1933 in film
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The following is an overview of 1933 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
In 1933, the top three grossing films in the United States were Queen Christina with $2,887,000; I'm No Angel with $2,850,000 and King Kong with $2,847,000.
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Events[edit]
- March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City.
- June 6 - The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey.
- British Film Institute founded.
- GPO Film Unit established in the United Kingdom under John Grierson, taking over responsibility for documentary film making from the Empire Marketing Board.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) once again expresses interest in the Wizard of Oz books for a series of animated cartoons, but they once again failed to make a deal with the estate of creator L. Frank Baum
- Ecstasy, a Czechoslovak film, shocks audiences when actress Hedy Lamarr is seen naked in the film.
- The Private Life of Henry VIII becomes the first British film to win an American Academy Award.
Top Grossing Films U.S.A.[edit]
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Queen Christina | MGM | Greta Garbo | $2,887,285 |
| 2. | I'm No Angel | Paramount | Mae West | $2,850,000 |
| 3. | King Kong | RKO | Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, and Robert Armstrong | $2,847,000 |
| 4. | 42nd Street | Warner Bros. | Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, and Dick Powell | $2,250,000 |
| 5. | She Done Him Wrong | Paramount | Mae West | $2,200,000 |
| 6. | State Fair | Fox | Janet Gaynor | $1,800,000 |
| 7. | Dinner at Eight | MGM | Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore and Billie Burke | $1,207,068 |
| 8. | Hold Your Man | MGM | Jean Harlow and Clark Gable | $1,100,000 |
| 9. (tie) | Little Women | RKO | Katharine Hepburn | unknown |
| 9. (tie) | Design for Living | Paramount | Fredric March, Gary Cooper, and Miriam Hopkins | unknown |
Academy Awards[edit]
- Best Picture: Cavalcade - Fox
- Best Actor: Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII
- Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory
1933 film releases[edit]
U.S.A. unless stated
January–March[edit]
- January 1933
- 3 January
- 10 January
- 13 January
- 20 January
- 21 January
- 27 January
- 28 January
- February 1933
- 3 February
- 4 February
- 10 February
- 17 February
- 18 February
- 22 February
- 23 February
- 24 February
- 28 February
- March 1933
- 2 March
- 10 March
- 11 March
- 15 March
- 21 March
- The Flower of Hawaii (Die Blume von Hawaii)
- 24 March
- 25 March
- 31 March
April–June[edit]
- April 1933
- 7 April
- Zero for Conduct (Zéro de conduite) (France)
- 14 April
- 15 April
- 20 April
- 21 April
- 22 April
- 27 April
- Dragnet Girl (Hijosen no onna)
- 28 April
- 7 April
- May 1933
- 5 May
- 6 May
- 12 May
- 14 May
- 15 May
- 19 May
- 25 May
- 26 May
- 27 May
- 29 May
- June 1933
- 9 June
- 23 June
- 30 June
July–September[edit]
- July 1933
- 1 July
- 3 July
- 8 July
- 14 July
- 15 July
- 17 June
- 20 July
- 28 July
- 29 July
- August 1933
- 1 August
- 5 August
- 8 August
- 13 August
- 16 August
- 17 August
- 18 August
- 25 August
- 29 August
- 30 August
- S.O.S Iceberg (S.O.S. Eisberg) (Germany)
- 31 August
- September 1933
- 1 September
- 7 September
- Passing Fancy (Dekigokoro) (Japan)
- 8 September
- 13 September
- 15 September
- 16 September
- 20 September
- 22 September
- 29 September
October–December[edit]
- October 1933
- 6 October
- 7 October
- 13 October
- 26 October
- 27 October
- 28 October
- November 1933
- 1 November
- 10 November
- 13 November
- 16 November
- 17 November
- 24 November
- 25 November
- December 1933
- 3 December
- 11 December
- 18 December
- 22 December
- 22 December
- 23 December
- 25 December
- 26 December
- 29 December
Notable films released in 1933[edit]
U.S.A. unless stated
- 42nd Street, Directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers
- Adorable, directed by William Dieterle, starring Janet Gaynor
- Don Quixote, directed by G.W. Pabst, starring Feodor Chaliapin - (France/GB)
- After Tonight, starring Constance Bennett
- Alice in Wonderland, starring Charlotte Henry and virtually every Paramount star at the time
- Baby Face, starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent
- Beauty for Sale, starring Madge Evans and Alice Brady
- Bed of Roses, starring Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea
- A Bedtime Story, starring Maurice Chevalier
- Berkeley Square
- Bitter Sweet, starring Anna Neagle - (GB)
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen, starring Barbara Stanwyck
- Blood Money, starring George Bancroft
- Bombshell, starring Jean Harlow
- The Bowery, starring Wallace Beery and George Raft
- Bureau of Missing Persons, starring Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien
- By Candlelight, directed by James Whale
- Cash, directed by Zoltan Korda, starring Robert Donat - (GB)
- Cavalcade, starring Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor and Herbert Mundin
- Der Choral von Leuthen (The Hymn of Leuthen), directed by Carl Froelich - (Germany)
- Counsellor at Law, starring John Barrymore and Bebe Daniels
- Dancing Lady, starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable
- Daybreak (Tiānmíng) - (China)
- Deluge, starring Sidney Blackmer
- The Deserter - (U.S.S.R.)
- Design for Living, starring Fredric March, Gary Cooper and Miriam Hopkins
- The Devil's Brother, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- Dick Turpin, directed by Victor Hanbury, starring Victor McLaglen (GB)
- Dinner at Eight, directed by George Cukor and featuring an all-star cast
- Doctor Bull, starring Will Rogers
- Dora's Dunking Doughnuts, starring Shirley Temple
- Dragnet Girl (Hijosen no onna), starring Kinuyo Tanaka, directed by Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan)
- Duck Soup, directed by Leo McCarey, starring the Marx Brothers
- The Eagle and the Hawk, starring Fredric March, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard
- Ecstasy, starring Hedy Lamarr - (Czechoslovakia)
- The Emperor Jones, starring Paul Robeson
- Employees' Entrance, starring Warren William and Loretta Young
- Ever in My Heart, starring Barbara Stanwyck
- Ex-Lady, starring Bette Davis
- Fast Workers, starring John Gilbert and Mae Clarke
- The Flower of Hawaii (Die Blume von Hawaii), directed by Richard Oswald - (Germany)
- Flüchtlinge (Refugees) - (Germany)
- Flying Down to Rio, starring Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond. Also starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their first of 10 films together
- Footlight Parade, starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell and Ruby Keeler
- Friday the Thirteenth, directed by Victor Saville, starring Jessie Matthews - (GB)
- Gabriel Over the White House, directed by Gregory La Cava, starring Walter Huston, Produced by William Randolph Hearst
- Ganga Bruta, directed by Humberto Mauro, starring Durval Bellini and Déa Selva (Brazil)
- The Ghoul, starring Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke and Ernest Thesiger - (GB)
- The Ghost Camera, directed by Bernard Vorhaus, starring Ida Lupino, John Mills - (GB)
- Going Hollywood, starring Marion Davies and Bing Crosby
- Gold Diggers of 1933, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers and Warren William
- The Good Companions, directed by Victor Saville, starring Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn and John Gielgud - (GB)
- Goodbye Again, starring Joan Blondell and Warren William
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum, starring Al Jolson
- Hard to Handle, starring James Cagney
- Heroes for Sale, starring Loretta Young and Richard Barthelmess
- Hold Your Man, starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable
- The House on 56th Street, starring Kay Francis
- The House of Dora Green, directed by Henrik Galeen, starring Mady Christians - (Germany)
- I'm No Angel, starring Mae West and Cary Grant. West also wrote the story and screenplay.
- In the Wake of the Bounty, starring Errol Flynn as Fletcher Christian - (Australia)
- International House, starring W. C. Fields, George Burns, Gracie Allen
- The Invisible Man, starring Claude Rains in the title role with Gloria Stuart
- It's Great to Be Alive, directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Raul Roulien and Gloria Stuart
- Każdemu wolno kochać (Anybody Can Love), by Mieczysław Krawicz - (Poland)
- King Kong, starring Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong
- Ladies They Talk About, starring Barbara Stanwyck
- Lady for a Day, directed by Frank Capra, starring Warren William and May Robson
- Lady Killer, starring James Cagney
- Liebelei, directed by Max Ophüls - (Germany)
- Life Is a Dog (Život je pes), directed by Martin Frič - (Czechoslovakia)
- Little Toys (Xiáo wǎnyì), directed by Sun Yu - (China)
- Little Women, directed by George Cukor, starring Katharine Hepburn and Joan Bennett
- Looking Forward, directed by Clarence Brown, starring Lionel Barrymore
- Lot in Sodom, starring Friedrich Haak
- Loyalties, starring Basil Rathbone - (GB)
- Man's Castle, starring Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young
- The Mayor of Hell, starring James Cagney
- Men Must Fight, starring Diana Wynyard
- Midnight Club, starring George Raft and Clive Brook
- Midnight Mary, directed by William A. Wellman, starring Loretta Young
- The Midnight Patrol, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- Money for Speed, directed by Bernard Vorhaus, starring John Loder and Ida Lupino - (GB)
- The Monkey's Paw, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack
- Morning Glory, starring Katharine Hepburn and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
- Mystery of the Wax Museum, starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray
- Okraina (The Outskirts) - (U.S.S.R.)
- One Sunday Afternoon, starring Gary Cooper and Fay Wray
- Only Yesterday, starring Margaret Sullavan
- Our Betters, starring Constance Bennett, Gilbert Roland, and Anita Louise
- Parachute Jumper, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Bette Davis, and Frank McHugh
- Passing Fancy (Dekigokoro), directed by Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan)
- Peg o' My Heart, starring Marion Davies
- Penthouse, starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy
- Perfect Understanding, starring Gloria Swanson and Laurence Olivier - (GB)
- Pick-Up, starring Sylvia Sydney and George Raft
- Picture Snatcher, starring James Cagney
- Pilgrimage, directed by John Ford
- The Power and the Glory, starring Spencer Tracy
- The Private Life of Henry VIII, directed by Alexander Korda, starring Charles Laughton - (GB)
- The Prizefighter and the Lady, starring Max Baer, Myrna Loy, Primo Carnera and Jack Dempsey
- Professional Sweetheart, starring Ginger Rogers
- Queen Christina, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert
- Roman Scandals, starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart
- S.O.S Iceberg (S.O.S. Eisberg), starring Leni Riefenstahl - (Germany)
- Secret of the Blue Room, starring Paul Lukas, Gloria Stuart and Lionel Atwill
- Secrets, starring Mary Pickford in her last film
- She Done Him Wrong, starring Mae West and Cary Grant in his first notable film role
- She Had to Say Yes, starring Loretta Young and Lyle Talbot, directed by Busby Berkeley and George Amy
- The Son of Kong, starring Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack
- Sons of the Desert, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- A Southern Maid, starring Bebe Daniels and Clifford Mollison - (GB)
- 'Spring Silkworms (Chung Can) - (China)
- State Fair, starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers and Lew Ayres
- The Story of Temple Drake, starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue
- The Stranger's Return, starring Miriam Hopkins and Lionel Barrymore
- A Study in Scarlet, starring Reginald Owen
- Supernatural, starring Carole Lombard, Alan Dinehart, Vivienne Osborne and Randolph Scott
- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Otto Wernicke - (Germany)
- This Day and Age, Cecil B. Demille's now cult-favorite, starring Richard Cromwell and featuring then-teenager: Baby Peggy.
- This Week of Grace' directed by Maurice Elvey, starring Gracie Fields - (Britain)
- Three-Cornered Moon, starring Claudette Colbert and Richard Arlen
- Three Little Pigs, an animated short
- Tillie and Gus, starring Alison Skipworth and W. C. Fields
- Today We Live, starring Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper
- Tonight Is Ours, starring Fredric March and Claudette Colbert
- Topaze, starring John Barrymore and Myrna Loy
- Torch Singer, starring Claudette Colbert
- Tugboat Annie, starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery
- Turn Back the Clock, starring Lee Tracy and Mae Clarke
- The Vampire Bat, starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray
- Viktor und Viktoria - (Germany)
- Voltaire, starring George Arliss
- When Ladies Meet, starring Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy
- The World Changes, starring Mary Astor and Paul Muni
- Wild Boys of the Road, starring Frankie Darro and Edwin Phillips
- The Working Man, starring George Arliss and Bette Davis
- You Made Me Love You starring Stanley Lupino and Thelma Todd - (GB)
- Zero for Conduct (Zéro de conduite), directed by Jean Vigo - (France)
Serials[edit]
- Clancy of the Mounted
- Fighting with Kit Carson
- Gordon of Ghost City
- The Mystery Squadron
- The Perils of Pauline, starring Evalyn Knapp
- The Phantom of the Air
- The Return of Chandu
- Tarzan the Fearless, starring Buster Crabbe
- The Three Musketeers, starring Jack Mulhall and John Wayne
- The Whispering Shadow, starring Bela Lugosi
- The Wolf Dog, starring Rin Tin Tin
Comedy film series[edit]
- 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)
- Marx Brothers (1929–1946)
- The Three Stooges (1933-1962)
Animated short film series[edit]
- Aesop's Film Fables (1921-1933)
- Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–1938)
- Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
- Silly Symphonies
- Birds in the Spring
- Father Noah's Ark
- Three Little Pigs
- Old King Cole
- Lullaby Land
- The Pied Piper
- The Night Before Christmas
- Screen Songs (1929–1938)
- Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- 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)
- Betty Boop's Ker-Choo
- Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions
- Is My Palm Read?
- Betty Boop's Penthouse
- Snow White
- Betty Boop's Birthday Party
- Betty Boop's May Party
- Betty Boop's Big Boss
- Mother Goose Land
- Popeye the Sailor (first Popeye cartoon)
- The Old Man of the Mountain
- I Heard
- Morning, Noon and Night
- Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party
- Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
- Popeye (1933-1957)
- Popeye the Sailor (Betty Boop cartoon)
- Pooch the Pup (1932-1933)
- Willie Whopper (1933-1934)
- ComiColor Cartoons (1933-1936)
- Cubby Bear (1933-1934)
- The Little King (1933-1934)
Births[edit]
- January 8 - Jean-Marie Straub, French director (died 2006)
- January 12 - Liliana Cavani, Italian director
- January 18 - John Boorman, English director
- January 23 - Chita Rivera, American actress, dancer and singer
- January 28 - Jack Hill, American director and screenwriter
- February 13 - Kim Novak, American actress
- February 18 - Mary Ure, Scottish actress (died 1975)
- March 14 - Michael Caine, English actor
- April 5 - Frank Gorshin, actor and comedian (died 2005)
- April 19 - Jayne Mansfield, actress (died 1967)
- April 26 - Carol Burnett, actress, television host and comedian
- May 10 - Francoise Fabian, French actress
- May 23 - Joan Collins, English actress
- June 11 - Gene Wilder, American comic actor (died 2016)
- June 20 - Danny Aiello, American actor
- July 29 - Lou Albano, Italian-born American professional wrestler and actor (died 2009)
- August 1 - Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (died 2009)
- August 2 - Tom Bell, English actor (died 2006)
- August 16 - Julie Newmar, actress, dancer and singer
- August 18 - Roman Polanski, Polish director
- August 25 - Tom Skerritt, American actor
- August 28 - Philip French, English critic (died 2015)
- September 18 - Robert Blake, American actor
- November 3 - Jeremy Brett, English actor (died 1995)
- November 28 - Hope Lange, actress (died 2003)
- December 15 - Tim Conway, actor and comedian
Deaths[edit]
- January 3 – Jack Pickford, Canadian-born American actor and director
- January 25 – Lewis J. Selznick, Ukrainian-born American producer
- February 15 – Pat Sullivan, Australian-born American director/producer of animated films, alleged co-creator of Felix the Cat
- February 23 – David Horsley, English-born American film executive
- February 26 – Spottiswoode Aitken, American actor
- March 8 – Alan Roscoe, American actor
- March 23 – Francine Mussey, French actress
- June 29 – Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor
- August 18 – James Williamson, Scottish film developer and film director
- August 28 – Helen Dunbar, American actress
- September 24 – Ferdinand Bonn, German actor
- October 5 – Renée Adorée, French actress
- October 30 – Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor
- December 19 – Jimmie Adams, American comedian
Film debuts[edit]
- Morris Ankrum - Reunion in Vienna
- Dame Peggy Ashcroft - The Wandering Jew
- Fred Astaire - Flying Down to Rio
- Lucille Ball - The Bowery
- Frances Drake - The Jewel
- Errol Flynn - In the Wake of the Bounty
- Margaret Hamilton - Another Language
- Phil Harris - Melody Cruise
- Will Hay - Know Your Apples
- King Kong
- Dorothy Lamour - Footlight Parade
- Cesar Romero - The Shadow Laughs
- Margaret Sullavan - Only Yesterday
