The year 1918 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__

Events

*January 27 –

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makes his film debut in '' Tarzan of the Apes''. *March 10 –

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release their first produced picture, '' My Four Years in Germany''. *July – The animated '' The Sinking of the Lusitania'' is one of the first examples of animation being used for something other than comedy. *Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the

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disbands. *

Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1884Mayer maintained that he was born in Minsk on July 4, 1885. According to Scott Eyman, the reasons may have been: * Mayer's father gave different dates for his birthplace at different times, so ...

arrives in

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and forms Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation. *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.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top six 1918 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Notable films released in 1918

Argentina

*'' Buenos Aires tenebroso'', directed by Juan Glize *'' En un día de gloria'', directed by Mario Gallo and Alberto Traversa *'' La garra porteña'', directed by Juan Glize *'' Sin dejar rastros'', directed by

Quirino Cristiani Quirino Cristiani (2 July 1896 – 2 August 1984) was an Italian-born Argentine animation director and cartoonist, responsible for the world's first two animated feature films as well as the first animated feature film with sound, even though the ...

*'' Violeta o La reina del tango'', directed by Juan Glize

Egypt

*''Bedouin's honor'' (Sharaf El Badawi), starring and directing by Mohammed Karim *''The Deadly Flowers'' (Al Azhar Al Momita), starring and directing by Mohammed Karim

France

*''The Ghost of the Rancho'' (aka ''Range Busters''), directed by William Worthington, starring Bryant Washburn and Rhea Mitchell, a hybrid Horror/Western/Comedy *'' The Tenth Symphony'' (La Dixième Symphonie), directed by

Abel Gance Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: ''J'ac ...

, starring Séverin-Mars and

Jean Toulout Jean Toulout (28 September 1887 – 23 October 1962) was a French film actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1911 and 1959. Selected filmography * '' La Digue'' (1911) * '' The Mask of Horror'' (1912) * '' The Tenth Symphony'' ...

*'' Tih Minh'', directed by Louis Feuillade, starring René Cresté *''Vendemiaire'', directed by Louis Feuillade

Germany

*'' Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne'', directed by Eugen Illes and Joseph Klein, starring Max Auzinger and Hilde Wotner; released in the U.S. as ''Sacrifice''; this was the 2nd film adaptation based on the 1911 novel by Hanns Heinz Ewers *''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

'', directed by

Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch (; ; January 29, 1892November 30, 1947) was a German-born American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; a ...

, starring Pola Negri *'' Das Tagebuch des Dr. Hart'' (''Dr. Hart's Diary''), directed by

Paul Leni Paul Leni (born Paul Josef Levi, 8 July 1885 – 2 September 1929) was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionism (cinema), German Expressionism, making ''Hintertreppe'' (1921) and ''Waxworks (film), Waxworks'' (1924) in German ...

*''Eyes of the Mummy'', directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Pola Negri and Emil Jannings *'' I Don't Want to Be a Man'' (''Ich möchte kein Mann sein''), directed by Ernst Lubitsch *''The Other Self'', aka ''Das Andere Ich'' (Austrian) directed by Fritz Freisler, starring Fritz Kortner *''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (aka ''Der Rettenfanger von Hameln''), written and directed by Paul Wegener, starring Wegener and Lyda Salmonova

Great Britain

*''The Haunted Hotel'', an 11-minute comedy short directed by Fred Rains (Claude's father), starring Will Asher and Marion Peake *'' Victory and Peace'', directed by

Herbert Brenon Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of Silent film, silent films through 1940. Brenon was among the e ...

Hungary

*'' A 99-es számú bérkocsi'', directed by Mihály Kertész, starring: , Cläre Lotto and Béla Lugosi *'' Alraune'', directed by Mihály Kertész and Edmund Fritz, starring: Géza Erdélyi and Gyula Gál (

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); first film adaptation based on the 1911 novel by Hanns Heinz Ewers *'' Casanova'', directed by

Alfréd Deésy Alfréd Deésy (22 September 1877 – 18 July 1961) was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 77 films between 1915 and 1947. Deésy also appeared as an actor in 28 films between 1913 and 1960. Biography Deésy was ...

, starring

*''

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'', directed by

Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; ; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)

, starring: Gábor Rajnay and Artúr Somlay *'' Mary Ann'', directed by

Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; ; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)

, starring: Ica von Lenkeffy and Tivadar Uray *'' Álarcosbál'' , ,

, starring: Béla Lugosi *'' A víg Özvegy'', directed by Mihály Kertész *'' Az ördög'', directed by Mihály Kertész *'' Karoly bakak'', directed by

Zoltan Korda Zoltan Korda (May 3, 1895 – October 13, 1961) was a Hungary, Hungarian-born motion picture screenwriter, film director, director and film producer, producer. He made his first film in Hungary in 1918 and worked with his brother Alexander Korda ...

*'' Az Élet királya'', directed by Alfréd Deésy, starring Béla Lugosi and Norbert Dán; based on the 1890 Oscar Wilde novel *'' Küzdelem a létért'', directed by Alfréd Deésy, starring: Béla Lugosi *'' Lili'', directed by Cornelius Hintner *''

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'', directed by Mihály Kertész *'' A Napraforgós hölgy'', directed by Mihály Kertész, starring: Lucy Doraine, Cläre Lotto and Iván Petrovich *'' A Víg özvegy'', directed by Mihály Kertész, starring: Mihály Várkonyi, Berta Valero, Endre Boross Árpád id. Latabár, Miklós Szomory and József Bánhidy

Italy

*'' Fabiola'' directed by Enrico Guazzoni

Japan

*''Akakabe Myojin'' (aka ''Kaibyo Kaidan'') a Ghost-Cat film starring Matsunosuke Onoe, produced by Nikkatsu Films *''Izumo Kaidan'' (Japanese) aka ''Ghost Story of Izumo'', starring Matsunosuke Onoe and Kitsuraku Arashi, produced by Nikkatsu Films *''Yotsuya Kaidan Jitsuhi Kanetani Goro''/ ''The Ghost of Yotsuya'' (Japanese) the 2nd ever film adaptation of the 1825 stage play ''Yotsuya Kaidan'' by Tsuruya Nanboku IV; starring Matsunosuke Onoe and Sentaro Nakamura

Sweden

*'' The Outlaw and His Wife'' (Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru), directed by & starring Victor Sjöström (aka Victor Seastrom)

Denmark

* '' A trip to Mars,'' directed by Holger-Madsen.

United States

*'' Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley'', directed by

Marshall Neilan Marshall Ambrose "Mickey" Neilan (April 11, 1891 – October 27, 1958; also credited Marshall Neilon) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, whose work in films began in the early Silent film, silent era. Early life Born ...

, starring

Mary Pickford Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American film actress and producer. A Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, pioneer in the American film industry with a Hollywood care ...

*''Among the Cannibal Isles of the South Pacific'' *'' Are Crooks Dishonest?'', a

Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many Silent film, silent comedy films.Obituary ''Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55. One of the most influent ...

short *''

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'', starring

Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked Vigilante Zorro and other swashbuckler film, swashbu ...

*'' The Bell Boy'', a 'Fatty' Arbuckle /

Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently ...

short *''The Bells'', directed by Ernest C. Warde, starring Frank Keenan and Lois Wilson; this was the 4th film adaptation of Erckmann-Chatrian's 1867 stage play ''Le Juif Polonaise'' (''The Polish Jew'') *''Black Sherlock Holmes'', produced by Ebony Pictures, starring Sam Robinson as a black version of Sherlock Holmes *'' 'Blue Blazes' Rawden'', starring William S. Hart *'' The Blue Bird'', directed by

Maurice Tourneur Maurice Félix Thomas (; 2 February 1876 – 4 August 1961), known as Maurice Tourneur (), was a French film director and screenwriter. Life Born Maurice Félix Thomas in the Épinettes district (17th arrondissement of Paris), his father was a w ...

*'' Bound in Morocco'', directed by

Allan Dwan Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan was ...

, starring

*'' The Burden of Proof'', directed by Julius Steger; starring Marion Davies *'' Cecilia of the Pink Roses'', directed by Julius Steger; starring Marion Davies *'' The Cook'', a 'Fatty' Arbuckle/

short *''The Craving'' (aka ''Delirium'') directed by Francis Ford for Universal Pictures, starring Francis Ford and Peter Gerald *'' Cupid Angling'', starring Ruth Roland *'' The Eyes of Julia Deep'', starring Mary Miles Minter *'' The Ghost of Slumber Mountain'', written and directed by Willis O'Brien (who also starred in it and handled the special animation effects); existing print runs only 12 minutes *'' The Goddess of Lost Lake'', starring

Louise Glaum Louise Glaum (September 4, 1888 – November 25, 1970) was an American actor, actress. Known for her roles as a femme fatale, vamp in silent film, silent era film, motion picture drama film, dramas, she was credited in her early career with ...

*''The Haunted House'', produced and written by Edward Frazee, a very obscure lost film (cast unknown) *'' Headin' South'', directed by

, starring

*'' The Heart of Humanity'', starring

Erich von Stroheim Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim, ; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of ...

*'' Hearts of the World'', directed by D.W. Griffith, starring

Lillian Gish Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress best known for her work in movies of the silent era. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was dubbed the "F ...

and Dorothy Gish *'' The House of Mirth'', directed by

Albert Capellani Albert Capellani (23 August 1874 – 26 September 1931) was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent film, silent era. He directed films between 1905 and 1922. One of his brothers was the actor-sculptor Paul Capellani, and anoth ...

, starring Katherine Corri Harris *'' Huck and Tom'' *'' The Lamb'', a

short. *'' Men Who Have Made Love to Me'', starring Mary MacLane *'' Mickey'', directed by F. Richard Jones, starring

Mabel Normand Amabel Ethelreid Normand (November 9, 1893 – February 23, 1930), better known as Mabel Normand, was an American silent film actress, comedienne, director and screenwriter. She was a popular star and collaborator of Mack Sennett in their K ...

*'' M'Liss'', directed by

, starring

and Thomas Meighan *''

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'', a 'Fatty' Arbuckle/

short *'' My Four Years in Germany'', the first film produced by the four

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*'' On the Quiet'', directed by

Chester Withey Chester "Chet" Withey (8 November 1887, Park City, Utah – 6 October 1939, California) was an American silent film actor, Film director, director, and screenwriter. He participated in the production in total of some 100 films. Born in Park Ci ...

, starring Jack Barrymore *'' Out of the Inkwell'', an animated film directed by

Max Fleischer Max Fleischer (born Majer Fleischer ; July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972) was an American animator and studio owner. Born in Kraków, in Austrian Poland, Fleischer immigrated to the United States where he became a pioneer in the development ...

*'' Out West'', a 'Fatty' Arbuckle/

short *'' The Romance of Tarzan'', starring Elmo Lincoln *'' Salomé'', directed by J. Gordon Edwards, starring Theda Bara *''The Silent Mystery'', a 15-chapter serial directed by Francis Ford, starring Ford and Rosemary Theby; a five-reel condensed version was also released at some point *'' The Sinking of the Lusitania'', a short animated propaganda film by

Winsor McCay Zenas Winsor McCay ( – July 26, 1934) was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip ''Little Nemo'' (1905–1914; 1924–1927) and the animated film ''Gertie the Dinosaur'' (1914). For contractual reasons, he w ...

; likely the longest animated film of its time. *'' Stella Maris'', directed by

, starring

*'' Tarzan of the Apes'', directed by Scott Sidney, starring Elmo Lincoln and Enid Markey *''The Two-Soul Woman'', directed by Elmer Clifton for Universal Pictures, starring Priscilla Dean and Ashton Dearholt, based on the novel by Gelett Burgess *''

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'' *'' Under the Yoke'', directed by J. Gordon Edwards, starring Theda Bara *''

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'' directed by Emile Chautard starring Elsie Ferguson *''

The Whispering Chorus ''The Whispering Chorus'' is a 1918 American silent film, silent Psychological drama (film genre), psychological drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is the first and earliest film considered a Psychological drama (subgenre), psychologi ...

'', starring Raymond Hatton and Kathlyn Williams *'' Why Pick on Me?'', starring

and Bebe Daniels

U.S.S.R.

*''Cagliostro'', historical melodrama directed by Wladyslaw Starevitch, starring M. Yarosh and Arseniy Bibikov, based on the novel ''Count Cagliostro'' by E. Salias *'' Father Sergius'', directed by Yakov Protazanov, starring Ivan Mozzukhin

Comedy film series

Only the films of the series released in 1918 are collected

Buster Keaton (1917–1944)

Films starring

Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with Mabel ...

, featuring

released in 1918: *

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli� ...

: '' Out West'' as Sheriff / Saloon owner. *

March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ar ...

: '' The Bell Boy'' as Bellboy.

Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)

* 11 August: '' Triple Trouble''; compilation assembled by

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with scenes from ''Police'' and an unfinished short, ''Life'', along with new material shot by White. Chaplin includes this production in the filmography of his autobiography. *May 1918: ''Chase Me Charlie''; a seven-reel montage of Essanay films, edited by Langford Reed. Released in

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Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered o ...

wrote, produced, directed, and starred in 9 films for his own production company between

1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...

and

1923 In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ' ...

. These films were distributed by First National. Below the movies released in 1918: * 14 April: '' A Dog's Life'' * 29 September: '' The Bond'' * 20 October: '' Shoulder Arms'' :Uncompleted and unreleased films *''How to Make Movies'': Never assembled, although parts were used in '' The Chaplin Revue'' (see below)
Reconstructed in 1981 by

Kevin Brownlow Kevin Brownlow (born Robert Kevin Brownlow; 2 June 1938) is a British film historian, television documentary-maker, filmmaker, author, and film editor. He is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era, having become inter ...

and David Gill *Untitled film: A charity film co-starring

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Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)

Glasses character ("The Boy"): *'' The Tip'' *'' The Lamb'' *'' Hit Him Again'' *''

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'' *'' A Gasoline Wedding'' *'' Look Pleasant, Please'' *'' Here Come the Girls'' *'' Let's Go'' *'' On the Jump'' *'' Follow the Crowd'' *'' Pipe the Whiskers'' as ''Janitor'' *'' It's a Wild Life'' *'' Hey There!'' *'' Kicked Out'' *'' The Non-Stop Kid'' *'' Two-Gun Gussie'' *'' Fireman Save My Child'' *''

The City Slicker ''The City Slicker'' is a 1918 American short film, short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Prints of the film survive in the film archive of the Library of Congress. Plot Harold arrives in the backward town of Punkville by train to answer a ...

'' *'' Sic 'Em, Towser'' *'' Somewhere in Turkey'' *'' Are Crooks Dishonest?'' – sometimes wrongly titled as ''Doing, Doing, Done'' *'' An Ozark Romance'' *'' Kicking the Germ Out of Germany'' *'' That's Him'' *'' Bride and Gloom'' *'' Two Scrambled'' *'' Bees in His Bonnet'' *'' Swing Your Partners'' *'' Why Pick on Me?'' *'' Nothing but Trouble'' *'' Back to the Woods'' *'' Hear 'Em Rave'' *'' Take a Chance'' *'' She Loves Me Not''

Lupino Lane (1915–1939)

Short films acting as his character ''Mr. Butterbun'' released in 1918: *''His Busy Day'' *''His Salad Days'' *''Love and Lobster'' *''The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Trips and Tribunals'' *''The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Unexpected Treasure'' *''The Haunted Hotel''

Births

*January 29 –

John Forsythe John Lincoln Forsythe ( Freund; January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage, film/television actor, producer, narrator, drama teacher and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades. He also appeared as a guest on several t ...

, actor (died

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

) *February 4 – Ida Lupino, actress, director (died

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

) *February 15 - Allan Arbus, actor (died

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

) *February 16 – Patty Andrews, singer, actress, member of

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(died

) *February 19 - Fay McKenzie, American actress and singer (died

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

) *March 1 – Roger Delgado, actor (died

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

) *March 9 ** Marguerite Chapman, actress (died

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

) ** Mickey Spillane, writer, actor (died

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

) *March 14 – Dennis Patrick, actor (died

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

) *April 14 – Mary Healy, actress, singer (died

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

) *April 17 **

William Holden William Franklin Holden (né Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film '' Stalag 17'' (1953) and the Pri ...

, actor (died

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

) ** Anne Shirley, actress (died

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

) *April 18 – Shinobu Hashimoto, screenwriter (died

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

) *May 14 – June Duprez, actress (died

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

) *May 15 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (died

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

) *May 20 -

Patricia Ellis Patricia Ellis (born Patricia Gene O'Brien; May 20, 1918 – March 26, 1970) was an American film actress from 1932 to 1939, who then had a brief singing career until 1941. Early years Born in Birmingham, Michigan, in 1918 (although she gave he ...

, American actress (died

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

) *May 21 - Jeanne Bates, American actress (died

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

) *May 26 – John Dall, actor (died

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

) *June 8 – Robert Preston, actor, singer (died

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

) *June 10 - Barry Morse, actor (died

) *June 11 – Jane Bryan, actress (died

) *June 13 - Ben Johnson, actor (died

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

) *June 15 - Elisabeth Waldo, American former musician and actress *June 21 - Adriana Sivieri, Italian actress (died

) *June 26 – Ellen Liiger, actress (died

) *July 6 – Sebastian Cabot, actor (died

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

) *July 8 – Craig Stevens, American actor (died

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

) *July 14 –

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...

, Swedish actor, writer, director (died

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

) *July 16 – William Bishop, actor (died

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

) *July 18 – Jane Frazee, singer, actress (died

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

) *July 25 - Nan Grey, actress (died

) *July 26 –

Marjorie Lord Marjorie Lord (née Wollenberg; July 26, 1918 – November 28, 2015) was an American television and film actress. She played Kathy "Clancy" O'Hara Williams, opposite Danny Thomas's character on ''The Danny Thomas Show'' (''Make Room for Dadd ...

, actress (died

) *August 1 – Cheryl Walker, model, actress (died

) *August 9 –

Robert Aldrich Robert Burgess Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. An iconoclastic and maverick '' auteur'' working in many genres during the Golden Age of Hollywood, he directed main ...

, director (died

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

) *August 17 –

Evelyn Ankers Evelyn Felisa Ankers (August 17, 1918 – August 29, 1985) was a British-American actress who often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s, most notably '' The Wolf Man'' ( ...

, actress (died 1985) *August 25 – Richard Greene, actor (died 1985) *September 10 –

Rin Tin Tin Rin Tin Tin or Rin-Tin-Tin (October 10, 1918 – August 10, 1932) was a male German Shepherd born in Flirey, France, who became an international star in motion pictures. He was rescued from a World War I battlefield by an American soldier, ...

, canine actor (died

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

) *September 13 – Dick Haymes, Argentine actor, singer (died

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

) *September 16 - Branka Veselinović, Serbian actress (died

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

) *September 21 – Rand Brooks, American actor (died

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

) *September 24 - Audra Lindley, American actress (died

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

) *September 28 –

Arnold Stang Arnold Sidney Stang (September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009)
''

) *October 9 –

Lila Kedrova Yelizaveta Nikolaevna Kedrova (Russian: Елизавета Николаевна Кедрова; 9 October 1909 – 16 February 2000), known as Lila Kedrova, was a Russian actress of the screen and stage. She won the Academy Award for Best Suppo ...

, Russian-born actress (died

) *October 13 ** Yvette Thuot, Canadian actress (died

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

) ** Robert Walker, actor (died

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

) *October 17 –

Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer, and Pin-up model, pin-up girl. She achieved fame in the 1940s as one of the top stars of the Classical Hollywood cinema, Golden Age of ...

, actress (died 1987) *October 23 - Peggy Moran, actress (died 2002) *October 25 -

Milton Selzer Milton Selzer (October 25, 1918 – October 21, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Early life Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Selzer and his family moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he was raised. After graduating fr ...

, actor (died 2005) *October 27 – Teresa Wright, actress (died

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

) *October 29 – Diana Serra Cary, born Peggy-Jean Montgomery ("Baby Peggy"), child silent film actress (died

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

) *November 4 **

Art Carney Arthur William Matthew Carney (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) was an American actor and comedian. A recipient of an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award, and six Primetime Emmy Awards, he was best kn ...

, actor (died 2003) ** Cameron Mitchell, actor (died

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

) *November 27 - Stephen Elliott, actor (died

) *November 30 – Efrem Zimbalist Jr., actor (died

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

) *December 10 – Anne Gwynne, actress, model (died

) *December 15 – Jeff Chandler, actor (died

1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

) *December 23 - Kumar Pallana, Indian-American character actress (died

)

Deaths

*January 8 – Johannes Pääsuke, 25, Estonian photographer and director (train crash) *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 – Sidney 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 Helene Anna Held (19 March 1872 – 12 August 1918) was a Polish-born French stage performer of Jewish origin on Broadway. While appearing in London, she was spotted by impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, who brought her to America as his common-law ...

, 46, Polish actress & singer *September 21 – Hal August, 28, American actor; *October 2 - Edwin Arden, American stage & film actor *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

* Walter Abel – '' Out of a Clear Sky'' * Renée Adorée – ''

£500 Reward ''£500 Reward'' is a 1918 Australian silent film starring, written, produced, financed and directed by Claude Flemming who later described it as "a very lurid melodrama". Synopsis A "five-act" drama about a couple who travel from the Rocky Mo ...

'' * Erville Alderson – ''Her Man'' * Lionel Atwill – '' Eve's Daughter'' * Warner Baxter – '' All Woman'' * Karl Dane – '' My Four Years in Germany'' * Lya De Putti – '' The Emperor's Soldiers'' * Maude Eburne – '' A Pair of Sixes'' * Neil Hamilton – ''The Beloved Impostor'' * Phillips Holmes – ''Uneasy Money'' * Allan Jeayes – ''

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

'' * Buck Jones – '' Western Blood'' *

Cecil Kellaway Cecil Lauriston Kellaway (22 August 1890 – 28 February 1973) was a South African character actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, for '' The Luck of the Irish'' (1948) and ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' ...

– ''Bond and Word'' * Lila Lee – '' The Cruise of the Make-Believes'' * Ben Lyon – ''The Transgressor'' * Fay McKenzie – '' Station Content'' * Irene Rich – '' A Desert Wooing'' *

Will Rogers William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma ...

– '' Laughing Bill Hyde'' * Elena Sangro – '' Fabiola''

References

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