1891 in film
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Events
- May 20: Thomas Alva Edison presented the William KL Dickson developed by predecessors of today's film projectors, the Kinetoscope, the first time to the public and on August 24 he announces his invention for a patent.
- May 27: Premiere of the produced by William KL Dickson short film Dickson Greeting.
- June: Another film of Dickson Newark Athlete.
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 01: Charles Bickford, American actor († 1967)
- 01 January: Boris Morros, Russian- American composer and producer ( † 1963)
- January 06: Rochus Gliese, German stage designer and director († 1978)
- January 29: Archie Mayo, American film director († 1968)
February
- February 05: Monta Bell, American film director and producer ( † 1958)
- 09 February: Ronald Colman, British actor († 1958)
- February 14: Erich Engel, German director († 1966)
- February 15: Roy Rene, Australian actor and comedian († 1954)
March
- March 04: Viktor Tourjansky, Russian director († 1976)
- 08 March: George Froeschel, Austrian-American author and screenwriter († 1979)
- March 08: Sam Jaffe, American actor († 1984)
- 20 March: Edmund Goulding, British director († 1959)
- March 21: Helmuth Gmelin, German actor and theater director († 1959)
- MARCH 31: Victor Varconi, American actor and director († 1976)
April-June
April
May
June
- 02 June: Rose Veldtkirch, German actress († 1971)
- 09 June: Cole Porter, American composer († 1964)
- June 18: Mae Busch, Australian actress († 1946)
- 21 June: Michael of Newlinski, Austrian actor († 1964)
- 24 June: Irving Pichel, American actor († 1954)
- June 29: Robert Frazer, American actor († 1944)
- June 29: Peter Voss, German actor († 1979)
- JUNE 30: Fredy Barten, German actor († 1972)
July to September
July
- 02 July: Gherardo Gherardi, Italian writer († 1949)
- 06 July: Max Wallner, German writer and screenwriter († 1951)
- July 12: Jetta Goudal, American actress († 1985)
- July 12: Jules Kruger, Alsatian cameraman († 1959)
- July 13: Marguerite Boulc'h, French singer and actress († 1951)
- July 14: Fritz Kampers, German actor († 1950)
- July 18: Gene Lockhart, Canadian- American actor († 1957)
- JULY 21: Erwin Faber, Austrian actor († 1989)
- July 23: Harry Cohn, American producer ( † 1958)
September
- September 06: Rowland V. Lee, American film director († 1975)
- SEPTEMBER 19: Willy Birgel, German actor († 1973)
- September 22: Hans Albers, German actor († 1960)
October to December
October
November
- November 02: Leopold Hainisch, Austrian actor and director († 1979)
- 07 November: Miriam Cooper, American actress († 1976)
- NOVEMBER 10: Carl Stalling, American composer († 1972)
- November 30: Luciano Doria, an Italian producer and director († 1961)
- November 30: BB Kahane, American producer ( † 1960)
- November 30: Edward Kubat, German producer and director († 1976)
- November 30: Franz Weilhammer, German actor and voice actor ( † after 1956)
December
- 03 December: Warwick Ward, British actor and producer ( † 1967)
- 07 December: Fay Bainter, American actress († 1968)
- DECEMBER 29: George Marshall, American film director († 1975)