Events Shirley Temple's film career begins Disney released Flowers and Trees their first catoon in three-strip Technicolor film. Top Grossing Films of the Year Births January 3 - Dabney Coleman, actor January 4 - Carlos Saura, director February 6 - François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984) April 4 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian movie director (d. 1986) Deaths Other Movies Released Grand Hotel, starring Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt Shanghai Express, starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland One Hour with You, starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin and Charles Ruggles The Dentist, produced by Mack Sennett
Births January 3 - Dabney Coleman, actor January 4 - Carlos Saura, director February 6 - François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984) April 4 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian movie director (d. 1986) Deaths Other Movies Released Grand Hotel, starring Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt Shanghai Express, starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland One Hour with You, starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin and Charles Ruggles The Dentist, produced by Mack Sennett
Other Movies Released Grand Hotel, starring Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt Shanghai Express, starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland One Hour with You, starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin and Charles Ruggles The Dentist, produced by Mack Sennett