1919 in film
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Events
- February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists
- Oscar Micheaux releases The Homesteader, starring pioneering African-American actress Evelyn Preer, becoming the first African-American to produce and direct a motion picture.
- Harold Lloyd begins holding test screenings of his films and modifying them based on audience feedback, a technique which is still used today.
Top grossing films
Films released
- Back Stage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
- Barrabas
- Blind Husbands, directed by Erich von Stroheim.
- Bolshevism on Trial, directed by Harley Knoles and backed by Lewis J. Selznick.
- Broken Blossoms starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess; directed by D.W. Griffith.
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, starring Werner Krauss and Conrad Veidt.
- Cinema Week
- Daddy-Long-Legs, starring Mary Pickford.
- A Day's Pleasure, a Charlie Chaplin short.
- Delicious Little Devil, starring Mae Murray and Rudolph Valentino.
- Different From the Others, starring Conrad Veidt; directed by Richard Oswald.
- The Doll
- The Garage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
- The Homesteader
- J'accuse
- Lightening Bryce, starring Jack Hoxie
- The Lost Battalion
- Madame DuBarry, starring Pola Negri and Emil Jannings.
- Male and Female, starring Gloria Swanson; directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
- The Oyster Princess
- The Sentimental Bloke, a feature-length Australian film.
- Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic (documentary)
- Sons of Ingmar
- Sunnyside, a Charlie Chaplin short.
- True Heart Susie, starring Lillian Gish and Bobby Harron.
- When the Clouds Roll By
Short film series
Animated Short film series
- Koko the Clown (1919-1963) (first animated movie cartoon series)
- Felix the Cat (1919-1930)
Births
- January 1 - Carole Landis, actress († 1948)
- January 13 - Robert Stack, actor († 2003)
- January 21 - Jinx Falkenburg, model, actress († 2003)
- January 23 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian, actor († 1962)
- February 5 - Red Buttons, actor
- February 5 - Tim Holt, actor († 1973)
- February 11 - Eva Gabor, actress († 1995)
- February 18 - Jack Palance, actor
- March 2 - Jennifer Jones, actress
- March 29 - Eileen Heckart, actress († 2001)
- April 13 - Howard Keel, actor
- April 29 - Celeste Holm, actress
- May 8 - Lex Barker, actor († 1973)
- May 23 - Betty Garrett, actress
- June 12 - Uta Hagen, actress († 2004)
- June 14 - Sam Wanamaker, director, actor († 1993)
- June 19 - Pauline Kael, film critic († 2001)
- June 19 - Louis Jourdan, actor
- June 29 - Slim Pickens, actor († 1983)
- July 7 - Jon Pertwee, actor († 1996)
- July 26 - Virginia Gilmore, actress († 1986)
- August 2 - Nehemiah Persoff, actor
- August 8 - Dino De Laurentiis, producer
- September 18 - Diana Lewis, actress († 1997)
- September 26 - Barbara Britton, actress († 1980)
- October 5 - Donald Pleasence, actor († 1995)
- November 13 - Mary Beth Hughes, actress († 1995)
- November 14 - Veronica Lake, actress († 1973)
- November 15 - Nova Pilbeam, actress
- November 20 - Evelyn Keyes, actress
Deaths
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