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Overview of the events of 1918 in film
The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.
Events Top-grossing films (U.S.) Notable films released in 1918 All films below were produced in the United States , except where stated.
Poster Alraune Michael Curtiz - (Hungary )Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne Germany )Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley Marshall Neilan , starring Mary Pickford Among the Cannibal Isles of the South Pacific Are Crooks Dishonest? Harold Lloyd shortArizona Douglas Fairbanks The Bell Boy 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short'Blue Blazes' Rawden William S. Hart The Blue Bird Maurice Tourneur The Bond Charles Chaplin , Edna Purviance , Sydney Chaplin Bound in Morocco Allan Dwan , starring Douglas Fairbanks The Burden of Proof Marion Davies Carmen Ernst Lubitsch , starring Pola Negri (Germany)Cecilia of the Pink Roses Marion Davies The Cook 'Fatty' Arbuckle /Buster Keaton shortA Dog's Life Charlie Chaplin shortThe Eyes of Julia Deep Mary Miles Minter Fabiola Enrico Guazzoni - (Italy )Father Sergius Yakov Protazanov , starring Ivan Mozzukhin - (U.S.S.R. )The Ghost of Slumber Mountain The Goddess of Lost Lake Louise Glaum Headin' South Allan Dwan , starring Douglas Fairbanks The Heart of Humanity Erich von Stroheim Hearts of the World D.W. Griffith , starring Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish The House of Mirth Albert Capellani , starring Katherine Corri Harris Huck and Tom I Don't Want to Be a Man Ernst Lubitsch - (Germany )The Lamb Harold Lloyd short.Men Who Have Made Love to Me Mary MacLane Mickey F. Richard Jones , starring Mabel Normand M'Liss Marshall Neilan , starring Mary Pickford and Thomas Meighan Moonshine 'Fatty' Arbuckle /Buster Keaton shortMy Four Years in Germany Warner Brothers On the Quiet Chester Withey , starring Jack Barrymore Out of the Inkwell Max Fleischer Out West 'Fatty' Arbuckle /Buster Keaton shortThe Outlaw and His Wife Victor Sjöström - (Sweden )The Romance of Tarzan Elmo Lincoln Salomé J. Gordon Edwards , starring Theda Bara Shoulder Arms Charlie Chaplin , starring Chaplin, Edna Purviance , Sydney Chaplin Sin dejar rastros The Sinking of the Lusitania Winsor McCay ; likely the longest animated film of its time.Stella Maris Marshall Neilan , starring Mary Pickford Tarzan of the Apes Scott Sidney , starring Elmo Lincoln and Enid Markey The Tenth Symphony Abel Gance , starring Séverin-Mars and Jean Toulout - (France )Tih Minh Louis Feuillade , starring René Cresté - (France )Triple Trouble Charlie Chaplin short.Vendemiaire , directed by Louis Feuillade - (France )Victory and Peace Herbert Brenon (GB )Uncle Tom's Cabin Under the Yoke J. Gordon Edwards , starring Theda Bara Under the Greenwood Tree Emile Chautard starring Elsie Ferguson The Whispering Chorus Raymond Hatton and Kathlyn Williams Why Pick on Me? Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels Comedy film series 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
April 18 - Shinobu Hashimoto , screenwriter (died 2018 )
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 )
June 26 - Ellen Liiger , actress (died 1987 )
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 (died 2015 )
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
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 - Myrtle Gonzalez , 27, American actress
October 22 - Julian L'Estrange , 38, English actor
October 28 - Louise Vale, American actress
November 6 - William Shea , 67, Scottish veteran film actor & director
November 18 - Wayland Trask, Jr. , 31, American comedian
December 6 - Charles Gunn, 35, American actor
December 29 - Jode Mullally, 32, American actor Debuts
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