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This is an overview of '''1929 in film''', including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

==Top-grossing films (U.S.)==
The top ten 1929 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1929
|-
! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !!  Domestic rentals
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| '''1'''
|''[[The Broadway Melody]]''
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]
| $2,808,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation|title=The Eddie Mannix Ledger|publisher=Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study|place=Los Angeles, California}}.</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''2'''
|''[[The Cock-Eyed World]]''
| [[Fox Film]]
| $2,700,000<ref name=Finler>{{cite book |last=Finler |first=Joel Waldo |year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=978-1-903364-66-6 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA356#v=twopage 356–357]}}</ref> 
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| '''3'''
|''[[Gold Diggers of Broadway]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $2,540,000<ref name="warners">Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 7 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''4''' 
|''[[Sunny Side Up (1929 film)|Sunny Side Up]]''
| Fox Film
| $2,190,000<ref name=AllTime>{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=All-Time Film Rental Champs|date=October 15, 1990|page=M150}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''5'''
|''[[Rio Rita (1929 film)|Rio Rita]]''
| [[RKO Radio Pictures|RKO]]
| $1,775,000<ref name="rko">Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951', ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
|''[[On with the Show! (1929 film)|On with the Show!]]''
| rowspan="2"|Warner Bros.
| $1,741,000<ref name="warners"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''7'''
|''[[Say It with Songs]]''
| $1,715,000<ref name="warners"/> 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''8'''
|''[[Show Boat (1929 film)|Show Boat]]''
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $1,643,000<ref name="AllTime"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''9'''
|''[[The Desert Song (1929 film)|The Desert Song]]''
| Warner Bros.
| $1,549,000<ref name="warners"/> 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''10'''
|''[[The Hollywood Revue|The Hollywood Revue of 1929]]''
| MGM
| $1,527,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|}

==Events==
The days of the [[silent film]] are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized [[sound film|sound]] is on.
* February 1 – ''[[The Broadway Melody]]'' is released by [[MGM]] and becomes the first major musical film of the sound era, sparking a host of imitators as well as a series of ''Broadway Melody'' films that will run until [[1940 in film|1940]].
* February 18 – The first [[Academy Awards]], or Oscars, are announced for the year ended August 1, 1928.
* March 3 – [[William Fox (producer)|William Fox]] announces that he has taken control of [[Loews Inc.]], including its subsidiary [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], buying shares from [[Marcus Loew]]'s widow and sons and [[Nicholas Schenck]] for $50 million.  The acquisition eventually falls through.
* May 16 – The first Academy Awards are distributed at [[The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]] in Los Angeles.
* May 26 – [[Fox Movietone News|Fox Grandeur News]] is shown in [[Fox Film]]'s new widescreen [[70 mm Grandeur film]] format
* July 13 – The first all color talkie (in [[Technicolor]]), ''[[On with the Show (1929 film)|On with the Show]]'', is released by [[Warner Bros.]] who lead the way in a new color revolution just as they had ushered in that of the talkies.
* July 17 – [[William Fox (producer)|William Fox]] is badly injured in a car accident which kills his chauffeur.
* August 3 – ''[[The Cock-Eyed World]]'' beats every known gross for any box office attraction throughout the world with a reported first week gross of $173,391 at the [[Roxy Theatre (New York City)]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety96-1929-08#page/n248/mode/1up|title=Fox's World High, $173,391|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 14, 1929|page=9|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref>
* August 20 – ''[[Hallelujah! (film)|Hallelujah!]]'' is the first Hollywood film to contain an entire black cast.
* August 22 – First in the [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]]' animated short [[Silly Symphony]] series, ''[[The Skeleton Dance]]'', is released.
* September – [[Paramount Pictures]] acquires 49% of [[CBS]].
* October 24 – [[Jean Harlow]] signs a five-year, $100 per week contract with [[Howard Hughes]]. 
* October 30 – Entertainment newspaper ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' report that [[Wall Street Lays An Egg]] leading to many prominent showman and film stars losing money on their investments.
* November –  [[Warner Bros.]] gain complete control of [[First National Pictures]] buying [[Fox Film]]'s 36% stake for $10 million<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Film Daily]]|date=November 4, 1929|page=1|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdaily4950newy#page/1155/mode/1up|title=Fox Sells F.N. Holdings to Warners}}</ref>
* November 10 – Première of [[John Grierson]]'s [[documentary film]] ''[[Drifters (1929 film)|Drifters]]'' about [[North Sea]] [[herring]] [[fishermen]], made for the [[Empire Marketing Board]], effectively inaugurating the British [[Documentary Film Movement]]. (It debuts at the private Film Society in London on a double-bill with the U.K. première of [[Sergei Eisenstein|Eisenstein's]] ''[[The Battleship Potemkin]]''.)<ref>{{cite web|first=Jamie|last=Sexton|title=Drifters (1929)|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/439877/|work=screenonline|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=2011-03-07}}</ref>
* November 15 – U.K. release of ''[[Atlantic (film)|Atlantic]]'', a film about the [[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'']] which is one of the first British [[sound-on-film]] movies and, in its simultaneously-shot German-language version, the first to be released in Germany; also the first ''Titanic'' movie with sound.
* December – [[Anti-trust]] suits are filed against [[William Fox (producer)|William Fox]] and [[Warner Bros.]] by the [[US Department of Justice]] for Fox's acquisition of Loews and Warners' acquisition of the Stanley Corporation of America and First National.

==Academy Awards==
{{Main|2nd Academy Awards}}

The ''2nd Academy Awards'' honored the best films released between August 1, 1928, and July 31, 1929. They took place on April 3, 1930, at an awards banquet in the Cocoanut Grove of the [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|Ambassador Hotel]] in Los Angeles.

Most nominations: ''[[In Old Arizona]]'' ([[Fox Film Corporation]]) – 5

*[[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]: '''''[[The Broadway Melody]]''''' ([[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]])
*[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]: '''[[Frank Lloyd]]''' – ''[[The Divine Lady]]''
*[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: '''[[Warner Baxter]]''' – ''[[In Old Arizona]]''
*[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]: '''[[Mary Pickford]]''' – ''[[Coquette (film)|Coquette]]''

Most awards – no film won more than 1 award

Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years.  Best Picture, Actress and Director went to [[1930 in film|1930]] films.

==Notable films released in 1929==
[[List of American films of 1929|United States]] unless stated otherwise.

===A===
*''[[After the Verdict (film)|After the Verdict]]'' (lost), directed by [[Henrik Galeen]], starring [[Olga Chekhova]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[Alibi (1929 film)|Alibi]]'', directed by [[Roland West]], starring [[Chester Morris]] and [[Mae Busch]], based on the 1927 stage play ''Nightstick'' by [[Elaine Sterne Carrington]]
*''[[The Alley Cat (1929 film)|The Alley Cat]] (Nachtgestalten)'', directed by [[Hans Steinhoff]], starring [[Mabel Poulton]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]]/[[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[The American Prisoner (film)|The American Prisoner]]'', directed by [[Thomas Bentley (director)|Thomas Bentley]], starring [[Carl Brisson]] and [[Madeleine Carroll]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''Ang Mutya Ng Pamilihan (The Pearl of the Markets)'', directed by [[José Nepomuceno]] – ([[List of Philippine films before 1940|Philippines]])
*''[[Applause (1929 film)|Applause]]'', directed by [[Rouben Mamoulian]], starring [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]]
*''[[Arsenal (1929 film)|Arsenal]] (Арсенал)'', directed by [[Alexander Dovzhenko]] – ([[Soviet films of 1929|U.S.S.R.]])
*''[[Asphalt (1929 film)|Asphalt]]'', directed by [[Joe May]], starring [[Gustav Fröhlich]] – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[Atlantic (film)|Atlantic]]'', directed by [[E. A. Dupont]], starring [[Madeleine Carroll]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[The Awful Truth (1929 film)|The Awful Truth]]'' (lost), directed by [[Marshall Neilan]]

===B===
*''[[Berth Marks]]'', directed by [[Lewis R. Foster]], starring [[Laurel and Hardy]]
*''[[Big Business (1929 film)|Big Business]]'', directed by [[James W. Horne]] and [[Leo McCarey]], starring [[Laurel and Hardy]]
*''[[Big Time (1929 film)|Big Time]]'', directed by [[Kenneth Hawks]], starring [[Lee Tracy]]
*''[[Black and Tan (film)|Black and Tan]]'', directed by [[Dudley Murphy]], starring [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Fredi Washington]]
*''[[Blackmail (1929 film)|Blackmail]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], based on the 1928 [[Blackmail (play)|stage play]] by [[Charles Bennett (screenwriter)|Charles Bennett]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[Black Waters]]'' (lost), directed by [[Marshall Neilan]]
*''[[The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929 film)|The Bridge of San Luis Rey]]'', directed by [[Charles Brabin]], starring [[Lili Damita]]
*''[[Broadway (1929 film)|Broadway]]'', directed by [[Paul Fejos]], starring [[Evelyn Brent]]
*''[[The Broadway Melody]]'', directed by [[Harry Beaumont]], starring [[Charles King (musical actor)|Charles King]], [[Anita Page]] and [[Bessie Love]]
*''[[Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)|Bulldog Drummond]]'', directed by [[F. Richard Jones]], starring [[Ronald Colman]]

===C===
*''[[Cagliostro (1929 film)|Cagliostro]]'', directed by [[Richard Oswald]], based on the 1929 novel by [[Johannes von Guenther]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 337">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 337. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[List of German films of 1929|Germany]])
*''[[The Canary Murder Case (film)|The Canary Murder Case]]'', directed by [[Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker)|Malcolm St. Clair]], starring [[William Powell]], [[Louise Brooks]] and [[Jean Arthur]]
*''[[Chamber of Horrors (1929 film)|Chamber of Horrors]]'', directed by [[Walter Summers]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 337"/> – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[The Charlatan (1929 film)|The Charlatan]]'', directed by [[George Melford]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 338">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 338. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[Un Chien Andalou]] (An Andalusian Dog)'', directed by [[Luis Buñuel]] and [[Salvador Dalí]] – ([[French films of 1929|France]])
*''[[Children of the Ritz]]'' (lost), directed by [[John Francis Dillon (director)|John Francis Dillon]]
*''[[The Clue of the New Pin (1929 film)|The Clue of the New Pin]]'', directed by [[Arthur Maude]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[The Cocoanuts]]'', directed by [[Robert Florey]] and [[Joseph Santley]], starring the [[Marx Brothers]]
*''[[A Cottage on Dartmoor]]'', directed by [[Anthony Asquith]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[Coquette (film)|Coquette]]'', Directed by [[Sam Taylor (director)|Sam Taylor]], starring [[Mary Pickford]], [[Johnny Mack Brown]] and [[Matt Moore (actor)|Matt Moore]]

===D===
*''[[Dangerous Curves (1929 film)|Dangerous Curves]]'', directed by [[Lothar Mendes]], starring [[Clara Bow]] and [[Richard Arlen]]
*''[[Darkened Rooms]]'', directed by [[Louis J. Gasnier]], starring [[Evelyn Brent]] and [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]]
*''[[Desert Nights]]'', directed by [[William Nigh]], starring [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]], [[Ernest Torrence]], and [[Mary Nolan]]
*''[[The Desert Song (1929 film)|The Desert Song]]'', directed by [[Roy Del Ruth]]
*''[[Devil-May-Care]]'', directed by [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]], starring [[Ramón Novarro]]
*''[[Diary of a Lost Girl]]'' (''Tagebuch einer Verlorenen''), directed by [[G. W. Pabst]], starring [[Louise Brooks]] – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[Disraeli (1929 film)|Disraeli]]'', directed by [[Alfred E. Green]], starring [[George Arliss]] and [[Joan Bennett]]
*''[[Drifters (1929 film)|Drifters]]'', documentary by [[John Grierson]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[Dynamite (1929 film)|Dynamite]]'', directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]], starring [[Conrad Nagel]] and [[Kay Johnson]]

===E===
*''[[Eternal Love (1929 film)|Eternal Love]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[John Barrymore]]

===F===
*''[[Fancy Baggage]]'' (lost), directed by [[John G. Adolfi]], starring [[Audrey Ferris]] and [[Myrna Loy]]
*''[[Father Vojtech (1929 film)|Father Vojtech]] (Páter Vojtěch)'', directed by [[Martin Frič]] – ([[List of Czech films of the 1920s|Czechoslovakia]])
*''[[Finis Terræ]]'', directed by [[Jean Epstein]] – ([[French films of 1929|France]])
*''[[The Flying Fleet]]'', directed by [[George Hill (director)|George Hill]], starring [[Ramón Novarro]], [[Ralph Graves]] and [[Anita Page]]
*''[[The Flying Scotsman (1929 film)|The Flying Scotsman]]'', directed by [[Castleton Knight]], starring [[Ray Milland]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[Footlights and Fools]]'' (lost), directed by [[William A. Seiter]], starring [[Colleen Moore]] and [[Fredric March]]
*''[[The Four Feathers (1929 film)|The Four Feathers]]'', directed by [[Merian C. Cooper]], starring [[William Powell]], [[Richard Arlen]], [[Fay Wray]], [[Clive Brook]] and [[Noah Beery Sr.]]
*''[[Fox Movietone Follies of 1929]]'' (lost), directed by [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]]
*''[[Fräulein Else (1929 film)|Fräulein Else]] (Miss Else)'', directed by [[Paul Czinner]], starring [[Elisabeth Bergner]] – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])

===G===
*''[[General Crack]]'', directed by [[Alan Crosland]], starring [[John Barrymore]]
*''[[The General Line]] (Staroye i novoye)'', directed by [[Grigori Aleksandrov]] and [[Sergei Eisenstein]] – ([[Soviet films of 1929|U.S.S.R.]])
*''[[Glorifying the American Girl]]'', directed by John W. Harkrider and [[Millard Webb]], starring [[Mary Eaton]]
*''[[Gold Diggers of Broadway]]'' (lost), directed by [[Roy Del Ruth]]
*''[[The Great Gabbo]]'', directed by [[James Cruze]], starring [[Erich von Stroheim]] and [[Betty Compson]]
*''[[The Greene Murder Case (film)|The Greene Murder Case]]'', directed by [[Frank Tuttle]], starring [[William Powell]]

===H===
*''[[Hallelujah (film)|Hallelujah]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]]
*''[[Hardboiled Rose]]'', directed by [[F. Harmon Weight]], starring [[Myrna Loy]]
*''[[Hearts in Dixie]]'', directed by [[Paul Sloane]], starring [[Stepin Fetchit]] and [[Clarence Muse]]
*''[[Hell's Heroes (film)|Hell's Heroes]]'', directed by [[William Wyler]], starring [[Charles Bickford]]
*''[[High Treason (1929 British film)|High Treason]]'', directed by [[Maurice Elvey]], starring [[Jameson Thomas]] and [[Benita Hume]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[His Glorious Night]]'', directed by [[Lionel Barrymore]], starring [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]]
*''[[The Hole in the Wall (1929 film)|The Hole in the Wall]]'', directed by [[Robert Florey]], starring [[Edward G. Robinson]] and [[Claudette Colbert]]
*''[[The Hollywood Revue of 1929]]'', directed by [[Charles Reisner]], starring [[Conrad Nagel]] and [[Jack Benny]]
*''[[Hot for Paris]]'' (lost), directed by [[Raoul Walsh]], starring [[Victor McLaglen]]
*''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]] (Der Hund von Baskerville)'', directed by [[Richard Oswald]], based on the 1902 [[The Hound of the Baskervilles|novel]] by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 338"/> – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[House of Horror (film)|House of Horror]]'' (lost), directed by [[Benjamin Christensen]], starring [[Thelma Todd]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 340. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[The House of Secrets (1929 film)|The House of Secrets]]'' (lost), directed by Edmund Lawrence, based on the 1926 [[The House of Secrets (novel)|novel]] by [[Sydney Horler]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 341. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>

===I===
*''[[The Informer (1929 film)|The Informer]]'', directed by [[Arthur Robison]], starring [[Lya De Putti]] and [[Lars Hanson]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[The Iron Mask]]'', directed by [[Allan Dwan]], starring [[Douglas Fairbanks]]

===K===
*''[[The Kiss (1929 film)|The Kiss]]'', [[Jacques Feyder]], starring [[Greta Garbo]] and [[Conrad Nagel]]
*''[[Kitty (1929 film)|Kitty]]'', directed by [[Victor Saville]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[A Knight in London]] (Eine Nacht in London)'', directed by [[Lupu Pick]], starring [[Lilian Harvey]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]]/[[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])

===L===
*''[[The Lady Fare]]'', directed by William Watson, screenplay by [[Spencer Williams Jr.]]
*''[[The Lady Lies (film)|The Lady Lies]]'', directed by [[Hobart Henley]], starring [[Walter Huston]] and [[Claudette Colbert]]
*''[[Lady of the Pavements]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], starring [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]] and [[Lupe Vélez]]
*''Laila'', directed by [[George Schnéevoigt]], starring [[Mona Mårtenson]]
*''[[Land Without Women]]'', directed by [[Carmine Gallone]], starring [[Conrad Veidt]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Last Performance]]'', directed by [[Paul Fejos]], starring [[Conrad Veidt]] and [[Mary Philbin]]
*''[[The Letter (1929 film)|The Letter]]'', directed by [[Jean de Limur]], starring [[Jeanne Eagels]]
*''[[The Locked Door]]'', directed by [[George Fitzmaurice]], starring [[Rod La Rocque]] and [[Barbara Stanwyck]]
*''[[The Love Parade]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[Maurice Chevalier]] and [[Jeanette MacDonald]]
*''[[Lucky Star (1929 film)|Lucky Star]]'', directed by [[Frank Borzage]], starring [[Janet Gaynor]] and [[Charles Farrell]]
*''[[Ludwig II, King of Bavaria]] (Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern)'', starring and directed by [[William Dieterle]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])

===M===
*''[[Madame X (1929 film)|Madame X]]'', directed by [[Lionel Barrymore]], starring [[Ruth Chatterton]] and [[Lewis Stone]]
*''[[Man with a Movie Camera]] (Chelovek s kinoapparatom)'', documentary directed by [[Dziga Vertov]] – ([[Soviet films of 1929|Ukrainian SSR]])
*''[[The Manxman (1929 film)|The Manxman]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[Marianne (1929 musical film)|Marianne]]'', directed by [[Robert Z. Leonard]], starring [[Marion Davies]]
*''[[Married in Hollywood]]'' (lost), directed by Marcel Silver
*''[[Melody of the Heart]]'', directed by [[Hanns Schwarz]], starring [[Dita Parlo]] and [[Willy Fritsch]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin|The Miraculous Life of Thérèse Martin]] (La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin)'', directed by [[Julien Duvivier]] – ([[French films of 1929|France]])
*''[[Les Mystères du Château de Dé]] (The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice)'', starring and directed by [[Man Ray]] – ([[French films of 1929|France]])
*''[[The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu]]'', directed by [[Rowland V. Lee]], starring [[Warner Oland]], [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]] and [[Jean Arthur]], based on the 1913 novel ''[[The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu]]'' by [[Sax Rohmer]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 342">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 342. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[The Mysterious Island (1929 film)|The Mysterious Island]]'', directed by [[Lucien Hubbard]], starring [[Lionel Barrymore]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 343. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>

===N===
*''[[Navy Blues (1929 film)|Navy Blues]]'', directed by [[Clarence Brown]], starring [[William Haines]], [[Anita Page]] and [[Karl Dane]]
*''[[The New Babylon]] (Novyy Vavilon)'', directed by [[Grigori Kozintsev]] and [[Leonid Trauberg]] – ([[Soviet films of 1929|USSR]])
*''[[New York Nights (film)|New York Nights]]'', directed by [[Lewis Milestone]], starring [[Norma Talmadge]] and [[Gilbert Roland]]

===O===
*''[[On with the Show! (1929 film)|On with the Show!]]'', directed by [[Alan Crosland]]
*''[[The Organist at St. Vitus' Cathedral]] (Varhaník u sv. Víta)'', directed by [[Martin Frič]] – ([[List of Czech films of the 1920s|Czechoslovakia]])

===P===
*''[[Pandora's Box (1929 film)|Pandora's Box]]'' (''Die Büchse der Pandora''), directed by [[G. W. Pabst]], starring [[Louise Brooks]] – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[Paris (1929 film)|Paris]]'' (lost), directed by [[Clarence G. Badger]], starring [[Irène Bordoni]]
*''Patria Amore'', starring Julian Manansala – ([[List of Philippine films before 1940|Philippines]])
*''[[Piccadilly (film)|Piccadilly]]'', directed by [[E. A. Dupont]], starring [[Anna May Wong]] and [[Gilda Gray]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[Pointed Heels]]'', directed by [[A. Edward Sutherland]], starring [[William Powell]] and [[Fay Wray]]

===Q===
*''[[Queen Kelly]]'', directed by [[Erich von Stroheim]], starring [[Gloria Swanson]]

===R===
*''[[Rain (1929 film)|Rain]]'', documentary directed by [[Mannus Franken]] and [[Joris Ivens]] – ([[List of Dutch films of the 1920s|Netherlands]])
*''Rasputin'', directed by [[Max Neufeld]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 344. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Redskin (film)|Redskin]]'', directed by [[Victor Schertzinger]], starring [[Richard Dix]]
*''[[The Rescue (1929 film)|The Rescue]]'', directed by [[Herbert Brenon]], starring [[Ronald Colman]] and [[Lili Damita]]
*''[[Resia Boroboedoer]] (Secret of Borobudur)'' – ([[List of films of the Dutch East Indies|Dutch East Indies]])
*''[[The Return of the Rat]]'', directed by [[Graham Cutts]], starring [[Ivor Novello]] and [[Isabel Jeans]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929 film)|The Return of Sherlock Holmes]]'', directed by [[Basil Dean]], starring [[Clive Brook]]
*''[[Rio Rita (1929 film)|Rio Rita]]'', directed by [[Luther Reed]], starring [[Bebe Daniels]] and [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]]
*''[[The River (1929 film)|The River]]'' (lost), directed by [[Frank Borzage]], starring [[Charles Farrell]] and [[Mary Duncan]]
*''[[The Runaway Princess]]'', directed by [[Anthony Asquith]] and [[Fritz Wendhausen]], starring [[Mady Christians]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]]/[[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])

===S===
*''Sa Landas ng Pag-ibig (The Path of Love)'', directed by [[José Nepomuceno]] – ([[List of Philippine films before 1940|Philippines]])
*''[[Sally (1929 film)|Sally]]'', directed by [[John Francis Dillon (director)|John Francis Dillon]], starring [[Marilyn Miller]], [[Joe E. Brown]] and [[Pert Kelton]]
*''[[Salute (1929 film)|Salute]]'', directed by [[John Ford]], and starring [[George O'Brien (actor)|George O'Brien]], [[Helen Chandler]] and [[Stepin Fetchit]]
*''[[The Saturday Night Kid]]'', directed by [[A. Edward Sutherland]], starring [[Clara Bow]] and [[Jean Arthur]]
*''[[Seven Footprints to Satan]]'', written and directed by [[Benjamin Christensen]], starring [[Thelma Todd]] and [[Creighton Hale]]
*''[[Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929 film)|Seven Keys to Baldpate]]'', directed by [[Reginald Barker]], starring [[Richard Dix]], based on the 1913 [[Seven Keys to Baldpate (novel)|novel]] by [[Earl Derr Biggers]] and [[Seven Keys to Baldpate (play)|stage play]] by [[George M. Cohan]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 345. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[Show Boat (1929 film)|Show Boat]]'', directed by [[Harry A. Pollard]], starring [[Laura La Plante]] and [[Joseph Schildkraut]], based on the 1926 [[Show Boat (novel)|novel]] by [[Edna Ferber]]
*''[[The Show of Shows]]'', directed by [[John G. Adolfi]]
*''[[Side Street (1929 film)|Side Street]]'', directed by [[Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker)|Malcolm St. Clair]], starring the [[Moore Brothers (disambiguation)|Moore Brothers]]
*''[[The Silent House (1929 film)|The Silent House]]'', directed by [[Walter Forde]], based on the 1928 novel by [[John G. Brandon]]
*''[[The Singing Brakeman (film)|The Singing Brakeman]]'', a short featuring [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]
*''[[The Single Standard]]'', directed by [[John S. Robertson]], starring [[Greta Garbo]], [[Nils Asther]] and [[Johnny Mack Brown]]
*''[[The Skeleton Dance]]'', a [[Walt Disney]] animated short
*''[[Smilin' Guns]]'', directed by [[Henry MacRae]], starring [[Hoot Gibson]]
*''[[Spite Marriage]]'', directed by [[Edward Sedgwick]] and Buster Keaton, starring [[Buster Keaton]]
*''[[St. Louis Blues (1929 film)|St. Louis Blues]]'', directed by [[Dudley Murphy]], starring [[Bessie Smith]]
*''[[Den starkaste]] (The Strongest)'', directed by Axel Lindblom and [[Alf Sjöberg]] – ([[List of Swedish films before 1930|Sweden]])
*''[[Stark Mad]]'' (lost), directed by [[Lloyd Bacon]], starring [[H. B. Warner]] and [[Louise Fazenda]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 346. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[Street Girl]]'', directed by [[Wesley Ruggles]], starring [[Betty Compson]]
*''[[Sunny Side Up (1929 film)|Sunny Side Up]]'', directed by [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]], starring [[Janet Gaynor]] and [[Charles Farrell]]
*''[[Syncopation (1929 film)|Syncopation]]'', directed by [[Bert Glennon]]

===T===
*''[[The Taming of the Shrew (1929 film)|The Taming of the Shrew]]'', directed by [[Sam Taylor (director)|Sam Taylor]], starring [[Mary Pickford]] and [[Douglas Fairbanks]]
*''[[The Thirteenth Chair (1929 film)|The Thirteenth Chair]]'', directed by [[Tod Browning]], starring [[Conrad Nagel]] and [[Leila Hyams]], based on the 1916 stage play by [[Bayard Veiller]]
*''[[This Thing Called Love (1929 film)|This Thing Called Love]]'' (lost), directed by [[Paul L. Stein]], starring [[Edmund Lowe]] and [[Constance Bennett]]
*''[[The Three Kings (film)|The Three Kings]] (Ein Mädel und drei Clowns)'', directed by [[Hans Steinhoff]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]]/[[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[The Three Passions]]'', directed by [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]], starring [[Alice Terry]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[Thunder (1929 film)|Thunder]]'' (lost), directed by [[William Nigh]], starring [[Lon Chaney]] and [[Phyllis Haver]]
*''[[Thunderbolt (1929 film)|Thunderbolt]]'', directed by [[Josef von Sternberg]], starring [[George Bancroft (actor)|George Bancroft]], [[Fay Wray]] and [[Richard Arlen]]
*''[[A Throw of Dice]]'', directed by [[Franz Osten]] – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]]/[[British films of 1929|GB]]/[[List of Indian films|India]])
*''[[The Trespasser (1929 film)|The Trespasser]]'', directed by [[Edmund Goulding]], starring [[Gloria Swanson]] and [[Robert Ames (actor)|Robert Ames]]
*''[[Turksib (film)|Turksib]]'', documentary directed by Viktor Alexandrovitsh Turin – ([[Soviet films of 1929|U.S.S.R.]])

===U===
*''[[The Unholy Night]]'', directed by [[Lionel Barrymore]], starring [[Ernest Torrence]] and [[Roland Young]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 347. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>

===V===
*''[[The Vagabond Lover]]'', directed by [[Marshall Neilan]], starring [[Rudy Vallée]] and [[Marie Dressler]]
*''[[The Virginian (1929 film)|The Virginian]]'', directed by [[Victor Fleming]], starring [[Gary Cooper]], [[Walter Huston]], [[Richard Arlen]] and [[Mary Brian]]

===W===
*''[[Wait and See (1928 film)|Wait and See]]'', starring and directed by [[Walter Forde]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[Wall Street (1929 film)|Wall Street]]'', directed by [[Roy William Neill]], starring [[Ralph Ince]] and [[Aileen Pringle]]
*''[[Welcome Danger]]'', directed by [[Clyde Bruckman]], starring [[Harold Lloyd]]
*''[[Where East Is East]]'', directed by [[Tod Browning]], starring [[Lon Chaney]], [[Lupe Vélez]] and [[Estelle Taylor]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 348">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 348. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929 film)|The White Hell of Pitz Palu]]'' (''Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü''), directed by [[Arnold Fanck]] and [[G. W. Pabst]], starring [[Leni Riefenstahl]] – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[Why Be Good?]]'', directed by [[William A. Seiter]], starring [[Colleen Moore]] and [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]]
*''[[Wild Orchids (film)|Wild Orchids]]'', directed by [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]], starring [[Greta Garbo]], [[Lewis Stone]] and [[Nils Asther]]
*''[[Wolf Song]]'', directed by [[Victor Fleming]], starring [[Gary Cooper]], [[Lupe Vélez]] and [[Louis Wolheim]]
*''[[Woman in the Moon]]'' (''Frau im Mond''), directed by [[Fritz Lang]] – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[The Woman in White (1929 film)|The Woman in White]]'', directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]], starring [[Blanche Sweet]], based on the 1859 [[The Woman in White (novel)|novel]] by [[Wilkie Collins]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 348"/> – ([[British films of 1929|GB]])
*''[[Wonder of Women]]'' (lost), directed by [[Clarence Brown]], starring [[Lewis Stone]] and [[Leila Hyams]]
*''[[The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna]] (Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna)'', directed by [[Hanns Schwarz]] – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[Words and Music (1929 film)|Words and Music]]'', directed by [[James Tinling]]
*''[[The Wrecker (1929 film)|The Wrecker]] (Der Würger)'', directed by [[Géza von Bolváry]] – ([[British films of 1929|GB]]/[[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])

==Serials==
*''[[The Ace of Scotland Yard]]'', 10 chapters (215 minutes)
*''[[The Black Book (serial)|The Black Book]]'', 10 chapters
*''[[The Diamond Master]]'', 10 chapters
*''[[The Fatal Warning]]'', 10 chapters (200 min)
*''[[The Fire Detective]]'', 10 chapters
*''[[The King of the Kongo]]'', 10 chapters (213 min)
*''[[The Pirate of Panama]]'', 12 chapters
*''[[Queen of the Northwoods]]'', 10 chapters
*''[[Tarzan the Tiger]]'', 15 chapters (266 min)

==Short film series==
*''[[Buster Keaton]]'' (1917–1941)
*''[[Our Gang]]'' ([[1922 in film|1922]]–[[1944 in film|1944]])
*''[[Laurel and Hardy]]'' (1921–[[1943 in film|1943]])

==Animated short film series==
*''[[Felix the Cat]]'' ([[1919 in film|1919]]–[[1936 in film|1936]])
*''[[Aesop's Film Fables]]'' ([[1921 in film|1921]]–[[1933 in film|1933]])
*''[[Krazy Kat]]'' ([[1925 in film|1925]]–[[1940 in film|1940]])
*''[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]''
** ''Homeless Homer''
** ''Yanky Clippers''
** ''Hen Fruit''
** ''Sick Cylinders''
** ''Hold ‘em Ozzie''
** ''The Suicide Sheik''
** ''Alpine Antics''
** ''The Lumberjack''
** ''The Fishing Fool''
** ''Stage Stunts''
** ''Stripes and Stars''
** ''The Wicked West''
** ''Ice Man's Luck''
** ''Nuts and Jolts''
** ''Jungle Jingles''
** ''Weary Willies''
** ''Saucy Sausages''
*''[[Koko the Clown|Inkwell Imps]]'' ([[1927 in film|1927]]–1929)
*''[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Mickey Mouse]]''
** ''The Barn Dance''
** ''The Opry House''
** ''When The Cat's Away''
** ''The Barnyard Battle''
** ''The Plow Boy''
** ''The Karnival Kid''
** ''Mickey's Follies''
** ''Mickey's Choo-Choo''
** ''[[The Jazz Fool]]''
** ''Jungle Rhythm''
** ''The Haunted House''
** ''[[Wild Waves]]''
*''[[Silly Symphonies]]''
** ''The Skeleton Dance''
** ''El Terrible Toreador''
** ''Springtime''
** ''Hell's Bells''
** ''The Merry Dwarfs''
*''[[Screen Songs]]'' (1929–[[1938 in film|1938]])
*''[[Talkartoons]]'' (1929–[[1932 in film|1932]])

==Births==
*January 1 – [[Haruo Nakajima]], Japanese actor (died 2017)<ref>{{cite book|author=Donald F. Glut|title=Carbon Dates: A Day by Day Almanac of Paleo Anniversaries and Dino Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FcATAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-0592-3|page=3}}</ref>
* January 3 – [[Sergio Leone]], Italian director, producer and screenwriter (died 1989)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gaetana Marrone|title=Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69ey6Z-05fMC&pg=PA1015|year=2007|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-390-3|pages=1015}}</ref>
* January 7 – [[Terry Moore (actress)|Terry Moore]], American actress<ref>{{cite book|author=Cleveland Amory|title=International Celebrity Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bivTAAAAMAAJ|year=1959|publisher=Celebrity Register.|page=529}}</ref>
* January 8 – [[Saeed Jaffrey]], Indian-born actor (died 2015)<ref>{{cite news | title = Saeed Jaffrey, actor – obituary | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11998228/Saeed-Jaffrey-actor-obituary.html |work= The Telegraph | date = 16 November 2015 | access-date = 16 November 2015}}</ref>
* January 9 – [[Ulu Grosbard]], Belgian-American theatre and film director and film producer (died 2012)
* January 13 - [[Shigeru Kōyama]], Japanese actor (died 2017)
* January 20 – [[Arte Johnson]], American actor (died 2019)
* January 27 – [[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]], British actor and screenwriter
* January 31 – [[Jean Simmons]], English-American actress (died 2010)
* February 4 – [[Jerry Adler]], American actor (died 2025)
* February 8  – [[Claude Rich]], French actor (died 2017)
* February 10 – [[Jerry Goldsmith]], American composer (died 2004)
* February 13 - [[Lee Fierro]], American actress (died 2020)
* February 14
**[[Roman Kłosowski]], Polish actor (died 2018)
**[[Allan Miller]], American actor and director
** [[Vic Morrow]], American actor (died 1982)
* February 17 - [[Patricia Routledge]], English actress and singer (died 2025)
* February 22
**[[James Hong]], American actor, voice actor, producer and director of Chinese descent
**[[Donald May]], American actor (died 2022)
**[[Rebecca Schull]], American actress
* [[March 4]] - [[Columba Domínguez]], Mexican actress (died 2014)
* March 10 - [[Harry Bugin]], American actor and musician (died 2005)
* March 11 – [[Timothy Carey]], American actor (died 1994)
* March 13 – [[Peter Breck]], American actor (died 2012)
* March 16 - [[Nadja Tiller]], Austrian actress (died 2023)
* March 23 – [[Mark Rydell]], American actor, director and producer
* March 24 – [[Pat Renella]], American actor (died 2012)
* March 27
**[[Anne Ramsey]], American actress (died 1988)
**[[Claire Maurier]], French actress
* March 30 - [[Richard Dysart]], American actor (died 2015)
* March 31 – [[Lee Patterson]], Canadian actor (died 2007)
* April 1
**[[Barbara Bryne]], British-American actress (died 2023)
** [[Jonathan Haze]], American actor, producer and screenwriter (died 2024)
**[[Jane Powell]], American actress, singer and dancer (died 2021)<ref>{{cite book|author=Kristine Helen Burns|title=Women and Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQcKAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-1-57356-309-3|page=538}}</ref>
* April 5 – [[Nigel Hawthorne]], English actor (died 2001)<ref>{{cite book|author=Kathleen Riley|title=Nigel Hawthorne on Stage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucs-FWpTjp8C&pg=PA9|date=27 April 2005|publisher=Univ of Hertfordshire Press|isbn=978-1-902806-31-0|pages=9}}</ref>
* April 6 - [[Joi Lansing]], American actress (died 1972)
* April 10
**[[Liz Sheridan]], American actress (died 2022)
**[[Max von Sydow]], Swedish actor (died 2020)
* April 11 - [[Jack Betts]], American actor (died 2025)
* April 12 - [[Elspet Gray]], Scottish actress (died 2013)
* April 15 – [[Mariano Laurenti]], Italian director and actor (died 2022)
* April 17 – [[Michael Forest]], American actor
* April 28
**[[Bhanu Athaiya]], Indian costume designer (died 2020)
**[[Evangelina Elizondo]], Mexican actress and singer (died 2017)
* May 2 – [[Eddie Garcia]], Filipino actor (died 2019)
* May 4 – [[Audrey Hepburn]], British actress (died 1993)
* May 5 – [[Ilene Woods]], American actress and singer (died 2010)
* May 8 – [[Miyoshi Umeki]], Japanese singer and actress (died 2007)
* May 10 - [[George Coe]], American actor (died 2015)
* May 11 - [[Margaret Kerry]], American actress and director
* May 17 – [[Miriam Byrd-Nethery]], American actress (died 2003)
* May 23 – [[Paul Wexler (actor)|Paul Wexler]], American actor (died 1979)
* May 24 - [[Brian Wenzel]], Australian actor, comedian, director and singer (died 2024)
* May 25 – [[Ann Robinson]], American actress
* May 26 – [[Lloyd Reckord]], Jamaican actor and filmmaker (died 2015)
* May 28 – [[Shane Rimmer]], Canadian actor (died 2019)
* May 31
**[[Menahem Golan]], Israeli director and producer (died 2014)
**[[Fakhri Khorvash]], Iranian actress (died 2023)
* June 3 – [[Chuck Barris]], American game show host (died 2017)
* June 8 – [[Gastone Moschin]], Italian actor (died 2017)
* June 16 – [[Gerson da Cunha]], Indian actor (died 2022)
* June 17 – [[James Shigeta]], American actor, singer and musician of Japanese descent (died 2014)
* June 19 - [[Thelma Barlow]], English actress and writer
* June 20 – [[Bonnie Bartlett]], American actress
* June 21 - [[John Brandon (actor)|John Brandon]], American actor (died 2014)
* June 23 – [[Claude Goretta]], Swiss producer and director (died 2019)
* July 5 – [[Katherine Helmond]], American actress (died 2019)
* July 11 – [[David Kelly (actor)|David Kelly]], Irish actor (died 2012)
* July 21
**[[Asta Vihandi]], Estonian opera singer, actress and dancer (died 1993)
**[[John Woodvine]], English actor (died 2025)
**[[Jules Walter]], British actor (died 2025)
* July 22 - [[Perry Lopez]], American actor (died 2008)
* July 23 – [[Maya Buzinova]], Russian animator (died 2022)
* July 30 - [[Sid Krofft]], Canadian puppeteer and film producer
* July 31
**[[Pat Cooper]], American actor and comedian (died 2023)
**[[Don Murray (actor)|Don Murray]], American actor (died 2024)
* August 1 – [[Camillo Milli]], Italian actor (died 2022)
* August 12 - [[John Bluthal]], Australian actor and comedian (died 2018)
* August 15 – [[George Martin (American actor)|George Martin]], American actor (died 2010)
* August 21 
**[[Vija Artmane]], Latvian actress (died 2008)
**[[John McMartin]], American actor (died 2016)
* August 28 – [[Ken Gampu]], South African actor (died 2003)
* August 29 - [[Robert W. Castle]], American actor (died 2012)
* September 1 - [[Tomisaburo Wakayama]], Japanese actor (died 1992)
* September 2
**[[Hal Ashby]], American director (died 1988)
**[[Victor Spinetti]], Welsh actor, author, poet and raconteur (died 2012)
* September 3 – [[Irene Papas]], Greek actress (died 2022)
* September 4 – [[Nina Urgant]], Russian actress (died 2021)
* September 5
**[[Edward S. Feldman]], American producer (died 2020)
**[[Bob Newhart]], American actor and comedian (died 2024)
* September 11 – [[Eve Brent]], American actress (died 2011)
* September 18 – [[Elizabeth Spriggs]], English actress (died 2008)
* September 20
**[[Kurt Kren]], Austrian experimental director (died 1998)
**[[Hans von Borsody]], German actor (died 2013)
**[[Vittorio Taviani]], Italian director (died 2018)
* September 21
**[[Héctor Alterio]], Argentine actor
**[[Elsa Raven]], American character actress (died 2020)
* September 22 – [[Maria Charles]], English actress, director and comedian (died 2023)
* September 25 – [[Ronnie Barker]], English actor and comedian (died 2005)
* September 28 - [[Frances Taylor Davis]], American dancer and actress (died 2018)
* October 2 – [[Moses Gunn]], American actor (died 1993)
* October 4 - [[Scotty Beckett]], American actor (died 1968)
* October 6 – [[Bruno Cremer]], French actor (died 2010)
* October 14 – [[Norbert Gastell]], German voice actor (died 2015)
* October 15 - [[Witold Sobociński]], Polish actor (died 2018)
* October 16
**[[Jane Griffiths (actress)|Jane Griffiths]], English actress (died 1975)
**[[Fernanda Montenegro]], Brazilian actress
*October 20
*[[Colin Jeavons]], British actor
* October 24 – [[Clifford Rose]], English actor (died 2021)
* October 28
**[[Jack Hedley]], British actor (died 2021)
**[[Joan Plowright]], English actress (died 2025)
* October 31 – [[Bud Spencer]], Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (died 2016)
* November 6 – [[June Squibb]], American actress
* November 12
**[[Etchika Choureau]], French actress (died 2022)
**[[Grace Kelly]], American-Monégasque actress (died 1982)<ref>{{cite web |title=Grace Kelly {{!}} American actress and princess of Monaco |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Grace-Kelly |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* November 15 – [[Ed Asner]], American actor (died 2021)
* November 20 – [[Jerry Hardin]], American actor
* November 21 – [[Niall Tóibín]], Irish actor and comedian (died 2019)
* November 28 – [[Berry Gordy]], American producer
* November 30
**[[Dick Clark]], American television and radio personality, television producer and actor (died 2012)
**[[Joan Ganz Cooney]], American television writer and producer
* December 1 – [[David Doyle (actor)|David Doyle]], American actor (died 1997)
* December 6 – [[Alain Tanner]], Swiss film director (died 2022)
* December 8 – [[Paddy O'Byrne]], Irish radio broadcaster and actor (died 2013)
* December 9 – [[John Cassavetes]], American actor, director (died 1989)
* December 13 – [[Christopher Plummer]], Canadian actor (died 2021)
* December 20 – [[Zebedy Colt]], American actor, musician, adult film director and star (died 2004)
* December 31 - [[George Schlatter]], American director and producer

==Deaths==
* January 5 – [[Marc McDermott]], Australian actor (born 1881)
* February 18
**[[Hardee Kirkland]], American stage and screen actor (born 1868)
**[[William Russell (American actor)|William Russell]], American actor (born 1884)
* February 24 – [[Frank Keenan]], American actor (born 1858)
* May 9 – Fred C. Truesdell, stage & film actor (born 1870)
* May 12 – [[Charles Swickard]], German-American director and actor (born 1861)
* July 2 – [[Gladys Brockwell]], American actress (born 1894)
* July 3 – [[Dustin Farnum]], American stage & silent screen star (born 1874)
* July 6 – [[Cliff Bowes]], American comedian (born 1894)
* August 2 – [[Mae Costello]], American actress (born 1882)
* September 2 – [[Paul Leni]], German film and art director (born 1885)
* October 3 – [[Jeanne Eagels]], American actress (born 1890)
* October 31 – [[Norman Pritchard]], actor, Olympic athlete (born 1877)
* November 2 – [[Leo D. Maloney]], actor and director (born 1888)
* November 24 – [[Raymond Hitchcock (actor)|Raymond Hitchcock]], American actor (born 1865)

==Film debuts==
{{column list|
*[[Adrienne Ames]] – ''[[Sally (1929 film)|Sally]]''
*[[Eve Arden]] – ''[[Song of Love (1929 film)|Song of Love]]''
*[[Hooper Atchley]] – ''[[Love at First Sight (1929 film)|Love at First Sight]]''
*[[Roscoe Ates]] – ''[[South Sea Rose]]''
*[[Lew Ayres]] – ''The Sophomore''
*[[Jack Benny]] – ''[[The Hollywood Revue of 1929]]''
*[[Charles Bickford]] – ''South Sea Rose''
*[[Lilian Bond]] – ''No More Children''
*[[Patti Brill]] – ''[[The Vagabond Lover]]''
*[[Virginia Bruce]] – ''[[The Love Parade]]''
*[[John Carroll (actor)|John Carroll]] – ''[[Marianne (1929 musical film)|Marianne]]''
*[[Ilka Chase]] – ''[[Paris Bound]]''
*[[Lita Chevret]] – ''[[Fox Movietone Follies of 1929]]''
*[[Mae Clarke]] – ''[[Big Time (1929 film)|Big Time]]''
*[[D. A. Clarke-Smith]] – ''[[Atlantic (film)|Atlantic]]''
*[[June Clyde]] – ''[[Street Girl]]''
*[[Jackie Cooper]] – ''Fox Movietone Follies of 1929''
*[[Frank Craven]] – ''[[The Very Idea]]''
*[[Cecil Cunningham]] – ''[[Their Own Desire]]''
*[[Henry Daniell]] – ''[[The Awful Truth (1929 film)|The Awful Truth]]''
*[[Frances Dee]] – ''[[Words and Music (1929 film)|Words and Music]]''
*[[Dudley Digges (actor)|Dudley Digges]] – ''[[Condemned (1929 film)|Condemned]]''
*[[Cliff Edwards]] – ''Marianne'' 
*[[Glenda Farrell]] – ''[[Lucky Boy (1929 film)|Lucky Boy]]''
*[[Wallace Ford]] – ''[[Married in Hollywood]]''
*[[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]] – ''[[Gentlemen of the Press]]''
*[[Kay Francis]] – ''Gentlemen of the Press''
*[[William Gargan]] – ''Lucky Boy''
*[[Friedrich Gnaß]] – ''[[Beyond the Street]]''
*[[Paulette Goddard]] – ''[[The Locked Door]]''
*[[Minna Gombell]] – ''The Great Power''
*[[Gavin Gordon (actor)|Gavin Gordon]] – ''[[Chasing Through Europe]]''
*[[Betty Grable]] – ''[[Happy Days (1929 film)|Happy Days]]''
*[[Dorothy Granger]] – ''Words and Music''
*[[Danny Green (actor)|Danny Green]] – ''[[The Crooked Billet]]''
*[[Ann Harding]] – ''Paris Bound''
*[[Theresa Harris]] – ''[[Thunderbolt (1929 film)|Thunderbolt]]''
*[[George "Gabby" Hayes]] – ''[[The Rainbow Man]]''
*[[Halliwell Hobbes]] – ''[[Lucky in Love (film)|Lucky in Love]]'' 
*[[John Huston]] – ''[[The Shakedown (1929 film)|The Shakedown]]''
*[[Walter Huston]] – ''Gentlemen of the Press''
*[[Warren Hymer]] – ''[[Speakeasy (1929 film)|Speakeasy]]''
*[[Dean Jagger]] – ''[[The Woman from Hell]]''
*[[William Janney]] – ''[[Coquette (film)|Coquette]]''
*[[Dorothy Jordan (American actress)|Dorothy Jordan]] – ''[[Black Magic (1929 film)|Black Magic]]''
*[[Vi Kaley]] – ''[[Piccadilly (film)|Piccadilly]]''
*[[Pert Kelton]] – ''Sally''
*[[Germaine Kerjean]] – ''[[Monte Cristo (1929 film)|Monte Cristo]]'' 
*[[Franziska Kinz]] – ''[[Diary of a Lost Girl]]''
*[[Florence Lake]] – ''[[New Year's Eve (1929 film)|New Year's Eve]]''
*[[Allan Lane]] – ''[[Not Quite Decent]]''
*[[Lola Lane]] – ''Speakeasy''
*[[Charles Laughton]] – ''Piccadilly''
*[[Anderson Lawler]] – ''[[River of Romance]]''
*[[Dorothy Lee (actress)|Dorothy Lee]] – ''[[Syncopation (1929 film)|Syncopation]]'' 
*[[Peter Lorre]] – ''[[The Missing Wife]]''
*[[Jeanette MacDonald]] – ''[[The Love Parade]]''
*[[Fred MacMurray]] – ''[[Girls Gone Wild (film)|Girls Gone Wild]]''
*[[David Manners]] – ''[[The Sky Hawk]]''
*[[Raymond Massey]] – ''[[High Treason (1929 British film)|High Treason]]''
*[[Edwin Maxwell (actor)|Edwin Maxwell]] – ''[[The Taming of the Shrew (1929 film)|The Taming of the Shrew]]''
*[[Frank McHugh]] – ''If Men Played Cards as Women Do''
*[[Leila McIntyre]] – ''[[Hurricane (1929 film)|Hurricane]]''
*[[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] – ''[[The Single Standard]]''
*[[Natalie Moorhead]] – ''[[Thru Different Eyes (1929 film)|Thru Different Eyes]]''
*[[Karen Morley]] – ''Thru Different Eyes''
*[[Renate Müller]] – ''[[Peter the Mariner]]''
*[[Clarence Muse]] – ''[[Hearts in Dixie]]''
*[[Line Noro]] – ''[[The Divine Voyage]]''
*[[Una O'Connor (actress)|Una O'Connor]] – ''[[Dark Red Roses]]''
*[[Lee Patrick (actress)|Lee Patrick]] – ''[[Strange Cargo (1929 film)|Strange Cargo]]''
*[[Bernice Pilot]] – ''Hearts in Dixie''
*[[Basil Radford]] – ''[[Barnum Was Right]]''
*[[George Raft]] – ''[[Queen of the Night Clubs]]''
*[[Gene Raymond]] – ''[[The Marriage Playground]]''
*[[Rene Ray]] – ''High Treason''
*[[Craig Reynolds (actor)|Craig Reynolds]] – ''Coquette''
*[[Claire Rochelle]] – ''[[Tanned Legs]]''
*[[Sig Ruman]] – ''Lucky Boy''
*[[Marion Shilling]] – ''[[Wise Girls (film)|Wise Girls]]''
*[[Verree Teasdale]] – ''Syncopation''
*[[Regis Toomey]] – ''[[Alibi (1929 film)|Alibi]]''
*[[Lupita Tovar]] – ''[[The Veiled Woman (1929 film)|The Veiled Woman]]''
*[[Lee Tracy]] – ''[[Salute (1929 film)|Salute]]''
*[[Ilse Trautschold]] – ''[[Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness]]''
*[[Arthur Treacher]] – ''[[The Battle of Paris]]''
*[[Ida Turay]] – ''[[Prisoner Number Seven]]''
*[[Helen Twelvetrees]] – ''[[The Ghost Talks (1929 film)|The Ghost Talks]]'' 
*[[Rudy Vallée]] – ''The Vagabond Lover''
*[[Nella Walker]] – ''Tanned Legs''
*[[Johnny Weissmuller]] – ''[[Glorifying the American Girl]]''
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1929-01-01,1929-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1929 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1929-01-01,1929-12-31&adult=include List of 1929 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1929-01-01,1929-12-31&adult=include List of 1929 births] at [[IMDb]]

{{1929 films}}

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