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1919 in film

The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top six 1919 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: ==Events==
Events
• February 5 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists. • March – Oscar Micheaux premieres The Homesteader, the first feature-length race film, starring pioneering African American actress Evelyn Preer, becoming the first African American to produce and direct a motion picture. • May 13 – D. W. Griffith's first film to be released by United Artists, Broken Blossoms, has its premiere in New York City. • August 29 – The Miracle Man displayed Lon Chaney's talent for make-up and made him famous as a character actor. • September 1 – United Artists release their first film, His Majesty, the American starring Douglas Fairbanks. • September 18 – Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin opens rebuilt as a permanent cinema with the première of Ernst Lubitsch's Madame Dubarry. • September 25 – Dalagang Bukid (The Country Maiden), the first Filipino feature-length film made in the Philippines, released. • October 24 – The Capitol Theatre in New York City becomes one of the largest cinemas in the world with 4,000 seats. • November 16 – Constance Talmadge becomes a star with the release of A Virtuous Vamp. • November 23 – Cecil B. DeMille's Male and Female is released and grosses $1,256,226.59, establishing Gloria Swanson as a worldwide star. • Harold Lloyd begins holding test screenings of his films and modifying them based on audience feedback, a technique which continues in use. • Tri-Ergon sound-on-film technology is developed by three German inventors, Josef Engl, Hans Vogt (engineer), and Joseph Massole; however, the era of sound films is over 6 years away. ==Notable films released in 1919 around the world==
Notable films released in 1919 around the world
AAnne of Green Gables, directed by William Desmond Taylor; starring Mary Miles Minter and Paul KellyThe Avalanche directed by George Fitzmaurice starring Elsie Ferguson • ''L'atleta fantasma/ The Ghost Athlete'' (Italian), directed by Raimondo Scotti, starring Mario Guaita-Ausonia and Elsa Zara, features a masked superhero/ wrestler character BThe Beetle, directed by Alexander Butler – (GB) based on the 1897 novel The Beetle: A Mystery by Richard MarshThe Belle of New York, directed by Julius Steger; starring Marion Davies • ''The Better 'Ole'' – (GB) • Blind Husbands, directed by and starring Erich von StroheimBolshevism on Trial, directed by Harley KnolesThe Boy in Blue (Knabe in Blau), directed by F. W. Murnau – (Germany) • Broken Blossoms, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Richard BarthelmessBumping into Broadway, starring Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels C • ''Captain Kidd's Kids'', a Harold Lloyd short • The Cinema Murder, directed by George D. Baker; starring Marion DaviesCountry Maiden (Dalagang Bukid), directed by José Nepomuceno; starring Atang de la RamaPhilippinesCreaking Stairs (aka Dearie) directed by Rupert Julian for Universal Pictures, starring Mary MacLaren and Herbert Prior DDaddy-Long-Legs, starring Mary PickfordDamaged Goods, directed by Alexander Butler – (GB) • Dance of Death/ Totentanz (German) written by Fritz Lang, directed by Otto Rippert, starring Werner KraussThe Dark Star, directed by Allan Dwan; starring Marion Davies and Norman KerryThe Delicious Little Devil, starring Mae Murray and Rudolph Valentino • ''The Devil's Locksmith'' (Austrian) directed by Franz Ferdinand, starring Ferdinand and Herr Ruibar • Different from the Others, directed by Richard Oswald, starring Conrad Veidt – (Germany) • The Doll, directed by Ernst Lubitsch – (Germany) • ''Don't Change Your Husband'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Gloria Swanson EThe Echo of Youth, directed by Ivan Abramson FThe Face at the Window (Australian) directed by Charles Villiers, starring D.B. O'Conner, Agnes Dobson and Claude Turton, based on the 1897 stage play by F. Brooke Warren • The False Faces, directed by Irvin Willat, starring Henry B. Walthall and Lon ChaneyThe First Men in the Moon – (GB) GGetting Mary Married, directed by Allan Dwan; starring Marion Davies and Matt MooreThe Grim Game, starring Harry Houdini HThe Haunted Bedroom (aka The Ghost of Whispering Oaks) directed by Fred Niblo for Thomas H. Ince, starring Enid Bennett (Niblo's wife) and Dorcas MatthewsHaunting Shadows, directed by Henry King, starring H. B. Warner and Edward Peil Sr., based on the 1906 novel The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson • Hawthorne of the U.S.A. directed by James Cruze, starring Wallace Reid • ''Heart o' the Hills'' directed by Sidney Franklin, starring Mary PickfordHere Comes the Bride directed by John S. Robertson, starring John Barrymore, Faire BinneyHis Majesty, the American, starring Douglas FairbanksThe Homesteader, directed by Oscar Micheaux, starring Evelyn Preer IIntoxication, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Asta Nielsen (Germany) JThe Jack of Hearts, starring Hoot Gibson • ''J'accuse'' (French), written and directed by Abel Gance for Pathe Films – (France) starring Romuald Joubé, Severin-Mars, and Maryse Dauvray; this was Gance's most acclaimed film and he remade it with sound in 1938 • Juan Sin Ropa, Argentine film directed by Georges Benoît, starring Camila Quiroga and Héctor G. Quiroga, and produced by Quiroga-Benoît Film, a company made up of the three of them. It was one of the great successes of Argentina's silent film boom of the mid-to-late 1910s and continues to be celebrated retrospectively. KThe Knickerbocker Buckaroo, starring Douglas Fairbanks LThe Life Line, directed by Maurice Tourneur, starring Wallace BeeryLilith and Ly (Austrian) written by Fritz Lang, directed by Erich Kober, starring Elga Beck and Ernst Escherich • The Lost BattalionThe Love Cheat, starring June Caprice and Creighton Hale • ''Love's Prisoner'', starring Olive ThomasLucrezia Borgia (Italian) directed by Augusto Genina, starring Diana Karenne MMadame Dubarry, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Pola Negri and Emil Jannings – (Germany) • Madness / Wahnsinn (German) produced and directed by Conrad Veidt, who also starred in the film; adapted from a novel by Kurt Muenzner • Male and Female, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Gloria Swanson and Thomas MeighanThe Master Mystery, (serial), starring Harry HoudiniThe Miracle Man, starring Thomas Meighan, Lon Chaney and Betty CompsonThe Mistress of the World, directed by Joe May (Weimar Republic) • ''The Monkey's Paw'' (British), lost film based on the story by W. W. Jacobs first published by 1902, and the related one-act stage play written by Louis N. Parker in 1907 • ''My Lady's Garter'', directed by Maurice TourneurMy Wife, the Movie Star, directed by Ernst Lubitsch (Germany) NNabeshima Neko Sodo (Japanese) a ghost-cat film produced by Nikkatsu Films, starring Matsunosuke Onoe, based on the Kabuki play by Joko Segawa III • Okazaki Kaibyo-den (Japanese) starring Matsunosuke Onoe, another ghost-cat movie based on an early 1820s Japanese novel (which was adapted as a Kabuki play in 1827) • The Sentimental Bloke – (Australia) • ''Sir Arne's Treasure'' (Herr Arnes pengar), directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Richard Lund – (Sweden) • A Society Exile directed by George Fitzmaurice starring Elsie FergusonSons of Ingmar (Ingmarssönerna), directed by Victor Sjöström – (Sweden) • South (documentary of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition), filmed by Frank Hurley – (GB) TThe Test of Honor, directed by John S. Robertson, starring John Barrymore, and Constance BinneyThe Thirteenth Chair, directed by Leonce Perret, starring Yvonne Delva and Creighton Hale, based on a play by Bayard Veiller; this film was later remade by Tod Browning in 1929 with sound • The Trembling Hour, directed by George Siegmann for Universal Films, starring Kenneth Harlan and Helen Jerome Eddy; parts of this film were shot in San Quentin State Prison in California • Victory, directed by Maurice Tourneur, starring Lon Chaney, Seena Owen, Wallace Beery, Jack Holt WWeird Tales/ Unheimliche Geschichten/ Uncanny Tales (German) horror anthology written and directed by Richard Oswald, starring Conrad Veidt and Anita Berber; composed of 5 weird stories adapted from the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and others • When the Clouds Roll By, starring Douglas FairbanksThe White Heather, directed by Maurice TourneurThe Wicked Darling, directed by Tod Browning, starring Lon Chaney and Priscilla DeanThe Witness for the Defense starring Elsie Ferguson and Warner Oland YYankee Doodle in Berlin, directed by F. Richard Jones, starring Bothwell Browne, Ford Sterling, Marie Prevost, produced by Mack Sennett • ''You're Fired'', directed by James Cruze, starring Wallace Reid & Wanda Hawley ==Comedy film series==
Comedy film series
Only the films of the series released in 1919 are collected. Buster Keaton (1917–1941) Films starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton released in 1919: • September 7: Back Stage a "Fatty" Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short. • October 26: The Hayseed as a Manager, general store. Charlie Chaplin (1914–1923) Charlie Chaplin wrote, produced, directed, and starred in 9 films for his own production company between 1918 and 1923. These films were distributed by First National. Below the movies filmed in 1919: • May 15: Sunnyside; Three reels Score composed for 1974 re-release • December 15: ''A Day's Pleasure''; Two reels. First film with Jackie Coogan, future star of "The Kid" Score composed for 1973 re-release :Uncompleted and unreleased filmsThe Professor as Professor Bosco, Slated as a two-reeler, but never issued Harold Lloyd (1913–1921) Glasses character ("The Boy"): • Wanted – $5,000Going! Going! Gone!Ask FatherOn the Fire, aka. The Chef • ''I'm on My Way'' • Look Out BelowThe Dutiful DubNext Aisle OverA Sammy in SiberiaJust Dropped InYoung Mr. JazzCrack Your HeelsRing Up the Curtain, aka Back-Stage!Si, SenorBefore BreakfastThe MarathonPistols for BreakfastSwat the CrookOff the TrolleySpring FeverBilly Blazes, Esq. – as Billy Blazes; the film was a parody of Westerns of the time • Just NeighborsAt the Old Stage DoorNever Touched MeA Jazzed HoneymoonCount Your ChangeChop Suey & Co.Heap Big Chief • ''Don't Shove'' • Be My WifeThe RajahHe Leads, Others FollowSoft MoneyCount the VotesPay Your DuesHis Only FatherBumping Into Broadway • ''Captain Kidd's Kids'' • From Hand to Mouth ==Animated short film series==
Animated short film series
Koko the Clown (1919–1934) Koko the Clown was the first animated movie cartoon series. Below list of short films released in 1919: • The Tantalizing Fly • ''The Clown's Pups'' • Out of the InkwellSlidesExperiment No. 2Experiment No. 3Out of the Inkwell Felix the Cat (1919–1936) Below list of Felix the Cat short films released in 1919: :November 9: Feline Follies :November 16: The Musical Mews :December 14: The Adventures of Felix ==Births==
Births
• January 1 – Sheila Mercier, British actress (died 2019) • January 5 – Douglas Henderson, American actor (died 1978) • January 7 – Huang Feng, Hong Kong film director (died 2019) • January 10 – Amzie Strickland, American character actress (died 2006) • January 11 – Mort Mills, American actor (died 1993) • January 13 – Robert Stack, American actor (died 2003) • January 14 – Joe Seneca, American actor and singer (died 1996) • January 21 – Jinx Falkenburg, American model, actress (died 2003) • January 23 – Ernie Kovacs, American comedian, actor (died 1962) • January 24 – Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1973) • February 4 – Janet Waldo, American actress (died 2016) • February 5 • Red Buttons, American actor (died 2006) • Tim Holt, American actor (died 1973) • February 11 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (died 1995) • February 12 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (died 1986) • February 18 – Jack Palance, American actor (died 2006) • March 2 – Jennifer Jones, American actress and mental-health advocate (died 2009) • March 12 – Frank Campanella, American actor (died 2006) • March 15 - Lawrence Tierney, American actor (died 2002) • March 25 – Jeanne Cagney, American actress (died 1984) • March 26 – Strother Martin, American actor (died 1980) • March 29 – Eileen Heckart, American actress (died 2001) • April 2 – Maxwell Reed, Northern Irish actor (died 1974) • April 6 – Caren Marsh Doll, American former actress • April 12 – Ivor Barry, Welsh actor (died 2006) • April 13 – Howard Keel, American actor (died 2004) • April 18 – Vondell Darr, American child actress (died 2012) • April 18 – Virginia O'Brien, American actress (died 2001) • May 1 – Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (died 2005) • May 8 – Lex Barker, American actor (died 1973) • May 22 – Raoul Retzer, Austrian actor (died 1974) • May 23 – Betty Garrett, American actress (died 2011) • June 11 – Richard Todd, Irish actor (died 2009) • June 12 – Uta Hagen, German actress (died 2004) • June 14 • Gene Barry, American actor and singer (died 2009) • June Spencer, British actress (died 2024) • Sam Wanamaker, American actor and director (died 1993) • June 17 – Patrick Cranshaw, American character actor (died 2005) • June 19 – Pauline Kael, American film critic (died 2001) • June 24 – Al Molinaro, American actor (died 2015) • June 29 – Slim Pickens, American actor (died 1983) • July 7 – Jon Pertwee, British actor (died 1996) • July 8 - Eileen Bennett, British actress (died 2025) • July 12 – Vera Ralston, Czech figure skater, actress (died 2003) • July 14 – Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor and philanthropist (died 1987) • July 19 – Patricia Medina, American actress (died 2012) • July 26 – Virginia Gilmore, American actress (died 1986) • August 2 – Nehemiah Persoff, American actor (died 2022) • August 7 – Bertha Moss, Argentine-Mexican actress (died 2008) • August 8 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian producer (died 2010) • August 16 – Lorna Thayer, American actress (died 2005) • August 22 – Alma Beltran, Mexican-American actress (died 2007) • September 2 – Marge Champion, American dancer and actress (died 2020) • September 6 – John Mitchum, American actor (died 2001) • September 7 – Howard Morris, American actor, comedian and director (died 2005) • September 9 – Jacques Marin, French actor (died 2001) • September 17 – Helmut Ashley, Austrian cinematographer and director (died 2021) • September 18 – Diana Lewis, American actress (died 1997) • September 21 – Nigel Stock, British actor (died 1986) • September 24 – Rick Vallin, Russian-born actor (died 1977) • October 5 – Donald Pleasence, British actor (died 1995) • October 8 – Gabriel Dell, American actor (died 1988) • October 18 – Orlando Drummond, Brazilian actor, voice artist and comedian (died 2021) • October 20 – Lia Origoni, Italian actress and singer (died 2022) • October 25 – Rico Alaniz, Mexican-American actor (died 2015) • October 28 – Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, Egyptian director and producer (died 1963) • November 2 – Warren Stevens, American actor (died 2012) • November 3 – Bert Freed, American actor (died 1994) • November 4 • Shirley Mitchell, American actress (died 2013) • Martin Balsam, American actor (died 1996) • November 7 – Aline Towne, American actress (died 1996) • November 13 – Mary Beth Hughes, American actress (died 1995) • November 15 – Nova Pilbeam, British actress (died 2015) • November 19 • Lynn Merrick, American actress (died 2007) • Alan Young, British actor (died 2016) • November 20 – Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (died 2012) • November 21 – Steve Brodie, American actor (died 1992) • November 24 – David Kossoff, British actor (died 2005) • December 5 – Guido Gorgatti, Italian-born Argentine actor (died 2023) • December 7 – Lis Løwert, Danish actress (died 2009) • December 11 – Marie Windsor, American actress (died 2000) • December 12 – Adriana Benetti, Italian actress (died 2016) • December 18 – Lynn Bari, American actress (died 1989) • December 21 • Ove Sprogøe, Danish actor (died 2004) • Doug Young, American voice actor (died 2018) ==Deaths==
Deaths
• January 14 – Shelley Hull, 34, American stage & film actor, husband of Josephine Hull, brother of Henry Hull • January 31 – Nat Goodwin, 59, veteran stage star & silent film actor • February 3 – Mary Moore, 29, Irish actress, sister of Joe, Matt, Owen and Tom Moore, A Million a Minute • February 17 – Vera Kholodnaya, 25, Russian silent film actress, ''A Corpse Living, The Woman Who Invented Love, Her Sister's Rival, Song of Triumphant Love'' • April 9 – Sidney Drew, 55, American stage & film actor A Florida Enchantment • May 3 – Daniel Gilfether, 70, American actor of stage & screen • May 21 – Lamar Johnstone, 34, American silent film actor • August 27 – Clifford Bruce, 34, American silent film actor • November 24 – William Stowell, 34, American silent film star ==Film debuts==
Film debuts
Ernie AdamsA Regular GirlVilma BánkyIm letzten AugenblickRenée BjörlingThe Downy GirlJeanne CarpenterDaddy-Long-LegsRonald ColmanThe ToilersBebe DanielsMale and FemaleMiss DuPontLombardi, Ltd.Ruth DwyerThe Lurking PerilMary ForbesWomen Who WinGladys GeorgeRed Hot DollarsElla GombaszögiÁtok VáraSascha GuraThe Dance of DeathBoris KarloffThe Lightning RaiderRoscoe KarnsPoor RelationsFritz Lang (director) – HalbblutLaura La PlanteThe Great GambleHelen LowellThe Virtuous ModelSybill MorelOpiumJack PerrinTotonLydia PotechinaAnita JoAnnie RosarDer Mord an der BajadereChristian RubThe Belle of New YorkEstelle TaylorA Broadway SaintGuinn "Big Boy" WilliamsAlmost a HusbandClaire WindsorThe PestCarl-Gunnar WingårdThe Downy GirlAnna May WongThe Red Lantern ==See also==
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