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The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films (U.S.) 3 Films released in 1917 4 Short film series 5 Births 6 Film Debuts 7 Deaths 8 References

[edit] Events

• Foundation of Universum Film AG (UƒA), as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.
• Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced. The first film to use it was The Gulf Between.
• World's first feature-length animated film is made in Argentina by Quirino Cristiani (El Apóstol)
• Movette, another revision of the 17.5 mm film format, is made available.
• Buster Keaton makes his film debut.
• April 25 - Thomas Lincoln Tally, in a meeting in New York, co-founds the First National Exhibitors Circuit. ^[1][2]

[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank	Title	Gross
1.	Cleopatra
2.	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
3.	The Poor Little Rich Girl

[edit] Films released in 1917

• The Man Without a Country, starring Florence La Badie
• The Adventurer, a Charlie Chaplin short.
• The Bad Boy, starring Robert Harron, Mildred Harris and Colleen Moore
• Big Timber
• Bucking Broadway, directed by John Ford.
• The Butcher Boy, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short (Keaton's film debut).
• Camille, starring Theda Bara
• Cleopatra, starring Theda Bara
• Coney Island, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
• The Cure, a Charlie Chaplin short.
• The Dying Swan, a Russian film aka Umirayushchii Lebed
• Easy Street, starring Charlie Chaplin
• El Apóstol, animated by Quirino Cristiani
• Great Expectations, starring Jack Pickford
• The Gulf Between
• His Wedding Night, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
• Her Right to Live, starring Peggy Hyland, Antonio Moreno, Mae Costello and John S. Robertson, directed by Paul Scardon
• The Immigrant, starring Charlie Chaplin
• Joan the Woman, starring Geraldine Farrar; directed by Cecil B. DeMille
• The Little American, starring Mary Pickford; directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
• A Little Princess, starring Mary Pickford, Norman Kerry and ZaSu Pitts, directed by Marshall Neilan.
• Oh Doctor!, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
• The Poor Little Rich Girl, starring Mary Pickford.
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
• A Reckless Romeo, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle short.
• The Rough House, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
• Straight Shooting, directed by John Ford.
• Teddy at the Throttle, a Keystone comedy with Gloria Swanson.
• Terje Vigen
• Tom Sawyer, starring Jack Pickford
• The Tornado, directed by John Ford (his debut)
• The Wild Girl, starring Eva Tanguay and Thomas J. Moore

[edit] Short film series

• Harold Lloyd (1913-1921)
• Charlie Chaplin (1914-1923
• Buster Keaton (1917-1941)

[edit] Births

• January 5 - Jane Wyman, actress (d. 2007)
• January 2 - Vera Zorina, dancer, actress (d. 2003)
• January 10 - Hilde Krahl, actress (d. 1999)
• January 24 - Ernest Borgnine, actor
• February 6 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress
• February 21 - Lucille Bremer, actress (d. 1996)
• March 12 - Googie Withers, actress
• March 22 - Virginia Grey, actress (d. 2004)
• April 14 - Valerie Hobson, actress (d. 1998)
• April 29 - Maya Deren, experimental filmmaker (d. 1961)
• May 1 - Danielle Darrieux, actress
• May 10 - Margo, actress (d. 1985)
• May 21 - Raymond Burr, actor (d. 1993)
• May 25 - Steve Cochran, actor (d. 1965)
• June 7 - Dean Martin, singer, actor (d. 1995)
• April 29 - Celeste Holm, actress
• June 30 - Lena Horne, singer, actress
• July 17 - Phyllis Diller, comedian, actress
• August 6 - Robert Mitchum, actor (d. 1997)
• August 25 - Mel Ferrer, actor (d. 2008)
• September 9 - Rolf Wenkhaus, actor (d. 1942)
• September 11 - Herbert Lom, actor
• October 7 - June Allyson, actress (d. 2006)
• October 7 - Helmut Dantine, actor (d. 1982)
• October 17 - Alice Pearce, actress (d. 1966)
• October 17 - Marsha Hunt, U.S. actress
• October 22 - Joan Fontaine, actress
• November 4 - Virginia Field, actress (d. 1992)
• December 7 - Hurd Hatfield, actor (d. 1998)
• December 22 - Frankie Darro, actor (d. 1976)

[edit] Film Debuts

• Marion Davies
• Buster Keaton
• Elsie Ferguson
• Mary Garden
• Marjorie Rambeau
• Bela Lugosi

[edit] Deaths

• February 21 - Fred Mace, actor & comedian
• July 2 - Herbert Beerbohm Tree, stage & screen star
• October 13 - Florence La Badie, pioneer actress
• October 25 - Jack Standing, silent film actor, age 30, son of Herbert Standing and brother of Guy Standing & Wyndham Standing.
• December 20 - Eric Campbell, actor & a main member of Charles Chaplin's stock company.

[edit] References

1. ^ Films of the Golden Age
2. ^ First National filmography