[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)
[edit] Films released in 1921 - $10,000 Under a Pillow, silent film directed by Frank Moser
- 'High Sign', The, directed by Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton
- 'Orace, silent film directed by Bannister Merwin
- The Ace of Hearts, silent film directed by Wallace Worsley
- Across the Divide, silent film directed by John Holloway
- Action (film), silent film directed by John Ford
- Adopting a Bear Cub, silent film directed by John Randolph Bray
- The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick, directed by Thomas Bentley
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, directed by Maurice Elvey
- The Adventures of Tarzan, directed by Robert F. Hill and Scott Sidney
- The Advisor, directed by Jack White
- Afraid of His Wife, directed by Scott Sidney
- After Midnight, directed by Ralph Ince
- After the Dough, directed by Herman C. Raymaker
- After the Show, directed by William C. de Mille
- After Your Own Heart, directed by George Marshall
- The Alarm, directed by Robert F. Hill
- Alfalfa Love, directed by Fred Hibbard
- The Blot
- Brewster's Millions, starring Fatty Arbuckle
- Brownie's Baby Doll, starring Diana Serra Cary
- Brownie's Little Venus, starring Diana Serra Cary
- Bullets or Ballots, the film debut of Mary Astor
- Camille, starring Alla Nazimova, Rudolph Valentino, Rex Cherryman and Patsy Ruth Miller
- The Clean Up, starring Diana Serra Cary
- The Conquering Power
- Danton
- Dracula's Death
- Disraeli
- Every Woman's Problem
- The Fire Eater
- Fool's Paradise, directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Conrad Nagel, Mildred Harris, Theodore Kosloff and Diana Serra Cary
- Forever
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino
- Get-Rich-Quick Peggy, starring Diana Serra Cary
- The Goat
- God's Crucible
- Golfing, starring Diana Serra Cary
- The Gunsaulus Mystery, directed by Oscar Micheaux
- Hail the Woman
- The Haunted Castle
- The Haunted House
- Her Circus Man, starring Diana Serra Cary
- Humor Risk
- The Idle Class
- Jánošík, starring Theodor Pištěk
- The Kid, starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan
- The Kid's Pal, starring Diana Serra Cary
- Little Lord Fauntleroy, starring Mary Pickford
- The Lotus Eater, starring John Barrymore & Colleen Moore
- The Love Light, starring Mary Pickford
- The Lucky Dog, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- The Man Who Laughs
- The Mechanical Man, directed by Andre Deed
- A Muddy Bride, starring Diana Serra Cary
- Der müde Tod (Destiny)
- Never Weaken
- The Offenders
- On Account, starring Diana Serra Cary
- On with the Show, starring Diana Serra Cary
- Orphans of the Storm, starring Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish; directed by D.W. Griffith
- Pals, starring Diana Serra Cary
- The Passion Flower, starring Norma Talmadge
- The Playhouse
- Playmates, starring Diana Serra Cary
- Siciliana − Princess Kanningsten's Necklace, dir.: Imrich Darányi
- The Queen of Sheba
- Sea Shore Shapes, starring Diana Serra Cary
- The Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino
- The Silver Lining
- Teddy's Goat, starring Diana Serra Cary
- The Three Musketeers, starring Douglas Fairbanks
- Third Class Male, starring Diana Serra Cary
- Tol'able David directed by Henry King and starring Richard Barthelmess
- A Week Off, starring Diana Serra Cary
- Woman's Place
- The Wonderful Thing, starring Norma Talmadge
- White and Unmarried
[edit] Short film series [edit] Animated short film series [edit] Births - January 3 - John Russell, actor (d. 1991)
- January 27 - Donna Reed, actress (d. 1986)
- January 31 - Carol Channing, actress
- January 31 - Mario Lanza, singer, actor (d. 1959)
- February 8 - Lana Turner, actress (d. 1995)
- February 11 - Eva Gabor, actress (d. 1995)
- February 16 - Vera-Ellen, actress, dancer (d. 1981)
- February 22 - Giulietta Masina, actress (d. 1994)
- February 26 - Betty Hutton, actress (d. 2007)
- March 3 - Diana Barrymore, actress (d. 1960)
- March 4 - Joan Greenwood, actress (d. 1987)
- March 8 - Cyd Charisse, actress, dancer (d. 2008)
- March 12 - Gordon MacRae, actor, singer (d. 1986)
- March 25 - Simone Signoret, actress (d. 1985)
- March 28 - Dirk Bogarde, actor (d. 1999)
- April 10 - Chuck Connors, actor (d. 1992)
- April 16 - Peter Ustinov, actor (d. 2004)
- May 2 - Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker (d. 1992)
- May 23 - Grigori Chukhrai, Ukrainian film director (d. 2001)
- May 31 - Alida Valli, actress (d. 2006)
- June 8 - Alexis Smith, actress (d. 1993)
- June 21 - Jane Russell, actress
- June 21 - Judy Holliday, actress (d. 1965)
- July 3 - Susan Peters, actress (d. 1952)
- July 23 - Robert Brown, actor (d. 2003)
- August 3 - Marilyn Maxwell, actress (d. 1972)
- September 8 - Harry Secombe, actor, singer (d. 2001)
- September 30 - Deborah Kerr, actress (d. 2007)
- October 13 - Yves Montand, singer, actor (d. 1991)
- November 3 - Charles Bronson, actor (d. 2003)
- November 20 - Phyllis Thaxter, actress
- November 22 - Rodney Dangerfield, actor, comedian (d. 2004)
- November 23 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian actor and singer
- December 4 - Deanna Durbin, actress
- December 26 - Steve Allen, actor, composer, comedian, author (d. 2000)
[edit] Film debuts [edit] Deaths - September 17 - Van Dyke Brooke, veteran film actor
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