Home > 1917 in film

1 Events

• Technicolor is introduced

2 Top grossing films

1. Cleopatra

3 Movies released

Movies released in 1917 include:

• The Adventurer , a Charlie Chaplin short.
• Bucking Broadway , directed by John Ford.
• The Butcher Boy , a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
• Camile , starring Theda Bara
• Cleopatra, starring Theda Bara
• Coney Island, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
• The Cure, a Charlie Chaplin short.
• Easy Street , starring Charlie Chaplin
• Great Expectations, starring Jack PickfordJohn Charles Smith ( August 18, 1896 January 3, 1933) was a Canadian actor. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he was the brother of Mary Pickford. Like her, Jack Pickford's mother had him acting on stage as a very young boy. In 1910, he was only 14 years
• His Wedding Night , a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
• The ImmigrantThe Immigrant (also called Broke is a 1917 short comedy film starring the Charlie Chaplin Little Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States who is accused of theft on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, and befriends a young woman along, starring Charlie Chaplin
• Joan the Woman , starring Geraldine Farrar; directed by Cecil B. DeMille
• The Little American , starring Mary Pickford; directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
• Oh Doctor! , a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
• The Poor Little Rich Girl, starring Mary Pickford.
• A Reckless Romeo , a 'Fatty' Arbuckle short.
• The Rough House , a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
• Straight Shooting , directed by John Ford.
• Teddy at the Throttle , a Keystone comedy with Gloria Swanson.
• Tom Sawyer, starring Jack Pickford
• The Wild Girl , starring Eva Tanguay and Tom Moore