1898 in film
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Events
- With Tearing Down the Spanish Flag (directed by J. Stuart Blackton ) the Vitagraph Company of America produced the alleged first war film in history.
- In Austria has a law in place that all those who want to show films in public, must pass an examination.
Birthdays
January to March
January
February
March
April-June
April
- April 05: Kurt Neumann, German director († 1958)
- April 23: Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian -American cinematographer († 1984)
May
- May 04: María Corda, Hungarian actress († 1976)
- May 10: Ariel Durant, American writer († 1981)
- MAY 13: Friedrich Ermler, Soviet director († 1967)
- MAY 21: Glen MacWilliams, American Cinematographer ( † 1984)
- MAY 22: Lucy Doraine, Hungarian actress († 1989)
June
- June 06: Walter Abel, American actor († 1987)
- JUNE 13: Eduard von Borsody, Austrian director († 1970)
- June 19: Olav Dalgard, Norwegian director and screenwriter († 1980)
- June 23: Lilian Hall - Davis, British actress († 1933)
- June 30th: George Chandler, American actor († 1985)
July to September
July
- 06 July: Gustav Ucicky, Austrian director († 1961)
- July 11: EW Emo, Austrian director († 1975)
- July 25: Arthur Lubin, American film director († 1995)
August
September
- September 01: Richard Arlen, American actor († 1976)
- September 10: Bessie Love, American actress († 1986)
- September 20: Norman Z. McLeod, American film director († 1964)
- September 26: George Gershwin, American composer († 1937)
- September 30: Renee Adoree, French actress († 1933)
October to December
October
- October 03: Leo McCarey, American film director († 1969)
- October 06: Mitchell Leisen, American film director († 1972)
- OCTOBER 13: Daisuke Ito, Japanese screenwriter and director († 1981)
- OCTOBER 18: Lotte Lenya, Austrian actress († 1981)
November
- 08 November: Marie Prevost, Canadian actress († 1937)
- November 11: René Clair, French film director († 1981)
December