1920 in film
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The year 1920 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- August - Jack Cohn, Joe Brandt and Harry Cohn form C. B. C. Film Sales Corporation[1] which would later become Columbia Pictures.[2]
- November 27 – The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.
Top-grossing films
Rank | Title | Gross |
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1. | Something to Think About | $9,158,489[3] |
2. | Way Down East | $4,500,000 |
3. | Over the Hill to the Poorhouse | $3,000,000 |
4. | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | $1,300,000[4] |
5. | Pollyanna | $1,160,962 |
6. | Shipwrecked Among Cannibals | $1,000,000 |
7. | The Mark of Zorro | |
8. | The Round-Up | |
9. | Double Speed | |
10. | Excuse My Dust |
Notable films released in 1920
Notable United States films
- For a complete list see: American films of 1920
- April Folly directed by Robert Z. Leonard; starring Marion Davies and Conway Tearle
- The Copperhead, starring Lionel Barrymore and Doris Rankin
- The Devil's Pass Key directed by Erich von Stroheim; starring Mae Busch and Maude George
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde directed by John S. Robertson; starring John Barrymore
- The Flapper, starring Olive Thomas
- The Girl in Number 29 directed by John Ford
- Way Down East directed by D. W. Griffith; starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess
- Why Change Your Wife? directed by Cecil B. DeMille; starring Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan and Bebe Daniels
- Huckleberry Finn directed by William Desmond Taylor; starring Lewis Sargent, Edythe Chapman, Martha Mattox
- If I Were King directed by J. Gordon Edwards; starring William Farnum, Betty Ross Clarke and Fritz Leiber, Sr.
- The Jack-Knife Man directed by King Vidor
- Judy of Rogue's Harbor directed by William Desmond Taylor; starring Mary Miles Minter, Fritzi Ridgeway and Theodore Roberts
- Lady Rose's Daughter directed by Hugh Ford; starring Elsie Ferguson
- The Last of the Mohicans directed by Maurice Tourneur and Clarence Brown; starring Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Alan Roscoe
- The Love Flower directed by D. W. Griffith starring Richard Barthelmess and Carol Dempster
- The Mark of Zorro directed by Fred Niblo; starring Douglas Fairbanks
- The Mollycoddle directed by Victor Fleming; starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery
- Nomads of the North, starring Lon Chaney and Lewis Stone
- Old Lady 31 directed by John Ince & Sherry Harris; starring Emma Dunn, Carrie Clark Ward, Winifred Westover & Martha Mattox
- Outside the Law directed by Tod Browning
- Over the Hill to the Poorhouse
- The Penalty directed by Wallace Worsley; starring Lon Chaney
- Pollyanna, starring Mary Pickford
- The Restless Sex directed by Robert Z. Leonard; starring Marion Davies and Carlyle Blackwell
- Romance, starring Doris Keane and Norman Trevor (refilmed later as a 1930 Greta Garbo talkie)
- Sex directed by Fred Niblo
- Shipwrecked Among Cannibals documentary film
- Something to Think About directed by Cecil B. DeMille; starring Gloria Swanson and Monte Blue
- Stolen Moments, starring Rudolph Valentino
- Suds, starring Mary Pickford
- Treasure Island directed by Maurice Tourneur; starring Lon Chaney and Shirley Mason (as Jim)
- Within Our Gates directed by Oscar Micheaux, starring Evelyn Preer
Austria
- For a complete list see: List of Austrian films of the 1920s
- Boccaccio directed by Michael Curtiz.
- The Prince and the Pauper directed by Alexander Korda.
- The Scourge of God directed by Michael Curtiz.
- The Star of Damascus directed by Michael Curtiz.
France
- For a complete list see: French films of 1920
- Barrabas directed by Louis Feuillade
Germany
- For a complete list see: List of German films of 1920
- Algol, starring Emil Jannings –
- Anna Boleyn directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari directed by Robert Wiene; starring Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt and Lil Dagover
- Evening – Night – Morning (Abend – Nacht – Morgen) directed by F.W. Murnau
- Genuine starring Fern Andra
- The Golem: How He Came Into the World (Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam) directed by & starring Paul Wegener
- The Head of Janus (Der Januskopf) directed by F.W. Murnau, starring Conrad Veidt
- The Hunchback and the Dancer (Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin) directed by F.W. Murnau
- Kohlhiesels Töchter (Kohlhiesel's Daughter) directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- The Last of the Mohicans (Der Letzte der Mohikaner), starring Bela Lugosi
- Satan (Satanas) directed by F. W. Murnau
- Sumurun (One Arabian Night) directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Paul Wegener
- Die Todeskarawane, starring Dora Gerson and Bela Lugosi
Sweden
- For a complete list see: Swedish films before 1930
- Erotikon directed by Mauritz Stiller
- Herr och fru Stockholm (How Not to Dress), starring Greta Garbo
- Karin Daughter of Ingmar (Karin Ingmarsdotter) directed by & starring Victor Sjostrom
- The Monastery of Sendomir (Klostret i Sendomir) directed by Victor Sjostrom
- The Parson's Widow (Prästänkan) directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
United Kingdom
- For a complete list see: British films of 1920
- Bleak House directed by Maurice Elvey –
- Build Thy House directed by Fred Goodwins, starring Henry Ainley
- Colonel Newcome directed by Fred Goodwins' starring Milton Rosmer, Joyce Carey
- Ernest Maltravers directed by Jack Denton; starring Lillian Hall-Davis
- The Ever Open Door directed by Fred Goodwins; starring Hayford Hobbs
- The Fordington Twins directed by W.P. Kellino
- General Post directed by Thomas Bentley; starring Douglas Munro, Lilian Braithwaite
- The Lure of Crooning Water directed by Arthur Rooke; starring Guy Newall and Ivy Duke
- Mr. Gilfil's Love Story directed by A.V. Bramble; starring Mary Odette
- A Son of David directed by Hay Plumb; starring Ronald Colman
- Trent's Last Case directed by Richard Garrick; starring Gregory Scott, Pauline Peters and Clive Brook
- The Twelve Pound Look directed by Jack Denton; starring Milton Rosmer
Film series
- The Son of Tarzan, a 15-chapter film series:
- The Call of the Jungle
- Out of the Lion's Jaws
- Girl of the Jungle
- The Sheik's Revenge
- The Pirate's Prey
- The Killer's Mate
- The Quest of the Killer
- The Coming of Tarzan
- The Kiss of the Beast
- Tarzan Takes the Trail
- Ashes of Love
- Meriem's Ride in the Night
- Double Crossed
- Blazing Hearts
- An Amazing Denouement
Short film series
Animated short film series
The following is a list of animated shorts of the year 1920 that belong to series that lasted several years.
- Felix the Cat (1919–1936)
- A Frolic with Felix (January 25, 1920)
- Felix the Big Game Hunter (February 22, 1920)
- Wrecking a Romeo (March 7, 1920)
- Felix the Food Controller (April 11, 1920)
- Felix the Pinch Hitter (April 18, 1920)
- Foxy Felix (May 16, 1920)
- A Hungry Hoodoo (June 6, 1920)
- The Great Cheese Robbery (June 13, 1920)
- Felix and the Feed Bag (July 18, 1920)
- Nifty Nurse (August 22, 1920)
- The Circus (September 26, 1920)
- My Hero (October 24, 1920)
- Felix the Landlord (November 21, 1920)
- Felix's Fish Story (December 26, 1920)
- Out of the Inkwell (1918-1929)
A major animated series of the silent era produced by Max Fleischer from 1918 to 1929 in which it appeared Koko the Clown:
- The Boxing Kangaroo
- The Chinaman
- The Circus
- The Ouija Board
- The Clown's Little Brother
- Perpetual Motion
- Poker
- The Restaurant
Births
- January 7 – Vincent Gardenia, actor (died 1992)
- January 20
- DeForest Kelley, actor (died 1999)
- Federico Fellini, film director (died 1993)
- January 27 - John Box, production designer, four-time Oscar winner (died 2005)
- January 30
- Michael Anderson, director (died 2018)
- Delbert Mann, director (died 2007)
- February 4 - Janet Waldo, actress (died 2016)
- February 11 - Billy Halop, actor (died 1976)
- February 26 - Tony Randall, actor (died 2004)
- February 29 - Michèle Morgan, actress (died 2016)
- March 3 - James Doohan, actor (died 2005)
- March 6 - Lewis Gilbert, director (died 2018)
- March 16 - Leo McKern, actor (died 2002)
- April 1 - Toshiro Mifune, actor (died 1997)
- April 2 - Jack Webb, actor (died 1982)
- May 11 - Denver Pyle, actor (died 1997)
- May 16 - Martine Carol, actress (died 1967)
- May 26 - Peggy Lee, singer, songwriter, actress (died 2002)
- June 17 - Setsuko Hara, Japanese film actress (died 2015)
- June 18 - Ian Carmichael, English stage, film and television actor (died 2010)
- June 29 - Ray Harryhausen, producer, visual effects artist (died 2013)
- July 11 - Yul Brynner, actor (died 1985)
- July 28 - Andrew V. McLaglen, film & TV director, son of Victor McLaglen (died 2014)
- August 6 - Ella Raines, actress (died 1988)
- August 17 - Maureen O'Hara, actress (died 2015)
- August 18 - Shelley Winters, actress (died 2006)
- August 22 - Ray Bradbury, writer (died 2012)
- September 18 - Jack Warden, actor (died 2006)
- September 23 - Mickey Rooney, actor (died 2014)
- September 27 - William Conrad, actor (died 1994)
- October 1 - Walter Matthau, actor (died 2000)
- October 13 - Laraine Day, actress (died 2007)
- October 17 - Montgomery Clift, actor (died 1966)
- October 18 - Melina Mercouri, actress (died 1994)
- October 21 - Hy Averback, actor (died 1997)
- October 22 - Mitzi Green, actress (died 1969)
- October 27 - Nanette Fabray, actress (died 2018)
- November 10 - Jennifer Holt, actress (died 1997)
- November 19 - Gene Tierney, actress (died 1991)
- November 25
- Shelagh Fraser, English actress (2000)
- Ricardo Montalbán, actor (died 2009)
- Noel Neill, actress (died 2016)
- November 30 - Virginia Mayo, actress (died 2005)
- December 29 - Viveca Lindfors, actress (died 1995)
- December 7 - Frances Gifford, actress (died 1994)
- December 30 - Jack Lord, actor (died 1998)
- December 31 - Rex Allen, American cowboy actor, singer (died 1999)
Deaths
- January 31 - Gilda Langer, 23, German actress
- February 11 - Gaby Deslys, 38, French actress, dancer, singer
- February 17 - Thomas Commerford, 64, American veteran character actor
- March 2 - Harry Solter, 46, American actor
- April 12 - Walter Edwards, 50, American director
- April 25 - Clarine Seymour, 21, American actress
- May 22 - Hal Reid, 59, American actor & director (father of Wallace Reid)
- June 14 - Gabrielle Réjane, 64, stage and film actress
- August 1 - Eugene Gaudio, 33, Italian born cinematographer (brother of Tony Gaudio)
- August 2 - Ormer Locklear, 29, American stunt flier
- August 13 - Gladys Field, 31, actress (died in childbirth)
- August 28 - Suzanne Grandais, 27, French actress
- September 5 - Robert Harron, 27, American actor
- September 10 - Olive Thomas, 25, American actress
- November 19 - Will S. Davis, 38, American film director
- December 9 - Mollie McConnell, 55, American actress
Film debuts
Films set in 1920
There are films released in later years whose plot is developed totally or partially in 1920:
- Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
- Winterset (1936)
- The Road Back (1937)
- Clash of Loyalties (1938)
- Three Comrades (1938)
- Hostile Whirlwinds (1953): Film portrays the first years of Soviet government, biography of Felix Dzerzhinsky in 1918-1921.
- Kappalottiya Thamizhan (1961)
- The Ball of Count Orgel (1970): Set in 1920, the Comte hosts a soirée and dance for the upper echelons of Parisian society.
- Vengeance (1970): The film is set in 1920 Peking, and centers on a revenge plight of Chiang.
- Reds (1981)
- Once Upon a Time in America (1984): David "Noodles" Aaronson struggles as a street kid in Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1920.
- The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)
- A Month in the Country (1987): Set in rural Yorkshire during the summer of 1920, the film follows a destitute World War I veteran employed to carry out restoration work on a Medieval mural discovered in a rural church while coming to terms with the after-effects of the war.
- Life and Nothing But (1989): Set in October 1920, it tells the story of Major Delaplane, a man whose job is to find the identities of unknown dead soldiers after World War I.
- The Treaty (1991): The film is about the Anglo-Irish Treaty that Michael Collins bargained for with the British government in 1921.
- Michael Collins (1996)
- The Image Makers (2000): The drama is set in the year 1920 at Filmstaden where the film director Victor Sjöström is shooting the film The Phantom Carriage.
- The Admiral (2008)
- 1920 film series (2008-2016)
- 1920 (2008)
- 1920: The Evil Returns (2012)
- 1920: London (2016)
- Battle of Warsaw 1920 (2011)
- Sunstroke (2014)
See also
References
- ↑ "C. B. C. Film Sales: New Independent Organization Formed by Joe Brandt and Jack Cohn". Wid's Daily. August 11, 1920. p. 3. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ↑ "Obituaries". Variety. March 1, 1939. p. 54.
- ↑ "Box office for Something to Think About". IMDB. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ↑ Finler, Joel W. (April 2, 1992), The Hollywood Story (Second ed.), Mandarin, p. 472, ISBN 0-7493-0637-8
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