1925 in film

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This is an overview of 1925 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1925 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1925
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 Script error: No such module "sort". MGM $4,990,000[1]
2 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ $4,359,000[1]
3 Script error: No such module "sort". Pathé Exchange $2,600,000[2]
4 Script error: No such module "sort". United Artists $2,150,000[3]
5 Script error: No such module "sort". Universal $1,550,000[4]
6 Don Q, Son of Zorro
Stella Dallas
United Artists $1,500,000[5][2]
7 Script error: No such module "sort". First National $1,300,000[2]
8 East Lynne
Little Annie Rooney
Fox Film
United Artists
$1,100,000[2][6]
9 The Merry Widow MGM $1,081,000[1]
10 The Eagle United Artists $820,000[7]

Events

  • June 26: Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush premieres. It is voted the best film of the year by critics in The Film Daily annual poll[8]
  • September 25: Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin rebuilt as Germany's largest cinema reopens.
  • November 5: MGM's war drama film The Big Parade is released. It is a massive commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing picture of the 1920s in the United States.
  • December 30: MGM's biblical epic Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ premieres in New York City. It is the most expensive silent film ever made, costing $4 million (around $Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". million when adjusted for inflation)[9]
  • Hong Shen publishes the film script Mrs. Shentu in the Shanghai magazine Eastern Miscellany. It is never filmed, but is considered a milestone in film history for being the first published film script in China.[10] Hong also directs his first film, Young Master Feng, at Mingxing (Star) Film Company in this year.

Notable films released in 1925

For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see United States films of 1925

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Comedy film series

Animated short film series

  • Felix the Cat (1919–1936)
  • Koko the Clown (1919–1963)
  • Aesop's Film Fables (1921–1934)
  • Alice Comedies
    • Alice Cans the Cannibals
    • Alice the Toreador
    • Alice Gets Stung
    • Alice Solves the Puzzle
    • Alice's Egg Plant
    • Alice Loses Out
    • Alice is Stage Struck
    • Alice Wins the Derby
    • Alice Picks the Champ
    • Alice's Tin Pony
    • Alice Chops the Suey
    • Alice the Jail Bird
    • Alice Plays Cupid
    • Alice Rattled by Rats
    • Alice in the Jungle
  • Koko's Song Car Tunes (1924–1927)
  • Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
  • Un-Natural History (1925–1927)

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

References

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External links

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