Events

• November 27 - The Mask of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. opens.

Top grossing films

1. Way Down East - directed by D.W. Griffith
2. Over the Hill to the Poorhouse - directed by Harry F. Millarde

Movies released

Movies released in 1920 include:

• Convict 13 , a Buster Keaton short.
• Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (The Golem, How he Came into the World), starring and directed by Paul Wegener
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring John Barrymore.
• Haunted Spooks , starring Harold Lloyd.
• High and Dizzy , starring Harold Lloyd.
• The Last of the Mohicans, starring Wallace Beery.
• The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
• Neighbors a Buster Keaton short.
• One Week, a Buster Keaton short.
• Over the Hill to the Poorhouse
• The Penalty , starring Lon Chaney.
• Pollyanna, srarring Mary Pickford.
• The Saphead , starring Buster Keaton
• The Scarecrow, a Buster Keaton short.
• Way Down East , starring Lillian Gish
• Within Our Gates, directed by Oscar Micheaux.

Births

• January 20 - Federico Fellini, film director (d. 1993)
• January 20 - DeForest Kelley, actor (d. 1993)
• January 27 - John Box, production designer, four-time Oscar winner (d. 2005)
• February 11 - Billy Halop, actor (d. 1976)
• February 26 - Tony Randall, actor (d. 2004)
• March 16 - Leo McKern, actor (d. 2002)
• April 1 - Toshiro Mifune, actor (d. 1997)
• April 2 - Jack Webb, actor (d. 1982)
• May 11 - Denver Pyle, actor (d. 1997)
• May 16 - Martine Carol, actress (d. 1967)
• May 26 - Peggy Lee, singer, songwriter, actress (d. 2002)
• June 29 - Ray Harryhausen, producer, visual effects artist
• August 6 - Ella Raines, actress (d. 1988)
• August 17 - Maureen O'Hara, actress
• August 18 - Shelley Winters, actress
• August 22 - Ray Bradbury, writer
• September 18 - Jack Warden, actor
• September 23 - Mickey Rooney, actor
• September 27 - William Conrad, actor
• September 27 - Jayne Meadows, actress
• October 1 - Walter Matthau, actor (d. 2000)
• October 17 - Montgomery Clift, actor (d. 1966)
• October 18 - Melina Mercouri, actress (d. 1994)
• October 21 - Hy Averback , actor (d. 1997)
• October 22 - Mitzi Green , actress (d. 1969)
• October 27 - Nanette Fabray, actress
• November 2 - Ann Rutherford, actress
• November 10 - Jennifer Holt, actress (d. 1997)
• November 19 - Gene Tierney, actress (d. 1991)
• November 25 - Ricardo Montalban, actor
• November 30 - Virginia Mayo, actress
• December 29 - Viveca Lindfors , actress (d. 1995)
• December 30 - Jack Lord, actor (d. 1998)
• December 31 – Rex Allen, American cowboy actor, singer (d. 1999)

Deaths

• September 10 - Olive Thomas, actress