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Overview of the events of 1925 in film
Overview of the events of 1925 in film
This is an overview of 1925 in film , including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1925 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1925
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
The Big Parade
MGM
$4,990,000
[1]
2
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
$4,359,000
[1]
3
The Freshman
Pathé Exchange
$2,600,000
[2]
4
The Gold Rush
United Artists
$2,500,000
[2]
5
The Phantom of the Opera
Universal
$1,550,000
[3]
6
Don Q, Son of Zorro
Stella Dallas
United Artists
$1,500,000
[4]
[2]
7
The Lost World
First National
$1,300,000
[2]
8
East Lynne
Fox Film
$1,100,000
[2]
9
The Merry Widow
MGM
$1,081,000
[1]
10
The Golden Bed
Paramount
$816,487
[5]
Events
June 26:
Charlie Chaplin 's
The Gold Rush premieres. It is voted the best film of the year by critics in
The Film Daily annual poll
[6]
September 25:
Ufa-Palast am Zoo in
Berlin rebuilt as Germany's largest cinema reopens.
November 5: MGM's war drama film
The Big Parade is released. It is a massive commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing picture of the 1920s in the United States.
December 30: MGM's biblical epic
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ premieres in New York City. It is the most expensive silent film ever made, costing $4 million (around $68 million when adjusted for inflation)
[7]
Hong Shen publishes the film script Mrs. Shentu in the Shanghai magazine Eastern Miscellany . It is never filmed, but is considered a milestone in film history for being the first published film script in China.
[8] Hong also directs his first film, Young Master Feng , at
Mingxing (Star) Film Company in this year.
Notable films released in 1925
For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see
United States films of 1925
A
B
The Battleship Potemkin (Bronyenosyets Potyomkin) , directed by
Sergei Eisenstein – (
U.S.S.R. )
The Bells (Le Juif Polonais) , directed by and starring
Harry Southwell
[9]
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ , directed by
Fred Niblo , starring
Ramón Novarro ,
May McAvoy and
Francis X. Bushman
The Big Parade , directed by
King Vidor , starring
John Gilbert and
Renée Adorée
The Blackguard (Die Prinzessin und der Geiger) , directed by
Graham Cutts – (
GB /
Germany )
Braveheart , directed by
Alan Hale Sr. , starring
Rod La Rocque
C
D
E
F
G
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K
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The Lady , directed by
Frank Borzage , starring
Norma Talmadge
Lady of the Night , directed by
Monta Bell , starring
Norma Shearer
Lazybones , directed by
Frank Borzage , starring
Madge Bellamy ,
Buck Jones and
ZaSu Pitts
Lady Windermere's Fan , directed by
Ernst Lubitsch , starring
Ronald Colman and
May McAvoy
Lights of Old Broadway , directed by
Monta Bell , starring
Marion Davies and
Conrad Nagel
Little Annie Rooney , directed by
William Beaudine , starring
Mary Pickford and
William Haines
Living Buddhas (Lebende Buddhas) (lost), directed by
Paul Wegener , starring Paul Wegener and
Asta Nielsen
The Lost World , directed by
Harry O. Hoyt , starring
Bessie Love ,
Lewis Stone and
Wallace Beery , based on the 1912
novel by
Arthur Conan Doyle
Lovers in Quarantine , directed by
Frank Tuttle , starring
Bebe Daniels and
Harrison Ford
The Lucky Horseshoe , directed by
John G. Blystone , starring
Tom Mix
M
Maciste in Hell (Maciste all'inferno) , directed by
Guido Brignone
[11] – (
Italy )
Madame Behave (lost), directed by
Scott Sidney , starring
Julian Eltinge and
Ann Pennington
Madame Sans-Gêne (lost), directed by
Léonce Perret , starring
Gloria Swanson
The Marriage of the Bear (Medvezhya Svadba) , directed by
Vladimir Gardin and
Konstantin Eggert , based on the 1869 novella
Lokis by
Prosper Mérimée
[9] – (
U.S.S.R. )
Master of the House (Du skal ære din hustru) , directed by
Carl Theodor Dreyer – (
Denmark )
Men and Women (lost), directed by
William C. deMille , starring
Richard Dix
The Merry Widow , directed by
Erich von Stroheim , starring
Mae Murray and
John Gilbert
Miracles of Love , directed by Vicente Salumbides, starring
Dimples Cooper – (
Philippines )
[12]
Les Misérables , directed by
Henri Fescourt – (
France )
The Monster , directed by
Roland West , starring
Lon Chaney and
Johnny Arthur , based on the 1924 play by
Crane Wilbur
The Mystic , directed by
Tod Browning , starring
Aileen Pringle and
Conway Tearle
[13]
O
P
Pampered Youth (lost), directed by
David Smith
The Phantom of the Moulin-Rouge (Le fantôme du Moulin-Rouge) , written and directed by
René Clair
[14] – (
France )
The Phantom of the Opera , directed by
Rupert Julian , starring
Lon Chaney ,
Norman Kerry and
Mary Philbin , based on the 1910
novel by
Gaston Leroux
The Plastic Age – directed by
Wesley Ruggles , starring
Clara Bow and
Gilbert Roland
The Pleasure Garden , directed by
Alfred Hitchcock , starring
Virginia Valli and
Carmelita Geraghty – (
GB )
Prem Sanyas (Die Leuchte Asiens | The Light of Asia) , directed by
Franz Osten and
Himanshu Rai – (
Germany /
India )
Pretty Ladies , directed by
Monta Bell , starring
ZaSu Pitts
Proud Flesh , directed by
King Vidor , starring
Eleanor Boardman and
Harrison Ford
R
The Rag Man , directed by
Edward F. Cline , starring
Jackie Coogan
The Rat , directed by
Graham Cutts , starring
Ivor Novello ,
Mae Marsh and
Isabel Jeans – (
GB )
The Red Head (Poil de Carotte) , directed by
Julien Duvivier – (
France )
Red Heels (Das Spielzeug von Paris) , directed by
Michael Curtiz , starring
Lili Damita – (
Austria )
The Road to Yesterday , directed by
Cecil B. DeMille , starring
Joseph Schildkraut and
William Boyd
S
Sally, Irene and Mary directed by
Edmund Goulding , starring
Constance Bennett ,
Joan Crawford ,
Sally O'Neil and
William Haines
Sally of the Sawdust , directed by
D. W. Griffith , starring
Carol Dempster and
W. C. Fields
Seven Chances , a
Buster Keaton film
Seven Keys to Baldpate (lost), directed by
Fred C. Newmeyer , starring
Douglas MacLean , based on the 1913
novel by
Earl Derr Biggers
[15]
She , directed by
Leander de Cordova and
G. B. Samuelson , starring
Betty Blythe – (
GB /
Germany )
Smouldering Fires , directed by
Clarence Brown , starring
Pauline Frederick and
Laura La Plante
Spook Ranch , directed by
Edward Laemmle , starring
Hoot Gibson
[16]
Stella Dallas , directed by
Henry King , starring
Ronald Colman ,
Belle Bennett and
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
The Street of Forgotten Men (lost), directed by
Herbert Brenon
Strike (Stachka) , directed by
Sergei Eisenstein – (
U.S.S.R. )
The Swan , directed by
Dimitri Buchowetzki , starring
Frances Howard ,
Adolphe Menjou and
Ricardo Cortez
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Comedy film series
Animated short film series
Felix the Cat (1919–1936)
Koko the Clown (1919–1963)
Aesop's Film Fables (1921–1934)
Alice Comedies
Alice Cans the Cannibals
Alice the Toreador
Alice Gets Stung
Alice Solves the Puzzle
Alice's Egg Plant
Alice Loses Out
Alice is Stage Struck
Alice Wins the Derby
Alice Picks the Champ
Alice's Tin Pony
Alice Chops the Suey
Alice the Jail Bird
Alice Plays Cupid
Alice Rattled by Rats
Alice in the Jungle
Koko's Song Car Tunes (1924–1927)
Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
Un-Natural History (1925–1927)
Births
January 6 –
Enrique Carreras , Peruvian-born director and producer (died 1995)
January 9 –
Lee Van Cleef , American actor (died 1989)
January 13 –
Gwen Verdon , American actress and dancer (died 2000)
January 15 -
Ignacio López Tarso , Mexican actor (died 2023)
January 21 –
Charles Aidman , American actor (died 1993)
January 24 –
Helen Stenborg , American actress (died 2011)
January 26
February 2 –
Elaine Stritch , American actress (died 2014)
February 3
February 8 –
Jack Lemmon , American actor (died 2001)
February 11 –
Kim Stanley , American actress (died 2001)
February 17
February 18 –
George Kennedy , American actor (died 2016)
February 20 –
Robert Altman , American director (died 2006)
February 21 –
Sam Peckinpah , American director (died 1984)
February 25 –
Aino Seep , Estonian singer and actress (died 1982)
February 26 –
Selma Archerd , American actress (died 2023)
March 11 –
Peter R. Hunt , British director, editor and producer (died 2002)
March 13 –
Corrado Gaipa , Italian actor and voice actor (died 1989)
March 17 -
Gabriele Ferzetti , Italian actor (died 2015)
April 14 –
Rod Steiger , American actor (died 2002)
April 18 –
Bob Hastings , American actor (died 2014)
April 19 –
Hugh O'Brian , American actor (died 2016)
April 28 –
Bruce Kirby , American character actor (died 2021)
May 2 –
John Neville , English-Canadian actor (died 2011)
May 25 –
Jeanne Crain , American actress (died 2003)
May 26 –
Alec McCowen , English actor (died 2017)
May 28 –
Martha Vickers , American model, actress (died
1971 )
June 3 –
Tony Curtis , American actor (died 2010)
June 5 -
Henny Orri , Dutch actress (died 2022)
June 7 –
John Biddle , American yachting cinematographer (died 2008)
June 8 –
Charles Tyner , American actor (died 2017)
June 10 -
Diana Maggi , Italian-born Argentine actress (died 2022)
June 13 –
Kristine Miller , American actress (died
2015 )
June 16 –
Otto Muehl , Austrian experimental director (died 2013)
June 20 –
Audie Murphy , American soldier, actor, songwriter, rancher (died
1971 )
June 21 –
Maureen Stapleton , American actress (died 2006)
June 25
June 29
July 1 –
Farley Granger , American actor (died 2011)
July 6 –
Ruth Cracknell , Australian actress (died 2002)
July 10 –
Mildred Kornman , American actress (died 2022)
July 11 –
David Graham , English actor
July 13 –
Huang Zongying , Chinese actress and scriptwriter (died 2020)
July 14 –
Pip Freedman , South African radio comedian and actor (died 2003)
July 15 –
D. A. Pennebaker , American documentary filmmaker (died 2019)
July 23 –
Gloria DeHaven , American actress (died 2016)
July 24 –
Miiko Taka , American actress (died 2023)
July 25 –
Jerry Paris , American actor and director (died
1986 )
August 6 –
Barbara Bates , American singer, actress (died
1969 )
August 11 –
Arlene Dahl , American actress (died 2021)
August 13
August 15 –
Mike Connors , American actor (died 2017)
August 22 –
Honor Blackman , English actress (died 2020)
August 23 –
Robert Mulligan , American director (died 2008)
August 27 -
Susan Willis , American actress (died 2009)
August 29 -
Dick Cusack , American actor and filmmaker (died 2003)
August 30 -
Frank Ray Perilli , American actor and screenwriter (died 2018)
September 2 -
Ronnie Stevens , English character actor and voice artist (died 2006)
September 3 -
Anne Jackson , American actress (died 2016)
September 8 –
Peter Sellers , English comedian and actor (died 1980)
September 12
September 21 –
Noor Jehan , Indian actress (died 2000)
September 22 -
Virginia Capers , American actress (died 2004)
September 29 -
Steve Forrest , American actor (died
2013 )
October 3 –
Gore Vidal , American writer and actor (died 2012)
October 4 -
Edmund Lyndeck , American actor (died 2015)
October 5 –
Gail Davis , American actress (died 1997)
October 11 –
Nancy Guild , American actress (died 1999)
October 16
October 29
October 31 –
Lee Grant , American actress, documentarian, and director
November 4 –
Doris Roberts , American actress (died 2016)
November 6 -
Michel Bouquet , French actor (died 2022)
November 10 –
Richard Burton , Welsh actor (died 1984)
November 11 -
Jonathan Winters , American comedian, actor, author, television host and artist (died 2013)
November 17 –
Rock Hudson , American actor (died 1985)
November 20 –
Mark Miller , American actor (died 2022)
November 22 -
Carla Balenda , American actress
November 25 –
June Whitfield , English comic actress (died 2018)
December 2 –
Julie Harris , American Broadway and film actress (died 2013)
December 3 –
Kaljo Kiisk , Estonian actor and director (died 2007)
December 7 –
Sydney Samuelson , English cinematographer (died 2022)
December 8 –
Sammy Davis Jr. , American singer, dancer, musician and actor (died 1990)
December 12 –
Anne V. Coates , English film editor (died 2018)
December 13 –
Dick Van Dyke , American actor
December 18 –
Peggy Cummins , Welsh-born Irish actress (died 2017)
December 23 –
Harry Guardino , American actor (died 1995)
December 28 –
Hildegard Knef , German actress, singer and writer (died 2002)
Deaths
January 24 -
Wilton Taylor , American actor (born 1869)
February 4 -
William Haggar , British cinema pioneer (born 1851)
[19]
February 6 -
James Kenyon , English businessman and cinema pioneer (born 1850)
February 7 –
Edward Jobson , American actor (born 1860)
February 25 –
Louis Feuillade , French director (born 1873)
March 13 –
Lucille Ricksen , American actress (born 1910)
April 8 –
Thecla Åhlander , Swedish actress (born 1855)
April 13 –
Frederik Buch , Danish actor (born 1875)
April 16 –
David Powell , Scottish actor (born 1883)
July 29 –
Mark Fenton , American actor (born 1866)
September 28 –
Paul Vermoyal , French actor (born 1888)
October 21 –
Orme Caldara , American stage and film actor (born 1875)
October 31 –
Max Linder , French actor (born 1883)
November 1 –
Lester Cuneo American actor (born 1888)
November 3 –
Lucile McVey , American actress (born 1890)
December 8 –
Marguerite Marsh , American actress (born 1888)
December 9 –
Harry Rattenberry , American actor (born 1857)
December 21 –
Lottie Lyell , Australian director/producer (born 1890)
December 22 –
Mary Thurman , American actress (born 1895)
December 24 -
James O. Barrows , American stage and screen actor (born 1855)
December 31 –
J. Gordon Edwards American director (born 1867)
Film debuts
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