Overview of the events of 1922 in film
This is an overview of1922 in film , including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)[ edit ] 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]
Notable films released in 1922 [ edit ] United States unless stated
The Bachelor Daddy (lost), directed byAlfred E. Green , starringThomas Meighan The Beautiful and Damned (lost), directed byWilliam A. Seiter , starringMarie Prevost Beauty's Worth , directed byRobert G. Vignola , starringMarion Davies Beyond the Rocks , directed bySam Wood , starringGloria Swanson andRudolph Valentino A Bill of Divorcement , directed byDenison Clift , starringConstance Binney andFay Compton – (GB )The Blacksmith , directed byMal St. Clair and Buster Keaton, starringBuster Keaton A Blind Bargain (lost), directed byWallace Worsley , starringLon Chaney , based on the 1897 novelThe Octive of Claudius byBarry Pain [ 5] Blood and Sand , directed byFred Niblo , starringRudolph Valentino ,Lila Lee andNita Naldi The Bohemian Girl , directed byHarley Knoles , StarringIvor Novello andGladys Cooper – (GB )The Bride's Play , directed byGeorge Terwilliger , starringMarion Davies The Burning Soil (Der brennende Acker) , directed byF. W. Murnau – (Germany )A Dangerous Adventure , 15-part serial directed bySam Warner andJack L. Warner , starringGrace Darmond Danse Macabre , directed byDudley Murphy [ 6] Day Dreams , directed byEdward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, StarringBuster Keaton andRenée Adorée A Debt of Honour , directed byMaurice Elvey , starringIsobel Elsom andClive Brook – (GB )The Dictator (lost), directed byJames Cruze , starringWallace Reid andLila Lee Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (Dr. Mabuse the Gambler) , directed byFritz Lang , starringRudolf Klein-Rogge , based on the 1921 novel byNorbert Jacques [ 7] – (Germany )Dr. Jack , directed byFred C. Newmeyer , starringHarold Lloyd Don Juan et Faust , directed byMarcel L'Herbier , based on an 1828play byChristian Dietrich Grabbe [ 7] – (France )The Dungeon (lost), written and directed byOscar Micheaux [ 8] Fair Lady , directed byKenneth Webb Faust , directed byChallis Sanderson , based on the 1808play byJohann Wolfgang von Goethe [ 10] – (GB )Faust , directed byGérard Bourgeois , based on the 1808play byJohann Wolfgang von Goethe [ 10] – (France )La Femme de nulle part (The Woman from Nowhere) , directed byLouis Delluc – (France )Flames of Passion , directed byGraham Cutts , starringMae Marsh andC. Aubrey Smith – (GB )Flesh and Blood , directed byIrving Cummings , starringLon Chaney andNoah Beery Sr. Foolish Wives , starring and directed byErich von Stroheim The Frozen North , directed byEdward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starringBuster Keaton The Man from Beyond , directed byBurton L. King , starringHarry Houdini Manslaughter , directed byCecil B. DeMille , starringThomas Meighan andLois Wilson Marizza (lost), directed byF. W. Murnau – (Germany )The Marriage Chance , written and directed byHampton Del Ruth Money To Burn (lost), directed byRowland V. Lee [ 13] Moran of the Lady Letty , directed byGeorge Melford , starringDorothy Dalton andRudolph Valentino More to Be Pitied Than Scorned (lost), directed byEdward LeSaint Mud and Sand , directed byGilbert Pratt , starringStan Laurel My Boy , directed byVictor Heerman andAlbert Austin , starringJackie Coogan My Wife's Relations , directed byEdward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starringBuster Keaton The Paleface , directed byEdward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starringBuster Keaton Pay Day , aCharles Chaplin shortPeg o' My Heart , directed byKing Vidor , starringLaurette Taylor Phantom , directed byF. W. Murnau , starringAlfred Abel ,Lil Dagover andLya De Putti – (Germany )Polikushka (Поликушка) , directed byAlexander Sanin – (U.S.S.R. )The Primitive Lover , directed bySidney Franklin , starringConstance Talmadge andHarrison Ford The Prisoner of Zenda , directed byRex Ingram , starringLewis Stone andAlice Terry Saturday Night , directed byCecil B. DeMille , starringLeatrice Joy andConrad Nagel The Scarlet Letter , directed byChallis Sanderson , starringSybil Thorndike – (GB )Shadows , directed byTom Forman , starringLon Chaney ,Marguerite De La Motte andHarrison Ford Sherlock Holmes , directed byAlbert Parker , starringJohn Barrymore , based on the 1899stage play byWilliam Gillette andArthur Conan Doyle – (GB )Smilin' Through , directed bySidney Franklin , starringNorma Talmadge Sodom and Gomorrah , directed byMichael Curtiz , starringLucy Doraine – (Austria )La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet) , directed byGermaine Dulac – (France )Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep , directed byGeorge Pearson , starringBetty Balfour – (GB )The Suram Fortress (Suramis tsikhe) , directed byIvan Perestiani – (U.S.S.R. )Animated short film series [ edit ] Felix the Cat cartoon. January 2 –Jason Evers , American actor (died 2005) January 3 –Bill Travers , British actor, screenwriter, director and animal rights activist (died 1994) January 10 –Hannelore Schroth , German actress (died 1987) January 13 –Albert Lamorisse , French filmmaker, film producer and writer (died 1970) January 16 –Irene Vernon , American actress (died 1998) January 17 –Betty White , American actress and comedian (died 2021) January 19 –Guy Madison , American actor (died 1996) January 20 –Ray Anthony , American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor January 21 January 31 February 3 –Ulf Johanson , Swedish actor (died 1990) February 4 February 6 –Patrick Macnee , British-American actor (died 2015) February 7 –Hattie Jacques , English actress (died 1980) February 8 –Audrey Meadows , American actress (died 1996) February 9 –Kathryn Grayson , American actress and coloratura soprano (died 2010) February 24 –Steven Hill , American actor (died 2016) February 26 –Margaret Leighton , English actress (died 1976) March 5 March 8 –Cyd Charisse , American dancer and actress (died 2008) March 20 –Carl Reiner , American actor, author, comedian, director and screenwriter (died 2020) March 21 –Russ Meyer , American filmmaker (died 2004) March 23 –Ugo Tognazzi , Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1990) March 31 April 3 –Doris Day , American actress and singer (died 2019)[ 14] April 4 April 5 –Gale Storm , American actress and singer (died 2009) April 7 –Margia Dean , American beauty queen and actress (died 2023) April 15 –Michael Ansara , Syrian‐American actor (died 2013) April 18 –Barbara Hale , American actress (died 2017)[ 15] 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 12 -Murray Gershenz , American character actor and entrepreneur (died 2013) May 13 -Truus Dekker , Dutch actress (died 2022) May 14 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 (died1996 ) May 27 –Christopher Lee , English actor and singer (died 2015)[ 16] May 31 –Denholm Elliott , English actor (died 1992) June 1 June 9 –George Axelrod , American screenwriter and producer (died 2003) June 10Judy Garland , American actress and singer (died 1969)[ 17] Bill Kerr , British-Australian actor, comedian and vaudevillian (died 2014) June 16 –Frances Rafferty , American actress, dancer, World War II pin-up girl and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player (died 2004) June 22 –Mona Lisa , Filipino actress (died 2019) June 26 –Eleanor Parker , American actress (died 2013) June 28 -Erik Bauersfeld , American radio dramatist and voice actor (died 2016) July 6 –William Schallert , American character actor (died 2016) July 9 -Manos Zacharias , Greek film director, cinematographer and actor July 11 –Gene Evans , American actor (died 1998) July 19 -Bess Meisler , American actress July 21 –Demeter Bitenc , Slovenian actor (died 2018) July 23 -Sydney Lassick , American character actor (died 2003) July 26 July 27Adolfo Celi , Italian film actor and director (died 1986)Norman Lear , American screenwriter and producer (died 2023) August 1 August 8 –Rory Calhoun , American actor (died 1999) August 15 -Boris Sichkin , Soviet-American film actor, dancer, choreographer, composer and entertainer (died 2002) August 22 –Micheline Presle , French actress (died 2024) August 25 -Gloria Dea , American actress, dancer, artist, and magician (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 and director (died 2011) September 16 September 23 –Louise Latham , American actress (died 2018) September 24Bert I. Gordon , American film director, producer, screenwriter, and visual effects artist (died 2023)Theresa Merritt , American actress (died 1998) September 29 –Lizabeth Scott , American actress, singer, and model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency (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 9 -Fyvush Finkel , American actor and director (died 2016) October 20 –John Anderson , American character 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, artist and children's author (died 2005) November 3 -George Morrison , Irish director of documentary films (died 2025) November 9 –Dorothy Dandridge , American actress and singer (died 1965) November 12 –Kim Hunter , American actress (died 2002) November 13 November 14 –Veronica Lake , American actress (died 1973) November 15 –Francesco Rosi , Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2015) November 16 –Royal Dano , American actor (died 1994) November 17 -Ted Beniades , American character actor (died 2014) November 22 –Lynne Roberts , American actress (died 1978) November 26 –Adam Williams , American actor (died 2006) 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 stand-up comedian and actor (died 1991) December 11 –Dilip Kumar , Indian actor and film producer (died 2021) December 21 –Paul Winchell , American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, humanitarian, and inventor (died 2005) December 22 –Ruth Roman , American actress (died 1999) December 24 –Ava Gardner , American actress (died 1990) December 26 –Alfred Dennis , American actor (died 2016) December 28Ivan Desny , French actor (died 2002)Stan Lee , American comic-book, editor, publisher and producer (died 2018) 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) ^ 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 . 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