The year 1920 in film involved some significant events.
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Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top five films released in 1920 by U.S. gross are as follows:
Events
* March 28 – "America's Sweetheart"
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 ...
and "Everybody's Hero"
Douglas Fairbanks marry, becoming the first
supercouple of
Hollywood.
* August – Jack Cohn,
Joe Brandt and
Harry Cohn form C. B. C. Film Sales Corporation which would later become
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Trade name, doing business as Columbia Pictures, is an American film Production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company that is the flagship unit of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group ...
.
* August 2 – Filming a nighttime
spin before a large crowd at DeMille Field in
Los Angeles
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for the movie ''
The Skywayman'', stunt pilot and film actor
Ormer Locklear and his flying partner Milton "Skeets" Elliot are killed when their
Curtiss JN-4 fails to come out of the spin and crashes into the sludge pool of an
oil well, igniting a massive explosion and fire.
* August 15 –
Robert J. Flaherty arrives in northern Canada to begin filming ''
Nanook of the North'' (1922).
* November 27 – ''
The Mark of Zorro'', starring
Douglas Fairbanks, opens.
Notable films released in 1920
Austria
:For a complete list see: ''
List of Austrian films of the 1920s''
* ''Anita'' (aka ''Trance''), directed by Luise Kolm and Jakob Fleck; an obscure adaptation of George Du Maurier's novel ''Trilby''
*''
Boccaccio'', directed by
Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz (; born Manó Kaminer; from 1905 Mihály Kertész; ; December 24, 1886 April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed classic films from the silen ...
.
*''
The Prince and the Pauper'' directed by
Alexander Korda
Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; ; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) .
*''
The Scourge of God'' directed by Michael Curtiz.
*''
The Star of Damascus'' directed by Michael Curtiz.
France
:For a complete list see: ''
List of French films of 1920''
*''
Barrabas'', a 12-chapter serial/ crime drama directed by
Louis Feuillade
*''The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil'', directed by Pierre Caron
*''Les Morts qui parlent''/ ''The Dead Who Speak'', directed by Pierre Marodon
*''Narayana'' (translates as ''Vishnu''), directed by Leon Poirier, starring Laurence Myrga and Edmon Van Daele; based on the 1831 novel "Le Peau de Chagrin" by Honore de Balzac, with some story elements lifted from Wilkie Collins' novel ''The Moonstone''
*''The Silence'', ghost film directed by Louis Delluc, starring Gabriel Signoret and Eve Francis (Delluc's wife)
Germany
:For a complete list see: ''
List of German films of 1920''
*''
Algol
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: Tragedy of Power'', science fiction film directed by Hans Werckmeister, starring
Emil Jannings
*''
Anna Boleyn'' directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
*''
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' directed by
Robert Wiene; starring
Werner Krauss,
Conrad Veidt and
Lil Dagover
* ''Cagliostro'', directed by Reinhold Schuenzel, starred Schuenzel and
Conrad Veidt (a lost film)
*''The Devil Worshippers''/ ''Die Teufelsanbeter'', A 6-part serial directed by Marie Louise Droop, starring Carl de Vogt and Bela Lugosi, based on the novel by Carl May
*''
Evening – Night – Morning'' (Abend – Nacht – Morgen) directed by
F. W. Murnau
*''
Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire'', directed by
Robert Wiene, starring
Fern Andra; only a 43-minute condensation of the much longer original film exists
*''
The Golem: How He Came into the World'' (''Der Golem, Wie Er in die Welt Kam''), directed by and starring
Paul Wegener based on the old Jewish folktale, photographed by Karl Freund
*''
The Head of Janus'' (''Der Januskopf''), directed by
F. W. Murnau, starring
Conrad Veidt and
Bela Lugosi, photographed by Karl Freund; based (without authorization) on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''
* ''Hound of the Baskervilles'', directed by Willy Zehn, released in two parts (''Dr. MacDonald's Sanitorium'' and ''The House Without Windows''); Willy Keyser-Heyl played Sherlock Holmes
*''The House Without Windows'', directed by Friedrich Feher, not to be confused with the above ''Hound of the Baskervilles''
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*''
The Hunchback and the Dancer
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'' (''Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin''), directed by
F. W. Murnau, photographed by Karl Freund
*''
Kohlhiesels Töchter'' (Kohlhiesel's Daughter) directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
*''Kurfurstendamm'', a horror-comedy written and directed by Richard Oswald, starring Conrad Veidt as The Devil, photographed by Carl Hoffmann
*''
The Last of the Mohicans'' (Der Letzte der Mohikaner), starring
Bela Lugosi
* ''Nachtgestalten'' (aka ''Eleagable Kuperus''), directed by
Richard Oswald
Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald.
Early life and career
Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, ...
, starring
Conrad Veidt and
Paul Wegener, photographed by Carl Hoffmann, based on the Karl Hans Strobl short story ''Eleagable Kuperus''
*''
Satan
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'' (Satanas) directed by
F. W. Murnau, starred
Conrad Veidt, filmed in 1919
*''
Sumurun
''Sumurun'' (a.k.a. ''One Arabian Night'') is a 1920 German silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch based on a pantomime by .
Plot
A company of travelling performers arrive at a fictional oriental city. It includes the beautiful dancer Yannaia, ...
'' (One Arabian Night) directed by
Ernst Lubitsch, starring
Paul Wegener and
Pola Negri[Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. . Page 123.]
*''
Die Todeskarawane'', starring
Dora Gerson and
Bela Lugosi
* ''Torgus, the Coffin Maker'', directed by Hans Kobe
Hungary
*''Lord Arthur Saville's Crime'' (aka ''The Mark of the Phantom''), written and directed by Paul Fejos, starring Margit Lux, based on the 1891 story by
Oscar Wilde
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Ireland
*''
Willy Reilly and His Colleen Bawn'', directed by
John MacDonagh, featuring Brian Magowan and Frances Alexander, based on the 1855 novel ''Willy Reilly and his dear Colleen Bawn'' by
William Carleton
Italy
*''The Last of the Borgias'', directed by Armando Carbone
*''
Monella Street'', directed by Umberto Fracchia and starring Carmen Boni
*''The Power of the Borgias'', directed by Luigi Caramba for
Medusa Film, starring Irene Saffo-Nomo and Enrico Piacentini
* ''Spiritism'' (aka ''Spiritismo''), starring Francesca Bettina
Japan
*''Akakabe Myojin''/ ''The Red Wall God'', a ghost-cat film directed by Jiro Yoshino for Kokkatsu Films, starring Shirogoro Sawamura
*''Arima no neko''/ ''The Cat in Arima'', a ghost-cat film directed by Shozo Makino for Nikkatsu Films, starring Matsumosuke Onoe and Sentaro Nakamura
Philippines
:For a complete list see: ''
List of Philippine films before 1940''
*''
La Mariposa Negra'' directed by
Jose Nepomuceno
Sweden
:For a complete list see: ''
List of Swedish films before 1930''
*''
Erotikon'' directed by
Mauritz Stiller
*''
Herr och fru Stockholm'' (How Not to Dress), starring
Greta Garbo
*''
Karin Daughter of Ingmar'' (Karin Ingmarsdotter) directed by & starring
Victor Sjöström
*''
The Monastery of Sendomir'' (Klostret i Sendomir) directed by
Victor Sjöström
*''
The Parson's Widow'' (Prästänkan) directed by
Carl Theodor Dreyer
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United Kingdom
:For a complete list see: ''
List of British films of 1920''
*''At the Villa Rose'', directed by Maurice Elvey, based on the 1910 novel by A.E.W. Mason
* ''The Barton Mystery'', directed by Harry (Henry) Roberts, starred Lyn Harding; based on the 1917 stage play by Walter Hackett
*''
Bleak House
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'' directed by
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was one of the most prolific film directors in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He a ...
*''
Build Thy House'' directed by
Fred Goodwins, starring
Henry Ainley
Henry Hinchliffe Ainley (21 August 1879 – 31 October 1945) was an English actor.
Life and career Early years
Ainley was born in Morley, West Yorkshire, Morley, near Leeds, on 21 August 1879, the only son and eldest child of Richard Ainley (18 ...
*''
Colonel Newcome'' directed by
Fred Goodwins' starring
Milton Rosmer
Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his screen debut in ''The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956. In ...
,
Joyce Carey
*''Desire'' (aka ''The Magic Skin'') directed by George Edwardes-Hall, starring Dennis Neilson-Terry, based on the 1831 novel ''Le Peau de Chagrin'' by Honore de Balzac
[Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.]
*''
Ernest Maltravers'' directed by
Jack Denton; starring
Lillian Hall-Davis
*''
The Ever Open Door'' directed by
Fred Goodwins; starring
Hayford Hobbs
*''The Face at the Window'', directed by Wilfred Noy, starring C. Aubrey Smith and Gladys Jennings, based on the stage play by F. Brooke Warren
* ''
The Fordington Twins'' directed by
W.P. Kellino
*''
General Post'' directed by
Thomas Bentley; starring
Douglas Munro,
Lilian Braithwaite
*''The Great London Mystery'', a 12-chapter serial directed by Charles Raymond for T&P Films, starring David Devant and Lady Doris Stapleton; features a Yellow Peril menace called Ching Ling Fu.
*''
The Lure of Crooning Water'' directed by
Arthur Rooke; starring
Guy Newall and
Ivy Duke
*''
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story'' directed by
A.V. Bramble; starring
Mary Odette
*''The Price of Silence'' (aka ''At the Mercy of Tiberius''), directed by Fred Leroy Granville, starring Peggy Hyland and Campbell Gullan
[Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.]
*''
A Son of David'' directed by
Hay Plumb; starring
Ronald Colman
*''
Trent's Last Case'' directed by
Richard Garrick; starring
Gregory Scott,
Pauline Peters and
Clive Brook
*''
The Twelve Pound Look'' directed by
Jack Denton; starring
Milton Rosmer
Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his screen debut in ''The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956. In ...
*''The Yellow Claw'', directed by Rene Plaisetty, starring Arthur Cullin and Cyril Percival; based on the 1915 novel by Sax Rohmer featuring a criminal Asian menace named Mr. King.
[Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 231. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.]
United States
:For a complete list see: ''
List of American films of 1920''
A
*''Along the Moonbeam Trail'', contained animated dinosaur sequences by
Willis O'Brien[Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. . Page 108.]
*''
April Folly'', directed by
Robert Z. Leonard, starring
Marion Davies and
Conway Tearle
B
* ''Black Shadows'', directed by Howard M. Mitchell
C
*''
The Copperhead'', directed by
Charles Maigne, starring
Lionel Barrymore
D
* ''
The Dark Mirror'', directed by
Charles Giblyn, starring
Dorothy Dalton, based on the story by
Louis Joseph Vance[Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. . Page 109.]
*''
The Devil's Pass Key'' (lost), directed by
Erich von Stroheim, starring
Mae Busch
*''
The Devil to Pay'', directed by
Ernest C. Warde, based on a 1917 novel by
Frances Nimmo Greene
*''
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', directed by
John S. Robertson, starring
John Barrymore
*''
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', directed by
J. Charles Haydon, starring
Sheldon Lewis
*''
The Dream Cheater'', directed by
Ernest C. Warde, starring
J. Warren Kerrigan, based on the 1831 novel ''
La Peau de chagrin'' by
Honoré de Balzac
F
* ''
The Flapper'', directed by
Alan Crosland, starring
Olive Thomas
G
*''
The Girl in Number 29'' (lost), directed by
John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...
, starring
Frank Mayo
*''
Go and Get It'', directed by
Marshall Neilan and Henry Roberts Symonds
H
*''
Haunted Spooks'', directed by
Alfred J. Goulding and
Hal Roach, starring
Harold Lloyd
*''
His Brother's Keeper'' (lost), directed by
Wilfred North[Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. . Page 118.]
*''
The House of the Tolling Bell'', directed by
J. Stuart Blackton, starring
May McAvoy and
Bruce Gordon, based on the novel by Edith Sessions Tupper
*''
The House of Whispers'' (lost), directed by
Ernest C. Warde, starring
J. Warren Kerrigan, based on the 1918 novel by
William Andrew Johnston
*''
Huckleberry Finn'', directed by
William Desmond Taylor
William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner; 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Anglo-Irish-American film director and actor. A popular figure in the growing Cinema of the United States, Hollywood motion picture colony o ...
, starring
Lewis Sargent
I
*''
If I Were King'', directed by
J. Gordon Edwards, starring
William Farnum
J
*''
The Jack-Knife Man'', directed by
King Vidor
King Wallis Vidor ( ; February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose 67-year film-making career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. His works are distinguished by a vivid, ...
*''
Judy of Rogue's Harbor'' (lost), directed by
William Desmond Taylor
William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner; 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Anglo-Irish-American film director and actor. A popular figure in the growing Cinema of the United States, Hollywood motion picture colony o ...
, starring
Mary Miles Minter
L
*''
Lady Rose's Daughter'' (lost), directed by
Hugh Ford, starring
Elsie Ferguson
*''
The Last of the Mohicans'', 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 ...
and
Clarence Brown, starring
Wallace Beery and
Barbara Bedford
*''
The Love Flower'', directed by
D. W. Griffith, starring
Richard Barthelmess and
Carol Dempster
*''
Love Without Question'' (lost), directed by
B. A. Rolfe, starring
Olive tell, based on the 1917 novel ''The Abandoned Room'' by Charles Wadsworth Camp
*''
Luring Shadows'', directed by
Joseph Levering
M
*''
The Mark of Zorro'', directed by
Fred Niblo, starring
Douglas Fairbanks,
Marguerite De La Motte and
Noah Beery Sr.
*''
The Master Mind'', directed by
Kenneth Webb, starring
Lionel Barrymore
*''
The Mollycoddle'', directed by
Victor Fleming
Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were the historical drama ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'', for which he won an A ...
, starring
Douglas Fairbanks and
Wallace Beery
*''
The Mystery Mind'', a 15-chapter serial directed by
William S. Davis and Fred Sittenham
N
*''
Nomads of the North'', directed by
David Hartford and
James Oliver Curwood, starring
Lon Chaney,
Betty Blythe and
Lewis Stone
O
*''
Old Lady 31'', directed by
John Ince, starring
Emma Dunn
*''
One Hour Before Dawn'', directed by
Henry King, starring
H. B. Warner and
Anna Q. Nilsson[Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. . Page 119.]
*''
Outside the Law'', directed by
Tod Browning, starring
Priscilla Dean and
Lon Chaney
*''
Over the Hill to the Poorhouse'', directed by
Harry F. Millarde
P
*''
The Penalty'', directed by
Wallace Worsley, starring
Lon Chaney, based on the pulp novel by
Gouverneur Morris
*''
The Phantom Foe'', a 15-chapter serial directed by
Bertram Millhauser, starring
Juanita Hansen and
Warner Oland[Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.]
*''
The Phantom Melody'' (lost), directed by
Douglas Gerrard, starring
Monroe Salisbury[Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. . Page 122.]
*''
Pollyanna'', directed by
Paul Powell, 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 ...
R
*''
The Restless Sex'', directed by
Robert Z. Leonard, starring
Marion Davies
*''
Romance'' (lost), directed by
Chester Withey
S
*''
The Screaming Shadow'' (lost), a 15-chapter serial directed by
Ben F. Wilson and
Duke Worne
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*''
Sex'', directed by
Fred Niblo, starring
Louise Glaum
*''
Shipwrecked Among Cannibals'' (lost), documentary film directed by William F. Adler
*''
Something to Think About'', directed by
Cecil B. DeMille, starring
Gloria Swanson
*''
Stolen Moments'', directed by
James Vincent, starring
Marguerite Namara and
Rudolph Valentino
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*''
Suds'', directed by
John Francis Dillon, 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 ...
T
*''
Treasure Island'' (lost), directed by
Maurice Tourneur
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Life
Born Maurice Félix Thomas in the Épinettes district (17th arrondissement of Paris), his father was a w ...
, starring
Lon Chaney and
Shirley Mason
W
*''
Way Down East'', directed by
D. W. Griffith, starring
Lillian Gish and
Richard Barthelmess
*''
Within Our Gates'', directed by
Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and c ...
, starring
Evelyn Preer
*''
Why Change Your Wife?'', directed by
Cecil B. DeMille, starring
Gloria Swanson,
Thomas Meighan and
Bebe Daniels
Film serials
*''
The Son of Tarzan'', a 15-chapter film series
Short film series
*''
Harold Lloyd'' (1913–1951)
**''
An Eastern Westerner''
**''
Get Out and Get Under''
**''
Haunted Spooks''
**''
High and Dizzy''
**''
His Royal Slyness''
**''
Number, Please?''
*''
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 ...
'' (1917–1941)
**''
The Garage''
**''
One Week''
**''
The Saphead''
**''
Convict 13''
**''
The Scarecrow''
**''
Neighbors''
Animated short film series
The following is a list of animated shorts of the year 1920 that belong to series that lasted several years.
*''
Felix the Cat'' (1919–1936)
**''A Frolic with Felix'' (January 25, 1920)
**''Felix the Big Game Hunter'' (February 22, 1920)
**''Wrecking a Romeo'' (March 7, 1920)
**''Felix the Food Controller'' (April 11, 1920)
**''Felix the Pinch Hitter'' (April 18, 1920)
**''Foxy Felix'' (May 16, 1920)
**''A Hungry Hoodoo'' (June 6, 1920)
**''The Great Cheese Robbery'' (June 13, 1920)
**''Felix and the Feed Bag'' (July 18, 1920)
**''Nifty Nurse'' (August 22, 1920)
**''The Circus'' (September 26, 1920)
**''My Hero'' (October 24, 1920)
**''Felix the Landlord'' (November 21, 1920)
**''Felix's Fish Story'' (December 26, 1920)
*''
Out of the Inkwell'' (1918–1929)
A major animated series of the silent era produced 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 ...
from 1918 to 1929 in which it appeared ''
Koko the Clown'':
*''The Boxing Kangaroo''
*''The Chinaman''
*''The Circus''
*''The Ouija Board''
*''The Clown's Little Brother''
*''Perpetual Motion''
*''Poker''
*''The Restaurant''
Births
*January 4 -
Rosalie Crutchley, British 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 ...
)
*January 6 -
Henry Corden, Canadian-American actor (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 ...
)
*January 7
**
Vincent Gardenia, Italian actor (died
1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
* January 6
** The Republ ...
)
**
Witold Sadowy, Polish actor (died
2020
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)
*January 9 -
Clive Dunn, English actor (died 2012)
*January 16 -
Elliott Reid, American 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 ...
)
*January 19 -
Johnny Haymer, American actor (died
1989)
*January 20
**
DeForest Kelley
Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999) was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer. He was known for his roles in film and television Western (genre), Westerns and achieved international fame as Dr. Leonard McCoy ...
, actor (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 ...
)
**
Federico Fellini, film director (died
1993)
*January 24 -
Jerry Maren, American actor (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 ...
)
*January 27 –
John Box, production designer, four-time
Oscar winner (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 ...
)
*January 30
**
Michael Anderson, director (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 ...
)
**
Delbert Mann, director (died
2007)
*February 8 –
Bengt Ekerot, Swedish actor and director (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 ...
)
*February 11 –
Billy Halop
William Halop (February 11, 1920 – November 9, 1976) was an American actor.
Early life
Halop was born to Benjamin Cohen Halop and Lucille Elizabeth Halop on February 11, 1920.
Halop came from a theatrical family; his mother was a dancer, and ...
, actor (died
1976
Events January
* January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
)
*February 26 –
Tony Randall, actor (died
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
)
*February 29 –
Michèle Morgan, actress (died
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
)
*March 3 –
James Doohan, actor (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 ...
)
*March 6 –
Lewis Gilbert, director (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 ...
)
*March 16 –
Leo McKern
Reginald "Leo" McKern (16 March 1920 – 23 July 2002) was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British, Australian and American television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. His notable roles include Clang in ...
, actor (died
2002)
*March 19 –
Paul Hagen, Danish actor (died
2003)
*March 22
**
Werner Klemperer, German 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 ...
)
**
Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (died
1981)
**
Francis Rigaud, French director, writer and producer
*April 1
**
Toshiro Mifune, actor (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 ...
)
**
Susanna Ramel, Swedish 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 ...
)
*April 2 –
Jack Webb, actor (died
1982)
*April 17 -
Arnold Yarrow, British actor and screenwriter (died
2024
The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
)
*April 20 –
Gianrico Tedeschi, actor (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 ...
)
*April 28 -
John Strauss, American composer (died
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
)
*May 2
**
John Boswall, British actor (died
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
)
**
Preben Neergaard, Danish actor (died
1990)
*May 7 –
Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (died
1985)
*May 11 –
Denver Pyle, actor (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 ...
)
*May 16 –
Martine Carol, actress (died
1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
)
*May 20 –
Virginia Vale, actress (died
2006)
*May 26
**
John Dall, American 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 ...
)
**
Peggy Lee, singer, songwriter, actress (died
2002)
*May 29 –
Clifton James, actor (died
2017)
*June 1 -
Alethea McGrath, Australian actress and comedian (died
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
)
*June 12 –
Jim Siedow, American actor (died
2003)
*June 13 –
Rex Everhart, 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 ...
)
*June 15 –
Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (died
2003)
*June 17 –
Setsuko Hara, Japanese film actress (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 ...
)
*June 18 –
Ian Carmichael, English stage, film and television 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 ...
)
*June 25 -
Lassie Lou Ahern, American actress (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 ...
)
*June 29 –
Ray Harryhausen, producer, visual effects artist (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 ...
)
*July 1 –
Harold Sakata, American film actor (died
1982)
*July 5 -
Viola Harris, American actress (died
2017)
*July 11 –
Yul Brynner, actor (died
1985)
*July 12 –
Keith Andes, American actor (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 ...
)
*July 16 –
Phillip Pine, American actor (died
2006)
*July 28 –
Andrew V. McLaglen, film & TV director, son of
Victor McLaglen (died 2014)
*July 29 –
Rodolfo Acosta, actor (died
1974)
*July 31 –
Franca Valeri, 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 ...
)
*August 1 -
Victor Millan, 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 ...
)
*August 6 –
Ella Raines, actress (died
1988)
*August 8 -
Dominique Marcas, French actress (died
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
)
*August 11 -
Mike Douglas, American singer, television host and actor (died
2006)
*August 13 –
Neville Brand, actor (died
1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
* January 6
** The Republ ...
)
*August 17 –
Maureen O'Hara, actress (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 ...
)
*August 18 –
Shelley Winters, actress (died
2006)
*August 19 -
Hugh Manning, English actor (died
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
)
*August 22 –
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury ( ; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, Horror fiction, horr ...
, writer (died
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
)
*August 30 -
Leonid Shvartsman, Russian animator (died
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
)
*August 31
**
James Lanphier, American actor (died
1969)
**
G. D. Spradlin, American actor (died
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
)
*September 1 -
Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (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 ...
)
*September 13 -
John Crawford, American 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 ...
)
*September 18 –
Jack Warden, actor (died
2006)
*September 23 –
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nearly nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last survivi ...
, 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 ...
)
*September 26 –
Barbara Britton, actress (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 27 –
William Conrad, 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 ...
)
*October 1 –
Walter Matthau, 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 ...
)
*October 9 -
Jason Wingreen, American actor (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 ...
)
*October 10 -
Noah Keen, actor (died
2019)
*October 13 –
Laraine Day, actress (died
2007)
*October 15 -
Mario Puzo
Mario Francis Puzo (; ; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably ''The Godfather (novel), The Godfather'' (1969), which h ...
, American author and screenwriter (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 ...
)
*October 17 –
Montgomery Clift, actor (died
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
)
*October 18 –
Melina Mercouri, actress (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 ...
)
*October 19 -
LaWanda Page, American actress and comedian (died
2002)
*October 21
**
Hy Averback
Hyman Jack Averback (October 21, 1920 – October 14, 1997) was an American radio, television, and film actor who eventually became a producer and director.
Early years
Born in Minneapolis, Averback moved to California with his family when he w ...
, actor (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 ...
)
**
Ruth Terry
Ruth Mae Terry (born Ruth Mae McMahon, October 21, 1920 – March 11, 2016) was an American singer and actress in film and television from the 1930s to the 1960s. She claimed her stage name came from Walter Winchell, who combined the names ...
, actress, singer (died
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
)
*October 22 –
Mitzi Green, actress (died
1969)
*October 27 –
Nanette Fabray, actress (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 ...
)
*October 29 -
Hilda Bernard, Argentine actress (died
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
)
*November 10 –
Jennifer Holt, 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 ...
)
*November 13 –
Jack Elam, actor (died
2003)
*November 19 –
Gene Tierney, actress (died
1991)
*November 21 –
Ralph Meeker, actor (died
1988)
*November 25
**
Shelagh Fraser, English actress (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 ...
)
**
Ricardo Montalbán, 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 ...
)
**
Noel Neill, actress (died
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
)
*November 26 -
Daniel Petrie, Canadian director (died
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
)
*November 30 –
Virginia Mayo, 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 ...
)
*December 7 –
Frances Gifford, actress (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 ...
)
*December 29 –
Viveca Lindfors, actress (died
1995)
*December 30 –
Jack Lord, actor (died
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
)
*December 31 –
Rex Allen, American cowboy actor, singer (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 ...
)
Deaths
* January 31 –
Gilda Langer, 23, German actress
* February 11 –
Gaby Deslys, 38, French actress, dancer, singer
* February 17 –
Thomas Commerford, 64, American veteran character actor
* March 2 –
Harry Solter, 46, American actor
* April 12 –
Walter Edwards, 50, American director
* April 25 –
Clarine Seymour, 21, American actress
* May 22 –
Hal Reid, 59, American actor & director (father of
Wallace Reid)
* June 14 –
Gabrielle Réjane, 64, stage and film actress
* August 1 –
Eugene Gaudio, 33, Italian born cinematographer (brother of
Tony Gaudio)
* August 2 –
Ormer Locklear, 29, American stunt flier
* August 13 – Gladys Field, 31, actress (died in childbirth)
* August 28 –
Suzanne Grandais, 27, French actress
* September 5 –
Robert Harron, 27, American actor
* September 10 –
Olive Thomas, 25, American actress
* November 19 –
Will S. Davis, 38, American film director
* December 9 –
Mollie McConnell, 55, American actress
Film debuts
*
Madge Bellamy – ''
The Riddle: Woman''
*
Noah Beery Jr. – ''
The Mark of Zorro''
*
Charles Boyer – ''
L'homme du large''
*
Edward Brophy – ''
Yes or No?''
*
Bud Geary – ''
What Would You Do?''
*
Vera Gordon – ''
Humoresque''
*
Ralf Harolde – ''
Headin' Home''
*
Barbara La Marr – ''
Harriet and the Piper''
*
Cyril McLaglen – ''
The Call of the Road''
*
Victor McLaglen – ''The Call of the Road''
*
Charles Middleton – ''Wits vs. Wits''
*
Eva Moore – ''The Law Divine''
*
Margaret Morris – ''
Her First Elopement''
*
Nita Naldi – ''
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''
*
Claude Rains
William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was a British and American actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. He was the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Academy Award nominations for Academy Award for Best Supp ...
– ''
Build Thy House''
*
Max Schreck – ''
The Mayor of Zalamea''
*
Bob Steele – ''
The Adventures of Bill and Bob''
*
Clarence Wilson – ''
Duds''
Films set in 1920
There are films released in later years whose plot is developed totally or partially in 1920:
*''
Manhattan Melodrama'' (1934)
*''
Winterset'' (1936)
*''
The Road Back'' (1937)
*''
Clash of Loyalties'' (1938)
*''
Three Comrades'' (1938)
*''
Hostile Whirlwinds'' (1953): Film portrays the first years of
Soviet government, biography of
Felix Dzerzhinsky in 1918–1921.
*''
Kappalottiya Thamizhan'' (1961)
*''
The Ball of Count Orgel'' (1970): Set in 1920, the Comte hosts a soirée and dance for the upper echelons of Parisian
society
A society () is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. ...
.
*''
Vengeance'' (1970): The film is set in 1920
Peking, and centers on a
revenge
Revenge is defined as committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Vengeful forms of justice, such as primitive justice or retributive justice, are often differentiated from more fo ...
plight of Chiang.
*''
Reds'' (1981)
*''
Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984):
David "Noodles" Aaronson struggles as a street kid in
Manhattan
Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, larg ...
's
Lower East Side
The Lower East Side, sometimes abbreviated as LES, is a historic neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan in New York City. It is located roughly between the Bowery and the East River from Canal to Houston streets. Historically, it w ...
in 1920.
*''
The Man Who Planted Trees
''The Man Who Planted Trees'' (French title: ''L'homme qui plantait des arbres''), also known as The Story of Elzéard Bouffier, is an Allegory, allegorical tale by French author Jean Giono, published in 1953.
It tells the story of one shepherd' ...
'' (1987)
*''
A Month in the Country'' (1987): Set in rural
Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ...
during the summer of 1920, the film follows a destitute
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
veteran employed to carry out restoration work on a medieval mural discovered in a rural church while coming to terms with the after-effects of the war.
*''
Life and Nothing But'' (1989): Set in October 1920, it tells the story of Major Delaplane, a man whose job is to find the identities of unknown dead soldiers after World War I.
*''
The Treaty'' (1991): The film is about the
Anglo-Irish Treaty that
Michael Collins bargained for with the British government in 1921.
*''
Michael Collins'' (1996)
*''
The Image Makers'' (2000): The drama is set in the year 1920 at
Filmstaden where the film director
Victor Sjöström is shooting the film ''
The Phantom Carriage''.
*''
The Admiral'' (2008)
*''
1920 film series'' (2008–2016)
::''
1920'' (2008)
::''
1920: The Evil Returns'' (2012)
::''
1920: London'' (2016)
*''
Battle of Warsaw 1920'' (2011)
*''
Sunstroke'' (2014)
See also
*
List of American films of 1920
References
External links
List of 1920 filmsat
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