1901 in film

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Events

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

March

April-June

April

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)
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