **Billy "Green" Bush, American actor **Judy Parfitt, English actress *November 8 - Alain Delon, French actor *November 13 - Tom Atkins (actor), American actor *November 21 – Michael Chapman (cinematographer), Michael Chapman, American cinematographer (died 2020) *November 22 - Michael Callan, American actor (died 2022) *November 24 – Salim Khan, Indian Bollywood screenwriter *November 29 **Diane Ladd, American actress **Amanda Walker, English actress *December 1 – Woody Allen, American comedian, director and actor *December 2 - Hy Pyke, American character actor (died 2006) *December 5 – Basabi Nandi, Indian actress (died 2018 in film, 2018) *December 8 ** Dharmendra, Indian film actor, producer and politician ** Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, German director *December 10 – Jaromil Jireš, Czechoslovak director (died 2001 in film, 2001) *December 14 **Lewis Arquette, American actor, writer and producer (died 2001) **Lee Remick, American actress (died 1991) *December 18 - Rosemary Leach, British actress (died 2017) *December 21 - Phil Donahue, American media personality, writer and producer *December 24 - Tommy Dysart, Scottish-born Australian actor (died 2022) *December 28 - William Bassett (actor), American actor *December 30 - Jack Riley (actor), American actor, comedian and writer (died 2016 in film, 2016)

Deaths

*January 19 – Lloyd Hamilton, American comedy actor (born 1899 in film, 1899) *February 7 – Frederick Warde, English Shakespearean actor (born 1851) *March 8 – Ruan Lingyu, Chinese silent film actress, committed suicide (born 1910) *March 23 – Florence Moore, American singer and silent film actress (born 1886) *May 4 – Junior Durkin, American actor, in a road accident (born 1915 in film, 1915) *May 13 – Clarence Geldart, Canadian-American actor (born 1867 in film, 1867) *August 14 – Léonce Perret, French actor, director and producer (born 1880 in film, 1880) *August 15 – Will Rogers, American humorist and actor (born 1879 in film, 1879) *August 25 – Mack Swain, American actor (born 1876 in film, 1876) *September 28 – William Kennedy Dickson, British film pioneer, cancer (born 1860) *December 16 – Thelma Todd, American actress, carbon monoxide poisoning (born 1906)

Film debuts

*Don Ameche – '' Dante's Inferno'' *Pedro Armendáriz – ''Rosario (1935 film), Rosario'' *Joan Davis – ''Millions in the Air'' *Buddy Ebsen – ''

'' * Henry Fonda – ''The Farmer Takes a Wife (film), The Farmer Takes of Wife'' *Joan Fontaine – ''

'' *Jon Hall (actor), Jon Hall – ''Women Must Dress'' *

– ''Alibi Ike'' *Danny Kaye – ''Moon Over Manhattan'' *Frances Langford – '' Every Night at Eight'' *Vivien Leigh – ''Look Up and Laugh'' *James Mason – ''Late Extra'' *Burgess Meredith – '' The Scoundrel'' *Roy Rogers – ''Slightly Static''

References

{{1935 films 1935 in film, Film by year