Events in Film & TV
- Jan 26 Rube Goldberg's "The Inventions of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts, A.K.," cartoon series first published in "Colliers Weekly"
- Feb 1 "The Broadway Melody" directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Bessie Love is released. 1st film with sound to win an Oscar (Outstanding Picture 1930)
- Feb 5 Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in San Francisco
- May 11 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
- May 16 1st Academy Awards: "Wings", Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor win
- Sep 2 WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network
- Oct 24 Rudy Vallee's "The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour" begins broadcasting on NBC radio
- Nov 4 John L. Balderston's play "Berkeley Square" starring Leslie Howard premieres in NYC
Film & TV Awards in 1929
- May 16 1st Academy Awards: "Wings", Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor win
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Christopher PlummerWeddings in Film & TV
- Mar 29 American actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (17) weds her dancing partner Jack Pepper (26); divorce in 1931
- Jun 3 American actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr (19) weds American actress Joan Crawford (24) at St. Malachy Catholic church in NYC's theatre district; divorce in 1933
- Jul 22 American Playwright Eugene O'Neill (40) marries 3rd wife actress Carlotta Monterey (40)
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Actors and Actresses Who Died in 1929
- Feb 12 Lillie Langtry [Emilie Charlotte Le Breton], American actress (His Neighbor's Wife), dies at 75
- Jun 9 Lewis Bennison, American actor (The Road Called Straight), commits suicide at 44
- Jul 2 Gladys Brockwell, American actress (Long Pants, Oliver Twist), dies in an automobile accident at 34
- Jul 3 Dustin Farnum, American actor (Squaw Man, Virginian, The Flaming Frontier), dies at 55
- Aug 2 Mae Costello [Altschuk], American actress (The Joys of a Jealous Wife), dies of heart disease at 47
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