1922 in film

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This is an overview of 1922 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten films released in 1922 by U.S. gross are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1922
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 Robin Hood United Artists $2,101,044<ref name=FoxFilmBook>Template:Cite book</ref>
2 Blood and Sand Paramount $1,250,000<ref name="quig">Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38 (1938) p 942 accessed January 28, 2017</ref>
3 Manslaughter $1,206,014<ref name=birchard>Template:Cite book</ref>
4 Grandma's Boy Pathé Exchange $1,100,000<ref name="quig"/>
5 Smilin' Through First National $1,000,000<ref name="quig"/>
6 Saturday Night Paramount $753,807<ref name=birchard/>
7 Rags to Riches Warner Bros. $418,000<ref name="warners">Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 1 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551</ref>
8 Heroes of the Street $366,000<ref name="warners"/>
9 Template:Sort $327,000<ref name="warners"/>
10 Your Best Friend $132,000<ref name="warners"/>

Events

Notable films released in 1922

United States unless stated

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  • At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern (lost), directed by Lloyd Ingraham, based on the 1905 novel by Myrtle Reed<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 245">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>

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  • Estrellita del Cine, directed by José Nepomuceno<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Short film series

Animated short film series

Felix the Cat cartoon.

Births

  • January 2 – Jason Evers, American actor (died 2005)
  • January 3 – Bill Travers, British actor, screenwriter, director and animal rights activist (died 1994)
  • January 10 – Hannelore Schroth, German actress (died 1987)
  • January 13 – Albert Lamorisse, French filmmaker, film producer and writer (died 1970)
  • January 16 – Irene Vernon, American actress (died 1998)
  • January 17 – Betty White, American actress and comedian (died 2021)
  • January 19 – Guy Madison, American actor (died 1996)
  • January 20 – Ray Anthony, American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor
  • January 21
  • January 31
  • February 3 – Ulf Johanson, Swedish actor (died 1990)
  • February 4
  • February 6 – Patrick Macnee, British-American actor (died 2015)
  • February 7 – Hattie Jacques, English actress (died 1980)
  • February 8 – Audrey Meadows, American actress (died 1996)
  • February 9 – Kathryn Grayson, American actress and coloratura soprano (died 2010)
  • February 24 – Steven Hill, American actor (died 2016)
  • February 26 – Margaret Leighton, English actress (died 1976)
  • March 5
  • March 8 – Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (died 2008)
  • March 20 – Carl Reiner, American actor, author, comedian, director and screenwriter (died 2020)
  • March 21 – Russ Meyer, American filmmaker (died 2004)
  • March 23 – Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1990)
  • March 31
  • April 3 – Doris Day, American actress and singer (died 2019)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • April 4
  • April 5 – Gale Storm, American actress and singer (died 2009)
  • April 7 – Margia Dean, American beauty queen and actress (died 2023)
  • April 15 – Michael Ansara, Syrian‐American actor (died 2013)
  • April 18 – Barbara Hale, American actress (died 2017)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • Bill Kerr, British-Australian actor, comedian and vaudevillian (died 2014)
  • June 16 – Frances Rafferty, American actress, dancer, World War II pin-up girl and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player (died 2004)
  • June 22 – Mona Lisa, Filipino actress (died 2019)
  • June 26 – Eleanor Parker, American actress (died 2013)
  • June 28 - Erik Bauersfeld, American radio dramatist and voice actor (died 2016)
  • July 6 – William Schallert, American character actor (died 2016)
  • July 9 - Manos Zacharias, Greek film director, cinematographer and actor
  • July 11 – Gene Evans, American actor (died 1998)
  • July 19 - Bess Meisler, American actress
  • July 21 – Demeter Bitenc, Slovenian actor (died 2018)
  • July 23 - Sydney Lassick, American character actor (died 2003)
  • July 26
  • July 27
    • Adolfo Celi, Italian film actor and director (died 1986)
    • Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer (died 2023)
  • August 1
  • August 8 – Rory Calhoun, American actor (died 1999)
  • August 15 - Boris Sichkin, Soviet-American film actor, dancer, choreographer, composer and entertainer (died 2002)
  • August 22 – Micheline Presle, French actress (died 2024)
  • August 25 - Gloria Dea, American actress, dancer, artist, and magician (died 2023)
  • September 1
  • September 6 – Elizabeth Lawrence, American actress (died 2000)
  • September 8
  • September 10 – Barbara Chilcott, Canadian actress (died 2022)
  • September 14 – Michel Auclair, European actor (died 1988)
  • September 15 – Jackie Cooper, American actor and director (died 2011)
  • September 16
  • September 23 – Louise Latham, American actress (died 2018)
  • September 24
    • Bert I. Gordon, American film director, producer, screenwriter, and visual effects artist (died 2023)
    • Theresa Merritt, American actress (died 1998)
  • September 29 – Lizabeth Scott, American actress, singer, and model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency (died 2015)
  • October 5 – Woodrow Parfrey, American actor (died 1984)
  • October 7 – Martha Stewart, American actress (died 2021)
  • October 8 – Eileen Essell, English actress (died 2015)
  • October 9 - Fyvush Finkel, American actor and director (died 2016)
  • October 20 – John Anderson, American character actor (died 1992)
  • October 23 – Coleen Gray, American actress (died 2015)
  • October 27 – Ruby Dee, American actress (died 2014)
  • October 28 - Jack Murdock, American actor (died 2001)
  • October 31 – Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress, artist and children's author (died 2005)
  • November 3 - George Morrison, Irish director of documentary films (died 2025)
  • November 9 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (died 1965)
  • November 12 – Kim Hunter, American actress (died 2002)
  • November 13
  • November 14 – Veronica Lake, American actress (died 1973)
  • November 15 – Francesco Rosi, Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2015)
  • November 16 – Royal Dano, American actor (died 1994)
  • November 17 - Ted Beniades, American character actor (died 2014)
  • November 22 – Lynne Roberts, American actress (died 1978)
  • November 26 – Adam Williams, American actor (died 2006)
  • November 27 - Jacqueline White, American former actress
  • November 29 – Laurie Main, Australian actor (died 2012)
  • December 2
  • December 3 - Len Lesser, American character actor (died 2011)
  • December 4 – Gérard Philipe, French actor (died 1959)
  • December 9 – Redd Foxx, American stand-up comedian and actor (died 1991)
  • December 11 – Dilip Kumar, Indian actor and film producer (died 2021)
  • December 21 – Paul Winchell, American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, humanitarian, and inventor (died 2005)
  • December 22 – Ruth Roman, American actress (died 1999)
  • December 24 – Ava Gardner, American actress (died 1990)
  • December 26 – Alfred Dennis, American actor (died 2016)
  • December 28
    • Ivan Desny, French actor (died 2002)
    • Stan Lee, American comic-book, editor, publisher and producer (died 2018)

Deaths

Film debuts

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