This is an overview of 1921 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top nine films released in 1921 by U.S. gross are as follows:

Events

*January 21 – The silent

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'' The Kid'', written by, produced by, directed by and starring

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 ...

(in his Tramp character) – his first full-length film as a director – and featuring Jackie Coogan, is released in the United States. It is the year's second-highest-grossing film. *March 6 – The silent epic war film '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', adapted for the screen by June Mathis, is released in the United States. It is the year's highest-grossing film (and the sixth-best-grossing silent film of all time), propels Rudolph Valentino to stardom and inspires a tango craze and a fashion for gaucho pants. *July 1 – The silent crime

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'' Yan Ruisheng'' is the first full-length feature film made in China to be released; although commercially successful it is banned within 2 years and believed lost. *August 29 – Broadway's first $1 million theatre, Loew's State opens. *September 5 – Popular comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle attends a party at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, during which actress Virginia Rappe is fatally injured; although he is eventually acquitted of rape and manslaughter, the scandal derails his career. *October 21 – George Melford's silent film '' The Sheik'', which enhances leading actor Rudolph Valentino's international reputation as a Latin lover, is premiered in Los Angeles. Within the first year of its release, it exceeds $1 million in ticket sales. *October 26 – The Chicago Theatre, which will be the oldest surviving French-style Baroque Revival grand movie palace, opens. *The experimental short documentary film '' Manhatta'' is shot by painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand in New York City.

Notable films released in 1921

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unless stated.

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*'' The Ace of Hearts'', directed by Wallace Worsley, starring Lon Chaney and

Leatrice Joy Leatrice Joy (born Leatrice Johanna Zeidler; November 7, 1893 – May 13, 1985) was an American actress most prolific during the silent film era. Early life Joy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to dentist Edward Joseph Zeidler. She at ...

*'' Action'' (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 Hoot Gibson *'' The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick'' (lost), directed by Thomas Bentley, starring Frederick Volpe – ( GB) *'' The Adventures of Tarzan'', 15-part serial directed by Robert F. Hill and Scott Sidney, starring Elmo Lincoln *'' The Affairs of Anatol'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Wallace Reid and Gloria Swanson *'' After Midnight'', directed by

Ralph Ince Ralph Waldo Ince (January 16, 1887 – April 10, 1937) was an American pioneer film actor, director and screenwriter whose career began near the dawn of the silent film, silent film era. Ralph Ince was the brother of John Ince (actor), John E. I ...

*'' After Your Own Heart'', directed by George Marshall, starring Tom Mix *'' All Soul's Eve'' (lost), directed by Chester M. Franklin, starring Mary Miles Minter and Jack Holt, based on the 1920 stage play by Anne Crawford FlexnerWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2. *'' Among Those Present'', directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, starring Harold Lloyd *'' L'Atlantide'', directed by Jacques Feyder, based on the 1919

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by Pierre BenoitWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2. – (

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)

B

*'' Die Bergkatze (The Wild Cat)'', directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Pola Negri and Paul Heidemann – (

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) *'' The Bigamist'', starring and directed by Guy Newall with Ivy Duke – ( GB) *'' The Blot'', directed by Lois Weber *'' The Boat'', directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton *'' The Bonnie Brier Bush'' (lost), starring and directed by

Donald Crisp Donald William Crisp (27 July 188225 May 1974) was an English people, English film actor as well as an early producer, director and screenwriter. His career lasted from the early silent film era into the 1960s. He won an Academy Award for Best S ...

– ( GB) *'' Brewster's Millions'' (lost), directed by Joseph Henabery, starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle *'' Brownie's Little Venus'', directed by Fred Fishback, starring Baby Peggy *'' Buried Treasure'', directed by George D. Baker, starring Marion Davies and Norman Kerry

C

*'' The Call of Youth'' (lost), directed by Hugh Ford *'' Camille'', directed by Ray C. Smallwood, starring Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino *'' The Case of Becky'', directed by Chester M. Franklin, starring Constance Binney, based on the 1912 stage play by David Belasco and Edward Locke *'' A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' (lost), directed by Emmett J. Flynn *'' The Conquering Power'', directed by Rex Ingram, starring Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry

D

*'' Desire (Sehnsucht)'' (lost), directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Conrad Veidt – (

) *'' Destiny (Der müde Tod)'', directed by Fritz Lang, starring Lil Dagover and Rudolf Klein-Rogge – (

) * '' The Devil'', directed by James Young, starring George Arliss, based on the 1908 stage play by Ferenc MolnárWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2. *'' Disraeli'' (lost), directed by Henry Kolker, starring George Arliss *'' The Dollar-a-Year Man'' (lost), directed by James Cruze, starring Roscoe "Fatty" ArbuckleKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. . Page 124.

E

*''El Capullo Marchito'', directed by José Nepomuceno – (

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) *'' El Dorado'', directed by Marcel L'Herbier – (

) *'' Enchantment'', directed by Robert G. Vignola, starring Marion Davies *''

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'' (lost), directed by George Fitzmaurice, starring Richard Barthelmess

F

*'' The Fire Eater'', directed by B. Reeves Eason, starring Hoot Gibson *'' Fool's Paradise'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Conrad Nagel and Mildred Harris *'' Forever'' (lost), directed by George Fitzmaurice, starring Elsie Ferguson and Wallace Reid *'' The Four Feathers'', directed by René Plaissetty – ( GB) *'' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', directed by Rex Ingram, starring Rudolph Valentino

G

*'' The Goat'', directed by Mal St. Clair and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton *'' The Ghost in the Garret'' (lost), directed by F. Richard Jones, starring Dorothy Gish *''Godfather Death (Der Gevatter Tod)'', directed by

Heinz Hanus Heinz Hanus (24 May 1882 – 16 March 1972) was an Austrian actor and film director. He directed 21 films between 1908 and 1929. His younger brother was actor and film director Emmerich Hanus Emmerich Hanus (24 August 1884 – 20 Nov ...

, based on the 1884 short story ''Der Pate des Todes'' by Rudolf Baumbach – (

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

) * '' Das grinsende Gesicht'' (), directed by Julius Herska, based on the 1869 novel '' The Man Who Laughs'' by Victor Hugo – (

) *'' The Gunsaulus Mystery'' (lost), written and 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 ...

H

*'' Hail the Woman'', directed by John Griffith Wray, starring Florence Vidor *'' The Haunted Castle (Schloß Vogelöd)'', directed by F. W. Murnau, based on the novel by Rudolf Stratz – (

) *'' The Haunted House'', directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton *'' The High Sign'', directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton *'' His Brother's Keeper'' (lost), directed by Wilfrid NorthWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2. *'' L'Homme qui vendit son âme au diable (The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil)'', directed by Pierre Caron – (

) *'' The Hound of the Baskervilles'', directed by

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, starring Eille Norwood – ( GB) *'' Humor Risk'' (unreleased), directed by Dick Smith, starring the Marx Brothers

I

*'' The Idle Class'', a Charles Chaplin short *'' The Indian Tomb (Das Indische Grabmal)'', directed by Joe May, starring Conrad Veidt – (

) *'' The Island of the Lost (Die Insel der Verschollenen)'', directed by Urban Gad, based on the 1896 novel '' The Island of Doctor Moreau'' by

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without authorization – (

)

J

*'' Jane Eyre'', directed by Hugo Ballin, starring Norman Trevor and Mabel Ballin, based on the 1847

by Charlotte Brontë *'' Jánošík'', directed by Jaroslav Jerry Siakeľ – (

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) *'' Jim the Penman'', directed by Kenneth Webb, starring Lionel Barrymore *'' Journey into the Night (Der Gang in die Nacht)'', directed by F. W. Murnau – (

)

K

*'' The Kid'', a

film, with Jackie Coogan *'' Kipps'', directed by Harold M. Shaw, starring George K. Arthur, based on the 1905

L

*'' Land of My Fathers'' directed by Fred Rains, starring John Stuart – ( GB) *'' Leaves from Satan's Book (Blade af Satans Bog)'', directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer – (

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) *'' Little Lord Fauntleroy'', directed by Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford, starring Mary Pickford *'' The Lost Shadow (Der Verlorene Schatten)'' (lost), directed by Rochus Gliese, starring Paul WegenerKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. . Page 126. – (

) *'' The Lotus Eater'' (lost), directed by Marshall Neilan, starring John Barrymore and Colleen Moore *'' The Love Light'', directed by Frances Marion, starring Mary Pickford * '' Lucky Carson'' (lost), directed by Wilfrid North, starring Earle Williams *'' The Lucky Dog'', directed by Jess Robbins, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

M

*'' Mathias Sandorf'', directed by Henri Fescourt, starring Romuald Joubé – (

) *'' The Mechanical Man (L'uomo meccanico)'' (lost), starring and directed by André Deed – (

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) *'' A Message From Mars'', directed by Maxwell Karger, starring Bert Lytell *'' A Midnight Bell'' (lost), starring and directed by Charles Ray, based on the 1889 stage play by Charles H. Hoyt *'' Miss Lulu Bett'', directed by William C. deMille, starring Lois Wilson and Milton Sills *'' Il mostro di Frankenstein (The Monster of Frankenstein)'' (lost), directed by Eugenio Testa – (

)

N

*'' Never Weaken'', directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, starring Harold Lloyd *'' The Nut'', directed by Theodore Reed, starring Douglas Fairbanks and Marguerite De La Motte

O

*'' The Offenders'' (lost), directed by Fenwicke Holmes *'' Orphans of the Storm'', directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish *'' The Other Person (Onder spiritistischen dwang)'', directed by

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and B. E. Doxat-Pratt, based on the 1920 novel by Fergus HumeWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2. – (

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/ GB)

P

*'' The Painting of Osvaldo Mars (Il quadro di Osvaldo Mars)'', directed by Guido Brignone, starring Mercedes Brignone – (

) *'' Pan Twardowski'', directed by Wiktor Biegański – (

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) *'' The Passion Flower'', directed by Herbert Brenon, starring Norma Talmadge *'' Peck's Bad Boy'', directed by Sam Wood, starring Jackie Coogan *'' The Phantom Carriage'' (aka ''Korkarlen''/ ''The Wagoner''), directed by Victor Sjostrom, starring Sjostrom, Hilda Borgstrom and Tore Svennberg, based on the 1912 novel '' Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!'' by Selma Lagerlof; this film influenced the later works of Ingmar BergmanWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2. – (

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) *'' The Playhouse'', directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring Buster Keaton

Q

*'' The Queen of Sheba'' (lost), directed by J. Gordon Edwards, starring Betty Blythe

S

*'' A Sailor-Made Man'', directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, starring Harold Lloyd *'' School Days'', directed by William Nigh, starring Wesley Barry *'' Sentimental Tommy'' (lost), directed by John S. Robertson, starring Gareth Hughes *'' Seven Years Bad Luck'', a Max Linder film *'' The Sheik'', directed by George Melford, starring Agnes Ayres and Rudolph Valentino *'' The Silver Lining'', directed by Roland West, starring Jewel Carmen *'' The Sky Pilot'', directed by King Vidor, starring Colleen Moore *''Soul of the Cypress'', directed by Dudley Murphy *'' Squibs'', directed by George Pearson, starring Betty Balfour – ( GB) *'' Sybil'' (lost), directed by Jack Denton, starring Evelyn Brent – ( GB)

T

*'' The Three Musketeers'', directed by Fred Niblo, starring Douglas Fairbanks *'' Through the Back Door'', directed by Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford, starring Mary Pickford *'' Tol'able David'', directed by Henry King, starring Richard Barthelmess *'' Les Trois Mousquetaires (The Three Musketeers)'', directed by Henri Diamant-Berger – (

)

W

*'' Whispering Shadows'', directed by Émile Chautard *'' White and Unmarried'' (lost), directed by Tom Forman, starring Thomas Meighan *'' Why Girls Leave Home'' (lost), directed by William Nigh, starring Anna Q. Nilsson *'' The Witching Hour'', directed by William Desmond Taylor, starring Elliott Dexter, adapted from the 1907 stage play by Augustus ThomasKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. . Page 128. *'' Woman's Place'', directed by Victor Fleming, starring Constance Talmadge *'' The Wonderful Thing'', directed by Herbert Brenon, starring Norma Talmadge and Harrison Ford

Comedy film series

*'' Harold Lloyd'' (1913–1938) *''

'' (1914–1940) *'' Lupino Lane'' (1915–1939) *'' Buster Keaton'' (1917–1944) *''

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'' (1921–1945)

Animated short film series

*'' Aesop's Film Fables'' (1921–1934) *'' Felix the Cat'' (1919–1936) *'' Koko the Clown'' (1919–1963)

Births

*January 3 – John Russell, actor (died 1991) *January 10 - George Robotham, American stuntman and actor (died 2007) *January 11 - Kathleen Byron, English actress (died 2009) *January 17 - Herb Ellis, American character actor (died 2018) *January 26 – Elisabeth Kirkby, British-born Australian actress, producer and director *January 27 – Donna Reed, actress (died 1986) *January 31 ** Carol Channing, musical actress (died 2019) ** Mario Lanza, singer and actor (died 1959) *February 1 – Peter Sallis, actor (died 2017) *February 8 – Lana Turner, actress (died 1995) *February 16 – Vera-Ellen, actress, dancer (died 1981) *February 19 – Ann Savage, actress (died 2008) *February 22 – Giulietta Masina, actress (died 1994) *February 23 - Jack Rader, American actor *February 24 – Abe Vigoda, actor (died 2016) *February 26 – Betty Hutton, actress (died 2007) *March 1 - Jack Clayton, British director and producer (died 1995) *March 3 – Diana Barrymore, actress (died 1960) *March 4 – Joan Greenwood, actress (died 1987) *March 5 - Jo de Winter, American actress (died 2016) *March 8 – Alan Hale Jr., actor, restaurateur (died 1990) *March 10 – Charlotte Zucker, actress, mother of Jerry Zucker and David Zucker (died 2007) *March 12 – Gordon MacRae, actor, singer (died 1986) *March 21 - Logan Ramsey, American character actor (died 2000) *March 23 – Geoffrey Chater, English actor (died 2021) *March 25 ** Nancy Kelly, American actress (died 1995) ** Simone Signoret, French actress (died 1985) *March 26 – Julie Harris, English costume designer (died 2015) *March 28 – Dirk Bogarde, English actor (died 1999) *April 1 – Arieh Elias, Israeli actor (died 2015) *April 3 – Jan Sterling, American actress (died 2004) *April 4 - Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (died 2015) *April 7 – Bill Butler, American cinematographer (died 2023) *April 10 – Chuck Connors, American actor (died 1992) *April 16 – Peter Ustinov, British actor (died 2004) *April 23 ** Janet Blair, American actress (died 2007) ** Gerald Campion, English actor (died 2002) *April 29 – Tommy Noonan, American actor, screenwriter, producer (died 1968) *May 2 – Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker (died 1992) *May 16 - Harry Carey Jr., American actor (died 2012) *May 23 ** Grigori Chukhrai, Ukrainian film director (died 2001) ** Ray Lawler, Australian actor (died 2024) *May 29 - Elizabeth Kelly, British retired actress *May 30 - Jamie Uys, South African film director (died 1996) *May 31 – Alida Valli, actress (died 2006) *June 8 ** Sheila Ryan, actress (died 1975) ** Alexis Smith, actress (died 1993) *June 18 – Wesley Lau, actor (died 1984) *June 19 – Louis Jourdan, actor (died 2015) *June 21 ** Judy Holliday, born Judith Tuvim, actress (died 1965) ** Jane Russell, actress (died 2011) *July 2 - Maria Britneva, Russian-British actress (died 1994) *July 3 – Susan Peters, actress (died 1952) *July 5 – Patricia Wright, American former actress *July 6 ** Nancy Reagan, born Anne Robbins, actress and First Lady of the United States (died 2016) ** Bill Shirley, American actor and singer (died 1989) *July 10 – Jeff Donnell, American actress (died 1988) *July 17 – František Zvarík, Slovakian actor (died 2008) *July 21 - Al Checco, American actor (died 2015) *July 23 – Robert Brown, actor (died 2003) *August 3 – Marilyn Maxwell, actress (died 1972) *August 8 – Esther Williams, actress, swimmer (died 2013) *August 11 - Tad Horino, American actor (died 2002) *August 19 **Pasquale Cajano, Italian-American actor (died 2000) ** Gene Roddenberry, screenwriter and producer (died 1991) *August 28 – Nancy Kulp, actress, comedienne (died 1991) *September 8 – Harry Secombe, actor, singer (died 2001) *September 15 - James Jeter, American actor (died 2007) *September 27 – Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director (died 2014) *September 30 – Deborah Kerr, actress (died 2007) *October 1 - James Whitmore, American actor (died 2009) *October 5 - Nikolay Dupak, Soviet-Russian actor (died 2023) *October 12 - Kenneth Griffith, Welsh actor and documentary filmmaker (died 2006) *October 13 – Yves Montand, singer, actor (died 1991) *November 3 – Charles Bronson, actor (died 2003) *November 5 – Moritz Yomtov, screenwriter (died 1992) *November 8 – Walter Mirisch, American film producer (died 2023) *November 14 - Brian Keith, American actor (died 1997) *November 21 – Vivian Blaine, actor, singer (died 1995) *November 22 – Rodney Dangerfield, actor, comedian (died 2004) *November 23 – Fred Buscaglione, Italian actor and singer (died 1960) *December 1 - Sylvia Kauders, American actress (died 2016) *December 4 – Deanna Durbin, actress (died 2013) *December 11 - Liz Smith, English character actress (died 2016) *December 15 - Nikolai Lebedev, Soviet-Russian actor (died 2022) *December 24 - Mickey Knox, American actor (died 2013) *December 26 ** Steve Allen, actor, composer, comedian, author (died 2000) ** Sean Sullivan, Canadian actor (died 1985)

Deaths

* February 8 – George Formby Sr, 45, British music hall entertainer who appeared in one film (pulmonary tuberculosis) * May 17 – Karl Mantzius, 61, Danish actor, theatre director, writer * June 5 – Georges Feydeau, 58, French playwright, many of whose plays were adapted for the screen (syphilis) * June 11 - Frank R. Mills, 50, American stage and screen actor * June 20 –

George Loane Tucker George Loane Tucker (June 12, 1872 – June 20, 1921) was an Americans, American actor, silent film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer, and Film editor, editor. Career Tucker was born George S. Loane in Chicago to George Loane ...

, 49, American actor, screenwriter and director * July 9 – Robert Broderick, 56, American stage and film actor * September 9 – Virginia Rappe, 30,Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915, Mabel Rapp in entry for Rapp, 07 Jul 1891; citing p.254 no.12677, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,737. American actress * September 17 – Van Dyke Brooke, 62, American actor, screenwriter and film director

Film debuts

* Richard Arlen – '' Ladies Must Live'' * George Arliss – '' The Devil'' * Mary Astor – ''Bullets or Ballots'' * George Bancroft – '' The Journey's End'' * Leslie Banks – ''

'' * Anna-Lisa Baude – '' The Phantom Carriage'' * Helga Brofeldt – ''The Phantom Carriage'' * Julia Cæsar – ''The Phantom Carriage'' * Louis Calhern – '' What's Worth While?'' * Harry Carey Jr. – '' Desperate Trails'' * Billie Dove – '' Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford'' * Willy Fritsch – '' Miss Venus'' * Camilla Horn – ''Kean'' * Selmer Jackson – ''The Supreme Passion'' * Roger Livesey – '' The Four Feathers'' * Carole Lombard – '' A Perfect Crime'' * Fredric March – '' The Great Adventure'' * Patsy Ruth Miller – '' One a Minute'' * Mary Philbin – '' The Blazing Trail'' * Basil Rathbone – '' Innocent'' * Dorothy Revier – ''Life's Greatest Question'' * Frances Robinson – '' Orphans of the Storm'' * Athene Seyler – '' The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick'' * Lilyan Tashman – ''Experience'' * Fred Thomson – '' The Love Light'' * Coy Watson Jr. – ''While the Devil Laughs''

References

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