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Overview of the events of 1922 in film
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:
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
$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
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 – (
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
[6]
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 – (
GB )
The Bride's Play , directed by
George Terwilliger , starring
Marion Davies
The Burning Soil (Der brennende Acker) , directed by
F. W. Murnau – (
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
[7]
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 – (
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
[8] – (
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
[9] – (
France )
The Dungeon (lost), written and directed by
Oscar Micheaux
[10]
E
F
Fair Lady , directed by
Kenneth Webb
Faust , directed by
Challis Sanderson , based on the 1808
play by
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
[12] – (
GB )
Faust , directed by
Gérard Bourgeois , based on the 1808
play by
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
[13] – (
France )
La Femme de nulle part (The Woman from Nowhere) , directed by
Louis Delluc – (
France )
Flames of Passion , directed by
Graham Cutts , starring
Mae Marsh and
C. Aubrey Smith – (
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 – (
Germany )
The Marriage Chance , written and directed by
Hampton Del Ruth
Money To Burn (lost), directed by
Rowland V. Lee
[17]
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 – (
Germany )
Polikushka (Поликушка) , directed by
Alexander Sanin – (
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 – (
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 – (
GB )
Smilin' Through , directed by
Sidney Franklin , starring
Norma Talmadge
Sodom and Gomorrah , directed by
Michael Curtiz , starring
Lucy Doraine – (
Austria )
La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet) , directed by
Germaine Dulac – (
France )
Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep , directed by
George Pearson , starring
Betty Balfour – (
GB )
The Suram Fortress (Suramis tsikhe) , directed by
Ivan Perestiani – (
U.S.S.R. )
T
W
Y
Short film series
Animated short film series
Felix the Cat cartoon.
Births
January 2 –
Jason Evers , actor (died
2005 )
January 3 –
Bill Travers , British actor, screenwriter and director (died
1994 )
January 10 –
Hannelore Schroth , actress (died
1987 )
January 13 –
Albert Lamorisse , director (died
1970 )
January 16 –
Irene Vernon , actress (died
1998 )
January 17 –
Betty White , American actress (died
2021 )
January 19 –
Guy Madison , actor (died
1996 )
January 20 –
Ray Anthony , bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor
January 21
January 31 –
Joanne Dru , actress (died
1996 )
February 4 –
February 6 –
Patrick Macnee , actor (died
2015 )
February 7 –
Hattie Jacques , actress (died
1980 )
February 8 –
Audrey Meadows , actress (died
1996 )
February 9 –
Kathryn Grayson , singer, actress (died
2010 )
February 24 –
Steven Hill , actor (died
2016 )
February 26 –
Margaret Leighton , actress (died
1976 )
March 5 –
Pier Paolo Pasolini , Italian film director (died
1975 )
March 8 –
Cyd Charisse , actress, dancer (died
2008 )
March 20 –
Carl Reiner , comic actor, director and screenwriter (died
2020 )
March 21 –
Russ Meyer , director, producer (died
2004 )
March 31
April 3 –
Doris Day , actress, singer (died
2019 )
[18]
April 4 -
Elmer Bernstein , American composer and conductor (died
2004 )
April 5 –
Gale Storm , singer, actress (died
2009 )
April 7 –
Margia Dean , American beauty queen and actress (died
2023 )
April 15 –
Michael Ansara , American stage, screen, and voice actor (died
2013 )
April 18 –
Barbara Hale , American actress (died
2017 )
[19]
April 24 –
J. D. Cannon , American actor (died
2005 )
April 26 –
Mike Kellin , American actor (died
1983 )
April 27 –
Jack Klugman , American actor (died
2012 )
May 2 –
Roscoe Lee Browne , American actor and director (died
2007 )
May 7
May 10 –
Nancy Walker , American actress (died
1992 )
May 13 -
Truus Dekker , Dutch actress (died
2022 )
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
2007 )
May 27 –
Christopher Lee , English actor (died
2015 )
[20]
May 31 –
Denholm Elliott , English actor (died
1992 )
June 1
June 9 –
George Axelrod , American scriptwriter and director (died
2003 )
June 10
June 16 –
Frances Rafferty , American actress (died
2004 )
June 22 –
Mona Lisa , Filipina actress (died
2019 )
June 26 –
Eleanor Parker , American actress (died
2013 )
June 28 -
Erik Bauersfeld , American voice actor (died
2016 )
July 6 –
William Schallert , American actor (died
2016 )
July 21 –
Demeter Bitenc , Slovenian actor (died
2018 )
July 26
July 27
August 1
August 8 –
Rory Calhoun , American actor (died
1999 )
August 22 –
Micheline Presle , French actress (died
2024 )
August 25 -
Gloria Dea , American actress and musician (died
2023 )
September 1
September 6 –
Elizabeth Lawrence , American actress (died
2000 )
September 8
September 10 –
Barbara Chilcott , Canadian actress (died
2022 )
September 14 –
Michel Auclair , European actor (died
1988 )
September 15 –
Jackie Cooper , American actor, director (died
2011 )
September 16
September 23 –
Louise Latham , American actress (died
2018 )
September 24 –
Bert I. Gordon , American filmmaker and visual effects artist (died
2023 )
September 29 –
Lizabeth Scott , American actress (died
2015 )
October 5 –
Woodrow Parfrey , American actor (died
1984 )
October 7 –
Martha Stewart , American actress (died
2021 )
October 8 –
Eileen Essell , English actress (died
2015 )
October 20 –
John Anderson , American actor (died
1992 )
October 23 –
Coleen Gray , American actress (died
2015 )
October 27 –
Ruby Dee , American actress (died
2014 )
October 28 -
Jack Murdock , American actor (died
2001 )
October 31 –
Barbara Bel Geddes , American actress (died
2005 )
November 9 –
Dorothy Dandridge , American actress, singer (died
1965 )
November 12 –
Kim Hunter , actress (died
2002 )
November 13
November 14 –
Veronica Lake , American actress (died
1973 )
November 15 –
Francesco Rosi , film director (died
2015 )
November 16 –
Royal Dano , American actor (died
1994 )
November 22 –
Lynne Roberts , American actress (died
1978 )
November 26 –
Adam Williams , American actor (died
2005 )
November 27 -
Jacqueline White , American former actress
November 29 –
Laurie Main , Australian actor (died
2012 )
December 2
December 3 -
Len Lesser , American character actor (died
2011 )
December 4 –
Gérard Philipe , French actor (died
1959 )
December 9 –
Redd Foxx , American comedian and actor (died
1991 )
December 11 –
Dilip Kumar , Indian actor (died
2021 )
December 21 –
Paul Winchell , American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, voice artist, humanitarian and inventor (died
2005 )
December 22 –
Ruth Roman , actress (died
1999 )
December 24 –
Ava Gardner , American actress (died
1990 )
December 26 –
Alfred Dennis , American actor (died
2016 )
December 28
Deaths
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
References
^ Solomon, Aubrey (2014). The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography .
ISBN
978-0-7864-8160-6 . Ultimately, Robin Hood was enormously profitable with its $2,101,044 domestic rentals on a cost of $930,043.
^
a
b
c
Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38 (1938) p 942 accessed January 28, 2017
^
a
b Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood . University Press of Kentucky. p. 120.
ISBN
0-813-12324-0 .
^
a
b
c
d 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
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^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
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"Estrellita del Cine (1922)" . imdb.com .
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^
"Doris Day, legendary singer and actress, dies at 97" . NBC News . Retrieved 13 May 2019 .
^
"Obituary: Barbara Hale" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 13 May 2019 .
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"Obituary: Sir Christopher Lee" . BBC News . 11 June 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2019 .
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"Judy Garland | American singer and actress" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 13 May 2019 .
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