1920 in film

Events

• November 28 - The Mask of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. opens.

Top Grossing Films of 1920

1. Way Down East
2. Over the Hill to the Poorhouse

Movies Released

• Convict 13, a Buster Keaton short.
• Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (The Golem, How he Came into the World), starring and directed by Paul Wegener
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring John Barrymore.
• Haunted Spooks, starring Harold Lloyd.
• High and Dizzy, starring Harold Lloyd.
• The Last of the Mohicans, starring Wallace Beery.
• The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
• Neighbors a Buster Keaton short.
• One Week, a Buster Keaton short.
• Over the Hill to the Poorhouse
• The Penalty, starring Lon Chaney.
• Pollyanna, srarring Mary Pickford.
• The Saphead, starring Buster Keaton
• The Scarecrow, a Buster Keaton short.
• Way Down East, starring Lillian Gish
• Within Our Gates, directed by Oscar Micheaux.

Births

• January 20 - Federico Fellini, film director († 1993)
• January 20 - DeForest Kelley, actor († 1993)
• February 11 - Billy Halop, actor
• April 2 - Jack Webb, actor
• May 11 - Denver Pyle, actor
• May 26 - Peggy Lee, singer, songwriter, actress
• August 17 - Maureen O'Hara, actress
• September 18 - Jack Warden, actor
• September 23 - Mickey Rooney, actor
• September 27 - William Conrad, actor
• September 27 - Jayne Meadows, actress
• October 1 - Walter Matthau, actor
• October 21 - Hy Averback, actor
• October 27 - Nanette Fabray, actress
• November 19 - Gene Tierney, actress
• November 25 - Ricardo Montalban, actor
• November 30 - Virginia Mayo, actress
• December 30 - Jack Lord, actor

Deaths

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