1933 in film
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Events
- March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City.
- June 6 - The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) once again expresses interest in the Wizard of Oz books for a series of animated cartoons, but they once again failed to make a deal with creator L. Frank Baum
- Ecstasy, a Czechoslovak film, shocks audiences when actress Hedy Lamarr is seen naked in the film.
- The Private Life of Henry VIII becomes the first British film to win an American Academy Award.
Top grossing films
- I'm No Angel
- 42nd Street
- She Done Him Wrong
- Peg o' My Heart
- Going Hollywood
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Cavalcade - Fox
- Best Actor: Charles Laughton - The Private Life of Henry VIII
- Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory
Movies released
Movies released in 1933 include:
- 42nd Street - starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers - Directed by Lloyd Bacon
- Alice in Wonderland, starring Charlotte Henry
- Baby Face, starring Barbara Stanwyck
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen, starring Barbara Stanwyck
- Blood Money, starring George Bancroft
- Bombshell, starring Jean Harlow
- The Bowery, starring Wallace Beery and George Raft
- Cavalcade, starring Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor and Herbert Mundin
- Counsellor at Law, starring John Barrymore
- Dancing Lady, starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable
- Design for Living, starring Fredric March and Gary Cooper
- The Devil's Brother, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- Dinner at Eight, featuring an all-star cast
- Duck Soup, starring the Marx Brothers
- Employees' Entrance, starring Warren William and Loretta Young
- Flying Down to Rio, starring Dolores del Rio and Gene Raymond
- Footligh Parade, starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell and Ruby Keeler
- Going Hollywood, starring Marion Davies and Bing Crosby
- Gold Diggers of 1933, starring Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers and Warren William
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum, starring Al Jolson
- Hold Your Man, starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow
- I'm No Angel, starring Mae West and Cary Grant. West also wrote the story and screenplay.
- In the Wake of the Bounty, starring Errol Flynn as Fletcher Christian.
- Każdemu wolno kochać, by Mieczysław Krawicz
- King Kong, starring Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong
- Ladies They Talk About, starring Barbara Stanwyck
- Lady for a Day, starring Warren William and May Robson
- Lady Killer, starring James Cagney
- Liebelei
- Little Women, starring Katharine Hepburn
- Man's Castle, starring Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young
- The Mayor of Hell, starring James Cagney
- Morning Glory, starring Katharine Hepburn
- Mystery of the Wax Museum, starring Lionell Atwill and Fay Wray
- One Sunday Afternoon, starring Gary Cooper
- Parachute Jumper, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Bette Davis, and Frank McHugh
- Peg o' My Heart, starring Marion Davies
- Penthouse, starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy
- Picture Snatcher, starring James Cagney
- The Power and the Glory, starring Spencer Tracy
- The Private Life of Henry VIII, starring Charles Laughton
- The Prizefighter and the Lady, starring Max Baer, Myrna Loy, Primo Carnera and Jack Dempsey
- Professional Sweetheart, starring Ginger Rogers
- Queen Christina, starring Greta Garbo
- Secret of the Blue Room, starring Paul Lukas, Gloria Stuart and Lionel Atwill
- Secrets, starring Mary Pickford in her last film
- She Done Him Wrong, starring Cary Grant amd Mae West
- The Son of Kong, starring Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack
- Sons of the Desert, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- State Fair, starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers and Lew Ayres
- The Story of Temple Drake, starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue
- A Study in Scarlet, starring Reginald Owen
- Supernatural, starring Carole Lombard, Alan Dinehart, Vivienne Osborne and Randolph Scott
- Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse, directed by Fritz Lang
- Tillie and Gus, starring Alison Skipworth and W.C. Fields
- Tonight Is Ours, starring Fredric March and Claudette Colbert
- Topaze, starring John Barrymore and Myrna Loy
- Torch Singer, starring Claudette Colbert
- Tugboat Annie, starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery
- Turn Back the Clock, starring Lee Tracy and Mae Clarke
- The Vampire Bat, starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray
- When Ladies Meet, starring Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy
- Wild Boys of the Road, starring Frankie Darro and Edwin Phillips
- The Working Man, starring George Arliss and Bette Davis
Births
- January 18 - John Boorman, director
- February 18 - Mary Ure, actress
- March 22 - May Britt, Swedish actress
- April 19 - Jayne Mansfield, actress
- May 20 - Danny Aiello, American actor
- October 9 - Judy Tyler, actress
Deaths
- January 3 - Jack Pickford, actor, Hollywood's first "bad boy"
- January 25 - Lewis J. Selznick, producer
- February 15 - Pat Sullivan, director/producer of animated films, alleged co-creator of Felix the Cat
- February 23 - David Horsley, pioneer film executive
- October 5 - Renée Adorée, actresssv:Filmåret 1933