See also: 1923 in film 1924 1925 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of The Wizard of Oz. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... See also: 1925 in film 1926 1927 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. ... Other Lists of Movies List of years in film in the 1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Decades in Film: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s List of movies See also Film, History of cinema Categories: 1920s ... This page indexes the individual year in film pages. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...

Events

Top grossing films

1. Ben-Hur
2. His People
3. The Unholy Three
4. The Freshman

Ben-Hur is the second silent film (and first successful feature-length) based on the Ben-Hur book by Lew Wallace. ... The Freshman is a 1925 comedy film that tells the story of a nerdy college freshman trying to become popular by joining the school football team. ...

Movies released

Movies released in 1925 include:

• Ben-Hur, starring Ramon Novarro.
• The Big Parade, directed by King Vidor and starring John Gilbert and Renée Adorée.
• Braveheart, starring Rod La Rocque.
• The Eagle, starring Rudolph Valentino.
• The Freshman, starring Harold Lloyd
• Go West, starring Buster Keaton.
• The Gold Rush, a Charlie Chaplin film.
• Greed - directed by Erich von Stroheim, starring Gibson Gowland, Zazu Pitts, Jean Hersholt and Chester Conklin.
• His People
• The Lost World, starring Bessie Love and Wallace Beery.
• The Merry Widow, starring Mae Murray; directed by Erich von Stroheim.
• The Monster, starring Lon Chaney.
• Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney.
• The Plastic Age - directed by Wesley Ruggles, screen-written by Frederica Sagor Maas, starring Clara Bow (her debut) and Gilbert Roland; Clark Gable was also in this film.
• Tumbleweeds, starring William S. Hart.
• The Unholy Three, starring Lon Chaney.
• Wizard of Oz, starring Dorothy Dwan.

Ben-Hur is the second silent film (and first successful feature-length) based on the Ben-Hur book by Lew Wallace. ... Ramon Navarro Ramón Novarro (February 6, 1899 - October 30, 1968) was a Mexican actor who achieved fame as a Latin lover in silent films. ... The Big Parade is a 1925 silent film which tells the story of an idle rich boy who is shipped off to France to fight World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl. ... King Wallis Vidor (February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director. ... John Gilbert may refer to several people: John Gilbert (actor) John Gilbert (naturalist) John Gilbert (painter) John William Gilbert (British, Labour Party politician) John Gilbert (Canadian politician) (NDP) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Renée Adorée (September 30, 1898–October 5, 1933) was a French actress. ... Braveheart is an American motion picture released in 1995 that was very loosely based on the life of William Wallace, a major Scottish hero. ... Rod La Rocque Rod La Rocque (November 29, 1896 - October 15, 1969) was an American actor. ... The Eagle could refer to: Eddie Belfour, a Canadian ice-hockey goalie in the NHL. The Eagle comic. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... The Freshman is a 1925 comedy film that tells the story of a nerdy college freshman trying to become popular by joining the school football team. ... Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893 - March 8, 1971) was an American actor. ... Videotape jacket for Go West Go West 1940 is the 10th Marx Brothers comedy film in which the three brothers, Groucho, Chico, and Harpo, head to the American West and attempt to unite a couple by ensuring that an evil railroad baron is thwarted. ... Joseph Francis Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), always known as Buster Keaton, was a popular and influential American silent_film comic actor and filmmaker. ... The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, directed, and starring Charles Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. ... For the Jamaican musician named Charlie Chaplin, see Charlie Chaplin (singer). ... Greed is a 1924 dramatic silent movie about an honest dentist whose wife wins a lottery ticket, only to become obsessed with money. ... Erich Von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 - May 12, 1957) was a filmmaker and actor, noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts. ... ZaSu Pitts (3 January 1894 - 7 June 1963) was a United States movie actress. ... Jean Hersholt (July 12, 1886 - June 2, 1956) was an Danish actor. ... The Lost World is a 1912 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. ... Bessie Love (September 10, 1898 _ April 26, 1986) was an American actress. ... Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ... The Merry Widow is a musical comedy or operetta of 1905, by the Austro-Hungarian composer, Franz Lehár. ... Mae Murray (May 10, 1889 - March 23, 1965) was an American actress and dancer, known as The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips and The Gardenia of the Screen. Born Marie Adrienne Koenig in Portsmouth, Virginia, she got her start in acting on Broadway with dancer Vernon Castle in 1906. ... Erich Von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 - May 12, 1957) was a filmmaker and actor, noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts. ... Categories: Stub | 1883 births | 1930 deaths ... Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera The 1925 film version of The Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney, Sr. ... Categories: Stub | 1883 births | 1930 deaths ... Wesley Ruggles (1889-1972) was an American film director. ... Clara Bow Clara Bow (July 29, 1905 - September 27 (possibly September 26), 1965) was an American actress and sex symbol, best known for her film work in the 1920s and early 1930s. ... Gilbert Roland (December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994) was an American actor. ... William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, and the biggest box-office star of the early sound film era. ... Tumbleweeds is a comic strip drawn by Tom K. Ryan (who signs the strip T. K. Ryan), set in the Old West. Begun in 1965, it was widely syndicated during the 1970s. ... Categories: Actor stubs | 1872 births | 1946 deaths | Cinema actors | American actors ... Categories: Stub | 1883 births | 1930 deaths ...

Births

• January 9 - Lee Van Cleef, actor
• January 13 - Gwen Verdon, actress, dancer (+ 2000)
• January 26 - Paul Newman, actor
• February 8 - Jack Lemmon, actor
• February 11 - Kim Stanley, actress.
• February 17 - Hal Holbrook, actor
• February 18 - George Kennedy, actor
• February 21 - Sam Peckinpah, director
• April 14 - Rod Steiger, actor
• April 19 - Hugh O'Brian, actor
• July 1 - Farley Granger, actor
• July 20 - Lola Albright, actress
• August 23 - Robert Mulligan, director
• September 8 - Peter Sellers, comedian, actor
• September 9 - Cliff Robertson, actor
• October 3 - Gore Vidal, writer, actor
• October 5 - Gail Davis, actress
• November 17 - Rock Hudson, actor
• December 8 - Sammy Davis Jr., singer, dancer, musician, actor
• December 13 - Dick Van Dyke, actor
• December 28 - Hildegard Knef, actress, singer and writer

January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Lee Van Cleef Lee Van Cleef from a scene in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Lee Van Cleef (January 9, 1925 - December 16, 1989) was a movie actor, who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gwen Verdon (January 13, 1925 - October 18, 2000) was an acclaimed Tony Award winning American dancer and actress. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2000. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an American actor and film director. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jack Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was a consummate Hollywood actor. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Kim Stanley (February 11, 1925 – August 20, 2001) was an American actress. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hal Holbrook, or Harold Rowe Holbrook, Jr. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... George Kennedy (born February 18, 1925 in New York City) is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Sam Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 - December 28, 1984) was an American film director famous for his films with extremely bloody climaxes. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... Rod Steiger (April 14, 1925 - July 9, 2002) was an American actor. ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... Hugh OBrian Hugh OBrian (born April 19, 1925) is an American actor. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... Granger with costar Ann Blyth in Our Very Own (1950). ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... Lola Albright Lola Albright (born July 20, 1925 in Akron, Ohio) is an American singer and actress. ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... Robert Mulligan (born August 23, 1925 in The Bronx, New York) is an American film and television director. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... Peter Sellers Richard Henry Sellers (September 8, 1925 - July 24, 1980), better known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian, talented comic actor, and performer on The Goon Show (a long-running BBC radio show, 1951-1960). ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Clifford Parker Robertson III (born September 9, 1925) is an American actor notable for his performances in PT 109 (as the young John F. Kennedy), The Best Man, Charly (for which he won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor), Picnic and Star 80. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... Gore Vidal, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925) is a well-known American man of letters, a writer of novels, plays and essays, and a leading public figure for over fifty years. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... Gail Davis as Annie Oakley Gail Davis (October 5, 1925 - March 15, 1997) was an American actress. ... November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor, famous for his rugged good looks. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sammy Davis, Jr. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925 in West Plains, Missouri), usually credited as Dick Van Dyke, is a noted American television and movie actor. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... Categories: Movie stubs | German actors | 1925 births | 2002 deaths ...

Deaths

• October 31 – Max Linder, French comedic actor