1917 in film
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Events
- 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.
Top grossing films
Films released
- The Adventurer, a Charlie Chaplin short.
- 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.
- Easy Street, starring Charlie Chaplin
- El Apóstol, animated by Quirino Cristiani
- Great Expectations, starring Jack Pickford
- His Wedding Night, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
- 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.
- 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 Torture of Silence
- Wild and Woolly
- The Wild Girl, starring Eva Tanguay and Thomas J. Moore
Short film series
Births
- 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)
- 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)
- June 30 - Lena Horne, singer, actress
- July 17 - Phyllis Diller, comedienne, actress
- August 6 - Robert Mitchum, actor (d. 1997)
- August 25 - Mel Ferrer, actor
- September 11 - Herbert Lom, actor
- October 7 - June Allyson, actress
- October 7 - Helmut Dantine, actor (d. 1982)
- October 13 - Laraine Day, actress
- 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)
Deaths
- October 13 - Florence La Badie, pioneer actress
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