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Events

February 5 - Charlie Chaplin
, Mary Pickford
, Douglas Fairbanks
and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists
Oscar Micheaux releases The Homesteader, starring pioneering African-American actress Evelyn Preer
, becoming the first African-American to produce and direct a motion picture.
Harold Lloyd
begins holding test screenings of his films and modifying them based on audience feedback, a technique which is still used today.

Top grossing films

Movies released

Movies released in 1919 include:

Back Stage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle
/ Buster Keaton
short.
Blind Husbands, directed by Erich von Stroheim
.
Bolshevism on Trial
, directed by Harley Knoles and backed by Lewis J. Selznick.
Broken Blossoms
starring Lillian Gish
and Richard Barthelmess
; directed by D.W. Griffith.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
, starring Werner Krauss and Conrad Veidt
.
Daddy-Long-Legs, starring Mary Pickford
.
A Day's Pleasure
, a Charlie Chaplin
short.
Different From the Others, starring Conrad Veidt
; directed by Richard Oswald
.
The Homesteader
Madame DuBarry, starring Pola Negri
and Emil Jannings
.
Male and Female
, starring Gloria Swanson
; directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
The Garage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle
/ Buster Keaton
short.
Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic (documentary)
Sunnyside, a Charlie Chaplin
short.
The Sentimental Bloke
, a feature-length Australian film.
True Heart Susie, starring Lillian Gish
.

Short film series

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

Births

January 1 - Carole Landis
, actress († 1948
)
January 13 - Robert Stack
, actor († 2003
)
January 21 - Jinx Falkenburg
, model, actress († 2003
)
January 23 - Ernie Kovacs
, comedian, actor († 1962
)
February 5 - Red Buttons
, actor
February 5 - Tim Holt
, actor († 1973
)
February 11 - Eva Gabor
, actress († 1995
)
February 18 - Jack Palance
, actor
March 2 - Jennifer Jones
, actress
March 29 - Eileen Heckart
, actress († 2001
)
April 13 - Howard Keel
, actor
April 29 - Celeste Holm
, actress
May 8 - Lex Barker
, actor († 1973
)
May 23 - Betty Garrett
, actress
June 12 - Uta Hagen
, actress († 2004
)
June 14 - Sam Wanamaker
, director, actor († 1993
)
June 19 - Pauline Kael, film critic († 2001
)
June 19 - Louis Jourdan
, actor
June 29 - Slim Pickens
, actor († 1983
)
July 7 - Jon Pertwee
, actor († 1996
)
July 26 - Virginia Gilmore, actress († 1986
)
August 2 - Nehemiah Persoff
, actor
August 8 - Dino De Laurentiis, producer
September 18 - Diana Lewis, actress († 1997
)
September 26 - Barbara Britton
, actress († 1980
)
October 5 - Donald Pleasence
, actor († 1995
)
November 13 - Mary Beth Hughes
, actress († 1995
)
November 14 - Veronica Lake
, actress († 1973
)
November 15 - Nova Pilbeam
, actress
November 20 - Evelyn Keyes
, actress

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