1919 in film

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The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Films released in 1919
4 Short film series
5 Animated short film series
6 Births
7 Deaths
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[edit] Events
February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists
Oscar Micheaux releases The Homesteader, starring pioneering African-American actress Evelyn Preer, becoming the first African-American to produce and direct a motion picture.
Harold Lloyd begins holding test screenings of his films and modifying them based on audience feedback, a technique which is still used today.
Tri-Ergon sound-on-film technology is developed by three German inventors, Josef Engl, Hans Vogt, and Joseph Massole; however, the era of sound films is over 6 years away.

[edit] Top grossing films

[edit] Films released in 1919
Anne of Green Gables, directed by William Desmond Taylor; starring Mary Miles Minter and Paul Kelly
Back Stage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
Barrabas
Blind Husbands, directed by Erich von Stroheim.
Bolshevism on Trial, directed by Harley Knoles and backed by Lewis J. Selznick.
Broken Blossoms starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess; directed by D.W. Griffith.
Cinema Week (Kino-nedelya)
Daddy-Long-Legs, starring Mary Pickford.
A Day's Pleasure, a Charlie Chaplin short.
The Delicious Little Devil, starring Mae Murray and Rudolph Valentino.
Different from the Others, starring Conrad Veidt; directed by Richard Oswald.
The Doll
The Garage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
The Grim Game, starring Harry Houdini
The Homesteader, starring Evelyn Preer; directed by Oscar Micheaux.
J'accuse!
Leaves from Satan's Book
Lightning Bryce, a series of 15 "chapters", starring Jack Hoxie and Ann Little.
The Lost Battalion
Madame DuBarry, starring Pola Negri and Emil Jannings.
Male and Female, starring Gloria Swanson; directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
The Oyster Princess (Die Austerprinzessin)
The Sentimental Bloke, a feature-length Australian film.
Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic (documentary)
Sons of Ingmar (Ingmarssönerna)
Sunnyside, a Charlie Chaplin short.
True Heart Susie, starring Lillian Gish and Bobby Harron.
Unheimliche Geschichten the original silent film version
When the Clouds Roll By

[edit] Short film series
Harold Lloyd (1913-1921)
Charlie Chaplin (1914-1923)
Buster Keaton (1917-1941)

[edit] Animated short film series
Koko the Clown (1919-1934) (first animated movie cartoon series)
Felix the Cat (1919-1930)

[edit] Births
January 1 - Carole Landis, actress (d. 1948)
January 13 - Robert Stack, actor (d. 2003)
January 21 - Jinx Falkenburg, model, actress (d. 2003)
January 23 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian, actor (d. 1962)
February 5 - Red Buttons, actor (d. 2006)
February 5 - Tim Holt, actor (d. 1973)
February 11 - Eva Gabor, actress (d. 1995)
February 18 - Jack Palance, actor (d. 2006)
March 2 - Jennifer Jones, actress
March 29 - Eileen Heckart, actress (d. 2001)
April 13 - Howard Keel, actor (d. 2004)
April 29 - Celeste Holm, actress
May 8 - Lex Barker, actor (d. 1973)
May 23 - Betty Garrett, actress
June 12 - Uta Hagen, actress (d. 2004)
June 14 - Sam Wanamaker, director, actor (d. 1993)
June 19 - Pauline Kael, film critic (d. 2001)
June 19 - Louis Jourdan, actor
June 29 - Slim Pickens, actor (d. 1983)
July 7 - Jon Pertwee, actor (d. 1996)
July 26 - Virginia Gilmore, actress (d. 1986)
August 2 - Nehemiah Persoff, actor
August 8 - Dino De Laurentiis, producer
September 18 - Diana Lewis, actress (d. 1997)
September 26 - Barbara Britton, actress (d. 1980)
October 5 - Donald Pleasence, actor (d. 1995)
November 13 - Mary Beth Hughes, actress (d. 1995)
November 13 - Amelia Bence, actress
November 14 - Veronica Lake, actress (d. 1973)
November 15 - Nova Pilbeam, actress
November 20 - Evelyn Keyes, actress

[edit] Deaths