Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...

D. W. Griffith David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the na ...

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled ...

race film The race film or race movie was a genre of film produced in the United States between about 1915 and the early 1950s, consisting of films produced for black audiences, and featuring black casts. Approximately five hundred race films were produce ...

D. W. Griffith David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the na ...

Broken Blossoms ''Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl'', often referred to simply as ''Broken Blossoms'', is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was distributed by United Artists and premiered on May 13, 1919. It stars ...

character actor A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014, "..a breed of actor who has the ability to b ...

Anne of Green Gables ''Anne of Green Gables'' is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children's novel since the mid-20th century. Set in the late 19th century, t ...

Erich von Stroheim Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. H ...

Bolshevism on Trial ''Bolshevism on Trial'' is a 1919 American silent propaganda film made by the Mayflower Photoplay Company and distributed through Lewis J. Selznick's Select Pictures Corporation. Directed by Harley Knoles from a screenplay by Harry Chandlee, ...

F.W. Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe; December 28, 1888March 11, 1931) was a German film director, producer and screenwriter. He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at t ...

Broken Blossoms ''Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl'', often referred to simply as ''Broken Blossoms'', is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was distributed by United Artists and premiered on May 13, 1919. It stars ...

Lillian Gish Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893February 27, 1993) was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", ...

Bumping into Broadway ''Bumping Into Broadway'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This film is notable as Lloyd's first two-reeler featuring his "glas ...

Captain Kidd's Kids ''Captain Kidd's Kids'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It marked the last film Bebe Daniels worked on as Lloyd's leading lady. Prints of this film exist in the film archives of the UCLA Film and Television Archive ...

The Cinema Murder ''The Cinema Murder'' is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Marion Davies, adapted from the 1917 novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim. ''The Cinema Murder'' is considered to be a lost film. Plot As described in a film magazine, Elizabeth Da ...

George D. Baker George Duane Baker (April 22, 1868 – June 2, 1933) was an American motion picture director whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. Early life He was born at Champaign, Illinois on April 22, 1868. He was the second son and third ...

Allan Dwan Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan, was ...

Rudolph Valentino Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino and nicknamed The Latin Lover, was an Italian actor based in the United States who starred ...

Richard Oswald Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald. Early career Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began h ...

Allan Dwan Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan, was ...

Harry Houdini Harry Houdini (, born Erik Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-American escape artist, magic man, and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts. His pseudonym is a reference to his spiritual master, French magician ...

Hawthorne of the U.S.A. ''Hawthorne of the U.S.A.'' is a 1919 American silent comedy adventure film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Reid and Lila Lee.James Cruze, starring

Wallace Reid William Wallace Halleck Reid (April 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923) was an American actor in silent film, referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover". He also had a brief career as a racing driver. Early life Reid was born in St. Louis, M ...

*'' Heart o' the Hills'' directed by

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, starring Mary Pickford *''

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'' directed by

John S. Robertson John Stuart Robertson (14 June 1878 – 5 November 1964) was a Canadian born actor and later film director perhaps best known for his 1920 screen adaptation of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', starring John Barrymore. Biography Robertson was born ...

, starring John Barrymore, Faire Binney *'' His Majesty, the American'', starring Douglas Fairbanks *'' The Homesteader'', directed by

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled ...

, starring Evelyn Preer

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*'' Intoxication'', directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring

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*'' The Jack of Hearts'', starring Hoot Gibson *'' J'accuse'' (French), written and directed by

Abel Gance Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: ''J ...

for Pathe Films – ( France) starring Romuald Joube, Severin-Mars, and Maryse Dauvray; this was Gance's most acclaimed film and he remade it with sound in 1938

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*'' The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'', starring Douglas Fairbanks

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The Life Line ''The Life Line'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Jack Holt, Wallace Beery and Lew Cody. The picture was based on the play ''The Romany Rye'' by the British playwright George R. Sims. The film is ...

'', directed by

Maurice Tourneur Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lo ...

, starring Wallace Beery *''Lilith and Ly'' (Austrian) written by Fritz Lang, directed by Erich Kober, starring Elga Beck and Ernst Escherich *'' The Lost Battalion'' *'' The Love Cheat'', starring June Caprice and Creighton Hale *''

Love's Prisoner ''Love's Prisoner'' is a 1919 American silent crime drama film starring Olive Thomas Olive Thomas (born Oliva R. Duffy; October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920) was an American silent-film actress, art model, and photo model. Thomas began ...

'', starring Olive Thomas *''Lucrezia Borgia'' (Italian) directed by Augusto Genina, starring Diana Karenne

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*'' Madame DuBarry'', directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Pola Negri and Emil Jannings – ( Germany) *''Madness'' / ''Wahnsinn'' (German) produced and directed by Conrad Veidt, who also starred in the film; adapted from a novel by Kurt Muenzner *'' Male and Female'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan *'' The Master Mystery'', ( serial), starring

Harry Houdini Harry Houdini (, born Erik Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-American escape artist, magic man, and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts. His pseudonym is a reference to his spiritual master, French magician ...

*'' The Miracle Man'', starring Thomas Meighan, Lon Chaney and

Betty Compson Betty Compson (born Eleanor Luicime Compson; March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer who got her start during Hollywood's silent era. She is best known for her performances in ''The Docks of New York'' and ...

*'' The Mistress of the World'', directed by Joe May (Weimar Republic) *''The Monkey's Paw'' (British) lost film based on the story by W. W. Jacobs first published by 1902, and the related one-act stage play written by Louis N. Parker in 1907 *'' My Lady's Garter'', directed by

Maurice Tourneur Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lo ...

*''

My Wife, the Movie Star ''My Wife, the Movie Star'' (German: ''Meine Frau, die Filmschauspielerin'') is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Ossi Oswalda, Paul Biensfeldt and Victor Janson. Cast * Ossi Oswalda as Ossi, der Filmstar de ...

'', directed by Ernst Lubitsch (Germany)

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*''Nabeshima Neko Sodo'' (Japanese) a ghost-cat film produced by Nikkatsu Films, starring Matsumosuke Onoe, based on the Kabuki play by Joko Segawa IIIWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2. *''Okazaki Kaibyo-den'' (Japanese) starring Matsunosuke Onoe, another ghost-cat movie based on an early 1820s Japanese novel (which was adapted as a Kabuki play in 1827)

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*'' The Oyster Princess'' (Die Austerprinzessin) – ( Germany)

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*''The Phantom Honeymoon'', written and directed by J. Searle Dawley (who directed the 1910 Thomas Edison ''Frankenstein''), starring Leon Dadmun and Marguerite Marsh *''The Plague in Florence'' / ''Die Pest in Florenz'' (German) written by Fritz Lang, directed by Otto Rippert, starring Otto Mannstaedt and Anders Wikman; this was Fritz Lang's adaptation of ''The Masque of the Red Death'' by Edgar Allan Poe

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*'' Ravished Armenia'' (aka ''Auction of Souls'') – directed by Oscar Apfel, starring Aurora Mardiganian *'' The Roaring Road'', directed by James Cruze, starring

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*''Satanas'' / ''Satan'' (German) written by Robert Wiene, directed by F.W. Murnau, starring Fritz Kortner and Conrad Veidt; a small fragment of this film still exists at the Cinematheque FrancaiseWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2. *'' The Sentimental Bloke'' – (

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Sir Arne's Treasure ''Sir Arne's Treasure'' ( sv, Herr Arnes pengar) is a 1919 Swedish crime-drama film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Richard Lund, Hjalmar Selander, Concordia Selander and Mary Johnson. It is based on the novel '' The Treasure'' by Selma La ...

'' (Herr Arnes pengar), directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Richard Lund – (

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

) *'' A Society Exile'' directed by George Fitzmaurice starring Elsie Ferguson *''

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The Test of Honor ''The Test of Honor'' (1919) was an American silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by Paramount, directed by John S. Robertson, and starring John Barrymore. Considered the actor's first drama movie role after years of doi ...

'', directed by

John S. Robertson John Stuart Robertson (14 June 1878 – 5 November 1964) was a Canadian born actor and later film director perhaps best known for his 1920 screen adaptation of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', starring John Barrymore. Biography Robertson was born ...

, starring John Barrymore , and

Constance Binney Constance Binney (June 28, 1896 – November 15, 1989) was an American stage and film actress and dancer. Biography Born in New York City, Binney was educated at Westover School, a private college preparatory boarding school for girls in M ...

*''The Thirteenth Chair'', directed by Leonce Perret, starring Yvonne Delva and Creighton Hale, based on a play by Bayard Veiller; this film was later remade by Tod Browning in 1929 with sound *''To Let'' (British) short ghost film directed by James Reardon, starring Reardon and Peggy PattersonWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 211. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2. *''The Trembling Hour'', directed by George Siegmann for Universal Films, starring Kenneth Harlan and Helen Eddy; parts odf this film were shot in San Quentin State Prison in California *'' True Heart Susie'', starring

Lillian Gish Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893February 27, 1993) was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", ...

and Bobby Harron *''The Twin Pawns'' (aka ''The Curse of Greed'') written and directed by Leonce Perret, starring Mae Murray (playing twins) and Warner Oland, based on the Wilkie Collins novel ''The Woman in White''

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*'' The Valley of the Giants'', directed by James Cruze, starring

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*''La Venganza de Don Silvestre'', directed by Jose Nepomuceno - ( Philippines) *'' Victory'', directed by

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, starring Lon Chaney, Seena Owen, Wallace Beery, Jack Holt

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*''Weird Tales''/ ''Unheimliche Geschichten''/ ''Uncanny Tales'' (German) horror anthology written and directed by Richard Oswald, starring Conrad Veidt and Anita Berber; composed of 5 weird stories adapted from the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and others *'' When the Clouds Roll By'', starring Douglas Fairbanks *'' The White Heather'', directed by

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*'' The Wicked Darling'', directed by Tod Browning, starring Lon Chaney and Priscilla Dean *'' The Witness for the Defense'' starring Elsie Ferguson and Warner Oland

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*'' Yankee Doodle in Berlin'', directed by

F. Richard Jones Frank Richard Jones (September 7, 1893 – December 14, 1930) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer. Early life and career Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dick Jones was sixteen years old when he became involved in the fledgling fil ...

, starring Bothwell Browne, Ford Sterling, Marie Prevost, produced by Mack Sennett *''

You're Fired ''You're Fired'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Reid. The film was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures on June 8, 1919. Plot As described in a film magazin ...

'', directed by James Cruze, starring

Wallace Reid William Wallace Halleck Reid (April 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923) was an American actor in silent film, referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover". He also had a brief career as a racing driver. Early life Reid was born in St. Louis, M ...

& Wanda Hawley

Comedy film series

Only the films of the series released in 1919 are collected.

Buster Keaton (1917–1941)

Films starring

Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked ...

, featuring

Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression ...

released in 1919: * September 7: ''

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'' a 'Fatty' Arbuckle /

Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression ...

short. * October 26: '' The Hayseed'' as a Manager, general store.

Charlie Chaplin (1914–1923)

Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...

wrote, produced, directed, and starred in 9 films for his own production company between

1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...

and

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

. These films were distributed by First National. Below the movies filmed in 1919: * May 15: '' Sunnyside''; Three reels Score composed for 1974 re-release * December 15: ''

A Day's Pleasure ''A Day's Pleasure'' (1919) is Charlie Chaplin's fourth film for First National Films. It was created at the Chaplin Studio. It was a quickly made two-reeler to help fill a gap while working on his first feature ''The Kid''. It is about a day out ...

''; Two reels. First film with Jackie Coogan, future star of "The Kid" Score composed for 1973 re-release :Uncompleted and unreleased films *'' The Professor'' as Professor Bosco, Slated as a two-reeler, but never issued

Harold Lloyd (1913–1921)

Glasses character ("The Boy"): *'' Wanted – $5,000'' *'' Going! Going! Gone!'' *''

Ask Father ''Ask Father'' is a short, 13-minute, slapstick-style comedy made by Harold Lloyd in 1919 before his entry into full-length feature films. Aside from Lloyd, it features Snub Pollard and leading lady Bebe Daniels. Plot Lloyd is a serious young m ...

'' *'' On the Fire'', aka. ''The Chef'' *'' I'm on My Way'' *'' Look Out Below'' *'' The Dutiful Dub'' *'' Next Aisle Over'' *''

A Sammy in Siberia ''A Sammy In Siberia'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Plot An inept American soldier (Lloyd) stationed in Russia during that country's civil war, becomes separated from his unit during a march in heavy snow. He fle ...

'' *''

Just Dropped In ''Just Dropped In'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Cast * Harold Lloyd as The Boy * Snub Pollard * Bebe Daniels * Mildred Forbes * Estelle Harrison * Wallace Howe * Margaret Joslin * Belle Mitchell * William Pe ...

'' *''

Young Mr. Jazz ''Young Mr. Jazz'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art. Plot Bebe is escorted to a beach by her father. The moment the father walks away fro ...

'' *''

Crack Your Heels ''Crack Your Heels'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Cast * Harold Lloyd as The Boy * Snub Pollard * Bebe Daniels * Sammy Brooks * Billy Fay * Lew Harvey * Wallace Howe * Margaret Joslin (as Margaret Joslyn) * M ...

'' *'' Ring Up the Curtain'', aka ''Back-Stage!'' *'' Si, Senor'' *'' Before Breakfast'' *'' The Marathon'' *''

Pistols for Breakfast ''Pistols for Breakfast'' is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the Museum of Modern Art film archive. Plot A young man (Fay) goes out to eat breakfeast with his friend (Harrison). As a restaurant ...

'' *'' Swat the Crook'' *'' Off the Trolley'' *'' Spring Fever'' *''

Billy Blazes, Esq. ''Billy Blazes, Esq.'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. The film was a parody of Westerns of the time. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the British Film Institute. Plot summary Cast * Harold Lloyd ...

'' – as Billy Blazes; the film was a parody of Westerns of the time *'' Just Neighbors'' *''

At the Old Stage Door ''At the Old Stage Door'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the Museum of Modern Art. Cast * Harold Lloyd * Snub Pollard * Bebe Daniels * Sammy Brooks * Lew Harvey * Gus Leonard * James ...

'' *''

Never Touched Me ''Never Touched Me'' is a 1919 American short film, short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print exists in the Staatliches Filmarchive. Plot Harold is one of several suitors attempting to woo Bebe. Several fights break out among the hopefu ...

'' *'' A Jazzed Honeymoon'' *''

Count Your Change ''Count Your Change'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Plot The Boy has just been violently evicted from his boardinghouse for being five weeks behind in his rent. Hungry and penniless, he pilfers a sausage from a ...

'' *'' Chop Suey & Co.'' *'' Heap Big Chief'' *''

Don't Shove ''Don't Shove'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Prints of the film exist at the Library of Congress, the UCLA Film and Television Archive, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Cinémathèque québécoise. Cast * Harold ...

'' *''

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'' *'' The Rajah'' *'' He Leads, Others Follow'' *'' Soft Money'' *''

Count the Votes Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

'' *'' Pay Your Dues'' *'' His Only Father'' *''

Bumping Into Broadway ''Bumping Into Broadway'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This film is notable as Lloyd's first two-reeler featuring his "glas ...

'' *''

Captain Kidd's Kids ''Captain Kidd's Kids'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It marked the last film Bebe Daniels worked on as Lloyd's leading lady. Prints of this film exist in the film archives of the UCLA Film and Television Archive ...

'' *''

From Hand to Mouth ''From Hand to Mouth'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. This was the first film Lloyd made with frequent co-star (and future wife) Mildred Davis. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the British Film I ...

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Animated short film series

Koko the Clown (1919–1934)

'' Koko the Clown'' was the first animated movie cartoon series. Below list of short films released in 1919: *''The Tantalizing Fly'' *''The Clown's Pups'' *''Out of the Inkwell'' *''Slides'' *''Experiment No. 2'' *''Experiment No. 3'' *''Out of the Inkwell''

Felix the Cat (1919–1936)

Below list of Felix the Cat'' short films released in 1919: :

November 9 Events Pre-1600 * 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. * 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...

: ''Feline Follies'' : November 16: ''The Musical Mews'' : December 14: ''The Adventures of Felix''

Births

*January 1 – Carole Landis, actress (died

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

) *January 7 – Huang Feng, Hong Kong film director *January 10 - Amzie Strickland, American character actress (died

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

) *January 13 – Robert Stack, actor (died

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

) *January 21 – Jinx Falkenburg, model, actress (died 2003) *January 23 – Ernie Kovacs, comedian, actor (died

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

) *January 24 – Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

) *February 4 – Janet Waldo, actress (died

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

) *February 5 ** Red Buttons, actor (died

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

) ** Tim Holt, actor (died

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

) *February 11 – Eva Gabor, actress (died

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

) *February 12 – Forrest Tucker, actor (died

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

) *February 17 – Kathleen Freeman, actress (died

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

) *February 18 – Jack Palance, actor (died

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

) *March 2 – Jennifer Jones, actress (died

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

) *March 25 – Jeanne Cagney, actress (died

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

) *March 26 – Strother Martin, actress (died

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

) *March 29 – Eileen Heckart, actress (died

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

) *April 2 - Maxwell Reed, Northern Irish actor (died

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

) *April 6 - Caren Marsh Doll, American former actress *April 12 - Ivor Barry, Welsh actor (died

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

) *April 13 – Howard Keel, actor (died

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

) *April 18 – Vondell Darr, child actress (died

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

) *April 18 – Virginia O'Brien, American actress (died

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

) *May 8 – Lex Barker, actor (died 1973) *May 23 – Betty Garrett, actress (died

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

) *June 11 – Richard Todd, actor (died

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

) *June 12 – Uta Hagen, actress (died 2004) *June 14 **

June Spencer June Rosalind Spencer CBE (born 14 June 1919) is an English actress best known for her role as Peggy Woolley in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera ''The Archers''. Spencer played the character from 1950 to 1954, and again from 1961 to 2022. Career Born ...

, English actress ** Sam Wanamaker, director, actor (died

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

) *June 19 – Pauline Kael, film critic (died 2001) *June 24 –

Al Molinaro Albert Francis Molinaro (born Umberto Francesco Molinaro; June 24, 1919 – October 30, 2015) was an American actor. He played Al Delvecchio on ''Happy Days'' and Officer Murray Greshler on ''The Odd Couple''. He also appeared in many television ...

, actor (died 2015) *June 29 – Slim Pickens, actor (died

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

) *July 7 –

Jon Pertwee John Devon Roland "Jon" Pertwee (; 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996) was an English actor, comedian, entertainer, cabaret performer and TV presenter. Born into a theatrical family, he served in the Royal Navy and the Naval Intelligence Division during ...

, actor (died

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

) *July 12 –

Vera Ralston Vera Ralston (born Věra Helena Hrubá; July 12, 1919 or 1920 or 1921 or 1923 February 9, 2003) was a Czech figure skater and actress. She later became a naturalized American citizen. She worked as an actress during the 1940s and 1950s. Earl ...

, figure skater, actress (died

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

) *July 19 – Patricia Medina, actress (died

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

) *July 26 – Virginia Gilmore, actress (died

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

) *August 2 – Nehemiah Persoff, actor (died

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

) *August 7 – Bertha Moss, Argentine-Mexican actress (died

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

) *August 8 – Dino De Laurentiis, producer (died

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

) *September 2 – Marge Champion, dancer, actress, choreographer (died

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

) *September 9 -

Jacques Marin Jacques Marin (9 September 1919 – 10 January 2001) was a French actor on film and television. Marin's fluency in English and his instantly recognisable features made him a familiar face in some major American and British productions (''Cha ...

, French actor (died

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

) *September 17 - Helmut Ashley, Austrian cinematographer and director (died

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

) *September 18 – Diana Lewis, actress (died

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

) *September 24 – Rick Vallin, Russian-born actor (died

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

) *October 5 – Donald Pleasence, actor (died

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

) *October 18 - Orlando Drummond, Brazilian actor and comedian (died 2021) *October 20 - Lia Origoni, Italian actress and singer (died

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

) *October 28 - Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, Egyptian director and producer (died

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

) *November 4 ** Shirley Mitchell, actress (died 2013) ** Martin Balsam, actor (died

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

) *November 13 ** Mary Beth Hughes, actress (died 1995) ** Amelia Bence, actress (died 2016) *November 15 – Nova Pilbeam, actress (died

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

) *November 19 ** Lynn Merrick, actress (died

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

) ** Alan Young, actor (died 2016) *November 20 - Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (died 2012) *December 5 -

Guido Gorgatti Guido Gorgatti (5 December 1919 – 11 May 2023) was an Italian-born Argentine film actor. He emigrated to Argentina when he was 10 years old. He appeared in more than 25 films. Gorgatti turned 100 in December 2019 and died on 11 May 2023 at th ...

, Italian-born Argentine actor *December 7 – Lis Løwert, Danish actress (d.

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

) *December 11 – Marie Windsor, American actress (d.

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

) *December 18 – Lynn Bari, American actress (d.

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

) *December 21 –

Ove Sprogøe Ove Wendelboe Sprogøe Petersen (21 December 1919 – 14 September 2004) was a Danish actor. Life Born in Odense, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe Petersen. He married Eva Rasmussen in 1945, with whom he had three children. On ...

, Danish actor (d.

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

)

Deaths

*January 14 –

Shelley Hull Shelley Vaughan Hull (June 17, 1884 – January 14, 1919) was an American stage actor who also appeared in two silent motion pictures. His Broadway popularity as a suave handsome leading man was continually on the rise until his early death a ...

, 34, American stage & film actor, husband of Josephine Hull, brother of Henry Hull *January 31 –

Nat C. Goodwin Nathaniel Carl "Nat" Goodwin (July 25, 1857 – January 31, 1919) was an American actor and vaudevillian born in Boston. Life and career While clerk in a large shop Goodwin studied for the stage and made his first appearance in 1874 at the Howa ...

, 59, veteran stage star & silent film actor *February 3 – Mary Moore (actress), 29, Irish actress, sister of Joe, Matt,

Owen Owen may refer to: Origin: The name Owen is of Irish and Welsh origin. Its meanings range from noble, youthful, and well-born. Gender: Owen is historically the masculine form of the name. Popular feminine variations include Eowyn and Owena. ...

and Tom Moore '' A Million a Minute'' *February 17 – Vera Kholodnaya, 25, Russian silent film actress, ''A Corpse Living,

The Woman Who Invented Love ''The Woman Who Invented Love'' (Italian: ''La donna che inventò l'amore'') is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film written and directed by Ferruccio Cerio and starring Silvana Pampanini, Rossano Brazzi and Mariella Lotti.Poppi p.105 It wa ...

, Her Sister's Rival,

Song of Triumphant Love Song of Triumphant Love (russian: Песнь торжествующей любви) is a 1915 short film directed by Yevgeni Bauer. Plot The film is based on story by Ivan Turgenev. Starring * Vera Kholodnaya * Vitold Polonsky * Ossip Runits ...

'' *April 9 – Sidney Drew, 55, American stage & film actor A Florida Enchantment *May 3 – Daniel Gilfether, 70, American actor of stage & screen *May 21 – Lamar Johnstone, 34, American silent film actor *August 27 - Clifford Bruce, 34 American silent film actor *November 24 – William Stowell, 34, American silent film star

Film debuts

* Vilma Bánky – Im letzten Augenblick * Shemp Howard – Spring Fever (short) * Boris Karloff –

The Lightning Raider ''The Lightning Raider'' is a 1919 American action film serial directed by George B. Seitz. It was the on-screen debut of Boris Karloff, albeit as an extra. The film serial survives in an incomplete state with some reels preserved at the Library ...

* Fritz Lang –

Halbblut ''Halbblut'' ( en, Half-blood/Halfbreed) was a 1919 silent film directed by Fritz Lang: "A story of two men and one woman, in four acts." It is the first film Lang directed. It stars Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Gilda Langer, Carl Gebhard-Schröde ...

* Norma Shearer – The Star Boarder (short) (uncredited) *

Otis Skinner Otis Skinner (June 28, 1858 – January 4, 1942) was an American stage actor active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Early life Otis A. Skinner was born on June 28, 1858, in Cambridge, Massachusetts the middle of three ...

– Tom's Little Star * Claire Windsor – Eyes of Youth (uncredited) * Anna May Wong – The Red Lantern (uncredited)

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

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Notable films released in 1919 around the world

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Comedy film series

Buster Keaton (1917–1941)

Charlie Chaplin (1914–1923)

Harold Lloyd (1913–1921)

Animated short film series

Koko the Clown (1919–1934)

Felix the Cat (1919–1936)

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

References

See also