1917 in film
Overview of the events of 1917 in film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as "Classical Hollywood".
This article is about the film industry during the year 1917. For the 2019 film titled '1917', see 1917 (2019 film).