1919 in film

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The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top six 1919 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

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Highest-grossing films of 1919
RankTitleStudioDomestic rentals
1 Male and Female Paramount $1,256,267[1]
2 Daddy-Long-Legs First National $1,250,000[2]
3 The Miracle Man Paramount $1,000,000[2]
4 Broken Blossoms United Artists $600,000[3]
5 Don't Change Your Husband Paramount $292,394[1]
6 For Better, for Worse $256,072[1]
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Notable films released in 1919 around the world

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  • Nabeshima Neko Sodo (Japanese) a ghost-cat film produced by Nikkatsu Films, starring Matsunosuke Onoe, based on the Kabuki play by Joko Segawa III[14]
  • Okazaki Kaibyo-den (Japanese) starring Matsunosuke Onoe, another ghost-cat movie based on an early 1820s Japanese novel (which was adapted as a Kabuki play in 1827)[14]

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Comedy film series

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Only the films of the series released in 1919 are collected.

Buster Keaton (1917–1941)

Films starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton released in 1919:

Charlie Chaplin (1914–1923)

Charlie Chaplin wrote, produced, directed, and starred in 9 films for his own production company between 1918 and 1923. These films were distributed by First National. Below the movies filmed in 1919:

Score composed for 1973 re-release

Uncompleted and unreleased films
  • The Professor as Professor Bosco, Slated as a two-reeler, but never issued

Harold Lloyd (1913–1921)

Glasses character ("The Boy"):

Animated short film series

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Out of the Inkwell.

Koko the Clown (1919–1934)

Koko the Clown was the first animated movie cartoon series. Below list of short films released in 1919:

  • The Tantalizing Fly
  • The Clown's Pups
  • Out of the Inkwell
  • Slides
  • Experiment No. 2
  • Experiment No. 3
  • Out of the Inkwell

Felix the Cat (1919–1936)

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Felix the cat in his first cartoon Feline Follies.

Below list of Felix the Cat short films released in 1919:

November 9: Feline Follies
November 16: The Musical Mews
December 14: The Adventures of Felix

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