1922 in film
Overview of the events of 1922 in film
This is an overview of 1922 in film , including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
The top ten films released in 1922 by U.S. gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1922
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
Robin Hood United Artists
$2,101,044[ 1]
2
Blood and Sand Paramount
$1,250,000[ 2]
3
Manslaughter $1,206,014[ 3]
4
Grandma's Boy Pathé Exchange
$1,100,000[ 2]
5
Smilin' Through First National
$1,000,000[ 2]
6
Saturday Night Paramount
$753,807[ 3]
7
Rags to Riches Warner Bros.
$418,000[ 4]
8
Heroes of the Street $366,000[ 4]
9
The Beautiful and Damned $327,000[ 4]
10
Your Best Friend $132,000[ 4]
Events
Notable films released in 1922
United States unless stated
A
B
The Bachelor Daddy Alfred E. Green , starring Thomas Meighan The Beautiful and Damned William A. Seiter , starring Marie Prevost Beauty's Worth Robert G. Vignola , starring Marion Davies Beyond the Rocks Sam Wood , starring Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino A Bill of Divorcement Denison Clift , starring Constance Binney and Fay Compton – (GB )The Blacksmith Mal St. Clair and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton A Blind Bargain Wallace Worsley , starring Lon Chaney , based on the 1897 novel The Octive of Claudius by Barry Pain [ 6] Blood and Sand Fred Niblo , starring Rudolph Valentino , Lila Lee and Nita Naldi The Bohemian Girl Harley Knoles , Starring Ivor Novello and Gladys Cooper – (GB )The Bride's Play George Terwilliger , starring Marion Davies The Burning Soil (Der brennende Acker)F. W. Murnau – (Germany )
C
D
A Dangerous Adventure Sam Warner and Jack L. Warner , starring Grace Darmond Danse Macabre , directed by Dudley Murphy [ 7] Day Dreams Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, Starring Buster Keaton and Renée Adorée A Debt of Honour Maurice Elvey , starring Isobel Elsom and Clive Brook – (GB )The Dictator James Cruze , starring Wallace Reid and Lila Lee Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (Dr. Mabuse the Gambler)Fritz Lang , starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge , based on the 1921 novel by Norbert Jacques [ 8] Germany )Dr. Jack Fred C. Newmeyer , starring Harold Lloyd Don Juan et Faust , directed by Marcel L'Herbier , based on an 1828 play by Christian Dietrich Grabbe [ 9] France )The Dungeon Oscar Micheaux [ 10]
E
F
Fair Lady Kenneth Webb Faust , directed by Challis Sanderson , based on the 1808 play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [ 12] GB )Faust , directed by Gérard Bourgeois , based on the 1808 play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [ 13] France )La Femme de nulle part (The Woman from Nowhere)Louis Delluc – (France )Flames of Passion Graham Cutts , starring Mae Marsh and C. Aubrey Smith – (GB )Flesh and Blood Irving Cummings , starring Lon Chaney and Noah Beery Sr. Foolish Wives Erich von Stroheim The Frozen North Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton
G
H
I
L
M
The Man from Beyond Burton L. King , starring Harry Houdini Manslaughter Cecil B. DeMille , starring Thomas Meighan and Lois Wilson Marizza F. W. Murnau – (Germany )The Marriage Chance Hampton Del Ruth Money To Burn (lost), directed by Rowland V. Lee [ 17] Moran of the Lady Letty George Melford , starring Dorothy Dalton and Rudolph Valentino More to Be Pitied Than Scorned Edward LeSaint Mud and Sand Gilbert Pratt , starring Stan Laurel My Boy Victor Heerman and Albert Austin , starring Jackie Coogan My Wife's Relations Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton
N
O
P
The Paleface Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton Pay Day Charles Chaplin shortPeg o' My Heart King Vidor , starring Laurette Taylor Phantom F. W. Murnau , starring Alfred Abel , Lil Dagover and Lya De Putti – (Germany )Polikushka (Поликушка)Alexander Sanin – (U.S.S.R. )The Primitive Lover Sidney Franklin , starring Constance Talmadge and Harrison Ford The Prisoner of Zenda Rex Ingram , starring Lewis Stone and Alice Terry
R
S
Saturday Night Cecil B. DeMille , starring Leatrice Joy and Conrad Nagel The Scarlet Letter Challis Sanderson , starring Sybil Thorndike – (GB )Shadows Tom Forman , starring Lon Chaney , Marguerite De La Motte and Harrison Ford Sherlock Holmes Albert Parker , starring John Barrymore , based on the 1899 stage play by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle – (GB )Smilin' Through Sidney Franklin , starring Norma Talmadge Sodom and Gomorrah Michael Curtiz , starring Lucy Doraine – (Austria )La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet)Germaine Dulac – (France )Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep George Pearson , starring Betty Balfour – (GB )The Suram Fortress (Suramis tsikhe)Ivan Perestiani – (U.S.S.R. )
T
W
Y
Short film series
Animated short film series
Felix the Cat cartoon.
Births
January 2 – Jason Evers , actor (died 2005 )
January 3 – Bill Travers , British actor, screenwriter and director (died 1994 )
January 10 – Hannelore Schroth , actress (died 1987 )
January 13 – Albert Lamorisse , director (died 1970 )
January 16 – Irene Vernon , actress (died 1998 )
January 17 – Betty White , American actress (died 2021 )
January 19 – Guy Madison , actor (died 1996 )
January 20 – Ray Anthony , bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor
January 21
January 31
February 4 –
February 6 – Patrick Macnee , actor (died 2015 )
February 7 – Hattie Jacques , actress (died 1980 )
February 8 – Audrey Meadows , actress (died 1996 )
February 9 – Kathryn Grayson , singer, actress (died 2010 )
February 24 – Steven Hill , actor (died 2016 )
February 26 – Margaret Leighton , actress (died 1976 )
March 5 – Pier Paolo Pasolini , Italian film director (died 1975 )
March 8 – Cyd Charisse , actress, dancer (died 2008 )
March 20 – Carl Reiner , comic actor, director and screenwriter (died 2020 )
March 21 – Russ Meyer , director, producer (died 2004 )
March 31
April 3 – Doris Day , actress, singer (died 2019 )[ 18]
April 4 - Elmer Bernstein , American composer and conductor (died 2004 )
April 5 – Gale Storm , singer, actress (died 2009 )
April 7 – Margia Dean , American beauty queen and actress (died 2023 )
April 15 – Michael Ansara , American stage, screen, and voice actor (died 2013 )
April 18 – Barbara Hale , American actress (died 2017 )[ 19]
April 24 – J. D. Cannon , American actor (died 2005 )
April 26 – Mike Kellin , American actor (died 1983 )
April 27 – Jack Klugman , American actor (died 2012 )
May 2 – Roscoe Lee Browne , American actor and director (died 2007 )
May 7
May 10 – Nancy Walker , American actress (died 1992 )
May 13 - Truus Dekker , Dutch actress (died 2022 )
May 17 - Wei Wei , Chinese actress (died 2023 )
May 18 - Bill Macy , American actor (died 2019 )
May 25 - Syd Heylen , Australian character actor and comedian (died 2007 )
May 27 – Christopher Lee , English actor (died 2015 )[ 20]
May 31 – Denholm Elliott , English actor (died 1992 )
June 1
June 9 – George Axelrod , American scriptwriter and director (died 2003 )
June 10
June 16 – Frances Rafferty , American actress (died 2004 )
June 22 – Mona Lisa , Filipina actress (died 2019 )
June 26 – Eleanor Parker , American actress (died 2013 )
June 28 - Erik Bauersfeld , American voice actor (died 2016 )
July 6 – William Schallert , American actor (died 2016 )
July 19 - Bess Meisler, American actress
July 21 – Demeter Bitenc , Slovenian actor (died 2018 )
July 23 - Sydney Lassick , American character actor (died 2003 )
July 26
July 27
August 1
August 8 – Rory Calhoun , American actor (died 1999 )
August 22 – Micheline Presle , French actress (died 2024 )
August 25 - Gloria Dea , American actress and musician (died 2023 )
September 1
September 6 – Elizabeth Lawrence , American actress (died 2000 )
September 8
September 10 – Barbara Chilcott , Canadian actress (died 2022 )
September 14 – Michel Auclair , European actor (died 1988 )
September 15 – Jackie Cooper , American actor, director (died 2011 )
September 16
September 23 – Louise Latham , American actress (died 2018 )
September 24
September 29 – Lizabeth Scott , American actress (died 2015 )
October 5 – Woodrow Parfrey , American actor (died 1984 )
October 7 – Martha Stewart , American actress (died 2021 )
October 8 – Eileen Essell , English actress (died 2015 )
October 20 – John Anderson , American actor (died 1992 )
October 23 – Coleen Gray , American actress (died 2015 )
October 27 – Ruby Dee , American actress (died 2014 )
October 28 - Jack Murdock , American actor (died 2001 )
October 31 – Barbara Bel Geddes , American actress (died 2005 )
November 9 – Dorothy Dandridge , American actress, singer (died 1965 )
November 12 – Kim Hunter , actress (died 2002 )
November 13
November 14 – Veronica Lake , American actress (died 1973 )
November 15 – Francesco Rosi , film director (died 2015 )
November 16 – Royal Dano , American actor (died 1994 )
November 17 - Ted Beniades , American character actor (died 2014 )
November 22 – Lynne Roberts , American actress (died 1978 )
November 26 – Adam Williams , American actor (died 2005 )
November 27 - Jacqueline White , American former actress
November 29 – Laurie Main , Australian actor (died 2012 )
December 2
December 3 - Len Lesser , American character actor (died 2011 )
December 4 – Gérard Philipe , French actor (died 1959 )
December 9 – Redd Foxx , American comedian and actor (died 1991 )
December 11 – Dilip Kumar , Indian actor (died 2021 )
December 21 – Paul Winchell , American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, voice artist, humanitarian and inventor (died 2005 )
December 22 – Ruth Roman , actress (died 1999 )
December 24 – Ava Gardner , American actress (died 1990 )
December 26 – Alfred Dennis , American actor (died 2016 )
December 28
Deaths
February 1 – William Desmond Taylor , film director, victim of an unsolved and widely publicised murder which provoked a great scandal. (born 1872)
February 4 – Florence Deshon , American actress (born 1893)
March 4 – Bert Williams , American actor and singer (born 1874)
May 21 – Sidney Ainsworth , actor (born 1872)
May 26 – Walter Jones , American actor (b.1874)
June 6 – Lillian Russell , stage and screen actress (born 1860/61)
June 15 – Howard Crampton , actor (born 1865)
July 5 – Bobby Connelly , child star (born 1909)
September 23 – W. Chrystie Miller , veteran stage & screen actor (born 1843)
November 30 – René Cresté , actor and director (born 1881)
Film debuts
References
^ Solomon, Aubrey (2014). The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography . ISBN 978-0-7864-8160-6 Ultimately, Robin Hood was enormously profitable with its $2,101,044 domestic rentals on a cost of $930,043. ^ a b c Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38 (1938) p 942 accessed January 28, 2017^ a b Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood . University Press of Kentucky. p. 120. ISBN 0-813-12324-0 ^ a b c d Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 1 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
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^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ "Estrellita del Cine (1922)" . imdb.com .^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
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^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
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^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ "Doris Day, legendary singer and actress, dies at 97" . NBC News . Retrieved 13 May 2019 .^ "Obituary: Barbara Hale" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 13 May 2019 .^ "Obituary: Sir Christopher Lee" . BBC News . 11 June 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2019 .^ "Judy Garland | American singer and actress" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 13 May 2019 .
External links
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