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Barrymore, Bennett, Blythe, Brown and 16 others
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    Gretchen Hale (1897 - 1979)
    Birth: Aug. 28, 1897 Death: Jan. 27, 1979 Actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she was a in her teens as a stage performer under the name of Greta Arbin prior to making her screen debut in "Famous Playe...
  • George Frederick Walsh (1889 - 1981)
    Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy : Dec 1 2023, 5:53:32 UTC Actor. He was a veteran performer of the silent film era, whom appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1936. He made his big screen deb...
  • Gladys Francis More (1905 - 1987)
    Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy : May 5 2024, 4:42:08 UTC Tiny, blue-eyed Ann Christy started in Silent films with a bit part in Long Pants (1927) with Harry Langdon. She was then signed by o...
  • Photo by Ira D. Schwarz, from "Shadowland" (Sep 1919-Feb 1920). Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:June_Walker_-_Feb_1920_Shadowland.jpg
    June Walker (1899 - 1966)
    June Walker was an American stage and film actor. Note: Some secondary sources and her California death index state that she was born in 1900. On her U.S. passport application from 1923, she stated t...
  • Conway Tearle (1878 - 1938)
    Conway Tearle was an American actor of the silent and early sound film era. He appeared in 93 films between 1914 and 1936. He was the half-brother of actor Godfrey Tearle.On December 16, 1931, Conway a...

People who have made significant contribution to silent films: actors, directors, writers, etc.

Top grossing silent films in the United States as calculated by Variety magazine in 1932. The dollar amounts are not adjusted for inflation.

  1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) - $10,000,000
  2. The Big Parade (1925) - $6,400,000
  3. Ben-Hur (1925) - $5,500,000
  4. Way Down East (1920) - $5,000,000
  5. The Gold Rush (1925) - $4,250,000
  6. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) - $4,000,000
  7. The Circus (1928) - $3,800,000
  8. The Covered Wagon (1923) - $3,800,000
  9. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) - $3,500,000
  10. The Ten Commandments (1923) - $3,400,000
  11. Orphans of the Storm (1921) - $3,000,000
  12. For Heaven's Sake (1926) - $2,600,000
  13. Seventh Heaven (1926) - $2,400,000
  14. Abie's Irish Rose (1928) - $1,500,000

Actors

  • Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
  • Charlie Chaplin
  • William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody
  • Lew Cody
  • Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
  • William S. Hart
  • Harry Cary Sr.
  • Victoria Forde
  • D.W. Griffith
  • Buster Keaton
  • Edith McAlpin
  • Tom Mix
  • Mabel Normand
  • Mary Pickford

Directors

  • Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
  • William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody
  • Charley Chaplin
  • Cecil B.DeMille
  • D.W. Griffith
  • William S. Hart
  • Samuel Goldwyn
  • Mabel Normand
  • Hal Roach
  • Mack Sennett

Writers
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