1925 in film

The top ten 1925 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: ==Events==

• June 26: Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush premieres. It is voted the best film of the year by critics in The Film Daily annual poll • September 25: Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin rebuilt as Germany's largest cinema reopens. • November 5: MGM's war drama film The Big Parade is released. It is a massive commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing picture of the 1920s in the United States. • December 30: MGM's biblical epic Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ premieres in New York City. It is the most expensive silent film ever made, costing $4 million (around $ million when adjusted for inflation) • Hong Shen publishes the film script Mrs. Shentu in the Shanghai magazine Eastern Miscellany. It is never filmed, but is considered a milestone in film history for being the first published film script in China. Hong also directs his first film, Young Master Feng, at Mingxing (Star) Film Company in this year. ==Notable films released in 1925==

For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see United States films of 1925 A • Ang Pagtitipid, directed by José Nepomuceno – (Philippines) • Are Parents People?, directed by Malcolm St. Clair, starring Adolphe Menjou B • The Battleship Potemkin (Bronyenosyets Potyomkin), directed by Sergei Eisenstein – (U.S.S.R.) • The Bells (Le Juif Polonais), directed by and starring Harry Southwell • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, directed by Fred Niblo, starring Ramón Novarro, May McAvoy and Francis X. Bushman • The Big Parade, directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert and Renée Adorée • The Blackguard (Die Prinzessin und der Geiger), directed by Graham Cutts – (GB/Germany) • Braveheart, directed by Alan Hale Sr., starring Rod La Rocque C • Chess Fever (Shakhmatnaya goryachka), directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin – (U.S.S.R.) • Chronicles of the Gray House, directed by Arthur von Gerlach, starring Lil Dagover (Germany) • The Circle, directed by Frank Borzage, starring Eleanor Boardman • Classified, directed by Alfred Santell, starring Corinne Griffith • Cobra, directed by Joseph Henabery, starring Rudolph Valentino and Nita Naldi • Corazón Aymara (Aymara Heart) (lost), directed by Pedro Sambarino – (Bolivia) • Curses!, directed by William Goodrich (Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle) and Grover Jones D • The Dark Angel, directed by George Fitzmaurice, starring Ronald Colman and Vilma Bánky • Déclassé, directed by Robert G. Vignola, starring Corinne Griffith and Lloyd Hughes • Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde, directed by Scott Pembroke and Joe Rock, starring Stan Laurel • Don Q, Son of Zorro, directed by Donald Crisp, starring Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Astor E • The Eagle, directed by Clarence Brown, starring Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Bánky F • The Farmer from Texas (Der Farmer aus Texas), directed by Joe May, starring Lillian Hall-Davis and Willy Fritsch – (Germany) • Feu Mathias Pascal (The Late Mathias Pascal), directed by Marcel L'Herbier, starring Ivan Mosjoukine – (France) • Fifty-Fifty (lost), directed by Henri Diamant-Berger, starring Hope Hampton, Lionel Barrymore and Louise Glaum • The Freshman, directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, starring Harold Lloyd G • Go West, starring and directed by Buster Keaton • The Gold Rush, a Charlie Chaplin film • The Goose Woman, directed by Clarence Brown, starring Louise Dresser, Jack Pickford and Constance Bennett • ''Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life'', directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack • The Green Archer, a 10-chapter (three chapters exist) serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, starring Allene Ray and Walter Miller, based on the 1923 novel by Edgar Wallace – (Italy) • Madame Behave (lost), directed by Scott Sidney, starring Julian Eltinge and Ann Pennington • Madame Sans-Gêne (lost), directed by Léonce Perret, starring Gloria Swanson • The Marriage of the Bear (Medvezhya Svadba), directed by Vladimir Gardin and Konstantin Eggert, based on the 1869 novella Lokis by Prosper Mérimée • Les Misérables, directed by Henri Fescourt – (France) • The Monster, directed by Roland West, starring Lon Chaney and Johnny Arthur, based on the 1924 play by Crane Wilbur • The Mystic, directed by Tod Browning, starring Aileen Pringle and Conway Tearle O • Old Clothes, directed by Edward F. Cline, starring Jackie Coogan and Joan Crawford • Orochi, directed by Buntarō Futagawa, starring Tsumasaburō Bandō – (Japan) P • Pampered Youth (lost), directed by David Smith • The Phantom of the Moulin-Rouge (Le fantôme du Moulin-Rouge), written and directed by René Clair – (France) • The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Rupert Julian, starring Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry and Mary Philbin, based on the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux • The Plastic Age – directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Clara Bow and Gilbert Roland • The Pleasure Garden, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Virginia Valli and Carmelita Geraghty – (GB) • Prem Sanyas (Die Leuchte Asiens | The Light of Asia), directed by Franz Osten and Himanshu Rai – (Germany/India) • Pretty Ladies, directed by Monta Bell, starring ZaSu Pitts • Proud Flesh, directed by King Vidor, starring Eleanor Boardman and Harrison Ford R • The Rag Man, directed by Edward F. Cline, starring Jackie Coogan • The Rat, directed by Graham Cutts, starring Ivor Novello, Mae Marsh and Isabel Jeans – (GB) • The Red Head (Poil de Carotte), directed by Julien Duvivier – (France) • Red Heels (Das Spielzeug von Paris), directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Lili Damita – (Austria) • Red Hot Tires, directed by Erle C. Kenton, starring Monte Blue and Patsy Ruth Miller • The Road to Yesterday, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Joseph Schildkraut and William Boyd S • Sally, Irene and Mary directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Constance Bennett, Joan Crawford, Sally O'Neil and William Haines • Sally of the Sawdust, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Carol Dempster and W. C. Fields • Seven Chances, a Buster Keaton film • Seven Keys to Baldpate (lost), directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, starring Douglas MacLean, based on the 1913 novel by Earl Derr Biggers • She, directed by Leander de Cordova and G. B. Samuelson, starring Betty Blythe – (GB/Germany) • Smouldering Fires, directed by Clarence Brown, starring Pauline Frederick and Laura La Plante • Spook Ranch, directed by Edward Laemmle, starring Hoot Gibson • Stella Dallas, directed by Henry King, starring Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. • The Street of Forgotten Men (lost), directed by Herbert Brenon • Strike (Stachka), directed by Sergei Eisenstein – (U.S.S.R.) • The Swan, directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, starring Frances Howard, Adolphe Menjou and Ricardo Cortez T • The Tailor from Torzhok (Zakroyshchik iz Torzhka), directed by Yakov Protazanov – (U.S.S.R.) • The Third Round, directed by Sidney Morgan, starring Jack Buchanan – (GB) • Three Weeks in Paris (lost), directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring Matt Moore • Too Many Kisses, directed by Paul Sloane, starring Richard Dix and William Powell • Tumbleweeds, directed by King Baggot, starring William S. Hart U • The Unholy Three, directed by Tod Browning, starring Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore and Victor McLaglen, based on the 1917 novel by Tod Robbins V • Vampires of Warsaw (Wampiry Warszawy) (lost), written and directed by Wiktor Biegański • Womanhandled, directed by Gregory La Cava, starring Richard Dix and Esther Ralston • A Woman of the World, directed by Mal St. Clair, starring Pola Negri Z • Zander the Great, directed by George W. Hill, starring Marion Davies and Harrison Ford ==Comedy film series==

• Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940) • Harold Lloyd (1913–1938) • Lupino Lane (1915–1939) • Buster Keaton (1917–1944) • Laurel and Hardy (1921–1943) • Our Gang (1922–1944) • Harry Langdon (1924–1936) ==Animated short film series==

• Felix the Cat (1919–1936) • Koko the Clown (1919–1963) • ''Aesop's Film Fables'' (1921–1934) • Alice Comedies • Alice Cans the Cannibals • Alice the Toreador • Alice Gets Stung • Alice Solves the Puzzle • ''Alice's Egg Plant'' • Alice Loses Out • Alice is Stage Struck • Alice Wins the Derby • Alice Picks the Champ • ''Alice's Tin Pony'' • Alice Chops the Suey • Alice the Jail Bird • Alice Plays Cupid • Alice Rattled by Rats • Alice in the Jungle • ''Koko's Song Car Tunes'' (1924–1927) • Krazy Kat (1925–1940) • Un-Natural History (1925–1927) ==Births==

• January 1 - Matthew Beard, American actor (died 1981) • January 6 – Enrique Carreras, Peruvian-born director and producer (died 1995) • January 9 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (died 1989) • January 13 • Rosemary Murphy, American actress (died 2014) • Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (died 2000) • January 15 - Ignacio López Tarso, Mexican actor (died 2023) • January 21 – Charles Aidman, American actor (died 1993) • January 24 – Helen Stenborg, American actress (died 2011) • January 26 • Joan Leslie, American actress (died 2015) • Paul Newman, American actor (died 2008) • February 2 – Elaine Stritch, American actress (died 2014) • February 3 • Shelley Berman, American comedian, actor, and writer (died 2017) • John Fiedler, American actor and voice actor (died 2005) • February 8 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (died 2001) • February 11 – Kim Stanley, American actress (died 2001) • February 17 • Ron Goodwin, English film composer (died 2003) • Hal Holbrook, American actor (died 2021) • February 18 – George Kennedy, American actor (died 2016) • February 20 – Robert Altman, American director (died 2006) • February 21 – Sam Peckinpah, American director (died 1984) • February 25 – Aino Seep, Estonian singer and actress (died 1982) • February 26 – Selma Archerd, American actress (died 2023) • March 7 - Richard Vernon, British actor (died 1997) • March 11 – Peter R. Hunt, British director, editor and producer (died 2002) • March 13 – Corrado Gaipa, Italian actor and voice actor (died 1989) • March 17 - Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor (died 2015) • March 23 - Thelma Ruby, British actress • March 29 - Frederick Treves, English actor (died 2012) • April 14 – Rod Steiger, American actor (died 2002) • April 18 – Bob Hastings, American actor (died 2014) • April 19 – Hugh O'Brian, American actor (died 2016) • April 28 – Bruce Kirby, American character actor (died 2021) • May 2 – John Neville, English-Canadian actor (died 2011) • May 25 – Jeanne Crain, American actress (died 2003) • May 26 – Alec McCowen, English actor (died 2017) • May 28 – Martha Vickers, American model, actress (died 1971) • June 3 – Tony Curtis, American actor (died 2010) • June 4 • Joe Hale, American animator, layout artist, and producer (died 2025) • Gerald Sim, English actor (died 2014) • June 5 - Henny Orri, Dutch actress (died 2022) • June 7 – John Biddle, American yachting cinematographer (died 2008) • June 8 – Charles Tyner, American actor (died 2017) • June 10 - Diana Maggi, Italian-born Argentine actress (died 2022) • June 13 – Kristine Miller, American actress (died 2015) • June 16 – Otto Muehl, Austrian experimental director (died 2013) • June 20 – Audie Murphy, American soldier, actor, songwriter, rancher (died 1971) • June 21 – Maureen Stapleton, American actress (died 2006) • June 25 • June Lockhart, American actress (died 2025) • Virginia Patton, American actress (died 2022) • June 29 • John Fujioka, American actor of Japanese descent (died 2018) • Cara Williams, American actress (died 2021) • July 1 – Farley Granger, American actor (died 2011) • July 6 – Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (died 2002) • July 10 – Mildred Kornman, American actress (died 2022) • July 11 – David Graham, British actor (died 2024) • July 13 – Huang Zongying, Chinese actress and scriptwriter (died 2020) • July 14 – Pip Freedman, South African radio comedian and actor (died 2003) • July 15 – D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (died 2019) • July 23 – Gloria DeHaven, American actress (died 2016) • July 24 – Miiko Taka, American actress (died 2023) • July 25 – Jerry Paris, American actor and director (died 1986) • August 6 – Barbara Bates, American singer, actress (died 1969) • August 11 – Arlene Dahl, American actress (died 2021) • August 13 • Carlos Balá, Argentine actor (died 2022) • Asao Sano, Japanese actor (died 2022) • August 15 – Mike Connors, American actor (died 2017) • August 17 - Michael Beint, English retired actor • August 22 – Honor Blackman, English actress (died 2020) • August 23 – Robert Mulligan, American director (died 2008) • August 27 - Susan Willis, American actress (died 2009) • August 29 - Dick Cusack, American actor and filmmaker (died 2003) • August 30 - Frank Ray Perilli, American actor and screenwriter (died 2018) • September 2 - Ronnie Stevens, English character actor and voice artist (died 2006) • September 3 - Anne Jackson, American actress (died 2016) • September 8 – Peter Sellers, English comedian and actor (died 1980) • September 12 • James Garbutt, British actor (died 2020) • Dickie Moore, American actor (died 2015) • September 15 - Peggy Webber, American actress and writer • September 17 - Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (died 2003) • September 18 - Felice Orlandi, Italian-born American actor (died 2003) • September 21 – Noor Jehan, Indian actress (died 2000) • September 22 - Virginia Capers, American actress (died 2004) • September 29 - Steve Forrest, American actor (died 2013) • October 3 – Gore Vidal, American writer and actor (died 2012) • October 4 - Edmund Lyndeck, American actor (died 2015) • October 5 – Gail Davis, American actress (died 1997) • October 11 – Nancy Guild, American actress (died 1999) • October 16 • Angela Lansbury, English-American actress (died 2022) • Lenka Peterson, American actress (died 2021) • October 29 • Geraldine Brooks, American actress (died 1977) • Robert Hardy, English actor (died 2017) • October 31 – Lee Grant, American actress, documentarian, and director • November 4 – Doris Roberts, American actress (died 2016) • November 6 - Michel Bouquet, French actor (died 2022) • November 10 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor (died 1984) • November 11 - Jonathan Winters, American comedian, actor, author, television host and artist (died 2013) • November 17 – Rock Hudson, American actor (died 1985) • November 22 - Carla Balenda, American actress (died 2024) • November 25 – June Whitfield, English comic actress (died 2018) • December 2 – Julie Harris, American Broadway and film actress (died 2013) • December 3 – Kaljo Kiisk, Estonian actor and director (died 2007) • December 7 – Sydney Samuelson, English cinematographer (died 2022) • December 8 – Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, musician and actor (died 1990) • December 12 – Anne V. Coates, English film editor (died 2018) • December 13 – Dick Van Dyke, American actor • December 18 – Peggy Cummins, Welsh-born Irish actress (died 2017) • December 23 – Harry Guardino, American actor (died 1995) • December 28 – Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer and writer (died 2002) ==Deaths==

• January 24 - Wilton Taylor, American actor (born 1869) • February 4 - William Haggar, British cinema pioneer (born 1851) • February 6 - James Kenyon, English businessman and cinema pioneer (born 1850) • February 7 – Edward Jobson, American actor (born 1860) • February 25 – Louis Feuillade, French director (born 1873) • March 13 – Lucille Ricksen, American actress (born 1910) • April 8 – Thecla Åhlander, Swedish actress (born 1855) • April 13 – Frederik Buch, Danish actor (born 1875) • April 16 – David Powell, Scottish actor (born 1883) • July 29 – Mark Fenton, American actor (born 1866) • September 28 – Paul Vermoyal, French actor (born 1888) • October 21 – Orme Caldara, American stage and film actor (born 1875) • October 31 – Max Linder, French actor (born 1883) • November 1 – Lester Cuneo American actor (born 1888) • November 3 – Lucile McVey, American actress (born 1890) • December 8 – Marguerite Marsh, American actress (born 1888) • December 9 – Harry Rattenberry, American actor (born 1857) • December 21 – Lottie Lyell, Australian director/producer (born 1890) • December 22 – Mary Thurman, American actress (born 1895) • December 24 - James O. Barrows, American stage and screen actor (born 1855) • December 31 – J. Gordon Edwards American director (born 1867) ==Film debuts==

• Barbara Barondess – A Kiss for Cinderella • Walter Brennan – Webs of Steel • Iron Eyes Cody – The Road to Yesterday • Gary Cooper – Dick Turpin • Harry Cording – The Shock Punch • Joan Crawford – Lady of the Night • Yola d'Avril – The Dressmaker from Paris • Dolores del Río – Joanna • Wild Bill Elliott – The Plastic Age • Stepin Fetchit – The Mysterious Stranger • Paul Fix – The Perfect Clown • Joyzelle Joyner – Ben-Hur • Jack La Rue – The Lucky Devil • René Lefèvre – Knock • Myrna Loy – Pretty Ladies • Mona Maris – The Apache • Maximilienne – Le Double Amour • Tim McCoy – The Thundering Herd • Anita Page – A Kiss for Cinderella • Bodil Rosing – Pretty Ladies • Dorothy Sebastian – Sackcloth and Scarlet • Nicholas Soussanin – The Swan • Grady Sutton – The Mad Whirl • Michael Visaroff – The Swan • Fay Wray – The Coast Patrol ==References==