1919 in film
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Events
- February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks 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
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.
- The Sentimental Bloke (a)
- 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 5 - Tim Holt, actor (d. 1973)
- 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