1918 in film

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The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.

Events[edit]

Top-grossing films (U.S.)[edit]

The top six 1918 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1918
Rank Title Studio Domestic rentals
1 Tarzan of the Apes First National $1,500,000[1]
2 Old Wives for New Paramount $286,504[2]
3 The Squaw Man $283,556[2]
4 The Whispering Chorus $242,109[2]
5 We Can't Have Everything $207,890[2]
6 Till I Come Back to You $183,834[2]

Notable films released in 1918[edit]

Argentina[edit]

Egypt[edit]

  • Bedouin's honor (Sharaf El Badawi), starring and directing by Mohammed Karim
  • The Deadly Flowers (Al Azhar Al Momita), starring and directing by Mohammed Karim

France[edit]

Germany[edit]

Great Britain[edit]

  • The Haunted Hotel, an 11-minute comedy short directed by Fred Rains (Claude's father), starring Will Asher and Marion Peake[5]
  • Victory and Peace, directed by Herbert Brenon

Hungary[edit]

Italy[edit]

Japan[edit]

  • Akakabe Myojin (aka Kaibyo Kaidan) a Ghost-Cat film starring Matsunosuke Onoe, produced by Nikkatsu Films
  • Izumo Kaidan (Japanese) aka Ghost Story of Izumo, starring Matsunosuke Onoe and Kitsuraku Arashi, produced by Nikkatsu Films
  • Yotsuya Kaidan Jitsuhi Kanetani Goro/ The Ghost of Yotsuya (Japanese) the 2nd ever film adaptation of the 1825 stage play Yotsuya Kaidan by Tsuruya Nanboku IV; starring Matsunosuke Onoe and Sentaro Nakamura[6]

Sweden[edit]

Denmark[edit]

  • A trip to Mars, directed by Holger-Madsen.[7][8]

United States[edit]

U.S.S.R.[edit]

Comedy film series[edit]

Only the films of the series released in 1918 are collected

Buster Keaton (1917–1944)[edit]

Snapshot of Good Night, Nurse!.

Films starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton released in 1918:

Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)[edit]

Film poster for A Dog's Life.

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 released in 1918:

Uncompleted and unreleased films

Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)[edit]

Hit Him Again.
Bees in His Bonnet.
Back to the Woods.

Glasses character ("The Boy"):

Lupino Lane (1915–1939)[edit]

Short films acting as his character Mr. Butterbun released in 1918:

  • His Busy Day
  • His Salad Days
  • Love and Lobster
  • The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Trips and Tribunals
  • The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Unexpected Treasure
  • The Haunted Hotel

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Debuts[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ERBzine 0503: Tarzan of the Apes".
  2. ^ a b c d e Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813123240.
  3. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  4. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  5. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  6. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  7. ^ Holger-Madsen, Himmelskibet (Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi), Gunnar Tolnæs, Zanny Petersen, Nicolai Neiiendam, Nordisk Film, retrieved 2024-03-22
  8. ^ "A Trip to Mars", Wikipedia, 2024-03-18, retrieved 2024-03-22
  9. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  10. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  11. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  12. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  13. ^ "How to Make Movies". Charlie Chaplin Encyclopedia. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010.

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