Film year 1918

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Film year 1918
Play media file The American animation and propaganda film The Sinking of the Lusitania appears.

Events

Movie poster Tarzan with the Apes with Elmo Lincoln

January 27th : The first Tarzan film is released in cinemas with Tarzan and the Apes , directed by Scott Sidney . Elmo Lincoln plays the leading role .

March 9 : The American war propaganda film The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin hits cinemas in New York . Director Rupert Julian also plays the title role.

April 14 : The silent comedy A Dog's Life ( A dog's life ) by and starring Charlie Chaplin hits theaters. Charlie's brother Syd is in front of the camera for the first time in the film.

Ivan Mosschuchin as Father Sergius in the film of the same name

May: The Russian silent film drama Отец Сергий ( Pater Sergius ) by Jakow Protasanow with Ivan Mosschuchin in the title role has its world premiere . The script by Alexander Volkov is based on the short story of the same name by Lev Tolstoy .
July 20 : The American animation and propaganda film The Sinking of the Lusitania by the cartoonist and comic artist Winsor McCay is released. It is the oldest animated documentary film still extant today .
August 11 : The silent film Mickey with Mabel Normand in the title role becomes the most successful feature film of the year.
September 15 : The slapstick short film The Cook, starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Buster Keaton, premieres in the United States .
September 23 : Charlie Chaplin marries 16-year-old Mildred Harris . Your pregnancy - the reason for the quick marriage - turns out to be a false alarm a little later.

Play media file

The Bond , film sequence

October 4 : Charlie Chaplin's propaganda film The Bond ( Bond ) has its world premiere. Two weeks later, the comedy is Shoulder Arms ( Gun ) premiered, the to a maximum of Chaplin's financial successes.

The four Polish brothers Harry , Albert , Samuel and Jack L. Warner set up a film studio on Sunset Boulevard.

Birthdays

January to March

January

0January 4: Tex Harding , American actor († 1981)
0January 6th: Elfriede Rückert , German-Austrian actress († 2016)
January 28: Suzanne Flon , French actress († 2005)
January 29: John Forsythe , American actor († 2010)

February

0February 3: Joey Bishop , American actor († 2007)
0February 4: Yūzō Kawashima , Japanese director († 1963)
0February 4: Ida Lupino , British actress († 1995)
February 16: Patty Andrews , American singer and actress († 2013)
February 19: Fay McKenzie , American actress († 2019)

March

0March 7th: Rolf Thiele , German director († 1994)
March 21: Verna Fields , American film editor († 1982)
March 24th: Gerd Martienzen , German actor and voice actor († 1988)
March 31: Ted Post , American director († 2013)

April to June

William Holden (born April 17)

April

0April 7: Rudolf Nussgruber , Austrian director († 2001)
0April 8: Heidemarie Hatheyer , Austrian actress († 1990)
April 11: Cameron Mitchell , American actor († 1994)
April 15: Hans Billian , German director († 2007)
April 16: Syd Cain , British film architect († 2011)
April 17: William Holden , American actor († 1981)
April 18: Gabriel Axel , Danish director and screenwriter († 2014)
April 18: Shinobu Hashimoto , Japanese screenwriter, director and producer († 2018)

May

0May 5: Peter Herden , German actor († 2013)
0May 7: Claude Farell , Austrian actress († 2008)
May 15: Joseph Wiseman , Canadian actor († 2009)
May 16: George Leonard Wallace , Australian actor and comedian († 1968)
May 18: Massimo Girotti , Italian actor († 2003)
May 20: Patricia Ellis , American actress and singer († 1970)
May 25: Claude Akins , American actor († 1994)
May 26: John Dall , American actor († 1971)

June

0June 1: Frank Cordell , British composer and conductor († 1980)
0June 4: John DeCuir , American production designer and art director († 1991)
0June 8: Robert Preston , American actor († 1987)
0June 8: Gunther Philipp , Austrian actor († 2003)
June 10: Barry Morse , British actor († 2008)
June 10: Patachou , French actress († 2015)
June 11: Jane Bryan , American actress († 2009)
June 13: Ben Johnson , American actor († 1996)

July to September

July

0July 2: Franz Marischka , Austrian director († 2009)
0July 7: Werner Peters , Austrian actor († 1971)
July 14: Ingmar Bergman , Swedish director († 2007)
July 25: Annemarie Cordes , German actress and voice actress († 1998)
July 25: Nan Gray , American actress († 1993)
July 26th: Marjorie Lord , American actress († 2015)

August

0August 1: Artur Brauner , German producer († 2019)
0August 4: Claus Holm , German actor († 1996)
0August 9: Robert Aldrich , American director († 1983)
August 21: Jacques Monod , French actor († 1985)
August 27: Anneliese Uhlig , German actress († 2017)
August 31: Alan Jay Lerner , American songwriter and screenwriter († 1986)

September

0September 3: Susi Nicoletti , Austrian actress († 2005)
September 21: Karl Slover , American actor († 2011)
September 27: James McCallion , American actor († 1991)

October to December

Rita Hayworth (born October 17)

October

0October 3: John Olden , Austrian director († 1965)
October 13: Robert Walker , American actor († 1951)
October 17: Rita Hayworth , American actress († 1987)
October 22: Paul Edwin Roth , German actor († 1985)
October 23: James Daly , American film and stage actor († 1978)
October 23: Ulrik Neumann , Danish composer and actor († 1994)
October 26: Bruno Carstens , German actor († 2001)
October 27: Teresa Wright , American actress († 2005)
October 29: Diana Serra Cary , American actress († 2020)

November

0November 4: Art Carney , American actor († 2003)
November 30: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. , American actor († 2014)

December

December 10: Anne Gwynne , American actress († 2003)
December 15: Jeff Chandler , American actor († 1961)
December 19: Alfred Vohrer , German director († 1986)
December 20: Audrey Totter , American actress († 2013)
December 28: Hans Schaufuss , German actor († 1941)

deceased

February 15: Vernon Castle , American dancer (* 1887)
August 12: Anna Held , American actress (* 1873)
October 19: Harold Lockwood , American actor (* 1887)
December 17th: Birt Acres , British film pioneer (* 1854)

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