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1919 is a 1985 British drama film directed by Hugh Brody and written by Michael Ignatieff together with Brody. [2] It stars Paul Scofield. [3] It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. [4] The film's title is often stylized numerically as 1919 while the film itself bears the title Nineteen Nineteen.
May 13 – D. W. Griffith's first film to be released by United Artists, Broken Blossoms, has its premiere in New York City. August 29 – The Miracle Man displayed Lon Chaney's talent for make-up and made him famous as a character actor. September 1 – United Artists release their first film, His Majesty, the American starring Douglas Fairbanks.
Male and Female is a 1919 American silent adventure/drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan. [2] Its main themes are gender relations and social class. The film is based on the 1902 J. M. Barrie play The Admirable Crichton. [1] [3] A previous version was filmed the year before in England as The ...
The Lost Battalion is a 1919 American silent war film about units of the 77th Infantry Division (the "Lost Battalion") penetrating deep into the Argonne Forest of France during World War I. The film was directed by Burton L. King and features Major Charles W. Whittlesey and a number of actual soldiers from the 77th who portrayed themselves in ...
Victory is a surviving [1] 1919 American action film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Jack Holt, Seena Owen, Lon Chaney, Wallace Beery and Bull Montana.The film is an adaptation of the 1915 homonymous novel by Joseph Conrad (the only film adaptation of one of his works that he ever lived to see).
The Secret Garden is a lost [2] 1919 American drama silent film directed by Gustav von Seyffertitz and written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Marion Fairfax. The film stars Lila Lee, Spottiswoode Aitken, Clarence Geldart, Richard Rosson, Fay Holderness and Ann Malone. The film was released on January 12, 1919, by Paramount Pictures. [3] [4]
J'accuse is a 1919 French silent film directed by Abel Gance. It juxtaposes a romantic drama with the background of the horrors of World War I, and it is sometimes described as a pacifist or anti-war film. [1] Work on the film began in 1918, and some scenes were filmed on real battlefields.
Lobby card depicting a film scene. The film was shot in Dedham, Massachusetts, from August to October 1919 and released on November 23, 1919. [7]Lucy Maud Montgomery, who wrote the original novel, was infuriated with the many liberties the film took with her characters, including changing Anne from a Canadian to an American.