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

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

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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 The Big Parade MGM $4,990,000[1]
2 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ $4,359,000[1]
3 The Freshman Pathé Exchange $2,600,000[2]
4 The Gold Rush United Artists $2,150,000[3]
5 The Phantom of the Opera Universal $1,550,000[4]
6 Don Q, Son of Zorro
Stella Dallas
United Artists $1,500,000[5][2]
7 The Lost World 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

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  • 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 $68 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

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

Comedy film series

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Animated short film series

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  • 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

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Deaths

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Film debuts

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References

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  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ a b c d Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  3. ^ Maland, Charles J. (1989). Chaplin and American Culture: The Evolution of a Star Image. ISBN 0-691-09440-3. The United Artists balance sheet of domestic film rentals through the end of 1931 show that The Gold Rush had accumulated $2.15 million in rentals, while The Circus had garnered $1.82 million.
  4. ^ "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M154.
  5. ^ Krämer, Peter (2019). The General. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-8387-1889-3. In addition, the strongly comedy-inflected, spectacular adventure films starring Fairbanks, who was known for his onscreen acrobatics (as well as his infectious smile), ranked highly in the annual charts – The Thief of Bagdad at no. 3 in 1924, Don Q, Son of Zorro at no. 4 in 1925 and The Black Pirate at no. 4 in 1926 – with domestic rentals of between $1.5 million and $1.7 million.
  6. ^ Eyman, Scott (1990). Mary Pickford, America's Sweetheart. ISBN 1-55611-147-9. Little Annie Rooney grossed over $1.1 million domestically. In its premiere run in New York, it grossed a total of just over $70,000 at the 2,900 seat Strand Theater, compared to $78,000 for Douglas's Don Son of 'Zorro, which also ran two weeks that same year. (The record run for 1925 at the Strand was Chaplin's The Gold Rush, which grossed $214,700 in just four weeks.)
  7. ^ Movie Box Office Grosses: 1925 through 1931
  8. ^ The Ten Best Pictures of 1925. Retrieved April 28, 2018. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  9. ^ Hall, Sheldon; Neale, Stephen (2010). Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters: a Hollywood history. Wayne State University Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-8143-3008-1.
  10. ^ Ye, Tan; Zhu, Yun (2012). Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8108-6779-6.
  11. ^ a b Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 283. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  12. ^ a b Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 284. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  13. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 288. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  14. ^ "Miracles of Love (1925)". imdb.com.
  15. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 289. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  16. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 279. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  17. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 292. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  18. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 293. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  19. ^ a b Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 294. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  20. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 295. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  21. ^ Yorke, Peter (2007). William Haggar (1851-1925): fairground film-maker. Bedlinog: Accent Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-905170-87-6. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-09-12.

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