Premiere of "Cavalcade"
Jan 5 "Cavalcade" based on the play by Noël Coward, directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1934)
- Jan 24 Noël Coward's stage comedy "Design for Living", starring Alfred Lunt; Lynn Fontanne, and Coward himself, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; runs for 155 performances
- Jan 30 "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio
King Kong
Mar 2 "King Kong" film directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring Fay Wray premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in NYC
- Mar 9 "42nd Street" a musical film revolving around rehearsals for a Broadway show, directed by Lloyd Bacon, with choreography by Busby Berkeley, and songs by Harry Warren and by Al Dubin, premieres at the Strand, NYC; later adapted as a stage musical
- May 27 Walt Disney's short film "3 Little Pigs" released (Academy Award Best Animated film 1934)
- Jun 23 Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35½ year run on NBC
Appearance of The Three Stooges
Jul 6 "Nertsery Rhymes" short film starring Ted Healy and His Stooges premieres, one of the first film appearance of The Three Stooges
Ah, Wilderness!
Oct 2 Eugene O'Neill's comedy play "Ah, Wilderness!" premieres in NYC
- Nov 17 Marx brothers film "Duck Soup" directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers is released in the US
Astaire's Film Debut
Nov 24 Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady", released
- Dec 4 Jack Kirkland's play "Tobacco Road" premieres in NYC, became the longest-running play of its time
Fox Signs Shirley Temple
Dec 21 Fox Films signs Shirley Temple aged 5, to a studio contract
"Sons of the Desert"
Dec 29 "Sons of the Desert" film directed by William A. Seiter starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy is released
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