1919 in Film - Events

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.
  • Tri-Ergon sound-on-film technology is developed by three German inventors, Josef Engl, Hans Vogt, and Joseph Massole; however, the era of sound films is over 6 years away.
  • Ken Hill and Kenny Hill launch Coplin Artists

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