Film year 1917
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Buster Keaton made his screen debut in Roscoe Arbuckle's film The Butcher Boy . |
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Events
- The for January 22 planned premiere of Charlie Chaplin silent comedy Easy Street ( Easy Street ) has to be postponed due to several mishaps on the set by two weeks. The "comical parody of the Victorian get-well melodramas" is considered one of the artist's early masterpieces.
- February: During a studio visit, Roscoe Arbuckle spontaneously invites the initially skeptical vaudeville comedian Buster Keaton to appear in one of his films. The Butcher Boy is considered Keaton's screen debut.
- June 17 : The tragicomedy The Immigrant ( The Immigrant ) with Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance in the lead roles has its premiere. Excerpts from the film are used in the McCarthy era as "evidence" of Chaplin's alleged anti-Americanism.
- September 12 : Foundation of Arnold & Richter Cine Technik (ARRI)
- November 9 : Quirino Cristiani's El Apóstol , the first full- length animated film , opens in Argentinian cinemas.
- December 9 : The slapstick short film Move On, starring Harold Lloyd , premieres in the United States.
- Technicolor is used in two colors for the first time in the film The Gulf Between .
- The film distribution and production company First National is founded.
- With the first of a total of four parts of Let there be light! (Director: Richard Oswald ) the first moral and educational film comes to the cinemas.
Birthdays
January to March
January
- Jane Wyman , American actress († 2007) January 5:
- January 10: Hilde Krahl , Austrian actress († 1999)
- January 15: Göran Strindberg , Swedish cameraman († 1991)
- January 24th: Ernest Borgnine , American actor († 2012)
- January 25: Georg Tressler , Austrian director († 2007)
February
- Yamada Isuzu , Japanese actress († 2012) February 5:
- Zsa Zsa Gabor , Hungarian actress († 2016) February 6:
- February 11: Giuseppe De Santis , Italian director († 1997)
- February 11: Sidney Sheldon , American writer and screenwriter († 2007)
- February 13: Alain Poiré , French producer († 2000)
- February 21: Lucille Bremer , American actress († 1996)
- February 22nd: AD Flowers , American film technician and specialist in special effects († 2001)
- February 25: Brenda Joyce , American actress († 2009)
March
- March 11th: Earl Bellamy , American director († 2003)
- March 12: Millard Kaufman , American screenwriter († 2009)
- March 12: Googie Withers , American actress († 2011)
- March 22: Virginia Gray , American actress († 2004)
- March 22nd: Paul Rogers , British actor († 2013)
April to June
April
- Melville Shavelson , American director and screenwriter († 2007) April 1:
- RG Armstrong , American actor († 2012) April 7:
- Brad Dexter , American actor († 2002) April 9:
- April 15: Hans Conried , American voice actor as well as film, television and stage actor († 1982)
- April 16: Barry Nelson , American actor († 2007)
- April 17th: Massimo Dallamano , Italian director († 1976)
- April 29: Maya Deren , American avant-garde director and film theorist († 1961)
- April 29th: Celeste Holm , American actress († 2012)
- April 30th: Harry Brown , American screenwriter († 1986)
May
- Danielle Darrieux , French actress († 2017) May 1:
- May 16: George Gaynes , American actor († 2016)
- May 16: Ulrich Matschoss , German actor († 2013)
- May 18: James Donald , British actor († 1993)
- May 21: Raymond Burr , American actor († 1993)
- May 31: Jean Rouch , French director († 2004)
June
- Dean Martin , American actor and singer († 1995) June 7:
- June 18: Richard Boone , American actor († 1981)
- June 30th: Susan Hayward , American actress († 1975)
July to September
July
- Ugo Fasano , Italian documentary filmmaker († 2002) July 4th:
- July 14: Arthur Laurents , American screenwriter († 2011)
- July 17: Phyllis Diller , American actress († 2012)
- July 20: Paul Hubschmid , Swiss actor († 2002)
- July 22nd: Fernando Garcia , Portuguese director and film critic
- July 27: Bourvil , French actor († 1970)
August
- Robert Mitchum , American actor († 1997) August 6:
- Earl Cameron , British actor († 2020) August 8:
- August 16: François Simon , Swiss actor († 1982)
- August 23: Tex Williams , American actor and country singer († 1985)
- August 25: Mel Ferrer , American actor († 2008)
- August 25: Lisbeth Movin , Danish actress and director († 2011)
- August 28: Aroldo Tieri , Italian actor († 2006)
September
- Armando Trovajoli , Italian composer († 2013) September 2:
- September 11: Herbert Lom , Czech-British actor († 2012)
- September 20: Fernando Rey , Spanish actor († 1994)
- September 20: Clarice Taylor , American actress († 2011)
October to December
October
- June Allyson , American actress († 2006) October 7th:
- October 15: Zoltán Fábri , Hungarian director († 1994)
- October 17: Marsha Hunt , American actress
- October 20: Jean-Pierre Melville , French director († 1973)
- October 22: Joan Fontaine , American actress († 2013)
November
- Leonardo Cimino , American actor († 2012) November 4:
- November 11th: Ilse Steppat , German actress († 1969)
- November 29: Roberto Camardiel , Spanish actor († 1986)
- November 29th: Pierre Gaspard-Huit , French director and screenwriter († 2017)
December
- John Merivale , Canadian actor († 1990) December 1:
- Movita Castenada , American actress († 2015) December 4th:
- Wenche Foss , Norwegian actress and singer († 2011) December 5:
- December 22nd: Freddie Francis , British cameraman and director († 2007)
- December 23: Valentina Serova , Soviet actress († 1975)
deceased
- June 22nd: Yevgeny Bauer , Russian director (* 1865)
- July 2: Herbert Beerbohm Tree , English actor and theater director (* 1853)
- December 20: Eric Campbell , Scottish actor (* 1880)
See also
Web links
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