1920 in film

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The year 1920 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Films released in 1920
4 Short film series
5 Animated short film series
6 Births
7 Deaths
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[edit] Events
November 27 - The Mask of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.

[edit] Top grossing films
Way Down East - directed by D.W. Griffith
Over the Hill to the Poorhouse - directed by Harry F. Millarde

[edit] Films released in 1920
Algol, starring Emil Jannings
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, starring Werner Krauss and Conrad Veidt.
Convict 13, a Buster Keaton short
The Common Sin, starring Rod La Rocque and Nita Naldi
The Golem: How He Came Into the World (Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam), starring and directed by Paul Wegener
Die Todeskarawane, starring Dora Gerson and Bela Lugosi
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring John Barrymore
Haunted Spooks, starring Harold Lloyd
Herr och fru Stockholm, starring Greta Garbo
High and Dizzy, starring Harold Lloyd
Huckleberry Finn
The Last of the Mohicans, starring Wallace Beery
Love, Honor, and Behave, starring George O'Hara and Marie Prevost
The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks
The $1,000,000 Reward
Neighbors a Buster Keaton short
One Week, a Buster Keaton short
Over the Hill to the Poorhouse
The Penalty, starring Lon Chaney
Pollyanna, starring Mary Pickford -(film only mentioned in article)
The Saphead, starring Buster Keaton
The Scarecrow, a Buster Keaton short
Stolen Moments, starring Rudolph Valentino
Way Down East, starring Lillian Gish
Within Our Gates, directed by Oscar Micheaux, starring Evelyn Preer

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

[edit] Animated short film series
Felix the Cat (1919-1930)
Koko the Clown (1919-1963)

[edit] Births
January 20 - Federico Fellini, film director (d. 1993)
January 20 - DeForest Kelley, actor (d. 1993)
January 27 - John Box, production designer, four-time Oscar winner (d. 2005)
January 30 - Delbert Mann, director
February 11 - Billy Halop, actor (d. 1976)
February 26 - Tony Randall, actor (d. 2004)
March 16 - Leo McKern, actor (d. 2002)
April 1 - Toshiro Mifune, actor (d. 1997)
April 2 - Jack Webb, actor (d. 1982)
May 11 - Denver Pyle, actor (d. 1997)
May 16 - Martine Carol, actress (d. 1967)
May 26 - Peggy Lee, singer, songwriter, actress (d. 2002)
June 18 - Ian Carmichael, English stage, film and television actor
June 29 - Ray Harryhausen, producer, visual effects artist
August 6 - Ella Raines, actress (d. 1988)
August 17 - Maureen O'Hara, actress
August 18 - Shelley Winters, actress (d. 2006)
August 22 - Ray Bradbury, writer
September 18 - Jack Warden, actor (d. 2006)
September 23 - Mickey Rooney, actor
September 27 - William Conrad, actor (d. 1994)
September 27 - Jayne Meadows, actress
October 1 - Walter Matthau, actor (d. 2000)
October 17 - Montgomery Clift, actor (d. 1966)
October 18 - Melina Mercouri, actress (d. 1994)
October 21 - Hy Averback, actor (d. 1997)
October 22 - Mitzi Green, actress (d. 1969)
October 27 - Nanette Fabray, actress
November 2 - Ann Rutherford, actress
November 10 - Jennifer Holt, actress (d. 1997)
November 19 - Gene Tierney, actress (d. 1991)
November 25 - Ricardo Montalban, actor
November 30 - Virginia Mayo, actress (d. 2005)
December 29 - Viveca Lindfors, actress (d. 1995)
December 30 - Jack Lord, actor (d. 1998)
December 31 – Rex Allen, American cowboy actor, singer (d. 1999)

[edit] Deaths