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• February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
  The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film)
  
  The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1921 in film silent movie produced by Metro Pictures Corporation, directed by Rex Ingram and starring Rudolph Valentino, Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard, Wallace Beery, and Alice Terry....
  , starring Rudolph Valentino
  Rudolph Valentino
  
  Rudolph Valentino was an Italy actor, sex symbol, and early pop icon. Known as the "Latin Lover", he was one of the most popular stars of the 1920s, and one of the most recognized stars from the silent film....
  , premieres.
• September 5 - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle holds a party in a San Francisco hotel to celebrate his new $3,000,000 three-year contract with Paramount
  Paramount Pictures
  
  Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production company and distribution company, located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California....
  . A young actress, Virginia Rappe
  Virginia Rappe
  
  Virginia Rappe was an American model and silent film actor....
  , becomes ill at the party and dies on September 9, of peritonitis secondary to a ruptured bladder. Arbuckle is accused of mortally injuring Rappe during an attempted rape, and is charged with murder. Rumours fly that Arbuckle raped Rappe with a bottle. The doctors who conducted the autopsy on Rappe found no evidence supporting a charge of rape, but were unable to rule out external force as the cause of Rappe's injury. The murder charge was later reduced to one of manslaughter at the preliminary hearing.

• December 4 - The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter
  Manslaughter
  
  Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being, in a manner considered by law as less culpable than murder.The law generally differentiates between levels of criminal culpability based on the mens rea, or state of mind....
   trial against actor and film
  Film
  
  Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
   director Roscoe Arbuckle ends in a hung jury
  Jury
  
  A jury is a sworn body of people convened to render a rationalism, impartiality verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a sentence or judgment....
   voting 9-2 for acquittal. A second later trail deadlocked 8-4 for conviction. The jury acquitted him after six minutes' deliberation and added a special statement to the verdict stating that acquittal was not enough to demonstrate the baselessness of the charges against Arbuckle.

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Films released in 1921

• $10,000 Under a Pillow, silent film directed by Frank Moser
  Frank Moser
  
  Frank Moser , was an United States film director. He directed 202 films between 1916 in film and 1937 in film.He was born in Oketo, Kansas, USA and died in Dobbs Ferry, New York....
  
• 'High Sign', The, directed by Edward F. Cline
  Edward F. Cline
  
  Edward F. Cline was a screenwriter, actor, writer and director. He was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin and died in Hollywood....
   and Buster Keaton
  Buster Keaton
  
  Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an Academy Award-winning United States comic actor and filmmaker. Best known for his silent films, his trademark was physical comedy with a stoicism, deadpan expression on his face, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face" ....
  
• 'Orace, silent film directed by Bannister Merwin
  Bannister Merwin
  
  Bannister Merwin , was an United States film director. He directed 141 films between 1909 in film and 1921 in film.He was born in Lichfield, Connecticut, USA and died in London, England, United Kingdom....
  
• The Ace of Hearts, silent film directed by Wallace Worsley
  Wallace Worsley
  
  Wallace A. Worsley Sr. was an American stage actor who became a director in the silent film era. Worsley directed 29 films during the years 1918-1928 and acted in 7 films....
  
• Across the Divide, silent film directed by John Holloway
• Action (film), silent film directed by John Ford
  John Ford
  
  John Ford was an United States film director of Ireland heritage famous for both his western such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath ....
  
• Adopting a Bear Cub, silent film directed by John Randolph Bray
  John Randolph Bray
  
  John Randolph Bray produced the first animation film in color The Debut of Thomas Cat in Brewster Color, developed by Percy D. Brewster of Newark, New Jersey....
  
• The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick, directed by Thomas Bentley
  Thomas Bentley
  
  Thomas Bentley , was an United Kingdom film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 in film and 1941 in film.He was born in London, England, United Kingdom....
  
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, directed by Maurice Elvey
  Maurice Elvey
  
  Maurice Elvey , the most prolific film director in Great Britain history , helmed nearly 200 movies between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year ....
  
• The Adventures of Tarzan
  The Adventures of Tarzan
  
  The Adventures of Tarzan is a 15 chapter movie serial which features the third and final appearance of Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan. The serial was produced by Louis Weiss , written by Robert F....
  , directed by Robert F. Hill
  Robert F. Hill
  
  Robert F. Hill was a Canada film director, screenwriter, and actor during the silent film era....
   and Scott Sidney
  Scott Sidney
  
  Scott Sidney , was an United States film director. He directed 117 films between 1913 in film and 1927 in film.He died in London, England, United Kingdom....
  
• The Advisor, directed by Jack White
  Jack White (filmmaker)
  
  Jack White was an United States film producer, director and screenwriter. In a film career that ran from 1913 in film to 1934 in film, White produced over 330 films, directed more than 60 of them, and wrote for over 50....
  
• Afraid of His Wife, directed by Scott Sidney
  Scott Sidney
  
  Scott Sidney , was an United States film director. He directed 117 films between 1913 in film and 1927 in film.He died in London, England, United Kingdom....
  
• After Midnight, directed by Ralph Ince
  Ralph Ince
  
  Ralph Ince , was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent film. He directed 171 films between 1910 in film and 1937 in film....
  
• After the Dough, directed by Herman C. Raymaker
  Herman C. Raymaker
  
  Herman C. Raymaker , was an United States film director actor. He directed 51 films between 1917 in film and 1934 in film.He was born in Oakland, California, United States and died in Oceanside, New York, Long Island, New York....
  
• After the Show
  After the Show
  
  The term After the Show may refer to:*After the Show , an episode of CSI*After the Show , a song by Kevin Ayers...
  , directed by William C. de Mille
• After Your Own Heart, directed by George Marshall
• The Alarm
  The Alarm (film)
  
  The Alarm is a 1914 in film Short subject comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe Arbuckle. Cast* Roscoe Arbuckle* Minta Durfee...
  , directed by Robert F. Hill
  Robert F. Hill
  
  Robert F. Hill was a Canada film director, screenwriter, and actor during the silent film era....
  
• Alfalfa Love, directed by Fred Hibbard
  Fred Hibbard
  
  Fred Hibbard , was a Romanian-born American film director, screenwriter and film producer of the silent film. He directed 104 films between 1916 in film and 1925 in film....
  
• The Blot
  The Blot
  
  The Blot is a social problem film directed by Lois Weber with her husband Phillips Smalley in 1921 in film. The film tackles the social problem of genteel poverty, focusing on the family of a college professor who are honest and hardworking, yet are starving on their meagre income....
  
• Brewster's Millions
  Brewster's Millions (1921 film)
  
  Brewster's Millions is a 1921 in film comedy film starring Roscoe Arbuckle. It's an adaptation of Brewster's Millions written by George Barr McCutcheon....
  , starring Fatty Arbuckle
  Fatty Arbuckle
  
  Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an United States silent film comedian, director, and screenwriter. Starting at Paramount he eventually moved to Keystone Studios where he worked with Mabel Normand, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd....
  
• Brownie's Baby Doll, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• Brownie's Little Venus, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• Bullets or Ballots
  Bullets or Ballots
  
  Bullets or Ballots is a 1936 in film gangster film starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane and Humphrey Bogart. Robinson plays a police detective who infiltrates a crime gang....
  , the film debut of Mary Astor
  Mary Astor
  
  Mary Astor was an Academy Awards-winning United States actress. Most famous for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon opposite Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long film career as a teenager in the silent films of the early 1920 in film....
  
• Camille
  Camille (1921 film)
  
  Camille is a 1921 in film silent film starring Rudolph Valentino and Alla Nazimova. It is one of numerous screen adaptations of The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas, fils....
  , starring Alla Nazimova
  Alla Nazimova
  
  Alla Nazimova , born Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon was a Russian/United States theatre and film actress, scriptwriter, and Film producer....
  , Rudolph Valentino
  Rudolph Valentino
  
  Rudolph Valentino was an Italy actor, sex symbol, and early pop icon. Known as the "Latin Lover", he was one of the most popular stars of the 1920s, and one of the most recognized stars from the silent film....
  , Rex Cherryman
  Rex Cherryman
  
  Rex Cherryman was an United States actor of the stage and screen whose career was most prolific during the 1920s.Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, Cherryman began his film career at the age of 22, appearing in the 1919 comedic film In For Thirty Days opposite popular leading lady of the silent film era, May Allison....
   and Patsy Ruth Miller
  Patsy Ruth Miller
  
  Patsy Ruth Miller was an United States movie actress from St. Louis, Missouri....
  
• The Clean Up, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• The Conquering Power
• Danton
  Danton
  
  Danton may refer to:Films* Danton , German film by Dimitri Buchowetzki* Danton , German film by Hans Behrendt* Danton , French film by Andr? Roubaud...
  
• Dracula's Death
  Dracula's Death
  
  Dracula's Death is a 1923 Hungary horror film lost film that was directed and written by K?roly Lajthay. It was the first screen appearance of the vampire Count Dracula....
  
• Disraeli
  Disraeli (film)
  
  Disraeli is a film that was adapted by Julien Josephson and De Leon Anthony from a play by Louis N. Parker. The film was directed by Alfred E....
  
• Every Woman's Problem
• The Fire Eater
  The Fire Eater
  
  The Fire Eater is a 1921 in film Western directed by B. Reeves Eason and featuring Hoot Gibson....
  
• Fool's Paradise
  Fool's Paradise
  
  Fool's Paradise is a 1921 in film romance film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. ...
  , directed by Cecil B. DeMille
  Cecil B. DeMille
  
  Cecil Blount DeMille was an Academy Award-winning United States film director. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies....
   and starring Conrad Nagel
  Conrad Nagel
  
  Conrad Nagel was an American screen actor and matinee idol of the silent film era and beyond. He was also a well known television actor and radio performer....
  , Mildred Harris
  Mildred Harris
  
  Mildred Harris was an United States actress of the silent film era....
  , Theodore Kosloff
  Theodore Kosloff
  
  Theodore Kosloff was a Russian people born ballet dancer, choreographer and film and stage actor....
   and Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• Forever
  Forever (film)
  
  Forever is a 1921 in film silent film, also known as Peter Ibbetson; written by Ouida Berg?re, and directed by George Fitzmaurice. Adapted from 1891's George Du Mauriers' novel Peter Ibbetson , made into a play by John Raphael....
  
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
  The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film)
  
  The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1921 in film silent movie produced by Metro Pictures Corporation, directed by Rex Ingram and starring Rudolph Valentino, Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard, Wallace Beery, and Alice Terry....
  , starring Rudolph Valentino
  Rudolph Valentino
  
  Rudolph Valentino was an Italy actor, sex symbol, and early pop icon. Known as the "Latin Lover", he was one of the most popular stars of the 1920s, and one of the most recognized stars from the silent film....
  
• Get-Rich-Quick Peggy, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• The Goat
  The Goat (1921 film)
  
  The Goat is a 1921 in film short comedy film written, directed by and starring comedian Buster Keaton....
  
• God's Crucible
• Golfing, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• Hail the Woman
  Hail the Woman
  
  Hail the Woman is a 1921 in film John Griffith Wray silent film, drama-genre film. A Thomas Ince production....
  
• The Haunted Castle
• The Haunted House
  The Haunted House (1921 film)
  
  The Haunted House is a 1921 in film short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline....
  
• Her Circus Man, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• Humor Risk
  Humor Risk
  
  Humor Risk was the first Marx Brothers film, although it was never released, and is listed by the Internet Movie Database as a lost film. The print may have been accidentally thrown away when left in the screening box overnight, or Groucho Marx, unhappy with the film's quality, may have intentionally burnt the negative after a particula...
  
• The Idle Class
  The Idle Class
  
  The Idle Class is a 1921 in film United States silent film made by First National Pictures. It was written and directed by Charlie Chaplin....
  
• Jánošík
  Jánošík (1921 film)
  
  J?no??k is a Cinema of Slovakia black-and-white silent film from 1921 in film. It relates the popular legend of the highwayman Juraj J?no??k....
  , starring Theodor Pištek
  Theodor Pištek (actor)
  
  Theodor Pi?tek was a Czech actor and film director. He appeared in 234 films between 1921 in film and 1959 in film....
  
• The Kid
  The Kid (1921 film)
  
  The Kid is a 1921 silent film dramedy film by Charlie Chaplin that featured Jackie Coogan, as his adopted son and sidekick . It was a huge success, and was the second-highest grossing film in 1921, behind The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ....
  , starring Charlie Chaplin
  Charlie Chaplin
  
  Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. Order of the British Empire , better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an Academy Award-winning England comedy film actor and filmmaker....
   and Jackie Coogan
  Jackie Coogan
  
  John Leslie Coogan was an United States actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent film....
  
• The Kid's Pal, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• Little Lord Fauntleroy
  Little Lord Fauntleroy
  
  'Little Lord Fauntleroy' is the first children's novel written by England?United States playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was originally published as a serial in the St....
  , starring Mary Pickford
• The Love Light
  The Love Light
  
  The Love Light is a silent film starring Mary Pickford....
  , starring Mary Pickford
• The Lucky Dog, starring Stan Laurel
  Stan Laurel
  
  Stan Laurel was an English comic actor, writer and director, famous as the first half of the comedy double-act Laurel and Hardy, whose career stretched from the silent films of the early 20th century until post-World War II....
   and Oliver Hardy
  Oliver Hardy
  
  Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted 31 years, 1926-1957 ....
  
• The Man Who Laughs
  The Man Who Laughs (film)
  
  The Man Who Laughs may refer to various films, all adapted from The Man Who Laughs:* The Man Who Laughs ** A 1909 film, made in France by the Path? film company and produced by Albert Capellani....
  
• The Mechanical Man
  The Mechanical Man (film)
  
  The Mechanical Man is a 1921 in film science fiction film directed by Andre Deed. The original film was about an hour in length. Around 26 minutes of footage the film remain....
  , directed by Andre Deed
  André Deed
  
  Andre Deed , was a France film director and actor. He appeared in 155 films between 1901 in film and 1931 in film.He was born in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France and died in Paris....
  
• A Muddy Bride, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• Der müde Tod
  Der müde Tod
  
  Destiny, or in the original German-language, Der m?de Tod is a 1921 in film silent film directed in Germany by Fritz Lang. The German language title literally means Weary Death ; the film was originally released in the United States as Behind the Wall and in the United Kingdom as Destiny, the title...
   (Destiny)
• Never Weaken
  Never Weaken
  
  Never Weaken is a 1921 in film silent film starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Fred Newmeyer.It was Lloyd's last short film, running to three reels, before he moved permanently into feature-length production....
  
• The Offenders
  The Offenders
  
  The Offenders are an English indie/rock band from Lincoln UK. They comprise of Liam Fallon , Ronan Morrissey , Jack Walker , Danny Perry and Sean Melton....
  
• On Account, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• On with the Show, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• Orphans of the Storm
  Orphans Of The Storm
  
  'Orphans of the Storm' is a film by D.W. Griffith set in late 18th century France, before and during the French Revolution.This was the last Griffith film to feature Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish, and is often considered Griffith's last major commercial success, after boxoffice hits such as Birth of a Nation, Intolerance , and ...
  , starring Lillian Gish
  Lillian Gish
  
  Lillian Diana Gish , was an United States stage, screen and television actor whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. She was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D.W....
   and Dorothy Gish
  Dorothy Gish
  
  Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an United States actress. Born in Dayton, Ohio, she was the younger sister of actress Lillian Gish.Early life...
  ; directed by D.W. Griffith
• Pals, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• The Passion Flower, starring Norma Talmadge
  Norma Talmadge
  
  Norma Talmadge was an United States actress and film producer of the silent film era. A major box office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen....
  
• The Playhouse
  The Playhouse (film)
  
  The Playhouse is a 1921 in film film written and directed by and starring Buster Keaton. The movie runs for 22 minutes, and is most famous for its opening sequence in which Keaton plays every role....
  
• Playmates, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• Siciliana - Princess Kanningsten's Necklace, dir.: Imrich Darányi
• The Queen of Sheba
  The Queen of Sheba (film)
  
  The Queen of Sheba is the story of the ill-fated romance between Solomon, King of Israel, and the Queen of Sheba. Written and directed by J....
  
• Sea Shore Shapes, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• The Sheik
  The Sheik (film)
  
  The Sheik is a 1921 in film silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres and Adolphe Menjou....
  , starring Rudolph Valentino
  Rudolph Valentino
  
  Rudolph Valentino was an Italy actor, sex symbol, and early pop icon. Known as the "Latin Lover", he was one of the most popular stars of the 1920s, and one of the most recognized stars from the silent film....
  
• The Silver Lining
  The Silver Lining (1921 film)
  
  The Silver Lining is a 1921 silent film drama film directed by Roland West....
  
• Teddy's Goat, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• The Three Musketeers
  The Three Musketeers (1921 film)
  
  The Three Musketeers, produced in 1921 in film, is a silent film film based on the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, p?re. The movie was directed by Fred Niblo and starred Douglas Fairbanks as d'Artagnan....
  , starring Douglas Fairbanks
  Douglas Fairbanks
  
  Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., was an United States actor, screenwriter, film director and film producer, who was best known for his Swashbuckler films roles in Silent film films such as The Thief of Bagdad , Robin Hood , and The Mark of Zorro ....
  
• Third Class Male, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• Tol'able David
  Tol'able David
  
  Tol'able David is a 1921 in film United States silent film based on the Joseph Hergesheimer short story. It was adapted to the screen by Edmund Goulding and directed by Henry King for Inspiration Pictures....
   directed by Henry King
  Henry King
  
  Henry King may refer to:* Henry King , , English poet, Bishop of Chichester* Henry King , Member of Parliament for County Sligo* Henry King , U.S....
   and starring Richard Barthelmess
  Richard Barthelmess
  
  Richard "Dick" Semler Barthelmess was an Academy Award for Best Actor silent film star.The son of an actress, Barthelmess began acting in college, doing amateur productions....
  
• A Week Off, starring Diana Serra Cary
  Diana Serra Cary
  
  Diana Serra Cary , best known as Baby Peggy, was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie....
  
• Woman's Place
  Woman's Place
  
  Woman's Place is a 1921 in film film by Victor Fleming....
  
• The Wonderful Thing, starring Norma Talmadge
  Norma Talmadge
  
  Norma Talmadge was an United States actress and film producer of the silent film era. A major box office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen....
  
• White and Unmarried

Short film series

• Harold Lloyd
  Harold Lloyd
  
  Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an United States film actor and film producer, most famous for his silent film comedies.Harold Lloyd ranks alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of the most popular and influential film comedians of the silent film era....
   (1913-1921)
• Charlie Chaplin
  Charlie Chaplin
  
  Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. Order of the British Empire , better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an Academy Award-winning England comedy film actor and filmmaker....
   (1914-1923)
• Buster Keaton
  Buster Keaton
  
  Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an Academy Award-winning United States comic actor and filmmaker. Best known for his silent films, his trademark was physical comedy with a stoicism, deadpan expression on his face, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face" ....
   (1917-1941)
• Laurel and Hardy
  Laurel and Hardy
  
  Laurel and Hardy were a popular comedy team of thin, British-born Stan Laurel and heavy, American-born Oliver Hardy . They became famous during the early half of the 20th century for their work in motion pictures and also appeared on stage throughout America and Europe....
   (1921-1943)

Animated short film series

• Aesop's Film Fables
  Aesop's Film Fables
  
  Aesop's Film Fables was a series of animated short subjects, created by United States cartoonist Paul Terry . Terry came upon the inspiration for the series by young actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook, who suggested making a series of cartoons based on Aesop's Fables....
   (1921-1934)
• Felix the Cat
  Felix the Cat
  
  File:Felix for Judy.pngFelix the Cat is a animated cartoon fictional character created in the silent film era. His black body, white eyes, and giant grin, coupled with the surrealism of the situations in which his cartoons place him, combined to make Felix one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world....
   (1919-1936)
• Koko the Clown
  Koko the Clown
  
  Koko the Clown is an animation character created by animation pioneer Max Fleischer. The character originated when Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a device that allowed for animation to be more lifelike by tracing motion picture footage of human movement....
   (1919-1963)

Births

• January 3 - John Russell
  John Russell (actor)
  
  John Russell was an United States actor most noted for playing Marshal Dan Troop in the Western television series Lawman from 1958 to 1962....
  , actor (d. 1991
  1991 in film
  
  The year 1991 in film involved some significant events....
  )
• January 27 - Donna Reed
  Donna Reed
  
  Donna Reed was an Academy Award-winning, Golden Globe-winning American film and television actress....
  , actress (d. 1986
  1986 in film
  
  Events*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle*Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver....
  )
• January 31 - Carol Channing
  Carol Channing
  
  Carol Elaine Channing is an United States singer and actor. The recipient of three Tony Awards , a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination, Channing is best remembered for her role Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , and as Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello, Dolly! ....
  , actress
• January 31 - Mario Lanza
  Mario Lanza
  
  Mario Lanza was an United States tenor and Hollywood film star who enjoyed success in the late 1940s and 1950s.His lirico spinto Voice type was considered by his admirers to rival that of Enrico Caruso, whom Lanza portrayed in the 1951 film The Great Caruso....
  , singer, actor (d. 1959
  1959 in film
  
  The year 1959 in film involved some significant events....
  )
• February 8 - Lana Turner
  Lana Turner
  
  Lana Turner was an Academy Awards-nominated American film and occasionally television actress. On-screen, she was well-known for the glamour and sensuality she brought to almost all her movie roles....
  , actress (d. 1995
  1995 in film
  
  The year 1995 in film involved some significant events....
  )
• February 11 - Eva Gabor
  Eva Gabor
  
  Eva Gabor was a Hungary-born actress, best known for her role as Lisa Douglas, the wife of Eddie Albert's character Oliver Wendell Douglas, on Green Acres....
  , actress (d. 1995
  1995 in film
  
  The year 1995 in film involved some significant events....
  )
• February 16 - Vera-Ellen
  Vera-Ellen
  
  Vera-Ellen was an American actress and dancer, principally celebrated for her filmed dance partnerships with Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor....
  , actress, dancer (d. 1981
  1981 in film
  
  Events*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate , a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica Corporation to sell it....
  )
• February 22 - Giulietta Masina
  Giulietta Masina
  
  Giulia Anna Masina was a Italy film Actor who won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival. She starred in La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, the 1956 and 1957 winners, respectively, of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
  , actress (d. 1994
  1994 in film
  
  The year 1994 in film involved some significant events....
  )
• February 26 - Betty Hutton
  Betty Hutton
  
  Betty Hutton was an United States Cinema of the United States actor and singer....
  , actress (d. 2007
  2007 in film
  
  The year '2007 in film' saw major releases such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Transformers , TMNT , Saw IV, and Live Free or Die Hard as well as releases of third installment films, such as: The Bourne Ultimatum , Pirates of the Caribbean:...
  )
• March 3 - Diana Barrymore
  Diana Barrymore
  
  Diana Barrymore was an United States film and stage actor. She was the aunt of actress Drew Barrymore....
  , actress (d. 1960
  1960 in film
  
  The year 1960 in film involved some significant events....
  )
• March 4 - Joan Greenwood
  Joan Greenwood
  
  Joan Greenwood was an England actress.Born in Chelsea, London, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her husky voice was her trademark, and in 1995 she was ranked number 63 on Empire magazine's list of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history....
  , actress (d. 1987
  1987 in film
  
  Events*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....
  )
• March 8 - Cyd Charisse
  Cyd Charisse
  
  Cyd Charisse was an American dancer and actress.After recovering from polio as a child, and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s....
  , actress, dancer
• March 12 - Gordon MacRae
  Gordon MacRae
  
  Albert Gordon MacRae was an USA actor and singer, best known for his appearances in musical theater of the 1950s.Born in East Orange, New Jersey, MacRae graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1940 and served as a navigator in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II....
  , actor, singer (d. 1986
  1986 in film
  
  Events*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle*Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver....
  )
• March 25 - Simone Signoret
  Simone Signoret
  
  Simone Signoret is a beloved Academy Award winning legend of French cinema and widely hailed as the greatest France actress in film history. She became the first French person to win an Academy Award in 1959 for her role in Room at the Top....
  , actress (d. 1985
  1985 in film
  
  Events* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton....
  )
• March 28 - Dirk Bogarde
  Dirk Bogarde
  
  Sir Dirk Bogarde was an England actor and novelist....
  , actor (d. 1999
  1999 in film
  
  The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Sixth Sense, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan , The Mummy , and the hig...
  )
• April 10 - Chuck Connors
  Chuck Connors
  
  Chuck Connors was an United States actor and a professional basketball and baseball player, best known for his starring role in the 1950's American Broadcasting Company hit western series The Rifleman....
  , actor (d. 1992
  1992 in film
  
  The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. ...
  )
• April 16 - Peter Ustinov
  Peter Ustinov
  
  Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE or ;, born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinow, was a British actor, writer and dramatist.Ustinov was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre director and opera director, film director, stage designer, screenwriter, comedian, humorist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television pres...
  , actor (d. 2004
  2004 in film
  
  The year '2004 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ,The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Shrek 2, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs....
  )
• May 2 - Satyajit Ray
  Satyajit Ray
  
  Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali people filmmaker. Ray is regarded as one of the greatest Auteur theory of 20th century Film. Born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali people family prominent in the world of arts and letters, Ray studied at Presidency College, Calcutta and at the Visva-Bharati University....
  , Indian filmmaker (d. 1992
  1992 in film
  
  The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. ...
  )
• May 23 - Grigori Chukhrai
  Grigori Chukhrai
  
  Grigori Naumovich Chukhrai was a prominent film director and screenwriter in the former Soviet Union. He is the father of director Pavel Chukhrai....
  , Ukrainian film director (d. 2001)
• May 31 - Alida Valli
  Alida Valli
  
  Alida Valli , sometimes simply credited as Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in over 100 films, including Carol Reed The Third Man and Luchino Visconti Senso ....
  , actress (d. 2006
  2006 in film
  
  The year '2006 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with Saw III, Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Casino Royale , Clerks II, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mission: Impossible III, Final Destination 3 and Scary Movie 4....
  )
• June 8 - Alexis Smith
  Alexis Smith
  
  Alexis Smith was a Canada actor.Born Gladys Smith in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, Smith shares a birthname with actress Mary Pickford....
  , actress (d. 1993
  1993 in film
  
  The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. ...
  )
• June 21 - Jane Russell
  Jane Russell
  
  Jane Russell is an American film actress and sex symbol....
  , actress
• June 21 - Judy Holliday
  Judy Holliday
  
  File:Judy Holliday.jpgJudy Holliday was an United States Academy Awards- and Tony Award-winning actress....
  , actress (d. 1965
  1965 in film
  
  The year 1965 in film involved some significant events....
  )
• July 3 - Susan Peters
  Susan Peters
  
  Susan Peters was an Academy Awards-nominated United States film actress whose promising career was cut tragically short....
  , actress (d. 1952
  1952 in film
  
  The year 1952 in film involved some significant events....
  )
• July 23 - Robert Brown
  Robert Brown (actor)
  
  Robert James Brown was an England actor known for his portrayal of M in the James Bond movies, succeeding Bernard Lee, who died in 1981.Brown was born and died in Swanage, Dorset, England....
  , actor (d. 2003
  2003 in film
  
  The year '2003 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs Jason, X2: X-Men Uni...
  )
• August 3 - Marilyn Maxwell
  Marilyn Maxwell
  
  Marilyn Maxwell , born Marvel Marilyn Maxwell, was an American actress and entertainer.Noted for her blonde hair and sexy persona she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War II and the Korean War on United Service Organizations tours with Bob Hope....
  , actress (d. 1972
  1972 in film
  
  The year 1972 in film involved some significant events....
  )
• September 8 - Harry Secombe
  Harry Secombe
  
  Sir Harry Donald Secombe, Order of the British Empire was a Wales entertainer with a noted fine tenor singing voice and a talent for comedy. He is best known for playing Neddie Seagoon, a major character on the Goon Show, a popular BBC radio comedy....
  , actor, singer (d. 2001
  2001 in film
  
  The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...
  )
• September 30 - Deborah Kerr
  Deborah Kerr
  
  Deborah Kerr, born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, Commander of the British Empire was a Scottish people stage, television and film actress. She won the Sarah Siddons Award for her Chicago performance in Tea and Sympathy, which she appeared in on Broadway , a Golden Globe Award for the motion picture, The King and I , and she was al...
  , actress (d. 2007
  2007 in film
  
  The year '2007 in film' saw major releases such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Transformers , TMNT , Saw IV, and Live Free or Die Hard as well as releases of third installment films, such as: The Bourne Ultimatum , Pirates of the Caribbean:...
  )
• October 13 - Yves Montand
  Yves Montand
  
  Yves Montand was an Italy-born France actor and singer....
  , singer, actor (d. 1991
  1991 in film
  
  The year 1991 in film involved some significant events....
  )
• November 3 - Charles Bronson
  Charles Bronson
  
  Charles Bronson was an United Statesn actor best known for "tough guy" image, who starred in such classic films as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape , The Evil That Men Do and the popular Death Wish series....
  , actor (d. 2003
  2003 in film
  
  The year '2003 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs Jason, X2: X-Men Uni...
  )
• November 20 - Phyllis Thaxter
  Phyllis Thaxter
  
  Phyllis Thaxter is an American actress....
  , actress
• November 22 - Rodney Dangerfield
  Rodney Dangerfield
  
  Rodney Dangerfield was an United States comedian and actor, best known for the catchphrase "I don't get no respect" and his monologues on that theme....
  , actor, comedian (d. 2004
  2004 in film
  
  The year '2004 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ,The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Shrek 2, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs....
  )
• November 23 - Fred Buscaglione
  Fred Buscaglione
  
  Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione was an Italy singer and actor who became very popular in the late 1950s. His public persona - the character he played both in his songs and his movies - was of a humorous mobster with a penchant for whisky and women....
  , Italian actor and singer
• December 4 - Deanna Durbin
  Deanna Durbin
  
  Deanna Durbin is a Canada singer and actress....
  , actress
• December 26 - Steve Allen
  Steve Allen (comedian)
  
  Steve Allen, born Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen , was an United States television personality, musician, actor, comedian, and writer....
  , actor, composer, comedian, author (d. 2000
  2000 in film
  
  The year 2000 in film involved some significant events....
  )

Film debuts

• Mary Astor
  Mary Astor
  
  Mary Astor was an Academy Awards-winning United States actress. Most famous for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon opposite Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long film career as a teenager in the silent films of the early 1920 in film....
  
• Carole Lombard
  Carole Lombard
  
  Carole Lombard , born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was an Oscar-nominated United States Actor. She was particularly noted for her comedic roles in several classic films of the 1930s, most notably in the 1936 film My Man Godfrey....
  

Deaths

• June 20 - George Loane Tucker
  George Loane Tucker
  
  George Loane Tucker , was an United States film director and screenwriter. He directed 61 films between 1911 in film and 1921 in film.He was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA and died in Los Angeles, California....
  , silent film actor and director

• September 9 - Virginia Rappe
  Virginia Rappe
  
  Virginia Rappe was an American model and silent film actor....
  , film actress

• September 17 - Van Dyke Brooke, veteran film actor