1918 in film

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The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.

Events

Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband.
28 mm safety standard film, designed by Alexander Victor, becomes one of the earliest film formats to use "safety film" bases in order to safeguard the amateur market against nitrate fires.
Warner Bros. Pictures is established.

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank	Title	Gross
1	Mickey	$8,000,000
2	Stella Maris
3	Tarzan of the Apes
4	Shoulder Arms
5	Headin' South
6	Bound in Morocco

Notable films released in 1918

U.S.A. unless stated

Alraune, directed by Michael Curtiz - (Hungary)
Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne - (Germany)
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley, directed by Marshall Neilan, starring Mary Pickford
Among the Cannibal Isles of the South Pacific
Are Crooks Dishonest?, a Harold Lloyd short
Arizona, starring Douglas Fairbanks
The Bell Boy, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short
The Blue Bird, directed by Maurice Tourneur
The Bond, starring Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin
Bound in Morocco, directed by Allan Dwan, starring Douglas Fairbanks
Carmen, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Pola Negri (Germany)
The Cook, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle/Buster Keaton short
A Dog's Life, a Charlie Chaplin short
The Eyes of Julia Deep, starring Mary Miles Minter
Fabiola directed by Enrico Guazzoni - (Italy)
Father Sergius, directed by Yakov Protazanov, starring Ivan Mozzukhin - (U.S.S.R.)
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
The Goddess of Lost Lake, starring Louise Glaum
Headin' South, directed by Allan Dwan, starring Douglas Fairbanks
The Heart of Humanity, starring Erich von Stroheim
Hearts of the World, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish
The House of Mirth, directed by Albert Capellani, starring Katherine Corri Harris
Huck and Tom
I Don't Want to Be a Man (Ich möchte kein Mann sein), directed by Ernst Lubitsch - (Germany)
The Lamb, a Harold Lloyd short.
Men Who Have Made Love to Me, starring Mary MacLane
Mickey, directed by F. Richard Jones, starring Mabel Normand
M'Liss, directed by Marshall Neilan, starring Mary Pickford and Thomas Meighan
Moonshine, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle/Buster Keaton short
On the Quiet, directed by Chester Withey, starring Jack Barrymore
Out of the Inkwell, an animated film directed by Max Fleischer
Out West, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle/Buster Keaton short
The Outlaw and His Wife (Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru), directed by & starring Victor Sjöström - (Sweden)
The Romance of Tarzan, starring Elmo Lincoln
Salomé, directed by J. Gordon Edwards, starring Theda Bara
Shoulder Arms, directed by Charlie Chaplin, starring Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin
The Sinking of the Lusitania, a short animated propaganda film by Winsor McCay
Stella Maris, directed by Marshall Neilan, starring Mary Pickford
Tarzan of the Apes, directed by Scott Sidney, starring Elmo Lincoln and Enid Markey
The Tenth Symphony (La Dixième Symphonie), directed by Abel Gance, starring Séverin-Mars and Jean Toulout - (France)
Tih Minh, directed by Louis Feuillade, starring René Cresté - (France)
Triple Trouble, a Charlie Chaplin short.
Vendemiaire, directed by Louis Feuillade - (France)
Victory and Peace, directed by Herbert Brenon (GB)
Under the Yoke, directed by J. Gordon Edwards, starring Theda Bara
Under the Greenwood Tree directed by Emile Chautard starring Elsie Ferguson
The Whispering Chorus, starring Raymond Hatton and Kathlyn Williams
Why Pick on Me?, starring Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels

Comedy film series

Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)
Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)
Lupino Lane (1915–1939)
Buster Keaton (1917–1944)

Births

January 29 - John Forsythe, actor (died 2010)
February 4 - Ida Lupino, actress, director (died 1995)
February 16 - Patty Andrews, singer, actress, member of The Andrews Sisters (died 2013)
March 1 - Roger Delgado, actor (died 1973)
March 9 - Mickey Spillane, writer, actor (died 2006)
April 17
- Anne Shirley, actress (died 1993)
- William Holden, actor (died 1981)
May 14 - June Duprez, actress (died 1984)
May 26 - John Dall, actor (died 1971)
June 8 - Robert Preston, actor, singer (died 1987)
June 11 - Jane Bryan, actress (died 2009)
July 6 - Sebastian Cabot, actor (died 1977)
July 14 - Ingmar Bergman, actor, writer, director (died 2007)
July 18 - Jane Frazee, singer, actress (died 1985)
July 26 - Marjorie Lord, actress
August 9 - Robert Aldrich, director (died 1983)
August 17 - Evelyn Ankers, actress (died 1985)
September - Rin Tin Tin, canine actor (died 1932)
September 13 - Dick Haymes, actor, singer (died 1980)
September 21 - Rand Brooks, actor (died 2003)
September 28 - Arnold Stang, actor and comedian (died 2009)
October 9 - Lila Kedrova, actress (died 2000)
October 13 - Robert Walker, actor (died 1951)
October 17 - Rita Hayworth, actress (died 1987)
October 26 - Diana Serra Cary, (Baby Peggy) actress
October 27 - Teresa Wright, actress (died 2005)
November 4
- Art Carney, actor (died 2003)
- Cameron Mitchell, actor (died 1994)
November 30 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., actor (died 2014)
December 15 - Jeff Chandler, actor (died 1961)

Deaths

January 12 - Simeon Wiltsie, American actor
February 1 - Joseph Kaufman, 36, American silent film actor & director, married to film star Ethel Clayton
February 15 - Vernon Castle, 30, American dancer & writer
March 13 - William Courtleigh, Jr., 26, American actor
April 30 - "Mother" Mary Maurice, 73, American veteran stage & film actress
May 19 - S. Rankin Drew, 26, American actor and director.
June 29 - John van den Broek, 23, Dutch cinematographer
July 4 - Walter Stradling, 43, British cinematographer
August 12 - Anna Held, 46, Polish actress & singer
September 21 - Hal August, 28, American actor; brother of Edwin August
October 19 - Harold Lockwood, 31, American actor
October 22 - Julian L'Estrange, 38, English actor
October 28 - Louise Vale, American actress
November 6 - William Shea, 67, Scottish veteran film actor & director
December 6 - Charles Gunn, 35, American actor
December 29 - Jode Mullally, 32, American actor

Debuts