Events February 5 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists. March – Oscar Micheaux premieres The Homesteader, the first feature-length race film, starring pioneering African American actress Evelyn Preer, becoming the first African American to produce and direct a motion picture. May 13 – D. W. Griffith's first film to be released by United Artists, Broken Blossoms, has its premiere in New York City. August 29 – The Miracle Man displayed Lon Chaney's talent for make-up and made him famous as a character actor. September 1 – United Artists release their first film, His Majesty, the American starring Douglas Fairbanks. September 18 – Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin opens rebuilt as a permanent cinema with the première of Ernst Lubitsch's Madame Dubarry. September 25 – Dalagang Bukid (The Country Maiden), the first Filipino feature-length film made in the Philippines, released. October 24 – The Capitol Theatre in New York City becomes one of the largest cinemas in the world with 4,000 seats. November 16 – Constance Talmadge becomes a star with the release of A Virtuous Vamp. November 23 – Cecil B. DeMille's Male and Female is released and grosses $1,256,226.59, establishing Gloria Swanson as a worldwide star. Harold Lloyd begins holding test screenings of his films and modifying them based on audience feedback, a technique which continues in use. Tri-Ergon sound-on-film technology is developed by three German inventors, Josef Engl, Hans Vogt (engineer), and Joseph Massole; however, the era of sound films is over 6 years away.
Events February 5 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists. March – Oscar Micheaux premieres The Homesteader, the first feature-length race film, starring pioneering African American actress Evelyn Preer becoming the first African American to produce and direct a motion picture. May 13 – D. W. Griffith's first film to be released by United Artists, Broken Blossoms, has its premiere in New York City. August 29 – The Miracle Man displayed Lon Chaney's talent for make-up and made him famous as a character actor. September 1 – United Artists release their first film, His Majesty, the American starring Douglas Fairbanks. September 18 – Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin opens rebuilt as a permanent cinema with the première of Ernst Lubitsch's Madame Dubarry. September 25 – Dalagang Bukid (The Country Maiden), the first Filipino feature-length film made in the Philippines, released. October 24 – The Capitol Theatre in New York City becomes one of the largest cinemas in the world with 4,000 seats. November 16 – Constance Talmadge becomes a star with the release of A Virtuous Vamp. November 23 – Cecil B. DeMille's Male and Female is released and grosses $1,256,226.59, establishing Gloria Swanson as a worldwide star. Harold Lloyd begins holding test screenings of his films and modifying them based on audience feedback, a technique which continues in use. Tri-Ergon sound-on-film technology is developed by three German inventors, Josef Engl, Hans Vogt (engineer), and Joseph Massole; however, the era of sound films is over 6 years away.