Timeline March 1922

Events in March 1922 4

• 1922 Nosferatu Premieres F. W. Murnau's unauthorized Dracula adaptation opens in Berlin Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, directed by F. W. Murnau, premiered in Berlin on 4 March 1922. An unlicensed adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, it became a landmark of German Expressionist cinema despite a lawsuit from Stoker's estate that nearly resulted in all prints being destroyed. It remains one of the most influential horror films ever made.
• 1922 – 2008 Cyd Charisse (1922-2008) American dancer and actress, partner of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in MGM's great musicals.
• 1922 Cyd Charisse born in Amarillo Cyd Charisse is born in Amarillo.
• 1922 Gandhi Sentenced to Six Years' Imprisonment The Great Trial follows the non-cooperation movement Mohandas Gandhi was convicted of sedition on 18 March 1922 for articles written during his non-cooperation campaign against British rule in India, and was sentenced to six years in prison. He used the trial to indict British rule in India before the court. He was released early in February 1924 following an appendectomy.