1932 in film
The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of .
RKO
leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox.
Jesse L. Lasky
Sam Katz leaves Paramount.
James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount.
and Fox decentralization of cinemas.
Publix
New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by and Allied.
Motion Picture Theater Owners of America
Two theaters open, under direction of "Roxy", with coincident acquisition of the Rockefeller interests of 100,000 shares of RKO stock and 100,000 shares of RCA stock.
Radio City
Experimentation with exclusive runs.
The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year.[6]
Other notable events include:
The 5th Academy Awards were conducted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on November 18, 1932,[8] at a ceremony held at The Ambassador Hotel[8] in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by Conrad Nagel.[8] Films screened in Los Angeles between August 1, 1931, and July 31, 1932, were eligible to receive awards.[8]
Major awards:
Note: Prior to 1933 awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are no Best Actor, Best Actress or Best Director awards for 1932 films. The 1931–32 awards went to 1931 films.
Emma
The Passionate Plumber
Impatient Maiden
January 4: , 12 chapters (216 min)
Detective Lloyd
February 1: , 12 chapters (218 minutes)
The Shadow of the Eagle
March 28: , 12 chapters (225 min)
The Airmail Mystery
May 17: , 12 chapters (231 minutes)
The Last of the Mohicans
June 20: , 12 chapters (225 min)
Heroes of the West
August 1: , 12 chapters (227 min)
The Hurricane Express
September 5: , 12 chapters (213 minutes)
The Last Frontier
September 12: , 12 chapters (240 min)
Jungle Mystery
November 1: , 12 chapters (216 min)
The Devil Horse
December 5: , 12 chapters (240 minutes)
The Lost Special
Ordered by release date:
(1917–1923, 1934–1937, 1939–1941)
Buster Keaton
(1927–1935); the team later made one instructional short subject, released nontheatrically in 1943
Laurel and Hardy
(1922–1944) The series was officially called both Our Gang and Hal Roach's Rascals until 1932, when Our Gang became the sole title of the series.
Our Gang
(1932–1934)
Shirley Temple
Ordered by release date:
(1921–1933)
Aesop's Film Fables
(1925–1940)
Krazy Kat
(1927–1938)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
(1928–1953)
Mickey Mouse
Silly Symphonies
Screen Songs
Talkartoons
Looney Tunes
(1930–1933)
Flip the Frog
(1930–1964)
Terrytoons
(1931–1969)
Merrie Melodies
(1931–1941)
Scrappy
(1931–1933)
Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren)
Betty Boop
Pooch the Pup
(1933)
Flowers and Trees
Ordered by release date of the film series. This list only includes shorts released in 1932:
January 3 – , American character actor (died 2024)
Dabney Coleman
Carlos Saura
January 11 – , Mexican filmmaker, actor and singer
Alfonso Arau
January 19 – , American-born director working in England
Richard Lester
January 22 – , American actress (died 2023)
Piper Laurie
January 23 – , American actor, playwright, director and composer (died 2022)
James Rado
January 24 - , American actress, realtor and talent agent (died 2020)
Julie Bennett
February 6 – , French director (died 1984)
François Truffaut
February 8 – , American film composer
John Williams
Susan Oliver
Harriet Andersson
February 18 – , Czech-born director (died 2018)
Miloš Forman
February 23 – , American actress (died 2008)
Majel Barrett
Michel Legrand
February 27 – , English-American actress (died 2011)
Elizabeth Taylor
February 28 – , Mexican voice actor and voice director
Francisco Colmenero
March 14 – , Japanese actor and voice actor (died 2022)
Hiroshi Ōtake
March 27 – , Italian-American character actor (died 2021)
Robert Sacchi
March 31 – , Japanese director (died 2013)
Nagisa Oshima
Anthony Perkins
April 9 - , English actor (died 2022)
Jack Smethurst
Delphine Seyrig
April 11 - , American actor, singer, dancer and director
Joel Grey
April 21 - , American comedian, director, screenwriter, playwright and actor
Elaine May
April 25 - , English actor
William Roache
April 26 – , French film composer (died 2018)
Francis Lai
Anouk Aimée
May 2 - , American character actor
Bruce Glover
May 8 - , Scottish actress
Phyllida Law
May 9 - , English actress (died 2015)
Geraldine McEwan
May 22 - , American actor (died 2007)
Seth Sakai
May 15 - , retired English director and editor
John Glen
May 27 - , American actor (died 2012)
Steve Franken
Anne Claire Poirier
June 10 – , Croatian-born producer (died 2019)
Branko Lustig
June 11 – , South African playwright, actor and director
Athol Fugard
June 12 - , American singer and actress (died 2008)
Mae Mercer
June 13 – , American actor, singer and musician (died 2022)
Bob McGrath
June 17 – , American bodybuilder and actor
Peter Lupus
David Herriot
Marisa Pavan
Amrish Puri
July 1 – , Trinidadian actor, previously professional wrestler (died 2022)
Sonny Caldinez
July 2 - , American actor (died 1989)
Kenneth McMillan
July 10 – , Filipino-American actress, singer and dancer
Neile Adams
July 30 – , American actor (died 2020)
Edd Byrnes
August 2 – , Anglo-Irish actor (died 2013)
Peter O'Toole
August 9 – , Irish actor (died 2009)
Denys Hawthorne
August 10 - , English actor (died 2023)
Murray Melvin
August 15 – , American character actor (died 2022)
Bob Elkins
August 24 – , English actor and voice actor (died 2019)
W. Morgan Sheppard
August 25 – , Indonesian dancer, actress, dance instructor, and model (died 2017)
Nun Zairina
September 3 – , American actress (died 2013)
Eileen Brennan
September 4 – , British character actor
Edward de Souza
September 5 – , American actress
Carol Lawrence
September 12 – , American actress (died 2013)
Kim Hamilton
September 16 - , American actor
George Chakiris
September 21 – , American actor (died 2022)
Mickey Kuhn
September 26 – , American actor (died 2020)
Richard Herd
September 29 – , Indian actor, director and producer (died 2004)
Mehmood Ali
Felicia Farr
October 6 - , English actress (died 2019)
Anna Quayle
Dušan Makavejev
October 20 – , American actor (died 2016)
William Christopher
October 22 - , English actress (died 2011)
Sheila Allen
October 30 - , French director, screenwriter and producer (died 1995)
Louis Malle
November 1 - , English actor, director and producer (died 2023)
John Clark
November 2 - , British actor and stuntman (died 2014)
Terry Richards
November 10 – , American actor (died 2008)
Roy Scheider
November 12 - , American actor (died 2021)
Jerry Douglas
Al Mancini
November 15 – , English singer, actress and film composer
Petula Clark
November 20 - , English-American actor, comedian and game-show host (died 2012)
Richard Dawson
November 22 – , American actor (died 2016)
Robert Vaughn
November 25 - , American actress
Takayo Fischer
December 7 – , American actress
Ellen Burstyn
December 25 - , American actress and singer (died 1999)
Mabel King
December 26 - , American director, producer, screenwriter and actor (died 2000)
Robert V. Barron
December 28 – , American actress (died 2022)
Nichelle Nichols
December 30 - , American actor (died 2005)
Macon McCalman
February 15 – , American stage star, also appeared in silent films (born 1865)
Minnie Maddern Fiske
June 30 – , German actor (born 1890)
Bruno Kastner
July 17 – , Norwegian actor (born 1862)
Rasmus Rasmussen
September 1 – , American actor (born 1878)
Guy Oliver
September 16 – , British-born American actress (born 1908)
Peg Entwistle
November 27 – , American actress, singer (born 1896)