1908 in film

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Events

• The second Austrian film magazine, The Austrian comet, appears for the first time.
• Thomas Edison founded the Motion Picture Patents Company to control the production and distribution of films and related patents.
• Camille Saint- Saëns (1835-1921) wrote the first original film score for the film The Assassination of the Duke of Guise.
• James Searle Dawley rotates the five-minute film Rescued from an Eagle 's Nest, in the Henry B. Walthall and David Wark Griffith have her film debut. DW Griffith has in the same year, his debut as a director with The Adventures of Dollie.
• The first Austrian film shall be manufactured according to Heinz Hanus ': from stage to stage. In addition to his testimony, however, find no evidence - for example, in contemporary film magazines or newspapers that are already carefully watched the film and cinema events in Austria at that time - for his comments.

Birthdays

January to March

January

February

• February 02: Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer († 1982)
• FEBRUARY 10: Alexandre Mnouchkine, Russian- French producer († 1993)
• FEBRUARY 17: Georges Dancigers, Russian- French producer († 1993)
• February 18: Marga Legal, German actress († 2001)
• February 22: John Mills, British actor († 2005)
• FEBRUARY 28: Alexander Golitzen, American Designer († 2005)

March

• March 05: Rex Harrison, British actor († 1990)
• March 07: Anna Magnani, Italian actress († 1973)
• MARCH 16: Robert Rossen, American film director and screenwriter († 1966)
• MARCH 17: Brigitte Helm, German actress († 1996)
• MARCH 17: Jack Hildyard, British cinematographer († 1990)
• MARCH 20: Michael Redgrave, British actor († 1985)
• MARCH 25: David Lean, British director († 1991)
• MARCH 28: Grégoire Aslan, Armenian actor († 1982)
• March 29: Arthur O'Connell, American actor († 1981)

April-June

April

• 05 April: Bette Davis, American actress († 1989)
• APRIL 21: Wilfried Seyferth, German actor († 1954)
• APRIL 28: Carl Laemmle Jr., American producer ( † 1979)

May

• 06 May: Lucien Ballard, American Cinematographer ( † 1988)
• May 20: James Stewart, American actor († 1997)
• MAY 26: Robert Morley, British actor and writer († 1992)
• May 27: Frank S. Nugent, American screenwriter († 1965)
• MAY 28: Luigi Veronesi, Italian stage designer and director († 1998)
• MAY 31: Don Ameche, American actor († 1993)

June

July to September

July

• 09 July: Harald pure linen, Austrian director († 1986)
• July 12: Milton Berle, American actor († 2002)
• July 12: Alain Cuny, French actor († 1994)
• July 14: George Sherman, American film director († 1991)
• July 18: Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress († 1944)
• JULY 30: Arno Assmann, German actor, director and theater manager († 1979)

August

September

• September 04: Edward Dmytryk, American film director († 1999)
• September 04: Dita Parlo, German - French actress († 1971)
• 06 September: Alfred Schieske, German actor († 1970)
• September 15: Jules Schermer, American film producer ( † 1996)

October to December

October

• October 03: Aldo Frosi, Italian actor (†? )
• October 03: Evelyn Holt, German actress († 2001)
• October 05: Joshua Logan, American film director († 1988)
• 06 October: Carole Lombard, American actress († 1942)
• OCTOBER 15: Ignazio Ferronetti, Italian editor and director (†? )
• OCTOBER 19: Herbert Steinmetz, German actor († 1986)
• OCTOBER 21: Pierre Dux, French actor († 1990)

November

• November 04: Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer († 1997)
• November 11: Martin Held, German actor († 1992)
• November 22: Marcel Cravenne, French film director († 2002)
• November 24: Aleksander Ford, Polish director († 1980)

December

• December 03: Nigel Balchin, British screenwriter († 1970)
• December 09: Karl -Maria Schley, German actor and radio speaker († 1980)
• December 11: Manfred Meurer, German actor and voice actor († 1979)
• December 11: Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese director
• December 13: Fritz Schröder -Jahn, German actor and director († 1980)
• December 14: Friedrich Joloff, German actor († 1988)
• December 14: Laurence Naismith, British actor († 1992)
• December 18: Celia Johnson, British actress († 1982)
• December 22: Patricia Hayes, British comedienne and actress († 1998)
• December 28: Lew Ayres, American actor († 1996)