1909 in film

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Events

• February 9: The documentary visit of the British Royal couple on February 9, 1909 is rotated. After successful censorship he is already shown on the same evening in Berlin cinemas.
• Ben Turpin shoots the film Mr. Flip, considered the first comedy in film history. In this first of the pie throw - Gag is shown. The premiere takes place on May 12.
• David Wark Griffith turns the silent comedy Those Awful Hats with Mack Sennett.

• September 8: The first precisely dated documentary recording of Austria created. Between 8 and 11 September, the Photobrom filmed GmbH in Great Meseritsch " The Imperial maneuvers in Moravia ", on which the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph and his German colleague Kaiser Wilhelm II acted. However, this was also the only production of this company
• The operator of the cinema chain Union Theatre Paul Davidson founded the film company projection AG Union ( PAGU ).

Born

January to March

January

• January 01: Dana Andrews, American actor († 1992)
• 08 January: Alfred Bohl, German actor and voice actor († 1989)
• 08 January: José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor († 1992)
• 08 January: Willy Millowitsch, German actor († 1999)
• January 14: Joseph Losey, American film director († 1984)
• JANUARY 17: Freddie Frinton, British comedian († 1968)
• JANUARY 22: Ann Sothern, American actress († 2001)
• JANUARY 24: Ann Todd, British actress († 1993)

February

• 03 February: André Cayatte, French film director and screenwriter († 1989)
• February 04: Robert Coote, British actor († 1982)
• February 04: Karl Schönböck, Austrian actor († 2001)
• February 10: Henri Alekan, French cinematographer († 2001)
• FEBRUARY 11: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American film director, screenwriter and producer ( † 1993)
• FEBRUARY 16: Jeffrey Lynn, American actor († 1995)
• February 20: Heinz Erhardt, German actor and comedian († 1979)
• February 22: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Italian composer. († 1987)

March

• March 02: Dante Maggio, Italian actor († 1992)
• March 03: Arturo Gemmiti, Italian documentary filmmaker († 1991)
• March 25: Franz Kutschera, the Austrian actor and director († 1991)

April-June

April

• April 05: Albert R. Broccoli, American producer ( † 1996)
• April 09: Robert Helpmann, Australian stage and character actor († 1986)
• APRIL 16: Roy Ashton, British artist ( † 1995)
• APRIL 24: Bernhard Grzimek, German zoologist and wildlife filmmaker († 1987)
• APRIL 24: Werner Jacobs, German director († 1999)
• April 26: Marianne Hoppe, German actress († 2002)
• APRIL 29: Tom Ewell, American actor († 1994)
• April 30: Eve Arden, American actress († 1990)
• APRIL 30: René Deltgen, Luxembourg actor († 1979)

May

• May 04: Howard Da Silva, American actor († 1986)
• 08 May: Diana Beaumont, British actress († 1964)
• 08 May: Paul May, German director († 1976)
• MAY 15: James Mason, British actor († 1984)
• MAY 17: Yokoyama Ryuichi, Japanese manga artist and animated film director († 2001)
• MAY 17: Magda Schneider, German actress († 1996)
• May 30: Gustav Kampendonk, German writer († 1966)

June

• June 05: Henry Levin, American film director († 1980)
• June 07: Jessica Tandy, British actress († 1994)
• June 14: Burl Ives, American actor († 1995)
• JUNE 16: Sidney Salkow, American film director, producer and screenwriter († 2000)
• 20 June: Errol Flynn, Australian actor († 1959)
• June 26: Wolfgang Reitherman, American animator († 1985)

July to September

July

• July 01: Madge Evans, American actress († 1981)
• July 04: Robert Burks, American Cinematographer ( † 1968)
• July 04: Ludwig Cremer, German actor and director († 1982)
• July 11: Irene Hervey, American actress († 1998)
• JULY 20: Mireille Balin, French actress († 1968)
• JULY 25: Arnaldo Genuino, Italian director († 1982)

August

September

• September 07: Elia Kazan, American film director († 2003)
• September 11: Anne Seymour, American actress († 1988)
• September 29: Sashadhar Mukerji, Indian film producer ( † 1990)
• September 29: Albin Skoda, Austrian actor († 1961)

October to December

October

• October 02: David Hempstead, American film producer and screenwriter († 1983)
• October 10: Robert F. Boyle, American production designer († 2010)
• OCTOBER 15: Werner Lieven, German actor and voice actor († 1968)
• October 19: Robert Beatty, Canadian actor († 1992)
• October 20: Carla Laemmle, American actress

November

• 07 November: Norman Krasna, American screenwriter († 1984)
• November 09: Robert Douglas, British actor († 1999)
• November 11: Robert Ryan, American actor († 1973)
• November 13: Gunnar Björn beach, Swedish actor († 1986)
• November 22: Hans Holt, Austrian actor († 1992)
• November 24: Jerzy Toeplitz, Polish film historian († 1995)
• NOVEMBER 26: Frances Dee, American actress († 2004)
• NOVEMBER 27: James Agee, American screenwriter and film critic († 1955)

December

• December 09: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American actor († 2000)
• December 12: Karen Morley, American actress († 2003)
• December 15: Jack Gwillim, British actor († 2001)
• December 22: Patricia Hayes, British comedy actress († 1998)

Died

• January 27: Benoît Constant Coquelin, French actor (* 1841)