1932 in film

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The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1932
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 The Sign of the Cross Paramount $2,738,993<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2 The Kid from Spain United Artists $2,621,000<ref name=Argus1944>Template:Cite news</ref>
3 Emma MGM $1,409,000<ref name="Mannix">Template:Citation.</ref>
4 Hell Divers $1,244,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
5 Grand Hotel $1,235,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
6 Prosperity $1,166,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
7 Tarzan the Ape Man $1,112,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
8 Smilin' Through $1,004,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
9 Strange Interlude $957,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
10 Horse Feathers Paramount $945,000<ref name=GreenBriar>Template:Cite web</ref>

Events

The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

  • Sidney Kent leaves Paramount Pictures and joins Fox Film.
  • Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of RKO.
  • Jesse L. Lasky leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox.
  • Sam Katz leaves Paramount.
  • James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount.
  • Publix and Fox decentralization of cinemas.
  • New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by Motion Picture Theater Owners of America and Allied.
  • Joe Brandt retires from Columbia Pictures, joins World-Wide, and later resigns again.
  • Two Radio City theaters open, under direction of "Roxy", with coincident acquisition of the Rockefeller interests of 100,000 shares of RKO stock and 100,000 shares of RCA stock.
  • Experimentation with exclusive runs.

Other notable events include:

Top Ten Money Making Stars

Exhibitors selected the following as the Top Ten Money Making Stars for 1931–1932 in Quigley Publishing Company's first annual poll.<ref name="1932Poll">Template:Cite news</ref>

Rank Actor/Actress
1. Marie Dressler
2. Janet Gaynor
3. Joan Crawford
4. Charles Farrell
5. Greta Garbo
6. Norma Shearer
7. Wallace Beery
8. Clark Gable
9. Will Rogers
10. Joe E. Brown

Academy Awards

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The 5th Academy Awards were conducted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on November 18, 1932,<ref name="OscarsWebsite">Template:Cite web</ref> at a ceremony held at The Ambassador Hotel<ref name="OscarsWebsite" /> in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by Conrad Nagel.<ref name="OscarsWebsite" /> Films screened in Los Angeles between August 1, 1931, and July 31, 1932, were eligible to receive awards.<ref name="OscarsWebsite" />

Major awards:

Note: Prior to 1933 awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are no Best Actor, Best Actress or Best Director awards for 1932 films. The 1931–32 awards went to 1931 films.

Notable films

United States unless stated

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1932 film releases

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Serials

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The Shadow of the Eagle poster.

Ordered by release date:

Short film series

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Lobby card for the 1932 Laurel and Hardy short film Any Old Port!.

Ordered by release date:

  • Buster Keaton (1917–1923, 1934–1937, 1939–1941)
  • Laurel and Hardy (1927–1935); the team later made one instructional short subject, released nontheatrically in 1943
  • Our Gang (1922–1944) The series was officially called both Our Gang and Hal Roach's Rascals until 1932, when Our Gang became the sole title of the series.
  • Shirley Temple (1932–1934)

Animated short film series

Ordered by release date of the film series. This list only includes shorts released in 1932:

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

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References

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Bibliography

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