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The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.
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1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Films released in 1917
4 Short film series
5 Births
6 Deaths
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[edit] Events
Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced. The first film to use it was The Gulf Between.
World's first feature-length animated film is made in Argentina by Quirino Cristiani (El Apóstol)
Movette, another revision of the 17.5 mm film format, is made available.
Buster Keaton makes his film debut.
[edit] Top grossing films
Cleopatra
[edit] Films released in 1917
The Adventurer, a Charlie Chaplin short.
Bucking Broadway, directed by John Ford.
The Butcher Boy, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short (Keaton's film debut).
Camille, starring Theda Bara
Cleopatra, starring Theda Bara
Coney Island, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
The Cure, a Charlie Chaplin short.
The Dying Swan, a Russian film aka Umirayushchii Lebed
Easy Street, starring Charlie Chaplin
El Apóstol, animated by Quirino Cristiani
Great Expectations, starring Jack Pickford
The Gulf Between
His Wedding Night, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
The Immigrant, starring Charlie Chaplin
Joan the Woman, starring Geraldine Farrar; directed by Cecil B. DeMille
The Little American, starring Mary Pickford; directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
A Little Princess, starring Mary Pickford, Norman Kerry and ZaSu Pitts, directed by Marshall Neilan.
Oh Doctor!, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
The Poor Little Rich Girl, starring Mary Pickford.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
A Reckless Romeo, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle short.
The Rough House, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
Straight Shooting, directed by John Ford.
Teddy at the Throttle, a Keystone comedy with Gloria Swanson.
Terje Vigen
Tom Sawyer, starring Jack Pickford
The Torture of Silence
Wild and Woolly
The Wild Girl, starring Eva Tanguay and Thomas J. Moore
[edit] Short film series
Harold Lloyd (1913-1921)
Charlie Chaplin (1914-1923
Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
[edit] Births
January 2 - Vera Zorina, dancer, actress (d. 2003)
January 10 - Hilde Krahl, actress (d. 1999)
January 24 - Ernest Borgnine, actor
February 6 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress
February 21 - Lucille Bremer, actress (d. 1996)
March 12 - Googie Withers, actress
March 22 - Virginia Grey, actress (d. 2004)
April 14 - Valerie Hobson, actress (d. 1998)
May 1 - Danielle Darrieux, actress
May 10 - Margo, actress (d. 1985)
May 21 - Raymond Burr, actor (d. 1993)
May 25 - Steve Cochran, actor (d. 1965)
June 7 - Dean Martin, singer, actor (d. 1995)
April 29 - Celeste Holm, actress
June 30 - Lena Horne, singer, actress
July 17 - Phyllis Diller, comedian, actress
August 6 - Robert Mitchum, actor (d. 1997)
August 25 - Mel Ferrer, actor
September 11 - Herbert Lom, actor
October 7 - June Allyson, actress (d. 2006)
October 7 - Helmut Dantine, actor (d. 1982)
October 13 - Laraine Day, actress
October 17 - Alice Pearce, actress (d. 1966)
October 17 - Marsha Hunt, U.S. actress
October 22 - Joan Fontaine, actress
November 4 - Virginia Field, actress (d. 1992)
December 7 - Hurd Hatfield, actor (d. 1998)
December 22 - Frankie Darro, actor (d. 1976)
[edit] Deaths
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