1918 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

• Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband.

Top grossing films

1. Mickey
2. Tarzan of the Apes

Movies released

Movies released in 1918 include:

• Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley, starring Mary Pickford.
• The Bell Boy - a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
• The Cook - a 'Fatty' Arbuckle/Buster Keaton short.
• A Dog's Life, a Charlie Chaplin short.
• Hearts of the World, directed by D.W. Griffith.
• The House of Mirth
• Mickey, starring Mabel Normand
• Out West - a 'Fatty' Arbuckle/Buster Keaton short.
• Shoulder Arms, a Charlie Chaplin film.
• The Sinking of the Lusitania - a short animated propaganda film by Winsor McCay.
• Salome, starring Theda Bara.
• Stella Maris, starring Mary Pickford.
• Tarzan of the Apes, starring Elmo Lincoln and Enid Markey
• Triple Trouble, a Charlie Chaplin short.

Births

• January 29 - John Forsythe, actor
• February 16 - Patty Andrews, singer, actress, member of Andrews Sisters
• March 1 - Roger Delgado, actor (d. 1973)
• March 9 - Mickey Spillane, writer, actor
• April 17 - Anne Shirley, actress (d. 1993)
• April 17 - William Holden, actor (d. 1981)
• May 14 - June Duprez, actress (d. 1984)
• May 26 - John Dall, actor (d. 1971)
• June 30 - Susan Hayward, actress (d. 1975)
• July 6 - Sebastian Cabot, actor (d. 1977)
• July 14 - Ingmar Bergman, actor, writer, director
• July 18 - Jane Frazee, singer, actress (d. 1985)
• July 26 - Marjorie Lord, actress
• August 9 - Robert Aldrich, director (d. 1983)
• August 17 - Evelyn Ankers, actress (d. 1985)
• September 5 - Rin Tin Tin, canine actor (d. 1932)
• September 21 - Rand Brooks, actor (d. 2003)
• October 9 - Lila Kedrova, actress (d. 2000)
• October 13 - Robert Walker, actor (d. 1951)
• October 17 - Rita Hayworth, actress (d. 1987)
• October 27 - Teresa Wright, actress
• November 4 - Art Carney, actor (d. 2003)
• November 4 - Cameron Mitchell, actor (d. 1994)
• November 30 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., actor
• December 20 - Audrey Totter, actress

Deaths