Film year 1920

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Film year 1920
The German feature film Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari by Robert Wiene has its world premiere.

Events

World premieres

January 3 : In the Berlin Schauburg is silent film drama slaves foreign will of Richard Eichberg with Lee Parry and Bela Lugosi premiered in the lead roles.
January 11th : The slapstick short film The Garage, starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Buster Keaton, premieres in the United States . It is their last film together. A little later, Keaton produced his first independent film, The High Sign , but held it back because he didn't think it was good enough.
February 8th : The short film His Royal Slyness, starring Harold Lloyd, hits cinemas in the United States.

February 27 : The German feature film Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari has its world premiere . The silent film , directed by Robert Wiene , is considered the first famous production of expressionist film and a milestone in film history .

March 9 : Ernst Lubitsch's silent film comedy Kohlhiesels Töchter, based on the farmer's swing of the same name with Henny Porten in a double role, has its premiere.

May 3 : The silent film The Girl from Ackerstrasse by Reinhold Schünzel with Lilly Flohr in the title role is premiered in Berlin. The script was written by Arzén von Cserépy and Bobby E. Lüthge based on the novel by Ernst Friedrich.

September 1 : Buster Keaton's comedy short The Week receives excellent reviews at its world premiere.

November 27 : The epee film hero Zorro appears for the first time in the feature film The Mark of Zorro on the big screen. It is the first United Artists film and popularizes the leading actor Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

Film prizes and awards

The Photoplay Award , launched in 1920 , is the world's first film award in the United States. The award goes to Frank Borzage's film Humoresque .

Birthdays

January to March

Federico Fellini (born January 20)

Michèle Morgan (born February 29)

January

0January 8: Douglas Wilmer , British actor († 2016)
0January 9: Curth Flatow , German screenwriter († 2011)
January 20: Federico Fellini , Italian director († 1993)
January 20: DeForest Kelley , American actor († 1999)
January 28: Maria Becker , German-Swiss actress († 2012)
January 28: Lewis Wilson , American actor († 2010)
January 30: Michael Anderson , British director († 2018)
January 30th: Delbert Mann , American director († 2007)

February

February 12: Yoshiko Ōtaka , Japanese actress († 2014)
February 14: Judith Holzmeister , Austrian actress († 2008)
February 21: Nora Cífková , Czech actress († 2017)
February 26: Tony Randall , American actor († 2004)
February 29: Michèle Morgan , French actress († 2016)

March

0March 2: François Villiers , French director and screenwriter († 2009)
0March 3: James Doohan , Canadian actor († 2005)
0March 6: Lewis Gilbert , British director († 2018)
0March 8: Eva Dahlbeck , Swedish actress († 2008)
March 14th: Memduh Ün , Turkish director, producer, screenwriter and actor († 2015)
March 16: John Addison , British composer († 1998)
March 16: Tonino Guerra , Italian screenwriter († 2012)
March 16: Leo McKern , Australian actor († 2002)
March 16: Gerhard Wohlgemuth , German composer († 2001)
March 22: Werner Klemperer , German-American actor and musician († 2000)
March 22: Ross Martin , American actor († 1981)
March 22: William Travilla , American costume designer († 1990)
March 23: Alfred Böhm , Austrian chamber actor († 1995)

April to June

Setsuko Hara (born June 17)

April

0April 1: Toshirō Mifune , Japanese actor († 1997)
0April 4: Éric Rohmer , French director († 2010)
April 21: Anselmo Duarte , Brazilian director († 2009)
April 25: Jean Carmet , French actor († 1994)
April 27: Rudolf Fischer , German puppeteer († 1998)

May

0May 5: Charles H. Schneer , American producer († 2009)
May 15: Michel Audiard , French screenwriter and director († 1985)
May 15: Goffredo Lombardo , Italian producer († 2005)
May 16: Martine Carol , French actress († 1967)
May 28: Erich Helmensdorfer , German presenter and actor († 2017)
May 29: Clifton James , American actor († 2017)
May 30: Franklin J. Schaffner , American director († 1989)

June

0June 6: Jan Rubeš , Czech-Canadian opera singer and actor († 2009)
0June 9: John Merritt , British film editor († 1999)
June 13: Eiji Okada , Japanese actor († 1995)
June 15: Alberto Sordi , Italian actor († 2003)
June 15: Raymond Lemoigne , French cameraman († 2000)
June 17th: Setsuko Hara , Japanese actress († 2015)
June 17th: Beryl Reid , British actress († 1996)
June 18: Ian Carmichael , British actor († 2010)
June 21: Yves Robert , French actor and director († 2002)
June 26: Stanislav Ledinek , German actor († 1969)
June 27: IAL Diamond , American screenwriter († 1988)
June 29th: Ray Harryhausen , American film animation technician († 2013)

July to September

Ella Raines (born August 6)

Maureen O'Hara (born August 17)

Mickey Rooney (born September 23)

July

July 11: Yul Brynner , American actor († 1985)
July 12: Beah Richards , American actress († 2000)
July 13: Sandro Continenza , Italian screenwriter († 1996)
July 14: Paul Crauchet , French actor († 2012)
July 16: Kurt Hepperlin , German actor and documentary film director († 1992)
July 19: Heini Kaufeld , German actor († 1996)
July 19: Patricia Medina , British actress († 2012)
July 28th: Andrew V. McLaglen , British director († 2014)
July 31: Franca Valeri , Italian actress and screenwriter († 2020)

August

0August 6: Ella Raines , American actress († 1988)
August 15: Ctibor Filčík , Czechoslovak actor († 1986)
August 17: Maureen O'Hara , Irish-American actress and singer († 2015)
August 18: Shelley Winters , American actress († 2006)
August 22: Ray Bradbury , American screenwriter († 2012)
August 24: Jean Desailly , French actor († 2008)
August 25: William Cartwright , American film editor († 2013)
August 30: Donald Hewlett , British actor († 2011)
August 31: GD Spradlin , American actor († 2011)

September

0September 1: Richard Farnsworth , American actor († 2000)
September 13: John Crawford , American actor († 2010)
September 15: Bob Anderson , British stuntman and actor († 2012)
September 18: Jack Warden , American actor († 2006)
September 23: Mickey Rooney , American actor († 2014)
September 25: Sergei Bondarchuk , Ukrainian actor and director († 1994)
September 27: William Conrad , American actor († 1994)

October to December

October

0October 1: Walter Matthau , American actor († 2000)
0October 9: Jason Wingreen , American actor († 2015)
October 17: Montgomery Clift , American actor († 1966)
October 18: Melina Mercouri , Greek actress († 1994)
October 27: Nanette Fabray , American actress († 2018)
October 29: Hilda Bernard , Argentine actress

November

0November 2: Ann Rutherford , American actress († 2012)
0November 9: Whitey Hughes , American stuntman and actor († 2009)
November 10: Jennifer Holt , American actress († 1997)
November 12: Richard Quine , American director († 1989)
November 13: Gisela Fackeldey , German actress († 1986)
November 17th: Ellis Kaut , German screenwriter († 2015)
November 19: Gene Tierney , American actress († 1991)
November 25: Ricardo Montalbán , Mexican actor († 2009)
November 25: Noel Neill , American actress († 2016)
November 30th: Virginia Mayo , American actress († 2005)

December

0December 4th: Michael Bates , British actor († 1978)
December 10: Reginald Rose , American screenwriter († 2002)
December 12th: Otto Friebel , German actor († 1992)
December 15: Vlastimil Brodský , Czech actor († 2002)
December 29: Viveca Lindfors , Swedish actress († 1995)

deceased

Olive Thomas († September 10)

January 31: Gilda Langer , Austrian actress (* 1896)

June 30th: Lena Christ , German writer (* 1881)

0September 5: Robert Harron , American actor (* 1893)
September 10: Olive Thomas , American actress (* 1894)

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