Around 800 American feature films were released in 1921.Robertson, Patrick (1980) Movie Facts and Feats: A Guinness Record Book p25 In the years before, during and since World War I several major studios based in Hollywood had come to dominate American film production including Paramount, Fox, Universal, Vitagraph, Goldwyn, First National and United Artists. American-made films enjoyed great commercial success around the world and relied on an established star system.
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Title Director Cast Genre NotesThe Ace of HeartsWallace Worsley Lon Chaney, Leatrice Joy, John Bowers, Hardee Kirkland, Raymond Hatton Crime Drama GoldwynAcross the Divide John Holloway Rex Ballard, Rosemary Theby Western Associated ExhibitorsActionJohn Ford Hoot Gibson, Francis Ford, Clara Horton Western UniversalThe Affairs of Anatol Cecil B. DeMille Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Wanda Hawley Drama ParamountAfter Midnight Ralph Ince Ralph Ince, Zena Keefe, Macey Harlam Drama SelznickAfter the ShowScott Sidney Jack Holt, Lila Lee, Eve Southern Drama ParamountAfter Your Own HeartGeorge Marshall Tom Mix, Ora Carew, George Hernandez Western Fox Alias Ladyfingers Bayard Veiller Bert Lytell, Ora Carew, Frank Elliott Comedy Metro All Dolled Up Rollin S. Sturgeon Gladys Walton, Edward Hearn, Florence Turner Comedy Universal All's Fair in Love E. Mason Hopper Richard Dix, May Collins, Stuart Holmes Comedy Goldwyn All Soul's Eve Chester Franklin Mary Miles Minter, Jack Holt, Carmen Phillips Drama Paramount Anne of Little Smoky Edward Connor Winifred Westover, Dolores Cassinelli, Joe King Drama Playgoers At the End of the World Penrhyn Stanlaws Betty Compson, Milton Sills, Mitchell Lewis Drama Paramount At the Stage Door Christy Cabanne Billie Dove, Huntley Gordon, Miriam Battista Romance FBO Bachelor Apartments Johnnie Walker Edward M. Favor, Bernard Nedell Comedy Arrow The Bait Maurice Tourneur Hope Hampton, Jack McDonald, James Gordon Crime Paramount Bar Nothing Edward Sedgwick Buck Jones, Ruth Renick, Arthur Edmund Carewe Western Fox Bare Knuckles James P. Hogan William Russell, Mary Thurman, George Fisher Drama Fox The Barricade Christy Cabanne William H. Strauss, Katherine Spencer, Kenneth Harlan Drama FBO Be My Wife Max Linder Max Linder, Alta Allen, Rose Dione Comedy Goldwyn Beach of Dreams William Parke Edith Storey, Noah Beery, Jack Curtis Drama FBO Beating the Game Victor Schertzinger Tom Moore, Hazel Daly, DeWitt Jennings Crime Goldwyn The Beautiful Gambler William Worthington Grace Darmond, Jack Mower, Harry von Meter Western Universal The Beautiful Liar Wallace Worsley Katherine MacDonald, Charles Meredith, Joseph J. Dowling Comedy First National Beau Revel John Griffith Wray Lewis Stone, Florence Vidor, Kathleen Kirkham Drama Paramount Behind Masks Frank Reicher Dorothy Dalton, William P. Carleton, Julia Swayne Gordon Drama Paramount Below the Deadline J.P. McGowan Lillian Biron, Bert Sprotte, Robert Anderson Crime Independent Beyond William Desmond Taylor Ethel Clayton, Charles Meredith, Earl Schenck Drama Paramount Beyond Price J. Searle Dawley Pearl White, Vernon Steele, Ottola Nesmith Drama Fox The Big Adventure B. Reeves Eason B. Reeves Eason Jr., Lee Shumway, Gertrude Olmstead Adventure Universal Big Game Dallas M. Fitzgerald May Allison, Forrest Stanley, Zeffie Tilbury Drama MetroThe Big Punch John Ford Buck Jones, Barbara Bedford, Jack Curtis Western Fox Big Town Ideas Carl Harbaugh Eileen Percy, Laura La Plante, James Parrott Comedy Fox The Big Town Round-Up Lynn Reynolds Tom Mix, Ora Carew, Laura La Plante Action Fox Bits of Life Marshall Neilan Lon Chaney, Noah Beery, Sr., Anna May Wong Drama First National Black Beauty David Smith Jean Paige, James W. Morrison, Adele Farrington Drama Vitagraph The Black Panther's Cub Emile Chautard Florence Reed, Earle Foxe, Norman Trevor Drama Independent Black Roses Colin Campbell Sessue Hayakawa, Myrtle Stedman, Tsuru Aoki Crime FBO The Blazing Trail Robert Thornby Frank Mayo, Mary Philbin, Lillian Rich Drama UniversalBlind Hearts Rowland V. Lee Hobart Bosworth, Madge Bellamy, Wade Boteler Drama Associated ProducersThe BlotPhillips Smalley, Lois Weber Claire Windsor, Louis Calhern, Margaret McWade Melodrama Independent The Blushing Bride Jules Furthman Eileen Percy, Herbert Heyes, Philo McCullough Comedy Fox Bob Hampton of Placer Marshall Neilan James Kirkwood Sr., Wesley Barry, Marjorie Daw Drama First National Boys Will Be Boys Clarence G. Badger Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Sidney Ainsworth Comedy Goldwyn The Breaking Point Paul Scardon Bessie Barriscale, Walter McGrail, Ethel Grey Terry Drama HodkinsonBrewster's MillionsJoseph Henabery Fatty Arbuckle, Betty Ross Clarke, Marian Skinner Comedy Paramount Bring Him In Robert Ensminger, Earle Williams Earle Williams, Fritzi Ridgeway, Ernest Van Pelt Drama Vitagraph Broadway Buckaroo Phil Goldstone William Fairbanks, Marion Aye, Fred Burns Western Independent A Broken Doll Allan Dwan Monte Blue, Mary Thurman, Mary Jane Irving Drama Associated Producers The Broken Spur Ben F. Wilson Jack Hoxie, Evelyn Nelson, Marin Sais Western Arrow The Bronze Bell James W. Horne Courtenay Foote, John Davidson, Claire Du Brey Drama Paramount Bucking the Line Carl Harbaugh Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Molly Malone, Kathryn McGuire Drama Fox Bucking the Tiger Henry Kolker Conway Tearle, Winifred Westover, Gladden James Drama Selznick Bunty Pulls the Strings Reginald Barker Leatrice Joy, Russell Simpson, Raymond Hatton Comedy Goldwyn Buried Treasure George D. Baker Marion Davies, Norman Kerry, Anders Randolf Adventure Paramount Burn 'Em Up Barnes George Beranger Johnny Hines, Edmund Breese, George Fawcett Comedy Independent The Butterfly Girl John Gorman Marjorie Daw, Fritzi Brunette, King Baggot Drama Pathe Exchange
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Title Director Cast Genre Notes The Call of the North Joseph Henabery Jack Holt, Madge Bellamy, Noah Beery Drama Paramount