![]() Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) once again expresses interest in The Wizard of Oz books for a series of animated shorts, but once again fail to make a deal with the estate of creator L.GPO Film Unit established in the United Kingdom under John Grierson, taking over responsibility for documentary film making from the Empire Marketing Board.Makata At Paraluman (The Poet and the Maiden), the first talking film in vernacular made in the Philippines, is released.Ang Aswang, the first sound film made in the Philippines, is released.December 29 – Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers appear on screen together for the first time in Flying Down to Rio.October 10 – John Wayne appears as Singin' Sandy Saunders in Riders of Destiny.September 6 – Daily Variety, a trade newspaper, is published for the first time in Hollywood.June 6 – Chemical company executive Richard Hollingshead opens a drive-in theater near Camden, New Jersey, according to his U.S patent granted May 16.March 11 – 42nd Street sparks a comeback for musical film.March 9 – Punyal na Ginto (The Golden Dagger), the first Filipino-language film made in the Philippines, is released.March 2 – King Kong premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City opening weekend takings are estimated at US$90,000.On April 20, Lang divorces his wife, the film's writer Thea von Harbou, and on July 31 leaves Germany permanently, initially settling in Paris. The German-language premiere takes place on April 21 in Budapest (Hungary). Mabuse in Germany will not be permitted by the newly formed Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. March – Director Fritz Lang is informed by Joseph Goebbels that release of Lang's crime-thriller The Testament of Dr.January 20 – The film Ecstasy premieres in Czechoslovakia film its foreign distribution presents difficulties as 18-year-old actress Hedy Lamarr is seen naked in it.January 11 – Radio City Music Hall in New York City starts showing films.Franklin resigns as president of RKO Theaters. Schenck forms Twentieth Century Pictures, turning out eight productions in the first four months, beginning with The Bowery. Zanuck quits Warner Bros-First National and with Joseph M. ![]()
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