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
- 01 May: Danielle Darrieux, French actress
- MAY 16: George Gaynes, American actor
- MAY 16: Ulrich Matschoss, German actor († 2013)
- MAY 18: James Donald, British actor († 1993)
- MAY 21: Raymond Burr, American actor († 1993)
- MAY 31: Jean Rouch, French film director († 2004)
June
- June 07: Dean Martin, American actor and singer († 1995)
- JUNE 18: Richard Boone, American actor († 1981)
- June 30th: Susan Hayward, American actress († 1975)
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 )