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The famous battle between cat and mouse debuts and is a great success.
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Charlie Chaplin released his first all talkie all sound feature film, THe Great Dictator. The film became Charlie Chaplin's most sucessful film of his career.
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24 year old Orson Welles directs and stars in Citizen Kane. This film goes down as a classic and is noted as one of the greatest films of all time.
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Casablanca wins Best Picture and becomes a classic romantic film.
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Columbia PIctures releases its first Technicolor film called The Desperadoes.
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the first Golden Globe awards ceremony is held.
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WWII ebds as well as midnight curfews, bans on outdoor lighting displays, and censoring export and import films.
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Its a Wonderful LIie becomes a classic and a chirstmas tradition for some families.
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Ronald Reagan becomes President of the Screen Actors Guild. He would eventually be elected President of the United States.
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the Career of the Marx Bothers lasts from 1929 to 1949. They are famous for such films as Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera.