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