Overview of the events of 1935 in film
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 , 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.)[ edit ]
The top ten 1935 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1935
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
Mutiny on the Bounty
MGM
$2,250,000[ 1] [ 2]
2
Top Hat
RKO
$1,782,000[ 3] [ 4]
3
China Seas
MGM
$1,710,000[ 1] [ 2]
4
Broadway Melody of 1936
$1,655,000[ 1] [ 2]
5
David Copperfield
$1,621,000[ 1] [ 2]
6
Steamboat Round the Bend
20th Century Fox
$1,528,000[ 5]
7
The Crusades
Paramount
$1,491,471[ 6]
8
Roberta
RKO
$1,467,000[ 3] [ 4]
9
In Old Kentucky
20th Century Fox
$1,438,000[ 5]
10
The Littlest Rebel
$1,431,000[ 5]
February 22 – The Little Colonel premieres starring Shirley Temple , Lionel Barrymore and Bill Robinson , featuring a famous stair dance with Hollywood's first interracial dance couple
February 23 – Gene Autry stars as himself as the Singing Cowboy in the serial The Phantom Empire . 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 .[ 7]
May 31 – Fox Film and Twentieth Century Pictures merge to form 20th Century Fox .
June 13 – Following the merger of six smaller independent film companies including Monogram Pictures , Mascot Pictures , Liberty Pictures and Majestic Pictures , Herbert J. Yates completed the formation of Republic Pictures .
August 15 – Will Rogers who the previous year was voted the Top Money Making Star dies in a plane crash.
August 25 – William Boyd appears in his first of 66 films as Hopalong Cassidy in Hop-Along Cassidy .
September – Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
September 5 – Gene Autry 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 ' novel A Christmas Carol , opens in the U.S. after its U.K. release on November 26. Seymour Hicks plays Ebenezer Scrooge , 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 in the 1980s, in very shabby-looking prints. It is eventually restored on DVD .
The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California . They were hosted by Frank Capra . This was the first year in which the gold statuettes were called "Oscars".
Most nominations: Mutiny on the Bounty (MGM ) – 8
Major Awards
Most Awards: The Informer (RKO ) – 4 (Actor, Director, Adaptation , Scoring )
Top Ten Money Making Stars [ edit ]
Exhibitors selected the following as the Top Ten Money Making Stars of the Year in Quigley Publishing Company 's annual poll.[ 8]
United States unless stated.
January 1935
11 January
18 January
23 January
25 January
27 January
31 January
February 1935
1 February
2 February
4 February
8 February
11 February
19 February
22 February
March 1935
8 March
16 March
22 March
25 March
28 March
30 March
April 1935
10 April
11 April
18 April
19 April
20 April
22 April
25 April
27 April
30 April
May 1935
9 May
11 May
13 May
16 May
18 May
26 May
31 May
June 1935
6 June
7 June
13 June
15 June
28 June
July 1935
6 July
8 July
12 July
15 July
18 July
19 July
20 July
26 July
31 July
August 1935
2 August
3 August
9 August
15 August
19 August
25 August
29 August
30 August
September 1935
5 September
6 September
7 September
8 September
9 September
14 September
19 September
20 September
24 September
25 September
October 1935
4 October
5 October
8 October
13 October
16 October
18 October
24 October
25 October
27 October
28 October
30 October
31 October
November 1935
2 November
4 November
8 November
14 November
15 November
21 November
22 November
26 November
30 November
December 1935
3 December
6 December
9 December
17 December
19 December
20 December
25 December
27 December
28 December
30 December
31 December
Notable films released in 1935 [ edit ]
See also: United States unless stated.
La Bandera , directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin (France )
Barbary Coast , starring Miriam Hopkins , Edward G. Robinson and Joel McCrea
Becky Sharp , starring Miriam Hopkins (first feature made in Three Strip Technicolor)
Black Fury , directed by Michael Curtiz , starring Paul Muni
The Black Room , starring Boris Karloff
Bordertown , starring Paul Muni and Bette Davis
Boys Will Be Boys , starring Will Hay (GB )
Brewster's Millions , starring Jack Buchanan and Lili Damita (GB )
The Bride Comes Home , starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray
Bride of Frankenstein , directed by James Whale , starring Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester
Broadway Melody of 1936 , starring Jack Benny , Eleanor Powell , Robert Taylor
The Call of the Wild , starring Clark Gable
Captain Blood , starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
Car of Dreams , starring John Mills (Britain )
Carnival in Flanders (La Kermesse héroïque), directed by Jacques Feyder (France )
Charlie Chan in Egypt , starring Warner Oland
China Seas , starring Clark Gable , Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery
Coal Face , a documentary directed by Alberto Cavalcanti (GB )
Crime and Punishment , directed by Josef von Sternberg , starring Peter Lorre
The Crime of Dr. Crespi , starring Erich Von Stroheim
The Crusades , directed by Cecil B. DeMille , starring Henry Wilcoxon and Loretta Young
Curly Top , starring Shirley Temple
Dandy Dick , starring Will Hay (GB )
Dangerous , starring Bette Davis and Franchot Tone
Dante's Inferno , starring Spencer Tracy and Claire Trevor
The Dark Angel , starring Fredric March and Merle Oberon
David Copperfield , directed by George Cukor , starring Edna May Oliver , Freddie Bartholomew , W. C. Fields
Death Drives Through , directed by Edward L. Cahn
Devdas (India )
The Devil Is a Woman , directed by Josef von Sternberg , starring Marlene Dietrich
Dinky , starring Jackie Cooper and Mary Astor
Doubting Thomas , starring Will Rogers
Drake of England , starring Matheson Lang and Jane Baxter (GB)
Escapade , starring William Powell
Escape Me Never , directed by Paul Czinner , starring Elisabeth Bergner (GB)
Every Night at Eight , starring George Raft and Alice Faye
The Farmer Takes a Wife , directed by Victor Fleming , starring Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda
Foreign Affaires , directed by and starring Tom Walls (Britain )
Four Hours to Kill! , starring Richard Barthelmess
Frisco Kid , starring James Cagney
Front Page Woman , directed by Michael Curtiz , starring Bette Davis and George Brent
G Men , starring James Cagney and Ann Dvorak
The Ghost Goes West , directed by René Clair , starring Robert Donat , Jean Parker , Eugene Pallette (GB )
The Gilded Lily , starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray
The Girl from 10th Avenue , starring Bette Davis
The Glass Key , starring George Raft
Go Into Your Dance , starring Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler
Goin' to Town , starring Mae West
Gold Diggers of 1935 , a Busby Berkeley musical starring Dick Powell and Gloria Stuart
The Good Fairy , starring Margaret Sullavan and Herbert Marshall
The Great Impersonation , directed by Alan Crosland , starring Edmund Lowe and Valerie Hobson
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 (Germany )
Man of the Moment , starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (GB )
Man on the Flying Trapeze , starring W. C. Fields
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo , starring Ronald Colman and Joan Bennett
Men of Action , starring Frankie Darro and Barbara Worth
Midshipman Easy , directed by Carol Reed , starring Hughie Green and Margaret Lockwood (GB )
A Midsummer Night's Dream , directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle
The Million Ryo Pot (Tange Sazen Yowa: Hyakuman Ryō no Tsubo) (Japan )
Les Misérables , starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton
Mississippi , starring Bing Crosby , W. C. Fields and Joan Bennett
Moscow Nights , directed by Anthony Asquith , starring Laurence Olivier (GB )
The Murder Man , starring Spencer Tracy
Music Hath Charms , directed by Thomas Bentley , starring Henry Hall (Britain )
Mutiny on the Bounty , starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton
The Mystery of Edwin Drood , starring Claude Rains and Valerie Hobson
Naughty Marietta , starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
The New Gulliver , directed by Aleksandr Ptushko , a stop motion-animated film (U.S.S.R. )
New Women (Xīn nǚxìng) (China )
A Night at the Opera , directed by Sam Wood , starring the Marx Brothers , Kitty Carlisle , Allan Jones
The Night Is Young , starring Ramon Navarro
No Limit , starring George Formby (GB )
No More Ladies , starring Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery
Our Little Girl , starring Shirley Temple
Page Miss Glory , starring Marion Davies , Pat O'Brien , Dick Powell , Mary Astor , and Patsy Kelly
Party Wire , starring Jean Arthur and Victor Jory
The Passing of the Third Floor Back , starring Conrad Veidt (GB )
Peter Ibbetson , directed by Henry Hathaway , starring Gary Cooper and Ann Harding
Police Chief Antek (Antek policmajster) (Poland )
Princess Tam Tam , starring Josephine Baker (France )
Private Worlds , starring Claudette Colbert , Charles Boyer , Joel McCrea
Professional Soldier , starring Victor McLaglen
Public Hero No. 1 , starring Lionel Barrymore and Jean Arthur
The Raven , starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi
Reckless , a musical starring Jean Harlow , William Powell , Franchot Tone
Red Passport , directed by Guido Brignone , starring Isa Miranda (Italy)
Remember Last Night? , directed by James Whale , 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 [ 9]
Royal Cavalcade , a historical film celebrating George V 's silver jubilee with six directors and a large ensemble cast (GB)
Ruggles of Red Gap , directed by Leo McCarey , starring Charles Laughton
The Scoundrel , starring Noël Coward
Scrooge (GB )
She , starring Randolph Scott
She Couldn't Take It , starring George Raft and Joan Bennett
She Married Her Boss , starring Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas
Sheela (Indian)
Shanghai , starring Charles Boyer and Loretta Young
The Silent Code , starring Kane Richmond and Blanche Mehaffey
So Red the Rose , starring Margaret Sullavan
Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm (Fengyun ernu) (China )
The Soul of the Accordion (El alma de bandoneón) (Argentina )
Special Agent , starring Bette Davis and George Brent
Splendor , starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea
Squibs directed by Henry Edwards and starring Betty Balfour (Britain )
Star of Midnight , starring William Powell and Ginger Rogers
Steamboat Round the Bend , starring Will Rogers
Villa for Sale (Ez a villa eladó) (Hungary )
The Village Squire , starring Vivien Leigh (GB )
Waterfront Lady , starring Ann Rutherford , Frank Albertson
The Wedding Night , starring Gary Cooper and Anna Sten
Werewolf of London , starring Henry Hull , Warner Oland , Valerie Hobson
Westward Ho , starring John Wayne
The Whole Town's Talking , starring Edward G. Robinson and Jean Arthur
Way Down East , starring Henry Fonda
Xin nü xing (directed by: Chusheng Cai ), starring: Ruan Lingyu , Naidong Wang and Junli Zheng .
The Youth of Maxim (Yunost Maksima) (USSR )
Animated short film series [ edit ]
January 2 – John Considine , American writer and actor
January 5 – Gerald R. Molen , American producer and actor
January 6 - Nino Tempo , American musician, singer 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 (died 2024)
January 30 – Elsa Martinelli , Italian actress (died 2017)
February 3 - Jeremy Kemp , English actor (died 2019)
February 17 – Christina Pickles , British-American actress
February 25 – Sally Jessy Raphael , American former tabloid talk show host
February 26
March 1 - Robert Conrad , American actor, singer and stuntman (died 2020)
March 11 – Nancy Kovack , American retired actress
March 15 – Judd Hirsch , American actor
March 18
March 19 - Burt Metcalfe , Canadian-American actor (died 2022)
March 22 – M. Emmet Walsh , American character actor and comedian (died 2024)
March 24 - Mary Berry , English television presenter
March 27 – Julian Glover , English actor
April 4 – Kenneth Mars , American actor and voice actor (died 2011 )[ 10]
April 5 – Enrique Álvarez Félix , Mexican actor (died 1996)
April 9
April 10 – 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 )[ 11]
April 20 – Mario Camus , Spanish director (died 2021)[ 12]
April 21 – Charles Grodin , American actor (died 2021)[ 13]
April 22 - Mario Machado , Chinese-American actor and broadcaster (died 2013)
April 23 - Franco Citti , Italian actor (died 2016)
April 27
April 29 - Lennie Weinrib , American actor, comedian and writer (died 2006 )
May 2
May 11 – Doug McClure , American actor (died 1995)
May 19 - David Hartman , American television personality and media host
May 25 - George Roubicek , Austrian actor
May 26 – Sheila Steafel , British actress (died 2019)
May 27
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 26 - Edwin Hodgeman , Australian actor
June 27 – Ramon Zamora , Filipino martial arts actor (died 2007)
June 29 - Keith Walker , American writer, producer and actor (died 1996)
July 1 – David Prowse , English bodybuilder, weightlifter and character actor (died 2020 )[ 16]
July 5 – Christian Doermer , German actor (died 2022)
July 8 - Steve Lawrence , American singer and actor (died 2024)
July 9 - Michael Williams , 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
July 22 - Stanley Ralph Ross , American writer and actor (died 2000)
July 25 - Barbara Harris , American actress (died 2018)
July 31 - Geoffrey Lewis , American actor (died 2015)
August 2 – Amidou , Moroccan-French actor (died 2013)
August 3 – Omero Antonutti , Italian actor and voice actor (died 2019 )[ 17]
August 4 - Carol Arthur , American actress (died 2020)
August 5
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 )[ 18]
August 15 – Jim Dale , English actor, director and singer
August 16 – Janet Henfrey , British actress
August 23 – Ronald Falk , Australian actor (died 2016 )
August 24 – Lando Buzzanca , Italian actor (died 2022 )
August 28 – Sonny Shroyer , American actor and singer
August 29 – William Friedkin , American director, producer and screenwriter (died 2023 )
August 31 – Rosenda Monteros , Mexican actress (died 2018 )
September 2 – Kenneth Tsang , Hong Kong actor (died 2022 )
September 9
September 21 - Henry Gibson , American actor, singer and songwriter (died 2009)
September 24 – 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 )[ 19]
October 4 - Eddie Applegate , American actor (died 2016)
October 18 – Peter Boyle , American actor (died 2006)
October 20 – Jerry Orbach , American actor and singer (died 2004)
October 24 – Rosamaria Murtinho , Brazilian actress
October 27 - Frank Adonis , American actor (died 2018)
November 7
November 8 - Alain Delon , French actor (died 2024)
November 13 - Tom Atkins , American actor
November 21 – Michael Chapman , American cinematographer (died 2020)
November 22 - Michael Callan , American actor (died 2022)
November 24 – Salim Khan , Indian Bollywood screenwriter
November 29
November 30 – Woody Allen , American comedian, director and actor[ 21]
December 2 - Hy Pyke , American character actor (died 2006)
December 5 – Basabi Nandi , Indian actress (died 2018 )
December 8
December 10 – Jaromil Jireš , Czechoslovak director (died 2001 )
December 14
December 18 - Rosemary Leach , British actress (died 2017)
December 21
December 24 - Tommy Dysart , Scottish-born Australian actor (died 2022)
December 28 - William Bassett , American actor
December 30 - Jack Riley , American actor, comedian and writer (died 2016 )
January 19 – Lloyd Hamilton , American comedy actor (born 1891 )[ 23]
February 7 – Frederick Warde , English Shakespearean actor (born 1851)
March 8 – Ruan Lingyu , Chinese silent film actress, committed suicide (born 1910)
March 20 - William "Stage" Boyd , American actor, (born 1886)
March 21 - William Conklin , American silent film actor, (born 1872)
March 23 – Florence Moore , American singer and silent film actress (born 1886)
May 4 – Junior Durkin , American actor, in a road accident (born 1915 )[ 24]
May 13 – Clarence Geldart , Canadian-American actor (born 1867 )
August 14 – Léonce Perret , French actor, director and producer (born 1880 )[ 25]
August 15 – Will Rogers , American humorist and actor (born 1879 )[ 26]
August 25 – Mack Swain , American actor (born 1876 )[ 27]
September 28 – William Kennedy Dickson , British film pioneer, cancer (born 1860)
December 16 – Thelma Todd , American actress, carbon monoxide poisoning (born 1906)
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