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The History of Cinema: 1917 |
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Hungary - Turkey |
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| Hungary | ||||
| 31/12 - | Sandor Korda and Miklos Pasztoory buy out the Corvin production company from Jeno Jancovicz and transfer operations to Budapest, where a new studio is under construction. [ADD] | |||
| – As a result of the wartime ban on American, French and Italian films, Hungary becomes one of the biggest film-producing nations. [ADD] | ||||
| – The Astra film production company is formed. [ADD] | ||||
| Indochina | ||||
| 1/7 - | Governor-general Albert Serraut returns from a visit to France with a number of films to demonstrate to the locals the “genius of the French nation.” [ADD] | |||
| Israel | ||||
| – Ya'ackov Ben Dov films General Allenby’s victorious entry into Jerusalem. [ADD] | ||||
| Italy | ||||
| 27/2 - | Gioacchino Mecheri, director of Tiber Film and Celio Film, buys out Itala Film. [ADD] | |||
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| 27/2 - | Giovanni Pastrone, the director of Cabiria, retires from the motion picture business. [ADD] | |||
| Japan | ||||
| Apr - | Two film studios, Nikkatsu and Tenkatsu, begin production of animated films. [ADD] | |||
| Aug - | The National Police Agency enforce the Motion Picture Rules and Regulations which state that men and women must not sit together in cinemas. [ADD] | |||
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Mexico |
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| – J. Jamet’s La luz, tríptico de la vida moderna, Mexico’s first full feature film, is released. Mexican diva Emma Padilla stars. [ADD] | ||||
| – The Aztec Film Company is established. [ADD] | ||||
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Puerto Rico |
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| – The Tropical Film Company is established. [ADD] | ||||
| Russia | ||||
| 30/3 - | The Union of Patriotic Filmmakers release The Great Days of the Russian Revolution to commemorate the events leading to the abdication of the Czar. The film is directed by Vyatcheslav Viskovsky and Boutch Tovmarchersky. [ADD] | |||
| Switzerland | ||||
| 11/6 - | The Swiss Association of Cinema Theatres (SLV / Schweizerischer Lichtspieltheater-Verband) is formed in Zurich. [ADD] | |||
Other Key Films of 1917 |
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| Hungary | ||||
| The Boys from Pal Street (Bela Balogh) [ADD] | ||||
| Harrison es Barrison (Sandor Korda) [ADD] | ||||
| A Fold embere (Mihaly Kertesz) [ADD] | ||||
| Szent Peter esernyoje (Sandor Korda) [ADD] | ||||
| Italy | ||||
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Cenere (Febo Mari, Arturo Ambrosio Jr.) [ADD] |
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Rapsodia Satanica (Nino Oxilia) [ADD] |
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| Japan | ||||
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Ikeru Shikabane (Eizo Tanaka) [ADD] |
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| Mexico | ||||
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En defensa propia [ADD] |
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La soñadora [ADD] |
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La tigresa [ADD] |
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New Zealand |
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The Kid from Timaru [ADD] |
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| Russia | ||||
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Korol Parizha (Yevgeni Bauer) [ADD] |
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Revolutsioner (Yevgeni Bauer) [ADD] |
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Satana likuyushchiy (Yakov Protazanov) [ADD] |
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| Slovenia | ||||
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The Tenth Battle of Isonzo [ADD] |
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| Sweden | ||||
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Forstadsprasten (Georg af Klercker) [ADD] |
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Terje Vigen (Victor Sjostrom) [ADD] |
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Thomas Graal’s basta barn (Mauritz Stiller) [ADD] |
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| Switzerland | ||||
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Der Bergfuhrer (Eduard Bienz) Feature [ADD] |
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| Turkey | ||||
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Pence (Sedat Simavi) Feature [ADD] |
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Casus (The Spy) (Sedat Simavi) [ADD] |
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| Argentina-Gt. Britain | ||||
| USA: January-June | ||||
| USA: July-December | ||||