This is an overview of 1922 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten films released in 1922 by U.S. gross are as follows:
Events
Notable films released in 1922
United States unless stated
A
B
- The Bachelor Daddy (lost), directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Thomas Meighan
- The Beautiful and Damned (lost), directed by William A. Seiter, starring Marie Prevost
- Beauty's Worth, directed by Robert G. Vignola, starring Marion Davies
- Beyond the Rocks, directed by Sam Wood, starring Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino
- A Bill of Divorcement, directed by Denison Clift, starring Constance Binney and Fay Compton â (GB)
- The Blacksmith, directed by Mal St. Clair and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton
- A Blind Bargain (lost), directed by Wallace Worsley, starring Lon Chaney, based on the 1897 novel The Octive of Claudius by Barry Pain
- Blood and Sand, directed by Fred Niblo, starring Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee and Nita Naldi
- The Bohemian Girl, directed by Harley Knoles, Starring Ivor Novello and Gladys Cooper â (GB)
- The Bride's Play, directed by George Terwilliger, starring Marion Davies
- The Burning Soil (Der brennende Acker), directed by F. W. Murnau â (Germany)
C
D
- A Dangerous Adventure, 15-part serial directed by Sam Warner and Jack L. Warner, starring Grace Darmond
- Danse Macabre, directed by Dudley Murphy
- Day Dreams, directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, Starring Buster Keaton and Renée Adorée
- A Debt of Honour, directed by Maurice Elvey, starring Isobel Elsom and Clive Brook â (GB)
- The Dictator (lost), directed by James Cruze, starring Wallace Reid and Lila Lee
- Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (Dr. Mabuse the Gambler), directed by Fritz Lang, starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge, based on the 1921 novel by Norbert Jacques â (Germany)
- Dr. Jack, directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, starring Harold Lloyd
- Don Juan et Faust, directed by Marcel L'Herbier, based on an 1828 play by Christian Dietrich Grabbe â (France)
- The Dungeon (lost), written and directed by Oscar Micheaux
E
F
- Fair Lady, directed by Kenneth Webb
- Faust, directed by Challis Sanderson, based on the 1808 play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe â (GB)
- Faust, directed by Gérard Bourgeois, based on the 1808 play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe â (France)
- La Femme de nulle part (The Woman from Nowhere), directed by Louis Delluc â (France)
- Flames of Passion, directed by Graham Cutts, starring Mae Marsh and C. Aubrey Smith â (GB)
- Flesh and Blood, directed by Irving Cummings, starring Lon Chaney and Noah Beery Sr.
- Foolish Wives, starring and directed by Erich von Stroheim
- The Frozen North, directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton
G
H
I
L
M
- The Man from Beyond, directed by Burton L. King, starring Harry Houdini
- Manslaughter, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Thomas Meighan and Lois Wilson
- Marizza (lost), directed by F. W. Murnau â (Germany)
- The Marriage Chance, written and directed by Hampton Del Ruth
- Money To Burn (lost), directed by Rowland V. Lee
- Moran of the Lady Letty, directed by George Melford, starring Dorothy Dalton and Rudolph Valentino
- More to Be Pitied Than Scorned (lost), directed by Edward LeSaint
- Mud and Sand, directed by Gilbert Pratt, starring Stan Laurel
- My Boy, directed by Victor Heerman and Albert Austin, starring Jackie Coogan
- My Wife's Relations, directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton
N
O
P
- The Paleface, directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton
- Pay Day, a Charles Chaplin short
- Peg o' My Heart, directed by King Vidor, starring Laurette Taylor
- Phantom, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Alfred Abel, Lil Dagover and Lya De Putti â (Germany)
- Polikushka (ÃÂþûøúÃÂÃÂúð), directed by Alexander Sanin â (U.S.S.R.)
- The Primitive Lover, directed by Sidney Franklin, starring Constance Talmadge and Harrison Ford
- The Prisoner of Zenda, directed by Rex Ingram, starring Lewis Stone and Alice Terry
R
S
- Saturday Night, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Leatrice Joy and Conrad Nagel
- The Scarlet Letter, directed by Challis Sanderson, starring Sybil Thorndike â (GB)
- Shadows, directed by Tom Forman, starring Lon Chaney, Marguerite De La Motte and Harrison Ford
- Sherlock Holmes, directed by Albert Parker, starring John Barrymore, based on the 1899 stage play by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle â (GB)
- Smilin' Through, directed by Sidney Franklin, starring Norma Talmadge
- Sodom and Gomorrah, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Lucy Doraine â (Austria)
- La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet), directed by Germaine Dulac â (France)
- Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep, directed by George Pearson, starring Betty Balfour â (GB)
- The Suram Fortress (Suramis tsikhe), directed by Ivan Perestiani â (U.S.S.R.)
T
W
Y
Short film series
Animated short film series
Births
- January 2 â Jason Evers, American actor (died 2005)
- January 3 â Bill Travers, British actor, screenwriter, director and animal rights activist (died 1994)
- January 10 â Hannelore Schroth, German actress (died 1987)
- January 13 â Albert Lamorisse, French filmmaker, film producer and writer (died 1970)
- January 16 â Irene Vernon, American actress (died 1998)
- January 17 â Betty White, American actress and comedian (died 2021)
- January 19 â Guy Madison, American actor (died 1996)
- January 20 â Ray Anthony, American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor
- January 21
- Telly Savalas, Greek-American actor (died 1994)
- Paul Scofield, English actor (died 2008)
- January 31
- Joanne Dru, American actress (died 1996)
- William Sylvester, American actor (died 1995)
- February 3 â Ulf Johanson, Swedish actor (died 1990)
- February 4
- William Edward Phipps, American actor and producer (died 2018)
- Qin Yi, Chinese actress (died 2022)
- February 6 â Patrick Macnee, British-American actor (died 2015)
- February 7 â Hattie Jacques, English actress (died 1980)
- February 8 â Audrey Meadows, American actress (died 1996)
- February 9 â Kathryn Grayson, American actress and coloratura soprano (died 2010)
- February 24 â Steven Hill, American actor (died 2016)
- February 26 â Margaret Leighton, English actress (died 1976)
- March 5
- James Noble, American actor (died 2016)
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, writer, film director, actor and playwright (died 1975)
- March 8 â Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (died 2008)
- March 20 â Carl Reiner, American actor, author, comedian, director and screenwriter (died 2020)
- March 21 â Russ Meyer, American filmmaker (died 2004)
- March 23 â Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1990)
- March 31
- Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (died 1999)
- Patrick Magee, Irish actor (died 1982)
- April 3 â Doris Day, American actress and singer (died 2019)
- April 4
- Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (died 2004)
- Alexandra MyÃ
¡ková, Czech-born Norwegian actress, director and theatre teacher
- April 5 â Gale Storm, American actress and singer (died 2009)
- April 7 â Margia Dean, American beauty queen and actress (died 2023)
- April 15 â Michael Ansara, SyrianâÂÂAmerican actor (died 2013)
- April 18 â Barbara Hale, American actress (died 2017)
- April 24 â J. D. Cannon, American actor (died 2005)
- April 26 â Mike Kellin, American actor (died 1983)
- April 27 â Jack Klugman, American actor (died 2012)
- May 2 â Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (died 2007)
- May 7
- Rolands KalniÃ
ÂÃ
¡, Latvian film director, screenwriter and producer (died 2022)
- Darren McGavin, American actor (died 2006)
- May 10 â Nancy Walker, American actress (died 1992)
- May 12 - Murray Gershenz, American character actor and entrepreneur (died 2013)
- May 13 - Truus Dekker, Dutch actress (died 2022)
- May 14
- Richard Deacon, American actor (died 1984)
- Terence Longdon, English actor (died 2011)
- 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 1996)
- May 27 â Christopher Lee, English actor and singer (died 2015)
- May 31 â Denholm Elliott, English actor (died 1992)
- June 1
- Joan Caulfield, American actress and model (died 1991)
- Joan Copeland, American actress (died 2022)
- June 9 â George Axelrod, American screenwriter and producer (died 2003)
- June 10
- Judy Garland, American actress and singer (died 1969)
- Bill Kerr, British-Australian actor, comedian and vaudevillian (died 2014)
- June 16 â Frances Rafferty, American actress, dancer, World War II pin-up girl and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player (died 2004)
- June 22 â Mona Lisa, Filipino actress (died 2019)
- June 26 â Eleanor Parker, American actress (died 2013)
- June 28 - Erik Bauersfeld, American radio dramatist and voice actor (died 2016)
- July 6 â William Schallert, American character actor (died 2016)
- July 9 - Manos Zacharias, Greek film director, cinematographer and actor
- July 11 â Gene Evans, American actor (died 1998)
- July 19 - Bess Meisler, American actress
- July 21 â Demeter Bitenc, Slovenian actor (died 2018)
- July 23 - Sydney Lassick, American character actor (died 2003)
- July 26
- Blake Edwards, American filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
- Jason Robards, American actor (died 2000)
- July 27
- Adolfo Celi, Italian film actor and director (died 1986)
- Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer (died 2023)
- August 1
- Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (died 2006)
- Paul Lambert, American character actor (died 1997)
- August 8 â Rory Calhoun, American actor (died 1999)
- August 15 - Boris Sichkin, Soviet-American film actor, dancer, choreographer, composer and entertainer (died 2002)
- August 22 â Micheline Presle, French actress (died 2024)
- August 25 - Gloria Dea, American actress, dancer, artist, and magician (died 2023)
- September 1
- Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2000)
- Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer (died 2007)
- September 6 â Elizabeth Lawrence, American actress (died 2000)
- September 8
- Sid Caesar, American comic actor and comedian (died 2014)
- Annabel Maule, British actress
- September 10 â Barbara Chilcott, Canadian actress (died 2022)
- September 14 â Michel Auclair, European actor (died 1988)
- September 15 â Jackie Cooper, American actor and director (died 2011)
- September 16
- Guy Hamilton, English film director (died 2016)
- Janis Paige, American actress and singer (died 2024)
- September 23 â Louise Latham, American actress (died 2018)
- September 24
- Bert I. Gordon, American film director, producer, screenwriter, and visual effects artist (died 2023)
- Theresa Merritt, American actress (died 1998)
- September 29 â Lizabeth Scott, American actress, singer, and model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency (died 2015)
- October 5 â Woodrow Parfrey, American actor (died 1984)
- October 7 â Martha Stewart, American actress (died 2021)
- October 8 â Eileen Essell, English actress (died 2015)
- October 9 - Fyvush Finkel, American actor and director (died 2016)
- October 20 â John Anderson, American character actor (died 1992)
- October 23 â Coleen Gray, American actress (died 2015)
- October 27 â Ruby Dee, American actress (died 2014)
- October 28 - Jack Murdock, American actor (died 2001)
- October 31 â Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress, artist and children's author (died 2005)
- November 3 - George Morrison, Irish director of documentary films (died 2025)
- November 9 â Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (died 1965)
- November 12 â Kim Hunter, American actress (died 2002)
- November 13
- Madeleine Sherwood, Canadian actress (died 2016)
- Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (died 1984)
- November 14 â Veronica Lake, American actress (died 1973)
- November 15 â Francesco Rosi, Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2015)
- November 16 â Royal Dano, American actor (died 1994)
- November 17 - Ted Beniades, American character actor (died 2014)
- November 22 â Lynne Roberts, American actress (died 1978)
- November 26 â Adam Williams, American actor (died 2006)
- November 27 - Jacqueline White, American former actress
- November 29 â Laurie Main, Australian actor (died 2012)
- December 2
- Don Fellows, American actor (died 2007)
- Leo Gordon, American actor and screenplay writer (died 2000)
- December 3 - Len Lesser, American character actor (died 2011)
- December 4 â Gérard Philipe, French actor (died 1959)
- December 9 â Redd Foxx, American stand-up comedian and actor (died 1991)
- December 11 â Dilip Kumar, Indian actor and film producer (died 2021)
- December 21 â Paul Winchell, American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, humanitarian, and inventor (died 2005)
- December 22 â Ruth Roman, American actress (died 1999)
- December 24 â Ava Gardner, American actress (died 1990)
- December 26 â Alfred Dennis, American actor (died 2016)
- December 28
- Ivan Desny, French actor (died 2002)
- Stan Lee, American comic-book, editor, publisher and producer (died 2018)
Deaths
- February 1 â William Desmond Taylor, film director, victim of an unsolved and widely publicised murder which provoked a great scandal. (born 1872)
- February 4 â Florence Deshon, American actress (born 1893)
- March 4 â Bert Williams, American actor and singer (born 1874)
- May 21 â Sidney Ainsworth, actor (born 1872)
- May 26 â Walter Jones, American actor (b.1874)
- June 6 â Lillian Russell, stage and screen actress (born 1860/61)
- June 15 â Howard Crampton, actor (born 1865)
- July 5 â Bobby Connelly, child star (born 1909)
- September 23 â W. Chrystie Miller, veteran stage & screen actor (born 1843)
- November 30 â René Cresté, actor and director (born 1881)
Film debuts
References
External links