1895 in film
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Events
- MARCH 22: Auguste and Louis Lumière lead her first movie in front of a closed audience. The film shows workers leaving the Lumière Factory.
- In the UK Robert William Paul and the photographer Birt Acres develop a film camera and a projector along the lines of Kinetographen of Thomas Alva Edison. On March 30, they film the first time the annual rowing competition between Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
- August: Thomas Edison turns The Execution of Mary Stuart.
Birthdays
January to March
- 05 January: A. Edward Sutherland, a British director († 1973)
- February 06: Sepp Allgeier, German cameraman († 1968)
- February 06: Mario Camerini, Italian director († 1981)
- FEBRUARY 12: Brian Desmond Hurst, Irish film director, screenwriter and producer ( † 1986)
- February 14: Nigel Bruce, Mexican / American actor († 1953)
- FEBRUARY 19: Louis Calhern, American actor († 1956)
- FEBRUARY 21: Emil Stepanek, an Austrian art director ( † 1945)
- FEBRUARY 28: Marcel Pagnol, French film director and screenwriter († 1974)
- March 04: Shemp Howard, American actor († 1955)
- MARCH 13: Dorothy Davenport, American actress († 1977)
April-June
- 06 April: Dudley Nichols, American screenwriter († 1960)
- April 06: Harold Rosson, American Cinematographer ( † 1988)
- 06 May: Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor († 1926)
- 09 May: Richard Barthelmess, American actor († 1963)
- MAY 26: Paul Lukas, American actor († 1971)
- June 03: Zoltan Korda, Hungarian film director († 1961)
- June 04: George Stevenson Wallace, Australian actor († 1960)
- 07 June: Hans Schneeberger, Austro- German camera pioneer († 1971)
- JUNE 10: Hattie McDaniel, American actress († 1952)
- June 14: Cliff Edwards, American actor and voice actor († 1971)
- June 18: Blanche Sweet, American actress († 1986)
July to September
- July 08: Arthur C. Miller, American Cinematographer ( † 1970)
- July 13: Daniel Mandell, American Cutter ( † 1987)
- July 14: Hans Possenbacher, German actor († 1979)
- July 17: Sid Hickox, American Cinematographer ( † 1982)
- July 18: Edgar Ziesemer, German cameraman († 1971)
- July 23: Aileen Pringle, American actress († 1989)
- July 23: Florence Vidor, American actress († 1977)
- September 01: Edit Angold, German actress († 1971)
- September 04: Nigel Bruce, British actor († 1953)
- September 22: Paul Muni, American actor († 1967)
- SEPTEMBER 25: Victor Saville, British film director and producer ( † 1979)
- September 26: George Raft, American actor († 1980)
- September 30: Lewis Milestone, American film director († 1980)
October to December
- October 01: Hans Schweikart, German director († 1975)
- October 02: Bud Abbott, American actor († 1974)
- 04 October: Buster Keaton, American actor and director († 1966)
- October 10: Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor († 1935)
- October 20: Rex Ingram, American actor († 1969)
- OCTOBER 21: Edna Purviance, American actress († 1958)
- November 09: Mae Marsh, American actress († 1968)
- NOVEMBER 17: Hilde Wörner, German actress († 1963)
- NOVEMBER 27: Nico Dostal, Austrian composer († 1981)