The days of the
silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized
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.
February 18 – The first
Academy Awards, or Oscars, are announced for the year ended August 1, 1928.
July 13 – The first all color talkie (in
Technicolor), 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 is badly injured in a car accident which kills his chauffeur.
October 30 – Entertainment newspaper Variety report that
Wall Street Lays An Egg leading to many prominent showman and film stars losing money on their investments.
November 15 – U.K. release of Atlantic, a film about the
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.
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 in Los Angeles.
^
abcdWarner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 7 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^
ab"All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M150.
^Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55
^
abWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 337.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^
abWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 338.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 340.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 341.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 342.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 343.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 344.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 345.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 346.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 347.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^
abWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 348.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
The days of the
silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized
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.
February 18 – The first
Academy Awards, or Oscars, are announced for the year ended August 1, 1928.
July 13 – The first all color talkie (in
Technicolor), 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 is badly injured in a car accident which kills his chauffeur.
October 30 – Entertainment newspaper Variety report that
Wall Street Lays An Egg leading to many prominent showman and film stars losing money on their investments.
November 15 – U.K. release of Atlantic, a film about the
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.
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 in Los Angeles.
^
abcdWarner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 7 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^
ab"All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M150.
^Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55
^
abWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 337.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^
abWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 338.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 340.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 341.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 342.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 343.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 344.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 345.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 346.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 347.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.
^
abWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 348.
ISBN978-1936168-68-2.