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1919 in film Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

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1 Events
2 Top Grossing Films of the Year
3 Movies Released
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists
Oscar Micheaux releases The Homesteader, becoming the first African-American to produce and direct a motion picture.

Top Grossing Films of the Year

Movies Released

Movies released in 1919 include:

Back Stage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
Blind Husbands, directed by Erich von Stroheim.
Broken Blossoms starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess; directed by D.W. Griffith.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, starring Werner Krauss and Conrad Veidt.
Daddy-Long-Legs, starring Mary Pickford.
A Day's Pleasure, a Charlie Chaplin short.
The Homesteader
Madame DuBarry, starring Pola Negri and Emil Jannings.
Male and Female, starring Gloria Swanson; directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
The Garage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic (documentary)
Sunnyside, a Charlie Chaplin short.
True Heart Susie, starring Lillian Gish.

Births

January 1 - Carole Landis, actress (d. 1948)
January 13 - Robert Stack, actor (d. 2003)
January 21 - Jinx Falkenburg, model, actress (d. 2003)
January 23 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian, actor (d. 1962)
February 5 - Red Buttons, actor
February 11 - Eva Gabor, actress (d. 1995)
February 18 - Jack Palance, actor
March 2 - Jennifer Jones, actress
March 29 - Eileen Heckart, actress (d. 2001)
April 13 - Howard Keel, actor
April 29 - Celeste Holm, actress
May 8 - Lex Barker, actor (d. 1973)
May 23 - Betty Garrett, actress
June 12 - Uta Hagen, actress (d. 2004)
June 14 - Sam Wanamaker, director, actor (d. 1993)
June 19 - Pauline Kael, film critic (d. 2001)
June 19 - Louis Jourdan, actor
June 29 - Slim Pickens, actor (d. 1983)
July 7 - Jon Pertwee, actor (d. 1996)
July 26 - Virginia Gilmore, actress (d. 1986)
August 2 - Nehemiah Persoff, actor
August 8 - Dino De Laurentis, producer
September 18 - Diana Lewis, actress (d. 1997)
September 26 - Barbara Britton, actress (d. 1980)
October 5 - Donald Pleasence, actor (d. 1995)
November 13 - Mary Beth Hughes, actress (d. 1995)
November 14 - Veronica Lake, actress (d. 1973)
November 15 - Nova Pilbeam, actress
November 20 - Evelyn Keyes, actress

Deaths

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