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1919 in film

The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top six 1919 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

Notable films released in 1919 around the world

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  • Nabeshima Neko Sodo (Japanese) a ghost-cat film produced by Nikkatsu Films, starring Matsunosuke Onoe, based on the Kabuki play by Joko Segawa III
  • Okazaki Kaibyo-den (Japanese) starring Matsunosuke Onoe, another ghost-cat movie based on an early 1820s Japanese novel (which was adapted as a Kabuki play in 1827)

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Comedy film series

Only the films of the series released in 1919 are collected.

Buster Keaton (1917–1941)

Films starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton released in 1919:

Charlie Chaplin (1914–1923)

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 filmed in 1919:

Score composed for 1973 re-release

Uncompleted and unreleased films
  • The Professor as Professor Bosco, Slated as a two-reeler, but never issued

Harold Lloyd (1913–1921)

Glasses character ("The Boy"):

Animated short film series

Koko the Clown (1919–1934)

Koko the Clown was the first animated movie cartoon series. Below list of short films released in 1919:

  • The Tantalizing Fly
  • The Clown's Pups
  • Out of the Inkwell
  • Slides
  • Experiment No. 2
  • Experiment No. 3
  • Out of the Inkwell

Felix the Cat (1919–1936)

Below list of Felix the Cat short films released in 1919:

November 9: Feline Follies
November 16: The Musical Mews
December 14: The Adventures of Felix

Births

  • January 1 – Sheila Mercier, British actress (died 2019)
  • January 5 – Douglas Henderson, American actor (died 1978)
  • January 7 – Huang Feng, Hong Kong film director (died 2019)
  • January 10 – Amzie Strickland, American character actress (died 2006)
  • January 11 – Mort Mills, American actor (died 1993)
  • January 13 – Robert Stack, American actor (died 2003)
  • January 14 – Joe Seneca, American actor and singer (died 1996)
  • January 21 – Jinx Falkenburg, American model, actress (died 2003)
  • January 23 – Ernie Kovacs, American comedian, actor (died 1962)
  • January 24 – Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1973)
  • February 4 – Janet Waldo, American actress (died 2016)
  • February 5
  • Red Buttons, American actor (died 2006)
  • Tim Holt, American actor (died 1973)
  • February 11 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (died 1995)
  • February 12 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (died 1986)
  • February 18 – Jack Palance, American actor (died 2006)
  • March 2 – Jennifer Jones, American actress and mental-health advocate (died 2009)
  • March 12 – Frank Campanella, American actor (died 2006)
  • March 15 - Lawrence Tierney, American actor (died 2002)
  • March 25 – Jeanne Cagney, American actress (died 1984)
  • March 26 – Strother Martin, American actor (died 1980)
  • March 29 – Eileen Heckart, American actress (died 2001)
  • April 2 – Maxwell Reed, Northern Irish actor (died 1974)
  • April 6 – Caren Marsh Doll, American former actress
  • April 12 – Ivor Barry, Welsh actor (died 2006)
  • April 13 – Howard Keel, American actor (died 2004)
  • April 18 – Vondell Darr, American child actress (died 2012)
  • April 18 – Virginia O'Brien, American actress (died 2001)
  • May 1 – Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (died 2005)
  • May 8 – Lex Barker, American actor (died 1973)
  • May 22 – Raoul Retzer, Austrian actor (died 1974)
  • May 23 – Betty Garrett, American actress (died 2011)
  • June 11 – Richard Todd, Irish actor (died 2009)
  • June 12 – Uta Hagen, German actress (died 2004)
  • June 14
  • Gene Barry, American actor and singer (died 2009)
  • June Spencer, British actress (died 2024)
  • Sam Wanamaker, American actor and director (died 1993)
  • June 17 – Patrick Cranshaw, American character actor (died 2005)
  • June 19 – Pauline Kael, American film critic (died 2001)
  • June 24 – Al Molinaro, American actor (died 2015)
  • June 29 – Slim Pickens, American actor (died 1983)
  • July 7 – Jon Pertwee, British actor (died 1996)
  • July 8 - Eileen Bennett, British actress (died 2025)
  • July 12 – Vera Ralston, Czech figure skater, actress (died 2003)
  • July 14 – Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor and philanthropist (died 1987)
  • July 19 – Patricia Medina, American actress (died 2012)
  • July 26 – Virginia Gilmore, American actress (died 1986)
  • August 2 – Nehemiah Persoff, American actor (died 2022)
  • August 7 – Bertha Moss, Argentine-Mexican actress (died 2008)
  • August 8 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian producer (died 2010)
  • August 16 – Lorna Thayer, American actress (died 2005)
  • August 22 – Alma Beltran, Mexican-American actress (died 2007)
  • September 2 – Marge Champion, American dancer and actress (died 2020)
  • September 6 – John Mitchum, American actor (died 2001)
  • September 7 – Howard Morris, American actor, comedian and director (died 2005)
  • September 9 – Jacques Marin, French actor (died 2001)
  • September 17 – Helmut Ashley, Austrian cinematographer and director (died 2021)
  • September 18 – Diana Lewis, American actress (died 1997)
  • September 21 – Nigel Stock, British actor (died 1986)
  • September 24 – Rick Vallin, Russian-born actor (died 1977)
  • October 5 – Donald Pleasence, British actor (died 1995)
  • October 8 – Gabriel Dell, American actor (died 1988)
  • October 18 – Orlando Drummond, Brazilian actor, voice artist and comedian (died 2021)
  • October 20 – Lia Origoni, Italian actress and singer (died 2022)
  • October 25 – Rico Alaniz, Mexican-American actor (died 2015)
  • October 28 – Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, Egyptian director and producer (died 1963)
  • November 2 – Warren Stevens, American actor (died 2012)
  • November 3 – Bert Freed, American actor (died 1994)
  • November 4
  • Shirley Mitchell, American actress (died 2013)
  • Martin Balsam, American actor (died 1996)
  • November 7 – Aline Towne, American actress (died 1996)
  • November 13 – Mary Beth Hughes, American actress (died 1995)
  • November 15 – Nova Pilbeam, British actress (died 2015)
  • November 19
  • Lynn Merrick, American actress (died 2007)
  • Alan Young, British actor (died 2016)
  • November 20 – Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (died 2012)
  • November 21 – Steve Brodie, American actor (died 1992)
  • November 24 – David Kossoff, British actor (died 2005)
  • December 5 – Guido Gorgatti, Italian-born Argentine actor (died 2023)
  • December 7 – Lis Løwert, Danish actress (died 2009)
  • December 11 – Marie Windsor, American actress (died 2000)
  • December 12 – Adriana Benetti, Italian actress (died 2016)
  • December 18 – Lynn Bari, American actress (died 1989)
  • December 21
  • Ove Sprogøe, Danish actor (died 2004)
  • Doug Young, American voice actor (died 2018)

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