1934 in film

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This is a list of films that were released in 1934.

Contents
1 Events
2 Top-grossing films
3 Academy Awards
4 Notable films released in 1934
5 Serials
6 Comedy film series
7 Animated short film series
8 Births
9 Deaths
10 Debuts

## Events

January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.
February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade
April 19 - Fox Studios releases Stand Up and Cheer!, with five-year-old Shirley Temple in a relatively minor role. Shirley steals the film and Fox, which had been near bankruptcy, finds itself owning a goldmine.
May 18 - Paramount releases Little Miss Marker, with Shirley Temple, on loan from Fox, in the title role.
June 13 - An amendment to the Production Code establishes the Production Code Administration, and requires all films to obtain a certificate of approval before being released.
November 12 - The musical Babes in Toyland debuts, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as comic relief.
December 11 - Fox releases the Sol M. Wurtzel production of Bright Eyes, starring their hot new property, Shirley Temple. Shirley sings "On the Good Ship Lollipop", and wins the first Academy Award ever given to a child, for her endearing portrayal of Shirley Blake.

## Academy Awards

* Best Picture: It Happened One Night - Columbia Pictures
* Best Actor: Clark Gable - It Happened One Night
* Best Actress: Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night
* Academy Award for Best Director: Frank Capra - It Happened One Night

## Notable films released in 1934

1. It Happened One Night
2. 'Neath the Arizona Skies

## Serials

Burn 'Em Up Barnes (released June 16) (12-chapter Mascot Pictures action), starring Frankie Darro and (as Barnes) Jack Mulhall
Mystery Mountain (released December 3) (12-chapter Mascot Pictures western), starring Ken Maynard
The Lost Jungle
The Law of the Wild, starring Rin Tin Tin
Pirate Treasure
The Red Rider (released July 16) (15-chapter Universal Pictures western), starring Buck Jones
Tailspin Tommy (released October 29) (12-chapter Universal Pictures action), starring Maurice Murphy
The Vanishing Shadow
Young Eagles

## Comedy film series

Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)
Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)
Lupino Lane (1915–1939)
Buster Keaton (1917–1944)
Laurel and Hardy (1921–1945)
Our Gang (1922–1944)
Harry Langdon (1924–1936)
Wheeler and Woolsey (1929–1937)
The Marx Brothers ' (1929–1946)
The Three Stooges (1933–1962)

## Animated short film series

Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–1938)
Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
Silly Symphonies The China Shop
The Grasshopper and the Ants
Funny Little Bunnies
The Wise Little Hen
The Flying Mouse
Peculiar Penguins
The Goddess of Spring
Screen Songs (1929–1938)
Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
Terrytoons (1930–1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
Scrappy (1931–1941)
Betty Boop (1932–1939) She Wronged Him Right
Red Hot Mamma
Ha! Ha! Ha!
Betty in Blunderland
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
Betty Boop's Trial
Betty Boop's Lifeguard
Poor Cinderella (first and only Betty Boop cartoon in colour)
There's Something About a Soldier
Betty Boop's Little Pal
Betty Boop's Prize Show
Keep in Style
When My Ship Comes In
Popeye (1933–1957)
Willie Whopper (1933-1934)
ComiColor Cartoons (1933–1936)
Cubby Bear (1933-1934)
The Little King (1933-1934)
Happy Harmonies (1934-1938)
Cartune Classics (1934-1935)
Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
Amos 'n' Andy (1934)

## Debuts

Gene Autry - In Old Santa Fe
Alice Faye - George White's Scandals
Greer Garson - Inasmuch...
Alec Guinness - Evensong
Rita Hayworth - Cruz Diablo
Bob Hope - Going Spanish
Margaret Lockwood - Lorna Doone
Rosalind Russell - Evelyn Prentice
Jimmy Stewart - Art Trouble
Robert Taylor - Handy Andy