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Events

Technicolor is introduced. The first film to use it was The Gulf Between
.

Top grossing films

#Cleopatra

Movies released

Movies released in 1917 include:

The Adventurer, a Charlie Chaplin short.
Bucking Broadway, directed by John Ford.
The Butcher Boy
, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle
/ Buster Keaton
short.
Camile, starring Theda Bara
Cleopatra, starring Theda Bara
Coney Island, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle
/ Buster Keaton
short.
The Cure, a Charlie Chaplin short.
Easy Street, starring Charlie Chaplin
Great Expectations, starring Jack Pickford
His Wedding Night, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle
/ Buster Keaton
short.
The Immigrant
, starring Charlie Chaplin
Joan the Woman, starring Geraldine Farrar
; directed by Cecil B. DeMille
The Little American, starring Mary Pickford
; directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
Oh Doctor!, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle
/ Buster Keaton
short.
The Poor Little Rich Girl
, starring Mary Pickford
.
A Reckless Romeo, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle
short.
The Rough House, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle
/ Buster Keaton
short.
Straight Shooting, directed by John Ford.
Teddy at the Throttle, a Keystone comedy with Gloria Swanson
.
Tom Sawyer, starring Jack Pickford
The Wild Girl, starring Eva Tanguay
and Thomas J. Moore

Short film series

Harold Lloyd
(1913-1921)
Charlie Chaplin
(1914-1923
Buster Keaton
(1917-1941)

Births

January 2 - Vera Zorina, dancer, actress (d. 2003
)
January 10 - Hilde Krahl, actress (d. 1999
)
January 24 - Ernest Borgnine
, actor
February 6 - Zsa Zsa Gabor
, actress
February 21 - Lucille Bremer
, actress (d. 1996
)
March 12 - Googie Withers
, actress
March 22 - Virginia Grey
, actress (d. 2004
)
April 14 - Valerie Hobson
, actress (d. 1998
)
May 1 - Danielle Darrieux
, actress
May 10 - Margo
, actress (d. 1985
)
May 21 - Raymond Burr
, actor (d. 1993
)
May 25 - Steve Cochran
, actor (d. 1965
)
June 7 - Dean Martin
, singer, actor (d. 1995
)
June 30 - Lena Horne
, singer, actress
July 17 - Phyllis Diller
, comedienne, actress
August 6 - Robert Mitchum
, actor (d. 1997
)
August 25 - Mel Ferrer
, actor
September 11 - Herbert Lom
, actor
October 7 - June Allyson
, actress
October 7 - Helmut Dantine
, actor (d. 1982
)
October 13 - Laraine Day
, actress
October 17 - Alice Pearce
, actress (d. 1966
)
October 17 - Marsha Hunt, U.S. actress
October 22 - Joan Fontaine
, actress
November 4 - Virginia Field
, actress (d. 1992
)
December 7 - Hurd Hatfield
, actor (d. 1998
)
December 22 - Frankie Darro
, actor (d. 1976
)

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