1917 in film

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Events

  • Technicolor is used two colors for the first time in the movie The Gulf Between.
  • The film distribution and production company, First National is founded.
  • With the first of four parts of Let there be light! (Directed by Richard Oswald ) comes the first morals or education film in the cinemas.
  • September 12: Foundation of Arnold & Richter Cine Technik ( ARRI ).

Birthdays

January to March

January

February

  • February 05: Yamada Isuzu, Japanese actress († 2012)
  • 06 February: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian actress
  • FEBRUARY 11: Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter († 2007)
  • February 13: Alain perry, French producer ( † 2000)
  • FEBRUARY 21: Lucille Bremer, American actress († 1996)
  • February 22: AD Flowers, American film technician and expert on special effects ( † 2001)
  • FEBRUARY 25: Brenda Joyce, American actress († 2009)

March

April-June

April

  • April 01: Melville Shavelson, American film director and screenwriter († 2007)
  • 07 April: RG Armstrong, American actor († 2012)
  • April 09: Brad Dexter, American actor († 2002)
  • APRIL 16: Barry Nelson, American actor († 2007)
  • APRIL 17: Massimo Dallamano, Italian director († 1976)
  • APRIL 29: Maya Deren, American avant-garde film director and film theorist († 1961)
  • April 29: Celeste Holm, American actress († 2012)
  • APRIL 30: Harry Brown, American screenwriter († 1986)

May

June

July to September

July

  • July 04: Ugo Fasano, an Italian documentary († 2002)
  • July 14: Arthur Laurents, American screenwriter († 2011)
  • JULY 17: Phyllis Diller, American actress († 2012)
  • JULY 20: Paul Hubschmid, Swiss actor († 2002)
  • July 27: Bourvil, French actor († 1970)

August

  • August 06: Robert Mitchum, American actor († 1997)
  • August 16th: François Simon, Swiss actor († 1982)
  • August 23: Tex Williams, American actor and country music singer († 1985)
  • August 25: Mel Ferrer, American actor († 2008)
  • AUGUST 25: Lisbeth Movin, Danish actress and director († 2011)
  • AUGUST 28: Aroldo Tieri, Italian actor († 2006)

September

  • September 02: Armando Trovajoli, Italian composer († 2013)
  • September 11: Herbert Lom, Czech- British actor († 2012)
  • September 20: Fernando Rey, Spanish actor († 1994)
  • September 20: Clarice Taylor, American actress († 2011)

October to December

October

  • 07 October: June Allyson, American actress († 2006)
  • OCTOBER 15: Zoltan Fabri, a Hungarian director († 1994)
  • OCTOBER 17: Marsha Hunt, American actress
  • October 20: Jean -Pierre Melville, French film director († 1973)
  • October 22: Joan Fontaine, American actress († 2013)

November

  • November 04: Leonardo Cimino, American actor († 2012)
  • November 11: Ilse Steppat, German actress († 1969)
  • NOVEMBER 29: Roberto Camardiel, Spanish actor († 1986)

December

  • December 01: John Merivale, Canadian actor († 1990)
  • 04 December: Movita Castenada, American actress
  • 05 December: Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress and singer († 2011)
  • December 22: Freddie Francis, British cinematographer and director († 2007)

Deceased

  • June 22: Yevgeni Bauer, Russian director (* 1865)
  • JULY 2: Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor and theater director (* 1853)
  • DECEMBER 20: Eric Campbell, Scottish actor ( b. 1878 )
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