1897 in film
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Events
- James Stuart Blackton, Albert E. Smith and Ronald A. Reader found in Brooklyn / New York, the film company Vitagraph.
- On the Oktoberfest fairground introduce several cinematographic ideas.
- Fire in Paris Bazar de la Charité on May 4, 1897 (126 fatalities, mostly women and children), triggered by a cinematograph.
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 03: Dorothy Arzner, American director († 1979)
- January 05: Theo Mack Eben, German composer († 1953)
- JANUARY 19: Xenia Desni, Russian actress († 1962)
February
- February 02: Ossi Oswaldo, German actress († 1947)
- February 10: Judith Anderson, Australian actress († 1992)
- FEBRUARY 11: Yves de La Casinière, French composer († 1971)
March
April-June
April
- April 01: Nita Naldi, American actress († 1961)
- April 01: Eduard Tisse, Soviet cameraman († 1961)
- 04 April: Pierre Fresnay, French actor († 1975)
- APRIL 16: Konstantin Kisimow Bulgarian actor († 1965)
- April 19: Constance Talmadge, American actress († 1973)
- April 26: Douglas Sirk, German director († 1987)
- April 26: Olga Chekhova, German actress († 1980)
May
- May 02: Trude Hesterberg, German actress († 1967)
- May 06: Harry d' Abbadie d' Arrast, American film director († 1968)
- MAY 11: Kurt Gerron, German actor († 1944)
- MAY 17: Malcolm St. Clair, American film director († 1952)
- MAY 18: Frank Capra, American film director († 1991)
- MAY 29: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, German composer († 1957)
June
- June 25: Basil Radford, British actor († 1952)
- JUNE 27: Heinz von Cleve, German actor († 1984)
July to September
July
- JULY 22: Seymour Nebenzahl, German - American film director. († 1961)
- July 27: Otto Kanturek, Austrian cameraman and director († 1941)
August
September
- September 03: Cecil Parker, British actor († 1971)
- 07 September: Herbert AE Böhme, German actor († 1984)
- September 15: Robert Williams, American actor († 1931)
- SEPTEMBER 23: Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor († 1984)
October to December
October
- 06 October: Gerhard Lamprecht, German director († 1974)
- 08 October: Rouben Mamoulian, American film director († 1987)
- October 26: Henry Vahl, German actor († 1977)
- October 28: Edith Head, American costume designer († 1981)
- October 29: Hope Emerson, American actress († 1960)
November
- 07 November: Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter († 1953)
- NOVEMBER 12: Hans Deppe, German director († 1969)
- November 22: John Monk Saunders, American screenwriter († 1940)
December
- December 05: Nunnally Johnson, American screenwriter († 1977)
- December 22: Max Hansen, Danish actor and singer († 1961)
- 26th December: Géza von Bolváry, Austrian director († 1961)
- December 31: Frank Skinner, American composer († 1968)