1918 in film
Overview of the events of 1918 in film
The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.
Events
The top six 1918 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Notable films released in 1918
Argentina
Egypt
Bedouin's honor (Sharaf El Badawi), starring and directing by Mohammed Karim The Deadly Flowers (Al Azhar Al Momita), starring and directing by Mohammed Karim
France
Germany
Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne Sacrifice ; this was the 2nd film adaptation based on the 1911 novel by Hanns Heinz Ewers[ 2] Carmen Ernst Lubitsch , starring Pola Negri Das Tagebuch des Dr. Hart Dr. Hart's Diary ), directed by Paul Leni Eyes of the Mummy , directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Pola Negri and Emil JanningsI Don't Want to Be a Man Ich möchte kein Mann sein ), directed by Ernst LubitschThe Other Self , aka Das Andere Ich (Austrian) directed by Fritz Freisler, starring Fritz KortnerThe Pied Piper of Hamelin (aka Der Rettenfanger von Hameln ), written and directed by Paul Wegener , starring Wegener and Lyda Salmonova [ 3]
Great Britain
The Haunted Hotel , an 11-minute comedy short directed by Fred Rains (Claude's father), starring Will Asher and Marion Peake[ 4] Victory and Peace Herbert Brenon
Hungary
A 99-es számú bérkocsi Mihály Kertész , starring: |Cläre Lotto and Béla Lugosi Alraune Géza Erdélyi and Gyula Gál (Lost film ); first film adaptation based on the 1911 novel by Hanns Heinz EwersCasanova Alfréd Deésy , starring Alfréd Deésy Faun Alexander Korda , starring: Gábor Rajnay and Artúr Somlay Mary Ann Alexander Korda , starring: Ica von Lenkeffy and Tivadar Uray Álarcosbál Alfréd Deésy , starring: Béla LugosiA víg Özvegy Az ördög Karoly bakak Zoltan Korda Az Élet királya Norbert Dán ; based on the 1890 Oscar Wilde novelKüzdelem a létért Lili Cornelius Hintner Lulu A Napraforgós hölgy Lucy Doraine , Cläre Lotto and Iván Petrovich A Víg özvegy Mihály Várkonyi , Berta Valero , Endre Boross Árpád id. Latabár , Miklós Szomory and József Bánhidy
Italy
Japan
Akakabe Myojin (aka Kaibyo Kaidan ) a Ghost-Cat film starring Matsunosuke Onoe, produced by Nikkatsu FilmsIzumo Kaidan (Japanese) aka Ghost Story of Izumo , starring Matsunosuke Onoe and Kitsuraku Arashi, produced by Nikkatsu FilmsYotsuya Kaidan Jitsuhi Kanetani Goro / The Ghost of Yotsuya (Japanese) the 2nd ever film adaptation of the 1825 stage play Yotsuya Kaidan by Tsuruya Nanboku IV; starring Matsunosuke Onoe and Sentaro Nakamura[ 5]
Sweden
Denmark
United States
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley Marshall Neilan , starring Mary Pickford Among the Cannibal Isles of the South Pacific Are Crooks Dishonest? Harold Lloyd shortArizona Douglas Fairbanks The Bell Boy 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton shortThe Bells , directed by Ernest C. Warde, starring Frank Keenan and Lois Wilson; this was the 4th film adaptation of Erckmann-Chatrian 's 1867 stage play Le Juif Polonaise (The Polish Jew )[ 7] Black Sherlock Holmes , produced by Ebony Pictures, starring Sam Robinson as a black version of Sherlock Holmes'Blue Blazes' Rawden William S. Hart The Blue Bird Maurice Tourneur Bound in Morocco Allan Dwan , starring Douglas Fairbanks The Burden of Proof Marion Davies Cecilia of the Pink Roses Marion Davies The Cook 'Fatty' Arbuckle /Buster Keaton shortThe Craving (aka Delirium ) directed by Francis Ford for Universal Pictures, starring Francis Ford and Peter Gerald[ 8] Cupid Angling Ruth Roland The Eyes of Julia Deep Mary Miles Minter The Ghost of Slumber Mountain The Goddess of Lost Lake Louise Glaum The Haunted House , produced and written by Edward Frazee, a very obscure lost film (cast unknown)Headin' South Allan Dwan , starring Douglas Fairbanks The Heart of Humanity Erich von Stroheim Hearts of the World D.W. Griffith , starring Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish The House of Mirth Albert Capellani , starring Katherine Corri Harris Huck and Tom The Lamb Harold Lloyd short.Men Who Have Made Love to Me Mary MacLane Mickey F. Richard Jones , starring Mabel Normand M'Liss Marshall Neilan , starring Mary Pickford and Thomas Meighan Moonshine 'Fatty' Arbuckle /Buster Keaton shortMy Four Years in Germany Warner Brothers On the Quiet Chester Withey , starring Jack Barrymore Out of the Inkwell Max Fleischer Out West 'Fatty' Arbuckle /Buster Keaton shortThe Romance of Tarzan Elmo Lincoln Salomé J. Gordon Edwards , starring Theda Bara The Silent Mystery , a 15-chapter serial directed by Francis Ford, starring Ford and Rosemary Theby; a five-reel condensed version was also released at some pointThe Sinking of the Lusitania Winsor McCay ; likely the longest animated film of its time.Stella Maris Marshall Neilan , starring Mary Pickford Tarzan of the Apes Scott Sidney , starring Elmo Lincoln and Enid Markey The Two-Soul Woman , directed by Elmer Clifton for Universal Pictures, starring Priscilla Dean and Ashton Dearholt, based on the novel by Gelett Burgess[ 9] Uncle Tom's Cabin Under the Yoke J. Gordon Edwards , starring Theda Bara Under the Greenwood Tree Emile Chautard starring Elsie Ferguson The Whispering Chorus Raymond Hatton and Kathlyn Williams Why Pick on Me? Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels
U.S.S.R.
Comedy film series
Only the films of the series released in 1918 are collected
Snapshot of Good Night, Nurse! . Films starring Roscoe Arbuckle , featuring Buster Keaton released in 1918:
Film poster for A Dog's Life . Charlie Chaplin wrote, produced, directed, and starred in 9 films for his own production company between 1918 and 1923 . These films were distributed by First National . Below the movies released in 1918:
Uncompleted and unreleased films
Hit Him Again .Bees in His Bonnet .Back to the Woods .Glasses character ("The Boy"):
Short films acting as his character Mr. Butterbun released in 1918:
His Busy Day His Salad Days Love and Lobster The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Trips and Tribunals The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Unexpected Treasure The Haunted Hotel
Births
January 29 – John Forsythe , actor (died 2010 )
February 4 – Ida Lupino , actress, director (died 1995 )
February 15 - Allan Arbus , actor (died 2013 )
February 16 – Patty Andrews, singer, actress, member of The Andrews Sisters (died 2013 )
February 19 - Fay McKenzie , American actress and singer (died 2019 )
March 1 – Roger Delgado , actor (died 1973 )
March 9
March 14 –Dennis Patrick , actor (died 2002 )
April 14 – Mary Healy , actress, singer (died 2015 )
April 17
April 18 – Shinobu Hashimoto , screenwriter (died 2018 )
May 14 – June Duprez , actress (died 1984 )
May 15 – Joseph Wiseman , Canadian-American actor (died 2009 )
May 20 - Patricia Ellis , American actress (died 1970 )
May 21 - Jeanne Bates , American actress (died 2008 )
May 26 – John Dall , actor (died 1971 )
June 8 – Robert Preston , actor, singer (died 1987 )
June 10 - Barry Morse , actor (died 2008 )
June 11 – Jane Bryan , actress (died 2009 )
June 13 - Ben Johnson , actor (died 1996 )
June 15 - Elisabeth Waldo , American former musician and actress
June 21 - Adriana Sivieri , Italian actress (died 1970 )
June 26 – Ellen Liiger , actress (died 1987 )
July 6 – Sebastian Cabot , actor (died 1977 )
July 8 – Craig Stevens , American actor (died 2000 )
July 14 – Ingmar Bergman , Swedish actor, writer, director (died 2007 )
July 16 – William Bishop , actor (died 1959 )
July 18 – Jane Frazee , singer, actress (died 1985 )
July 25 - Nan Grey , actress (died 1993 )
July 26 – Marjorie Lord , actress (died 2015 )
August 1 – Cheryl Walker , model, actress (died 1971 )
August 9 – Robert Aldrich , director (died 1983 )
August 17 – Evelyn Ankers , actress (died 1985)
August 25 – Richard Greene , actor (died 1985)
September 10 – Rin Tin Tin , canine actor (died 1932 )
September 13 – Dick Haymes , Argentine actor, singer (died 1980 )
September 16 - Branka Veselinović , Serbian actress (died 2023 )
September 21 – Rand Brooks , American actor (died 2003 )
September 24 - Audra Lindley , American actress (died 1997 )
September 28 – Arnold Stang , American actor and comedian (died 2009 )
October 9 – Lila Kedrova , Russian-born actress (died 2000 )
October 13
October 17 – Rita Hayworth , actress (died 1987)
October 23 - Peggy Moran , actress (died 2002)
October 25 - Milton Selzer , actor (died 2005)
October 27 – Teresa Wright , actress (died 2005 )
October 29 – Diana Serra Cary , born Peggy-Jean Montgomery ("Baby Peggy"), child silent film actress (died 2020 )
November 4
November 27 - Stephen Elliott , actor (died 2005 )
November 30 – Efrem Zimbalist Jr. , actor (died 2014 )
December 10 – Anne Gwynne , actress, model (died 2003 )
December 15 – Jeff Chandler , actor (died 1961 )
December 23 - Kumar Pallana , Indian-American character actress (died 2013 )
Deaths
January 8 – Johannes Pääsuke , 25, Estonian photographer and director (train crash)
January 12 – Simeon Wiltsie, American actor
February 1 – Joseph Kaufman , 36, American silent film actor & director, married to film star Ethel Clayton
February 15 – Vernon Castle , 30, American dancer & writer
March 13 – William Courtleigh, Jr. , 26, American actor
April 30 – "Mother" Mary Maurice , 73, American veteran stage & film actress
May 19 – Sidney Rankin Drew , 26, American actor and director.
June 29 – John van den Broek , 23, Dutch cinematographer
July 4 – Walter Stradling , 43, British cinematographer
August 12 – Anna Held , 46, Polish actress & singer
September 21 – Hal August , 28, American actor;
October 2 - Edwin Arden , American stage & film actor
October 19 – Harold Lockwood , 31, American actor
October 22 – Myrtle Gonzalez , 27, American actress
October 22 – Julian L'Estrange , 38, English actor
October 28 – Louise Vale, American actress
November 6 – William Shea , 67, Scottish veteran film actor & director
November 18 – Wayland Trask Jr. , 31, American comedian
December 6 – Charles Gunn , 35, American actor
December 29 – Jode Mullally , 32, American actor
Debuts
References
^ a b c d e Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood . University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813123240 ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ Holger-Madsen, Himmelskibet , retrieved 2024-03-22 ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ "How to Make Movies" . Charlie Chaplin Encyclopedia. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010.
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