1925 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

Top grossing films

1. Ben-Hur
2. His People
3. The Unholy Three
4. The Freshman

Movies released

Movies released in 1925 include:

• Ben-Hur, starring Ramon Novarro.
• The Big Parade, directed by King Vidor and starring John Gilbert and Renée Adorée.
• Braveheart, starring Rod La Rocque.
• The Eagle, starring Rudolph Valentino.
• The Freshman, starring Harold Lloyd
• Go West, starring Buster Keaton.
• The Gold Rush, a Charlie Chaplin film.
• Greed - directed by Erich von Stroheim, starring Gibson Gowland, Zazu Pitts, Jean Hersholt and Chester Conklin.
• His People
• The Lost World, starring Bessie Love and Wallace Beery.
• The Merry Widow, starring Mae Murray; directed by Erich von Stroheim.
• The Monster, starring Lon Chaney.
• Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney.
• The Plastic Age - directed by Wesley Ruggles, screen-written by Frederica Sagor Maas, starring Clara Bow (her debut) and Gilbert Roland; Clark Gable was also in this film.
• The Pleasure Garden, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
• Tumbleweeds, starring William S. Hart.
• The Unholy Three, starring Lon Chaney.
• Wizard of Oz, starring Dorothy Dwan.

Births

• January 9 - Lee Van Cleef, actor
• January 13 - Gwen Verdon, actress, dancer (+ 2000)
• January 26 - Paul Newman, actor
• February 8 - Jack Lemmon, actor
• February 11 - Kim Stanley, actress.
• February 17 - Hal Holbrook, actor
• February 18 - George Kennedy, actor
• February 21 - Sam Peckinpah, director
• April 14 - Rod Steiger, actor
• April 19 - Hugh O'Brian, actor
• July 1 - Farley Granger, actor
• September 8 - Peter Sellers, comedian, actor
• September 9 - Cliff Robertson, actor
• October 3 - Gore Vidal, writer, actor
• November 17 - Rock Hudson, actor
• December 8 - Sammy Davis Jr., singer, dancer, musician, actor
• December 13 - Dick Van Dyke, actor
• December 28 - Hildegard Knef, actress, singer and writer

Deaths

• October 31 – Max Linder, French comedic actor