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*”Bedouin’s honor” (Sharaf El Badawi), starring and directing by [[Mohammed Karim]] – ([[List of Egyptian films before 1920|Egypt]])

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*”[[The Bell Boy]]”, a [[Fatty Arbuckle|’Fatty’ Arbuckle]] / [[Buster Keaton]] short

*”The Bells”, directed by Ernest C. Warde, starring Frank Keenan and Lois Wilson; this was the 4th film adaptation of [[Erckmann-Chatrian]]’s 1867 stage play ”Le Juif Polonaise” (”The Polish Jew”)<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). “Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era”. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>

*”Black Sherlock Holmes”, produced by Ebony Pictures, starring Sam Robinson as a black version of Sherlock Holmes

*”[[The Blue Bird (1918 film)|The Blue Bird]]”, directed by [[Maurice Tourneur]]

*”[[The Blue Bird (1918 film)|The Blue Bird]]”, directed by [[Maurice Tourneur]]

*”[[‘Blue Blazes’ Rawden]]”, starring [[William S. Hart]]

*”[[‘Blue Blazes’ Rawden]]”, starring [[William S. Hart]]

*”[[Bound in Morocco]]”, directed by [[Allan Dwan]], starring [[Douglas Fairbanks]]

*”[[Buenos Aires tenebroso]]”, directed by [[Juan Glize]] – ([[List of Argentine films before 1930|Argentina]])

*”[[The Burden of Proof (1918 film)|The Burden of Proof]]”, directed by Julius Steger; starring [[Marion Davies]]

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Overview of the events of 1918 in film

The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.

The top six 1918 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Films produced in the United States unless stated otherwise

• Cagliostro, historical melodrama directed by Wladyslaw Starevitch, starring M. Yarosh and Arseniy Bibikov, based on the novel Count Cagliostro by E. Salias^[2] – (USSR)
• Carmen, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Pola Negri – (Germany)
• Casanova, directed by Alfréd Deésy, starring Alfréd Deésy – (Hungary)
• Cecilia of the Pink Roses, directed by Julius Steger; starring Marion Davies
• The Cook, a ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle/Buster Keaton short
• The Craving (aka Delirium) directed by Francis Ford for Universal Pictures, starring Francis Ford and Peter Gerald^[3]
• Cupid Angling, starring Ruth Roland

• The Haunted Hotel, an 11-minute comedy short directed by Fred Rains (Claude’s father), starring Will Asher and Marion Peake^[4]
• The Haunted House, produced and written by Edward Frazee, a very obscure lost film (cast unknown)
• Headin’ South, directed by Allan Dwan, starring Douglas Fairbanks
• The Heart of Humanity, starring Erich von Stroheim
• Hearts of the World, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish
• The House of Mirth, directed by Albert Capellani, starring Katherine Corri Harris
• Huck and Tom

• Das Tagebuch des Dr. Hart (Dr. Hart’s Diary), directed by Paul Leni – (Germany)
• Tarzan of the Apes, directed by Scott Sidney, starring Elmo Lincoln and Enid Markey
• The Tenth Symphony (La Dixième Symphonie), directed by Abel Gance, starring Séverin-Mars and Jean Toulout – (France)
• Tih Minh, directed by Louis Feuillade, starring René Cresté – (France)
• A Trip to Mars, directed by Holger-Madsen.^[6] – (Denmark)
• The Two-Soul Woman, directed by Elmer Clifton for Universal Pictures, starring Priscilla Dean and Ashton Dearholt, based on the novel by Gelett Burgess^[7]

Only the films of the series released in 1918 are collected

Films starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton released in 1918:

Charlie Chaplin wrote, produced, directed, and starred in 9 films for his own production company between 1918 and 1923. These films were distributed by First National. Below the movies released in 1918:

Uncompleted and unreleased films

Glasses character (“The Boy”):

Short films acting as his character Mr. Butterbun released in 1918:

• His Busy Day
• His Salad Days
• Love and Lobster
• The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Trips and Tribunals
• The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Unexpected Treasure
• The Haunted Hotel

• January 29 – John Forsythe, actor (died 2010)
• February 4 – Ida Lupino, actress, director (died 1995)
• February 15 – Allan Arbus, actor (died 2013)
• February 16 – Patty Andrews, singer, actress, member of The Andrews Sisters (died 2013)
• February 19 – Fay McKenzie, American actress and singer (died 2019)
• March 1 – Roger Delgado, actor (died 1973)
• March 9
• March 14 –Dennis Patrick, actor (died 2002)
• April 14 – Mary Healy, actress, singer (died 2015)
• April 17
• April 18 – Shinobu Hashimoto, screenwriter (died 2018)
• May 14 – June Duprez, actress (died 1984)
• May 15 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (died 2009)
• May 20 – Patricia Ellis, American actress (died 1970)
• May 21 – Jeanne Bates, American actress (died 2008)
• May 26 – John Dall, actor (died 1971)
• June 8 – Robert Preston, actor, singer (died 1987)
• June 10 – Barry Morse, actor (died 2008)
• June 11 – Jane Bryan, actress (died 2009)
• June 13 – Ben Johnson, actor (died 1996)
• June 15 – Elisabeth Waldo, American former musician and actress
• June 21 – Adriana Sivieri, Italian actress (died 1970)
• June 26 – Ellen Liiger, actress (died 1987)
• July 6 – Sebastian Cabot, actor (died 1977)
• July 8 – Craig Stevens, American actor (died 2000)
• July 14 – Ingmar Bergman, Swedish actor, writer, director (died 2007)
• July 16 – William Bishop, actor (died 1959)
• July 18 – Jane Frazee, singer, actress (died 1985)
• July 25 – Nan Grey, actress (died 1993)
• July 26 – Marjorie Lord, actress (died 2015)
• August 1 – Cheryl Walker, model, actress (died 1971)
• August 9 – Robert Aldrich, director (died 1983)
• August 17 – Evelyn Ankers, actress (died 1985)
• August 25 – Richard Greene, actor (died 1985)
• September 10 – Rin Tin Tin, canine actor (died 1932)
• September 13 – Dick Haymes, Argentine actor, singer (died 1980)
• September 16 – Branka Veselinović, Serbian actress (died 2023)
• September 21 – Rand Brooks, American actor (died 2003)
• September 24 – Audra Lindley, American actress (died 1997)
• September 28 – Arnold Stang, American actor and comedian (died 2009)
• October 9 – Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (died 2000)
• October 13
• October 17 – Rita Hayworth, actress (died 1987)
• October 23 – Peggy Moran, actress (died 2002)
• October 25 – Milton Selzer, actor (died 2005)
• October 27 – Teresa Wright, actress (died 2005)
• October 29 – Diana Serra Cary, born Peggy-Jean Montgomery (“Baby Peggy”), child silent film actress (died 2020)
• November 4
• November 27 – Stephen Elliott, actor (died 2005)
• November 30 – Efrem Zimbalist Jr., actor (died 2014)
• December 10 – Anne Gwynne, actress, model (died 2003)
• December 15 – Jeff Chandler, actor (died 1961)
• December 23 – Kumar Pallana, Indian-American character actress (died 2013)

• January 8 – Johannes Pääsuke, 25, Estonian photographer and director (train crash)
• January 12 – Simeon Wiltsie, American actor
• February 1 – Joseph Kaufman, 36, American silent film actor & director, married to film star Ethel Clayton
• February 15 – Vernon Castle, 30, American dancer & writer
• March 13 – William Courtleigh, Jr., 26, American actor
• April 30 – “Mother” Mary Maurice, 73, American veteran stage & film actress
• May 19 – Sidney Rankin Drew, 26, American actor and director.
• June 29 – John van den Broek, 23, Dutch cinematographer
• July 4 – Walter Stradling, 43, British cinematographer
• August 12 – Anna Held, 46, Polish actress & singer
• September 21 – Hal August, 28, American actor;
• October 2 – Edwin Arden, American stage & film actor
• October 19 – Harold Lockwood, 31, American actor
• October 22 – Myrtle Gonzalez, 27, American actress
• October 22 – Julian L’Estrange, 38, English actor
• October 28 – Louise Vale, American actress
• November 6 – William Shea, 67, Scottish veteran film actor & director
• November 18 – Wayland Trask Jr., 31, American comedian
• December 6 – Charles Gunn, 35, American actor
• December 29 – Jode Mullally, 32, American actor