1917 in film

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1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as "Classical Hollywood".


Events

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top five 1917 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

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Highest-grossing films of 1917
RankTitleStudioDomestic rentals
1 Cleopatra Fox Film $1,000,000[3]
2 The Little American Paramount $446,236[4]
3 A Romance of the Redwoods $424,718[4]
4 The Woman God Forgot $340,504[4]
5 The Devil Stone $296,031[4]
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Notable films

Films produced in the United States unless stated otherwise

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Theda Bara as Cleopatra

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Advertisement, August 1917

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Selected films with 1917 release dates

United States unless stated

Comedy film series

Births

  • January 2 – Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian ballerina, theatre film actress, and choreographer (died 2003)
  • January 3 – Jesse White, American actor (died 1997)
  • January 5 – Jane Wyman, American actress (died 2007)
  • January 10 – Hilde Krahl, Austrian actress (died 1999)
  • January 21 – Lally Bowers, English actress and singer (died 1984)
  • January 24 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (died 2012)
  • February 6 – Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American socialite and actress (died 2016)
  • February 15 – Sam Kydd, British actor (died 1982)
  • February 16 – George N. Neise, American actor (died 1996)
  • February 21 – Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (died 1996)
  • February 25 – Brenda Joyce, American actress (died 2009)
  • March 2 – Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader (died 1986)
  • March 12 – Googie Withers, English actress and dancer (died 2011)
  • March 22
  • March 23 – Kenneth Tobey, American actor (died 2002)
  • March 30 – Herbert Anderson, American character actor (died 1994)
  • April 2 - Dabbs Greer, American character actor (died 2007)
  • April 9 – Brad Dexter, American actor and film producer (died 2002)
  • April 14 – Valerie Hobson, British actress (died 1998)
  • April 15 – Hans Conried, American actor and comedian (died 1982)
  • April 16 – William Benedict, American actor (died 1999)
  • April 17 – R. G. Armstrong, American character actor and playwright (died 2012)
  • April 28 – Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (died 2006)
  • April 29
  • May 1 – Danielle Darrieux, French actress, singer and dancer (died 2017)
  • May 3 – Leopoldo Trieste, Italian actor, film director and script writer (died 2003)
  • May 5 - June Lang, American actress (died 2005)
  • May 7 - David Tomlinson, English actor and comedian (died 2000)
  • May 10 – Margo, Mexican actress and dancer (died 1985)
  • May 16 – George Gaynes, Dutch-American singer, actor, and voice artist (died 2016)
  • May 18 – James Donald, Scottish actor (died 1993)
  • May 21 – Raymond Burr, Canadian actor (died 1993)
  • May 22 -
  • May 25 – Steve Cochran, American actor (died 1965)
  • June 2 - Max Showalter, American actor and musician (died 2000)
  • June 3 – Leo Gorcey, actor, comedian (died 1969)
  • June 7 – Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and comedian (died 1995)
  • June 8 – George D. Wallace, American actor (died 2005)
  • June 18
  • June 22 – Russell Wade, American actor (died 2006)
  • June 30
    • Lena Horne, American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist (died 2010)
    • Susan Hayward, American actress (died 1975)
  • July 1 – Virginia Dale, American actress (died 1994)
  • July 8 – Faye Emerson, American actress (died 1983)
  • July 17 – Phyllis Diller, American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician and visual artist (died 2012)
  • July 26 – Lorna Gray, American actress (died 2017)
  • July 27 – Bourvil, French actor and singer (died 1970)
  • August 6 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (died 1997)
  • August 8 – Earl Cameron, Bermudian actor (died 2020)
  • August 12 – Marjorie Reynolds, American actress (died 1997)
  • August 13 – Gloria Dickson, American actress (died 1945)
  • August 17 – Gianni Agus, Italian actor (died 1994)
  • August 25 – Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (died 2008)
  • September 9 – Rolf Wenkhaus, German child actor (died 1942)
  • September 11 – Herbert Lom, Czech-British actor (died 2012)
  • September 18 - June Foray, American voice actress (died 2017)
  • October 2 – Charles Drake, American actor (died 1994)
  • October 7
  • October 11 - J. Edward McKinley, American character actor (died 2004)
  • October 16 – Alice Pearce, American actress (died 1966)
  • October 17 – Marsha Hunt, American actress (died 2022)
  • October 22 – Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (died 2013)
  • October 24 – John Alvin, American actor (died 2009)
  • October 26 – Virgílio Teixeira, Portuguese actor (died 2010)
  • November 2 – Ann Rutherford, Canadian-American actress (died 2012)
  • November 4 –
  • November 13 – Robert Sterling, American actor (died 2006)
  • November 30 - Ilse Steppat, German actress (died 1969)
  • December 7 – Hurd Hatfield, American actor (died 1998)
  • December 12 – Margaret Marquis, Canadian-American actress (died 1993)
  • December 13 - John Hart, American actor (died 2009)
  • December 18 - Ossie Davis, American actor, director, writer, and activist (died 2005)
  • December 22 – Frankie Darro, American actor (died 1976)
  • December 28 - Kim Chan, Chinese-American actor and producer (died 2008)

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