1922 in film

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This is an overview of1922 in film,including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)[edit]

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	Paramount	$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[edit]

June 11 – United States première ofRobert J. Flaherty'sNanook of the North,the first commercially successfulfeature length documentary film.
November 26 –The Toll of the Sea,starringAnna May WongandKenneth Harlan,debuts as the first general release film to use two-toneTechnicolor(The Gulf Betweenwas the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed).

Notable films released in 1922[edit]

United Statesunless stated

Short film series[edit]

Charlie Chaplin(1914–1923)
Buster Keaton(1917–1941)
Laurel and Hardy(1921–1943)
Our Gang(1922–1944)

Animated short film series[edit]

Felix the Cat(1919–1936)
Koko the Clown(1919–1963)
Aesop's Film Fables(1921–1934)

Births[edit]

January 2 –Jason Evers,actor (died2005)
January 3 –Bill Travers,British actor, screenwriter and director (died1994)
January 10 –Hannelore Schroth,actress (died1987)
January 13 –Albert Lamorisse,director (died1970)
January 16 –Irene Vernon,actress (died1998)
January 17 –Betty White,American actress (died2021)
January 19 –Guy Madison,actor (died1996)
January 20 –Ray Anthony,bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor
January 21
- Telly Savalas,actor (died1994)
- Paul Scofield,actor (died2008)
January 31 –Joanne Dru,actress (died1996)
February 4 –
- William Edward Phipps,American actor and producer (died2018)
- Qin Yi,Chinese actress (died2022)
February 6 –Patrick Macnee,actor (died2015)
February 7 –Hattie Jacques,actress (died1980)
February 8 –Audrey Meadows,actress (died1996)
February 9 –Kathryn Grayson,singer, actress (died2010)
February 24 –Steven Hill,actor (died2016)
February 26 –Margaret Leighton,actress (died1976)
March 5 –Pier Paolo Pasolini,Italian film director (died1975)
March 8 –Cyd Charisse,actress, dancer (died2008)
March 20 –Carl Reiner,comic actor, director and screenwriter (died2020)
March 21 –Russ Meyer,director, producer (died2004)
March 31
- Richard Kiley,American actor and singer (died1999)
- Patrick Magee,Northern Irish actor (died1982)
April 3 –Doris Day,actress, singer (died2019)^[18]
April 4 -Elmer Bernstein,American composer and conductor (died2004)
April 5 –Gale Storm,singer, actress (died2009)
April 7 –Margia Dean,American beauty queen and actress (died2023)
April 15 –Michael Ansara,American stage, screen, and voice actor (died2013)
April 18 –Barbara Hale,American actress (died2017)^[19]
April 24 –J. D. Cannon,American actor (died2005)
April 26 –Mike Kellin,American actor (died1983)
April 27 –Jack Klugman,American actor (died2012)
May 2 –Roscoe Lee Browne,American actor and director (died2007)
May 7
- Rolands Kalniņš,Latvian director, screenwriter and producer (died2022)
- Darren McGavin,American actor (died2006)
May 10 –Nancy Walker,American actress (died1992)
May 13 -Truus Dekker,Dutch actress (died2022)
May 17 -Wei Wei,Chinese actress (died2023)
May 18 -Bill Macy,American actor (died2019)
May 25 -Syd Heylen,Australian character actor and comedian (died2007)
May 27 –Christopher Lee,English actor (died2015)^[20]
May 31 –Denholm Elliott,English actor (died1992)
June 1
- Joan Caulfield,American actress (died1991)
- Joan Copeland,American actress (died2022)
June 9 –George Axelrod,American scriptwriter and director (died2003)
June 10
- Judy Garland,American singer, actress (died1969)^[21]
- Bill Kerr,British-Australian actor and comedian (died2014)
June 16 –Frances Rafferty,American actress (died2004)
June 22 –Mona Lisa,Filipina actress (died2019)
June 26 –Eleanor Parker,American actress (died2013)
June 28 -Erik Bauersfeld,American voice actor (died2016)
July 6 –William Schallert,American actor (died2016)
July 19 - Bess Meisler, American actress
July 21 –Demeter Bitenc,Slovenian actor (died2018)
July 26
- Blake Edwards,American director (died2010)
- Jason Robards,American actor (died2000)
July 27
- Adolfo Celi,Italian film actor and director (died1986)
- Norman Lear,American writer and producer (died2023)
August 1
- Arthur Hill,Canadian actor (died2006)
- Paul Lambert,American actor (died1997)
August 8 –Rory Calhoun,American actor (died1999)
August 22 –Micheline Presle,French actress (died2024)
August 25 -Gloria Dea,American actress and musician (died2023)
September 1
- Vittorio Gassman,Italian actor, director (died2000)
- Yvonne De Carlo,American actress (died2007)
September 6 –Elizabeth Lawrence,American actress (died2000)
September 8
- Sid Caesar,American comedian, actor (died2014)
- Annabel Maule,British actress
September 10 –Barbara Chilcott,Canadian actress (died2022)
September 14 –Michel Auclair,European actor (died1988)
September 15 –Jackie Cooper,American actor, director (died2011)
September 16
- Guy Hamilton,English director (died2016)
- Janis Paige,American actress (died2024)
September 23 –Louise Latham,American actress (died2018)
September 24 –Bert I. Gordon,American filmmaker and visual effects artist (died2023)
September 29 –Lizabeth Scott,American actress (died2015)
October 5 –Woodrow Parfrey,American actor (died1984)
October 7 –Martha Stewart,American actress (died2021)
October 8 –Eileen Essell,English actress (died2015)
October 20 –John Anderson,American actor (died1992)
October 23 –Coleen Gray,American actress (died2015)
October 27 –Ruby Dee,American actress (died2014)
October 28 -Jack Murdock,American actor (died2001)
October 31 –Barbara Bel Geddes,American actress (died2005)
November 9 –Dorothy Dandridge,American actress, singer (died1965)
November 12 –Kim Hunter,actress (died2002)
November 13
- Madeleine Sherwood,actress (died2016)
- Oskar Werner,actor (died1984)
November 14 –Veronica Lake,American actress (died1973)
November 15 –Francesco Rosi,film director (died2015)
November 16 –Royal Dano,American actor (died1994)
November 22 –Lynne Roberts,American actress (died1978)
November 26 –Adam Williams,American actor (died2005)
November 27 -Jacqueline White,American former actress
November 29 –Laurie Main,Australian actor (died2012)
December 2
- Don Fellows,American actor (died2007)
- Leo Gordon,American actor and screenplay writer (died2000)
December 3 -Len Lesser,American character actor (died2011)
December 4 –Gérard Philipe,French actor (died1959)
December 9 –Redd Foxx,American comedian and actor (died1991)
December 11 –Dilip Kumar,Indian actor (died2021)
December 21 –Paul Winchell,American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, voice artist, humanitarian and inventor (died2005)
December 22 –Ruth Roman,actress (died1999)
December 24 –Ava Gardner,American actress (died1990)
December 26 –Alfred Dennis,American actor (died2016)
December 28
- Ivan Desny,Swiss actor (died2002)
- Stan Lee,American comic-book writer, producer and actor (died 2018)

Deaths[edit]

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[edit]

Clara Bow–Beyond the Rainbow
Betty Bronson–Anna Ascends
Lon Chaney Jr.–The Trap
Ann Doran–Robin Hood
Louise Dresser–The Glory of Clementina
James Gleason–Polly of the Follies
William Haines–Brothers Under the Skin
Edward Everett Horton–Too Much Business
Hazel Keener–Penrod
Walter Kingsford–Sherlock Holmes
Gene Lockhart–Smilin' Through
Anita Louise–Down to the Sea in Ships
Jeanne Loury–Triplepatte
Garry Marsh–Long Odds
George O'Brien–White Hands
William Powell–Sherlock Holmes
David Sharpe–Sherlock Holmes
Anne Shirley–The Hidden Woman
Warren William–The Town That Forgot God
Roland Young–Sherlock Holmes

References[edit]

^Solomon, Aubrey (2014).The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography.ISBN 978-0-7864-8160-6.Ultimately,Robin Hoodwas enormously profitable with its $2,101,044 domestic rentals on a cost of $930,043.
^^a ^b ^cQuigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers",International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38 (1938)p 942accessed January 28, 2017
^^a ^bBirchard, Robert S. (2004).Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood.University Press of Kentucky. p. 120.ISBN 0-813-12324-0.
^^a ^b ^c ^dWarner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer 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.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^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.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^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.Retrieved13 May2019.
^"Obituary: Barbara Hale".The Irish Times.Retrieved13 May2019.
^"Obituary: Sir Christopher Lee".BBC News.11 June 2015.Retrieved13 May2019.
^"Judy Garland | American singer and actress".Encyclopedia Britannica.Retrieved13 May2019.

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[FoxFilmBook-1] Solomon, Aubrey (2014).The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography.ISBN 978-0-7864-8160-6.Ultimately,Robin Hoodwas enormously profitable with its $2,101,044 domestic rentals on a cost of $930,043.

[quig-2] Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers",International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38 (1938)p 942accessed January 28, 2017

[birchard-3] Birchard, Robert S. (2004).Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood.University Press of Kentucky. p. 120.ISBN 0-813-12324-0.

[warners-4] Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 1 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551

[5] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[6] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[7] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[8] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[9] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[10] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[11] "Estrellita del Cine (1922)".imdb.com.

[12] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[13] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[14] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[15] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[16] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[17] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

[18] "Doris Day, legendary singer and actress, dies at 97".NBC News.Retrieved13 May2019.

[19] "Obituary: Barbara Hale".The Irish Times.Retrieved13 May2019.

[20] "Obituary: Sir Christopher Lee".BBC News.11 June 2015.Retrieved13 May2019.

[21] "Judy Garland | American singer and actress".Encyclopedia Britannica.Retrieved13 May2019.

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