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The History of Cinema: 1934 |
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| Jun - | An investigation by the New South Wales Inquiry into the Film Industry into the vertical integration of the domestic film industry. Relations between distributors and exhibitors are also investigated, following concerns over the practices of block and blind booking. The Inquiry recommends a quota for the distribution and exhibition of Australian films. [ADD] | |||
| Austria | ||||
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27/9 - |
Willi Forst’s Maskerade, set in 1905 Vienna, is released. It stars Paula Wessely and Anton Walbrook. [MORE] | |||
| – A newly regulated quota system requires Tobis-Sacscha newsreels and Austrian culture films to be shown at all cinemas. [ADD] | ||||
| Bulgaria | ||||
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27/11 - |
Peter Stojchev’s Pesenta na Balkana (The Song of the Mountains), Bulgaria’s first sound film, is released. [ADD] | |||
| Chile | ||||
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| – Norte y Sur (North and South), Chile’s first sound film, is released. The director is Jorge Delano. [ADD] | ||||
| China | ||||
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| 31/7 - | Cai Chusheng’s The Song of the Fisherman is released. [ADD] | |||
| – Yonggang Wu’s Shen nu (The Goddess), starring Lingyu Ruan, is released. [ADD] | ||||
| – Chusheng Cai’s Xin nu xing, starring Lingyu Ruan, is released. [ADD] | ||||
| Czechoslovakia | ||||
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1/1 - |
Gustav Machaty holds a preview of his latest film, Nocturno (Nocturne) before leaving the country. [ADD] | |||
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26/10 - |
Martin Fric’s satirical drama Hej-Rup! (Heave-ho!) is released. [ADD] | |||
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28/11 - |
Gustav Machaty’s Nocturno is released. [ADD] | |||
| Egypt | ||||
| 15/9 - | The Misr Bank, which has a cinematographic branch financing film production, begins to build new studios. [ADD] | |||
| Germany | ||||
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16/1 - |
Josef Goebbels initiates the Film of the Nation prize, to be awarded to works of merit. [ADD] | |||
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29/1 - |
The Reichsfilmarchiv, Germany’s film archive, is founded. Its opening is attended by Adolf Hitler. [ADD] | |||
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16/2 - |
A law is passed giving the government power to intervene in all phases of film production and to exercise absolute control over the choice of subject matter, writers and directors. [ADD] | |||
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22/7 - |
Government censors ban Jean Renoir’s adaptation of Emile Zola’s novel Nana. The film stars Catherine Hessling, in the title role, and German actors Werner Krauss and Jewish actress Valeska Gert, who was compelled to emigrate from Germany in 1933. [ADD] | |||
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4/9 - |
Adolf Hitler announces that Leni Riefenstahl will direct Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will), a documentary account of the Nazi Party’s Nuremburg Rally and its preparation. She will direct a crew of 120 people, and 32 cameras. [ADD] | |||
| – Tobis-Klangfilm have links to 24 of the remaining 49 production companies still in operation. [ADD] | ||||
| India | ||||
| – Himansu Rai and Devika Rani form the Bombay Talkies film company. [ADD] | ||||
| – Zubheida and Nanubhai Vakil establish Mahalakshmi Cinetone. [ADD] | ||||
| – Mohan Sunder Dev Goswami directs Seeta Bibaha, the first Oriya sound film. Makhanlal Bannerjee and Goswami star. [ADD] | ||||
| – Kannada sound film Bhakta Dhruva, directed by Parshwanath Yeshwant Altekar, is released. [ADD] | ||||
| Italy | ||||
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19/4 - |
The International Educational Cinematographic Institute of the League of Nations holds the International Congress of Education Cinematographers in Rome. [ADD] | |||
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1/8 - |
Katharine Hepburn follows her Oscar success for her role in Morning Glory with a Best Actress award for her role as Jo in Little Women at the second Venice Film Festival. [ADD] | |||
| – The Direzzione Generale per la Cinematografia is formed to oversee all film production. [ADD] | ||||
Other Key Films of 1934 |
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| China | ||||
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| Taoli jie (Fate of Graduates) (Yunwei Ying) [ADD] | ||||
| Dalu (The Big Road) (Yu Sun) [ADD] | ||||
| Germany | ||||
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| Der Herr der Welt (Harry Piel) [ADD] | ||||
| Holland | ||||
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| Nieuwe gronden (Joris Ivens) [ADD] | ||||
| Hungary | ||||
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| A Meseauto (Bela Gaal) [ADD] | ||||
| Italy | ||||
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| Il capello a tre punte (Mario Camerini) [ADD] | ||||
| 1860 (Alessandro Blassetti) [ADD] | ||||
The History of Cinema: 1934 |
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| Gt. Britain | ||||
| Japan - USSR | ||||
| USA January - June | ||||
| USA July - December | ||||