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Film and TV History in 1920

  • Jan 4 Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits

Disney Starts Work

Jan 29 Walt Disney starts work as an artist with KC Slide Co for $40 a week

  • Feb 26 German silent horror film classic "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" starring Werner Krauss is released
  • Apr 20 Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio

The Last of the Mohicans

Nov 21 Silent film "The Last of the Mohicans" released, adapted from James Fenimore Cooper's novel, starring Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford

The Mark of Zorro

Nov 27 "The Mark of Zorro" directed by Fred Niblo and starring Douglas Fairbanks is shown in New York - 1st American superhero film

Bob Hope Becomes US Citizen

Dec 20 Bob Hope becomes an American citizen aged 17 (emigrated from England aged four)