1922 in film
Events November 26 - Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed).
Top grossing films Oliver Twist More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
Movies released
Movies released in 1922 include:Beyond the Rocks directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler directed by Fritz Lang Foolish Wives, directed by and starring Erich von Stroheim Miss Lulu Bett, directed by William C. de MilleMore to Be Pitied Than Scorned Nanook of the North (documentary)Nosferatu (Nosferatu the Vampire), directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max SchreckOliver Twist, starring Jackie CooganShadows directed by Tom Forman, starring Lon Chaney and Marguerite De La Motte The Prisoner of Zenda, starring Lewis StoneRobin Hood, directed by Allan Dwan and starring Douglas Fairbanks
BirthsJanuary 7 - Vincent Gardenia, actor (d. 1992)January 13 - Albert Lamorisse, director (d. 1970) January 17 - Betty White, actress January 19 - Guy Madison, actor (d. 1996)January 21 - Paul Scofield, actor January 31 - Joanne Dru, actress (d. 1996)February 7 - Hattie Jacques, actress (d. 1980)February 9 - Kathryn Grayson, singer, actressFebruary 11 - Leslie Nielsen, actor February 26 - Margaret Leighton, actress (d. 1976)March 5 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, film director (d. 1975)March 20 - Carl Reiner, actor, directorMarch 21 - Russ Meyer, director, producer (d. 2004)April 5 - Gale Storm, singer, actress April 27 - Jack Klugman, actorMay 10 - Nancy Walker, actress (d. 1992)May 27 - Christopher Lee, actorMay 31 - Denholm Elliott, actor (d. 1992)June 1 - Joan Caulfield, actress (d. 1991)June 10 - Judy Garland, singer, actress (d. 1969)June 26 - Eleanor Parker, actressJuly 26 - Blake Edwards, directorAugust 8 - Rory Calhoun, actor (d. 1999)August 8 - Esther Williams, swimmer, actressSeptember 1 - Vittorio Gassmann, actor, director (d. 2000)September 1 - Yvonne De Carlo, actressSeptember 15 - Jackie Cooper, actor, directorSeptember 29 - Lizabeth Scott, actressOctober 31 - Barbara Bel Geddes, actressNovember 12 - Kim Hunter, actress (d. 2002)December 4 - Gérard Philipe, actor (d. 1959)December 22 - Ruth Roman, actress (d. 1999)December 24 - Ava Gardner, actress (d. 1990)
DeathsFebruary 22 - William Desmond Taylor, film director, victim of an unsolved and widely publicised murder which provoked a great scandal.
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