February 4 –
Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first-ever full-length animated feature film, is released nationally in the United States, less than two months after its premiere in Los Angeles. The film is a huge box office success, and briefly holds the record as the highest-grossing sound film of all time.
February 24 – The entertainment trade newspaper Variety confirms that the film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) had bought the rights to adapt
L. Frank Baum’s beloved children’s novel
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for the screen
April 5 –
Noel Langley completes the first script for The Wizard of Oz.
April 20 – Leonard Slye appears in his first starring role as
Roy Rogers in Under Western Stars. He becomes one of the most popular
Western stars being ranked number one from 1943 to 1952 and would become known as "King of the Cowboys".
May 7 – Lyricist
Yip Harburg and composer
Harold Arlen begin work on the musical score for The Wizard of Oz.
October 21 –
Buddy Ebsen suffers from a near fatal allergic reaction to the aluminum dust used in his Tin Woodman make-up on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Ebsen is replaced by
Jack Haley.
December 23 –
Margaret Hamilton is severely burned during a mishap on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Hamilton, cast in the role of the
Wicked Witch of the West, leaves the film for six weeks.
^Jewell, Richard B. (1994). "RKO Film Grosses, 1929-1951: the C.J. Tevlin ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (1): 37–49.
doi:
10.1080/01439689400260031.
^Jewell, Richard B. (1994). "Appendix 1". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (S1): 1–11.
doi:
10.1080/01439689408604545.
^
abcdThe Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^
abc"All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990.
^Turk, Edward Baron "Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald" (University of California Press, 1998)
^Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1–31 p 18 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia (1989). 34th Asia-Pacific Film Festival, 18-21 December 1989. Organizing Committee of 34th Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
February 4 –
Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first-ever full-length animated feature film, is released nationally in the United States, less than two months after its premiere in Los Angeles. The film is a huge box office success, and briefly holds the record as the highest-grossing sound film of all time.
February 24 – The entertainment trade newspaper Variety confirms that the film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) had bought the rights to adapt
L. Frank Baum’s beloved children’s novel
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for the screen
April 5 –
Noel Langley completes the first script for The Wizard of Oz.
April 20 – Leonard Slye appears in his first starring role as
Roy Rogers in Under Western Stars. He becomes one of the most popular
Western stars being ranked number one from 1943 to 1952 and would become known as "King of the Cowboys".
May 7 – Lyricist
Yip Harburg and composer
Harold Arlen begin work on the musical score for The Wizard of Oz.
October 21 –
Buddy Ebsen suffers from a near fatal allergic reaction to the aluminum dust used in his Tin Woodman make-up on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Ebsen is replaced by
Jack Haley.
December 23 –
Margaret Hamilton is severely burned during a mishap on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Hamilton, cast in the role of the
Wicked Witch of the West, leaves the film for six weeks.
^Jewell, Richard B. (1994). "RKO Film Grosses, 1929-1951: the C.J. Tevlin ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (1): 37–49.
doi:
10.1080/01439689400260031.
^Jewell, Richard B. (1994). "Appendix 1". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (S1): 1–11.
doi:
10.1080/01439689408604545.
^
abcdThe Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^
abc"All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990.
^Turk, Edward Baron "Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald" (University of California Press, 1998)
^Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1–31 p 18 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia (1989). 34th Asia-Pacific Film Festival, 18-21 December 1989. Organizing Committee of 34th Asia-Pacific Film Festival.