Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists Oscar Micheaux releases The Homesteader, becoming the first African-American to produce and direct a motion picture. Top Grossing Films of the Year Movies Released Movies released in 1919 include: Back Stage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short. Blind Husbands, directed by Erich von Stroheim. Broken Blossoms starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess; directed by D.W. Griffith. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, starring Werner Krauss and Conrad Veidt. Daddy-Long-Legs, starring Mary Pickford. A Day's Pleasure, a Charlie Chaplin short. The Homesteader Madame DuBarry, starring Pola Negri and Emil Jannings. Male and Female, starring Gloria Swanson; directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The Garage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short. Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic (documentary) Sunnyside, a Charlie Chaplin short. True Heart Susie, starring Lillian Gish. Births January 1 - Carole Landis, actress (+1948) January 13 - Robert Stack, actor (+2003) February 5 - Red Buttons, actor February 11 - Eva Gabor, actress February 18 - Jack Palance, actor March 2 - Jennifer Jones, actress June 29 - Slim Pickens, actor July 7 - Jon Pertwee, actor (+1996) Deaths
Movies Released Movies released in 1919 include: Back Stage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short. Blind Husbands, directed by Erich von Stroheim. Broken Blossoms starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess; directed by D.W. Griffith. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, starring Werner Krauss and Conrad Veidt. Daddy-Long-Legs, starring Mary Pickford. A Day's Pleasure, a Charlie Chaplin short. The Homesteader Madame DuBarry, starring Pola Negri and Emil Jannings. Male and Female, starring Gloria Swanson; directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The Garage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short. Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic (documentary) Sunnyside, a Charlie Chaplin short. True Heart Susie, starring Lillian Gish. Births January 1 - Carole Landis, actress (+1948) January 13 - Robert Stack, actor (+2003) February 5 - Red Buttons, actor February 11 - Eva Gabor, actress February 18 - Jack Palance, actor March 2 - Jennifer Jones, actress June 29 - Slim Pickens, actor July 7 - Jon Pertwee, actor (+1996) Deaths
