1920 in film
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- 2.1 January to March
- 2.2 from April to June
- 2.3 July to September
- 2.4 October to December
Events
- February 27: World Premiere of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The resulting directed by Robert Wiene silent film is considered the first production of the famous expressionist film and as a milestone in film history.
- With the 1920 Photoplay Award launched the first Film Award of the World is awarded in the United States.
Film Awards and honors
- Photoplay Award: Humoresque by Frank Borzage
Birthdays
January to March
January
- 09 January: Curth Flatow, German writer († 2011)
- January 20: Federico Fellini, Italian film director († 1993)
- January 20: DeForest Kelley, American actor († 1999)
- JANUARY 28: Mary Becker, German -Swiss actress († 2012)
- January 28: Lewis Wilson, American actor († 2010)
- JANUARY 30: Michael Anderson, British director
- JANUARY 30: Delbert Mann, American film director († 2007)
February
- FEBRUARY 26: Tony Randall, American actor († 2004)
- FEBRUARY 29: Michèle Morgan, French actress
March
- March 02: François Villiers, French film director and screenwriter († 2009)
- March 03: James Doohan, Canadian actor († 2005)
- March 06: Lewis Gilbert, British director
- March 08: Eva Dahl Beck, Swedish actress († 2008)
- March 16: John Addison, British composer († 1998)
- MARCH 16: Tonino Guerra, an Italian screenwriter († 2012)
- MARCH 16: Leo McKern, Australian actor († 2002)
- MARCH 16: Gerhard Wohlgemuth, German composer († 2001)
- MARCH 22: Ross Martin, American actor († 1981)
- MARCH 22: William Travilla, American Costume († 1990)
April-June
April
- April 01: Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor († 1997)
- 04 April: Éric Rohmer, French film director († 2010)
- APRIL 21: Anselmo Duarte, Brazilian director († 2009)
- April 25: Jean Carmet, French actor († 1994)
- APRIL 27: Rudolf Fischer, German puppeteer ( † 1998)
May
- 05 May: Charles H. Schneer, American producer ( † 2009)
- MAY 15: Michel Audiard, French screenwriter and director († 1985)
- May 15: Goffredo Lombardo, Italian producer ( † 2005)
- MAY 16: Martine Carol, French actress († 1967)
- May 30: Franklin J. Schaffner, American film director († 1989)
June
- 06 June: Jan Rubes, Czech- Canadian opera singer and actor († 2009)
- JUNE 13: Eiji Okada, Japanese actor († 1995)
- June 15: Alberto Sordi, Italian actor († 2003)
- June 15: Raymond Lemoigne, French cinematographer († 2000)
- June 17: Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress
- June 17: Beryl Reid, British actress († 1996)
- JUNE 18: Ian Carmichael, British actor († 2010)
- 21 June: Yves Robert, French actor and director († 2002)
- June 26: Stanislav Ledinek, German actor († 1969)
- JUNE 27: IAL Diamond, American screenwriter († 1988)
- June 29: Ray Harryhausen, American film technician trick († 2013)
July to September
July
August
- 06 August: Ella Raines, American actress († 1988)
- August 15: Ctibor Filčík, Czechoslovakian actor († 1986)
- August 17: Maureen O'Hara, Irish- American actress
- August 18: Shelley Winters, American actress († 2006)
- August 22: Ray Bradbury, American screenwriter († 2012)
- August 24: Jean Desailly, French actor († 2008)
- August 25: William Cartwright, American Cutter ( † 2013)
- AUGUST 30: Donald Hewlett, English actor († 2011)
- August 31: GD Spradlin, American actor († 2011)
September
- September 01: Richard Farnsworth, American actor († 2000)
- September 13: John Crawford, American actor († 2010)
- September 15: Bob Anderson, British stuntman and actor († 2012)
- September 18: Jack Warden, American actor († 2006)
- September 23: Mickey Rooney, American actor († 2014)
- SEPTEMBER 25: Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian actor and director († 1994)
- September 27: William Conrad, American actor († 1994)
- September 27: Jayne Meadows, American actress
October to December
October
- October 01: Walter Matthau, American actor († 2000)
- OCTOBER 17: Montgomery Clift, American actor († 1966)
- OCTOBER 18: Melina Mercouri, Greek actress († 1994)
November
- November 02: Ann Rutherford, American actress († 2012)
- 09 November: Whitey Hughes, American stuntman and actor († 2009)
- NOVEMBER 10: Jennifer Holt, American actress († 1997)
- NOVEMBER 12: Richard Quine, American film director († 1989)
- November 13: Gisela Fackeldey, German actress († 1986)
- November 19: Gene Tierney, American actress († 1991)
- NOVEMBER 25: Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor († 2009)
- November 30: Virginia Mayo, American actress († 2005)
December
- December 04: Michael Bates, British actor († 1978)
- December 10: Reginald Rose, American screenwriter († 2002)
- December 12: Otto Friebel, German actor († 1992)
- December 15: Vlastimil Brodsky, Czech actor († 2002)
- December 29: Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress († 1995)
Deceased
- January 31: Gilda Langer, Austrian actress (* 1896)
- JUNE 30: Lena Christ, German writer (* 1881)
- September 05: Robert Harron, American actor (* 1893)
- September 10: Olive Thomas, American actress (* 1894)