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The 1920s saw a vast expansion of Hollywood film making and worldwide film attendance. Throughout the decade, film production increasingly focused on the feature film rather than the "short" or " two-reeler ." This is a change that had begun with works like the long D. W. Griffith epics of the mid-1910s and became the primary style by the 1920s.
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March 28 – "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford and "Everybody's Hero" Douglas Fairbanks marry, becoming the first supercouple of Hollywood.August – Jack Cohn, Joe Brandt and Harry Cohn form C. B. C. Film Sales Corporation which would later become Columbia Pictures.August 15 – Robert J. Flaherty arrives in northern Canada to begin filming Nanook of the North(1922).November 27 – The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks, opens.Austria
1. For a complete list see: List of Austrian films of the 1920s 1. Anita (aka Trance), directed by Luise Kolm and Jakob Fleck; an obscure adaptation of George Du Maurier's novel Trilby 2. Boccaccio, directed by Michael Curtiz. 3. The Prince and the Pauper directed by Alexander Korda. 4. The Scourge of Goddirected by Michael Curtiz. 5. The Star of Damascusdirected by Michael Curtiz.
France
1. For a complete list see: French films of 1920 1. Barrabas, a 12-chapter serial/ crime drama directed by Louis Feuillade 2. The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil, directed by Pierre Caron 3. Les Morts qui parlent/ The Dead Who Speak, directed by Pierre Marodon 4. Narayana (translates as Vishnu), directed by Leon Poirier, starring Laurence Myrga and Edmon Van Daele; based on the 1831 novel "Le Peau de Chagrin" by Honore de Balzac, with some story elements lifted from Wilkie Collins' novel T...
Germany
1. For a complete list see: List of German films of 1920 1. Algol: Tragedy of Power, science fiction film directed by Hans Werckmeister, starring Emil Jannings 2. Anna Boleyn directed by Ernst Lubitsch 3. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari directed by Robert Wiene; starring Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt and Lil Dagover 4. Cagliostro, directed by Reinhold Schuenzel, starred Schuenzel and Conrad Veidt(a lost film) 5. The Devil Worshippers/ Die Teufelsanbeter, A 6-part serial directed by Marie Louise Dro...
The following is a list of animated shorts of the year 1920 that belong to series that lasted several years. 1. Felix the Cat (1919–1936) 1.1. A Frolic with Felix(January 25, 1920) 1.2. Felix the Big Game Hunter(February 22, 1920) 1.3. Wrecking a Romeo(March 7, 1920) 1.4. Felix the Food Controller(April 11, 1920) 1.5. Felix the Pinch Hitter(April 1...
January 6 - Henry Corden, Canadian-American actor (died 2005)January 7January 16 - Elliott Reid, American actor (died 2013)January 19 - Johnny Haymer, American actor (died 1989)January 31 – Gilda Langer, 23, German actressFebruary 11 – Gaby Deslys, 38, French actress, dancer, singerFebruary 17 – Thomas Commerford, 64, American veteran character actorMarch 2 – Harry Solter, 46, American actorMadge Bellamy – The Riddle: WomanNoah Beery Jr. – The Mark of ZorroCharles Boyer – L'homme du largeEdward Brophy – Yes or No?There are films released in later years whose plot is developed totally or partially in 1920: 1. Manhattan Melodrama(1934) 2. Winterset(1936) 3. The Road Back(1937) 4. Clash of Loyalties(1938) 5. Three Comrades(1938) 6. Hostile Whirlwinds (1953): Film portrays the first years of Soviet government, biography of Felix Dzerzhinskyin 1918–1921. 7. Kapp...
List of 1920 films at IMDbList of 1920 deaths at IMDbList of 1920 births at IMDbSep 16, 2019 · Media in category "Films of the United States, 1920". The following 193 files are in this category, out of 193 total. A Bashful Bigamist (1920).webm 14 min 33 s, 640 × 480; 86.23 MB. Across the Border 1920.jpg 2,014 × 3,000; 1.2 MB. The Adventures of Bob and Bill (1920) - 1.jpg 568 × 750; 108 KB.
Dec 28, 2020 · This list was not as arduous as I thought it would be and certainly nowhere near as tough as the 1930s. The 1920s was an interesting decade, a giant leap for the medium. Feature-length films became standard, normal fair, the business of filmmaking was developing quickly, ideas had just begun and weren’t tired out yet, and censorship boards ...
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