1901 in film
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The film The Story of a Crime ( Histoire d' un crime ) by Ferdinand Zecca is considered the first detective film.
Birthdays
January to March
January
February
- February 01: Clark Gable, American actor († 1960)
- 09 February: Brian Donlevy, American actor († 1972)
- FEBRUARY 16: Chester Morris, American actor († 1970)
- FEBRUARY 22: Ken G. Hall, Australian director († 1994)
- FEBRUARY 25: Zeppo Marx, a member of the Marx Brothers ( † 1979)
March
April-June
April
- April 05: Curt Bois, German actor († 1991)
- 05 April: Melvyn Douglas, American actor († 1981)
- April 26: Harald Braun, German director († 1960)
May
- May 01: Heinz Roemheld, American composer and arranger († 1985)
- May 03: Gino Cervi, Italian actor († 1974)
- May 03: Hugo Friedhofer, American composer († 1981)
- 07 May: Gary Cooper, American actor († 1961)
- MAY 15: Kurt Meister, German actor, director, author and radio speaker († 1961)
- MAY 21: Sam Jaffe, American producer and agent († 2000)
June
- June 03: Maurice Evans, British actor († 1989)
- June 07: Sammy Fain, American composer († 1989)
- June 12: Clyde Geronimi, Italian - American animation director († 1989)
- June 15: Heinrich Jonen, German producer ( † 1960)
- June 22: Naunton Wayne, British actor († 1970)
- June 23: Paul Verhoeven, German director and actor († 1975)
- June 29: Nelson Eddy, American actor († 1967)
- June 29: Frieda Inescort, British actress († 1976)
July to September
July
- July 05: Harry J. Wild, American Cinematographer ( † 1961)
- 07 July: Gustav Knuth, German actor († 1987)
- 07 July: János Székely, Hungarian writer († 1958)
- 07 July: Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director († 1974)
- July 12: Otto Meyer, American Cutter ( † 1980)
- July 14: George Tobias, American actor († 1980)
- JULY 16: Leon Shamroy, American Cinematographer ( † 1974)
- JULY 21: Alberto Doria, Italian screenwriter and director († 1944)
- JULY 25: Lila Lee, American actress († 1973)
August
- 03 August: Enrico Glori, Italian actor († 1966)
- August 04: Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter († 1971)
- August 04: Willy Krause, German actor († 1990)
- 06 August: Claude Autant - Lara, French film director († 2000)
- 07 August: Ann Harding, American actress († 1981)
- 09 August: Charles Farrell, American actor († 1990)
- August 14: J. Peverell Marley, American Cinematographer ( † 1964)
- August 23: William Hornbeck, American Cutter ( † 1983)
- AUGUST 30: Conrad Salinger, American composer and arranger († 1962)
September
- 05 September: Florence Eldridge, American actress († 1988)
- September 18: May McAvoy, American actress († 1984)
- SEPTEMBER 19: Joe Pasternak, American producer ( † 1991)
- SEPTEMBER 25: Robert Bresson, French film director († 1999)
- September 26: Ferruccio Cerio, Italian screenwriter and director († 1963)
- September 28: Kurt von Ruffin, German singer and actor († 1996)
- September 28: Ed Sullivan, American entertainer, presenter and producer ( † 1974)
- September 30: Frits van Dongen, Dutch actor († 1975)
October to December
October
- October 02: Alice Prin, French singer, actress and model († 1953)
- October 03: Jean Grémillon, French film director († 1959)
- 04 October: Carroll Nye, American actor († 1974)
- 05 October: John Alton, American Cinematographer ( † 1996)
- 06 October: Leslie Arliss, British screenwriter and director († 1987)
- 06 October: Wolfgang Langhoff, German actor and director († 1966)
- October 14: Georges Lampin, French film director, screenwriter and film producer († 1979)
- October 20: Hans -Otto Borgmann, German composer († 1977)
- October 20: Frank Churchill, American composer († 1942)
- October 23: Arthur Jacobson, U.S. assistant director ( † 1993)
- October 24: Gilda Gray, American dancer and actress († 1959)
- October 30: Reginald Wyer, British cinematographer († 1970)
November
- November 01: Fita Benkhoff, German actress († 1967)
- November 03: André Malraux, French writer-director († 1976)
- 08 November: Emil Hasler, German Designer († 1986)
- 09 November: Edward Marks, German actor and acting teacher († 1981)
- 09 November: Rudolf Reiff, German actor († 1961)
- November 11: Sam Spiegel, Producer († 1985)
- November 12: Mary Besendahl, German actor († 1983)
- NOVEMBER 17: Lee Strasberg, American actor, founder of the Actors Studio († 1982)
- NOVEMBER 19: Berta Drews, German actress († 1987)
- November 22: Patrick Lee, American actress († 1982)
- November 29: Mildred Harris, American writer († 1944)
- November 30: Jacqueline Logan, American actress († 1983)
December
- December 01: William H. Daniels, American Cinematographer ( † 1970)
- December 05: Walt Disney, founder of Walt Disney Studios († 1966)
- 09 December: Lawrence Edward Watkin, American author and screenwriter († 1981)
- December 10: Fritz Kirchhoff, German director († 1953)
- December 11: Maria Koppenhöfer, German actress († 1948)
- December 27: Marlene Dietrich, German actress († 1992)