Film year 1927

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Film year 1927
Metropolis by Fritz Lang , the first full- length science fiction film, has its world premiere.

Events

February 10 : World premiere of Metropolis (Director: Fritz Lang ). After weak commercial success, this film developed into one of the most visually influential works in film history in the following decades. In 2001 it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List .
February 27 : Grauman's Chinese Theater opens with the world premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's King of Kings .
March 11 : The Roxy Theater opens in New York . With 6,214 seats, it is considered the largest cinema in the world.
May 11 : The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded in Los Angeles.

Movie poster in the USA

October 6th : The Jazz Singer premieres. The film is considered the first sound film in film history, although there have been numerous experiments with film dubbing in the past.

Film prizes and awards

Photoplay Award : Happiness in the attic by Frank Borzage

Birthdays

January to March

Harry Belafonte (born March 1)

Joachim Fuchsberger (born March 11th)

January

0January 4th: Barbara Rush , American actress
January 15: Phyllis Coates , American actress
January 24th: Marvin Kaplan , American actor († 2016)
January 25: Gregg Palmer , American actor († 2015)
January 26th: Erni Mangold , Austrian actress and director
January 28: Hiroshi Teshigahara , Japanese director († 2001)
January 28: Per Oscarsson , Swedish actor († 2010)

February

0February 3rd: Kenneth Anger , American underground filmmaker
0February 4th: Arthur Cohn , Swiss producer
0February 8: Stanley Baker , British actor († 1976)
February 11: Dieter Eppler , German actor († 2008)
February 11: Gerhard Respondek , German screenwriter and director († 2001)
February 16: June Brown , British actress
February 20: Sidney Poitier , American actor
February 24: Emmanuelle Riva , French actress († 2017)
February 25: Dick Jones , American actor and speaker († 2014)

March

0March 1: Harry Belafonte , American singer and actor
0March 1: Claude Gensac , French actress († 2016)
0March 7th: Jean Badal , Hungarian cameraman († 2015)
0March 7: James Broderick , American actor († 1982)
March 10: Dora van der Groen , Belgian actress and director († 2015)
March 11: Joachim Fuchsberger , German actor († 2014)
March 14: Wolfgang Grönebaum , German actor and voiceover († 1998)
March 16: Jean Rabier , French cameraman († 2016)
March 20: Luis Barboo , Spanish actor († 2001)
March 25: Sylvia Anderson , British director, producer and voice actress († 2016)
March 25: Herbert Fux , Austrian actor († 2007)
March 28: Thorkild Demuth , Danish actor and director († 2017)
March 29: Sam Spence , American composer († 2016)
March 30th: Egon Günther , German director
March 31: William Daniels , American actor

April to June

André van den Heuvel (born June 4)

Martin Böttcher (born June 17)

April

0April 1: Thomas Holtzmann , German actor († 2013)
0April 2: Rita Gam , American actress († 2016)
0April 4th: Monique Chaumette , French actress
0April 5: Ida Krottendorf , Austrian actress († 1998)
April 10: Piero Tosi , Italian costume designer († 2019)
April 12: Alvin Sargent , American screenwriter († 2019)
April 13: Maurice Ronet , French actor and director († 1983)
April 13: Ursula Schmenger , German director and screenwriter
April 14: Victor J. Kemper , American cameraman
April 16: Edie Adams , American actress († 2008)
April 16: Rolf Schult , German actor and voice actor († 2013)
April 25: Rosemarie Fendel , German actress and voice actress († 2013)
April 25: Hans Lucke , German actor, author and director († 2017)

May

0May 1: Laura Betti , Italian actress († 2004)
0May 1: Morio Kita , Japanese writer and screenwriter († 2011)
0May 7: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala , British screenwriter († 2013)
May 13: Herbert Ross , American director († 2001)
May 17th: Luigi Scattini , Italian director († 2010)
May 19: Ferdinando Baldi , Italian director († 2007)
May 20: David Hedison , American actor († 2019)
May 22: Michael Constantine , American actor
May 26: Antonio Prieto , Chilean singer and actor († 2011)
May 29: Thanasis Vengos , Greek actor and director († 2011)
May 30: Clint Walker , American actor († 2018)

June

0June 2: Thomas Hill , American actor († 2009)
0June 4th: Henning Carlsen , Danish director, producer, screenwriter and film editor († 2014)
0June 4: Ken Clark , American actor († 2009)
0June 4th: André van den Heuvel , Dutch actor and director († 2016)
0June 6: Charles Jarrott , British-Canadian director († 2011)
0June 9: Waltraut Haas , Austrian actress
June 10: José Luis Merino , Spanish director and screenwriter († 2019)
June 16: Paul Hammerich , Danish screenwriter († 1992)
June 17: Martin Böttcher , German composer, conductor and arranger († 2019)
June 18: Eva Bartok , Hungarian actress († 1998)
June 23: Bob Fosse , American director († 1987)
June 23: Utz Richter , German actor and voice actor († 2015)
June 23: Rolf Alexander Wilhelm , German composer († 2013)
June 26: Jerry Schatzberg , American director
June 30: Pat McCormick , American actor and comedy writer († 2005)

July to September

Gina Lollobrigida (born July 4th)

Peter Falk (born September 16)

July

0July 3: Ken Russell , British director († 2011)
0July 4th: Gina Lollobrigida , Italian actress
0July 4th: Neil Simon , American playwright and screenwriter († 2018)
0July 6: Janet Leigh , American actress († 2004)
0July 8: Lisa Lu , American actress
July 10: William Smithers , American actor
July 15: Joe Turkel , American actor
July 18: Tadeusz Łomnicki , Polish actor († 1992)
July 20: Heather Chasen , British actress († 2020)
July 21: Michael Janisch , Austrian actor († 2004)
July 22nd: Pierre Granier-Deferre , French director († 2007)
July 23: Gérard Brach , French screenwriter († 2006)
July 30: Richard Johnson , British actor and producer († 2015)
July 31: Tony Thomas , British-American film historian and producer († 1997)

August

0August 3: Elliot Silverstein , American director and producer
0August 9: Robert Shaw , British actor († 1978)
August 11: Stuart Rosenberg , American director († 2007)
August 17th: Jacques Herlin , French actor († 2014)
August 18: Howard Dayton , American actor († 2009)
August 19: LQ Jones , American actor
August 23: Walter Giller , German actor († 2011)
August 28: Claudio Brook , Mexican actor († 1995)

September

0September 2: Francis Matthews , British actor († 2014)
0September 9: Penelope Houston , British critic († 2015)
September 10: Johnny Keating , British composer († 2015)
September 12: Gianna Maria Canale , Italian actress († 2009)
September 12: Freddie Jones , British actor († 2019)
September 16: Peter Falk , American actor († 2011)
September 19: Rosemary Harris , British actress
September 19: William Hickey , American actor († 1997)
September 20: Rachel Roberts , British actress († 1980)
September 20: Katharina Tüschen , German actress († 2012)
September 21: Howard Zieff , American director († 2009)
September 28: Alan Bridges , British director († 2013)

October to December

Roger Moore (born October 14)

Zbigniew Cybulski (born November 3)

October

0October 1: Tom Bosley , American actor († 2010)
0October 3: Luigi Kuveiller , Italian cameraman († 2013)
October 14: Roger Moore , British actor († 2017)
October 17: Wolf Koenig , Canadian documentary filmmaker († 2014)
October 18: George C. Scott , American actor († 1999)
October 23: Tonino Ricci , Italian director and screenwriter († 2014)

November

0November 1st: Marcel Ophüls , German director
0November 3: Zbigniew Cybulski , Polish actor († 1967)
0November 3: Peggy McCay , American actress († 2018)
0November 8: Patti Page , American actress († 2013)
November 17: Robert Butler , American producer
November 17: Robert Drasnin , American composer († 2015)
November 18: Eldar Ryazanov , Soviet-Russian director, screenwriter and actor († 2015)
November 20: Estelle Parsons , American actress
November 24th: Günter Reisch , German director, screenwriter and lecturer († 2014)
November 26th: Jean-Pierre Darras , French actor († 1999)

December

0December 6: Sergio Corbucci , Italian director († 1990)
December 11th: Friedrich G. Beckhaus , German actor
December 11th: Mann Rubin , American screenwriter († 2013)
December 15: Michael Toost , Austrian actor († 1983)
December 17: Richard Long , American actor († 1974)
December 19: Remo Capitani , Italian stuntman and actor († 2014)
December 19: Paul Guers , French actor
December 29: Giorgio Capitani , Italian director and screenwriter († 2017)
December 30th: Robert Hossein , French actor

deceased

0September 5: Marcus Loew , American film industrialist (* 1870)
September 15: Bruno Rahn , German director (* 1887)

0October 5: Sam Warner , American producer (* 1887)

0December 4th: Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky , Austrian film pioneer (* 1886)

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