1912 in film
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- 2.1 January to March
- 2.2 from April to June
- 2.3 July to September
- 2.4 October to December
Events
Germany
- A further seven films by Urban Gad starring Asta Nielsen have its world premiere, including The Power of Gold (3 February ), Poor Jenny (2 March ), hounded to death (April 13 ), The children of General (5 October ) and When the mask falls (November 1 ). All are assigned for different reasons with youth ban. Some of these films are also international successes.
Austria
- March 5: The Unknown With Austria's first large-scale production in the cinemas appears. The film is the first time occupied with numerous renowned stage actors and is lavishly advertised. At the same time, it is the longest Austrian film production.
- May 20: For the first time a film is presented in an Austrian school, the Vienna public school at Frederick Place in the 15th district of Vienna Rudolf -Fuenfhaus.
- In Vienna, the International Kinematographenkongreß is held. Representatives of Austrian film and theater associations occur in their speeches vehemently against the ban on the participation of stage actors in films, against film censorship and for the recognition of film as an art form.
- In order to achieve an apparent plasticity of the film images, the St. Charles Juhasz and Franz Haushofer call the Vienna Kinoplastikon Ges.mbH in a theater at the Naschmarkt, the later " Vienna Line Cinema ', and in life. The movie screen is located on a private, decorated stage. The Viennese art film industry produces 1913 several colored titles especially for this theater. However, since the process does not work, the theater is not long, and the idea is forgotten.
- Vienna gets its own cinema law, the Kinematographenverordnung. Each theater owner requires a license.
Other events around the world
- William Wadsworth Hodkinson founded the film distribution company Progressive Company.
- The Supreme Court of the United States repeals the patent of the Motion Picture Patents Company for film production.
- Mack Sennett founded the film company Keystone Studios. The slapstick Keystone Kops has troops in the feature film Hoffmeyer 's Legacy their first appearance.
Born
January to March
January
- January 01: Piero Pierotti, Italian director († 1970)
- 08 January: Tadashi Imai, Japanese director († 1991)
- 08 January: José Ferrer, American actor and director († 1992)
- January 11: Don Barry, American actor († 1980)
- January 11: Nick Cravat, American actor († 1994)
- JANUARY 15: Kenyon Hopkins, American composer († 1983)
- JANUARY 28: Ursula Herking, German actress († 1974)
February
- February 01: James Craig, American actor († 1985)
- February 02: Stefan Schnabel, German actor († 1999)
- FEBRUARY 12: Eric Barker, British actor († 1990)
- FEBRUARY 19: Saul Chaplin, American composer († 1998)
March
April-June
April
- April 05: John Le Mesurier, British actor († 1983)
- 08 April: Valentin Chorell, finland Swedish Writer († 1983)
- April 08: Sonja Henie, Norwegian actress († 1969)
- APRIL 12: Georges Franju, French film director († 1987)
- APRIL 16: Catherine Scorsese, American actress († 1997)
- APRIL 17: Marta Eggert, Hungarian actress († 2013)
- April 18: Wendy Barrie, British actress († 1978)
- APRIL 21: Marcel Camus, French director († 1982)
- April 22: Kaneto Shindo, Japanese screenwriter and director († 2012)
- APRIL 29: Richard Carlson, American actor († 1977)
May
- May 06: Bill Quinn, American actor († 1994)
- May 09: Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor († 1963)
- MAY 15: André De Toth, American film director († 2002)
- MAY 18: Richard Brooks, American film director († 1992)
- MAY 23: John Payne, American actor († 1989)
- MAY 26: Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor and poet († 1980)
- May 30: Hugh Griffith, Welsh film and stage actor († 1980)
- MAY 31: Otto Kurth, German actor and director († 1996)
June
- 01 June: Wolfgang Büttner, German actor († 1990)
- June 04: Maria Andergast, German actress († 1995)
- June 06: Maria Montez, Dominican actress († 1951)
- 08 June: Henry Brandon, American actor († 1990)
- June 08: Frank McCarthy, American producer ( † 1986)
- JUNE 11: James Algar, American character animator, film director and producer ( † 1998)
- JUNE 13: Samuel A. Taylor, U.S. screenwriter († 2000)
- June 17: Carl Lerner, American film director and editor († 1973)
- June 22: Walter Wottitz, French cinematographer († 1986)
July to September
July
- 04 July: Viviane Romance, French actress († 1991)
- July 11: Aino Taube, Swedish actress († 1990)
- July 14: Woody Guthrie, American singer -songwriter († 1967)
- JULY 23: Michael Wilding, British actor († 1979)
August
- August 01: Henry Jones, American actor († 1999)
- August 02: Ann Dvorak, American actress († 1979)
- 08 August: Daniel Mann, American film director († 1991)
- August 15: Wendy Hiller, British actress († 2003)
- AUGUST 18: Kurt Meisel, Austrian actor († 1994)
- August 19: Constance Worth, Australian actress († 1963)
- AUGUST 21: Arthur P. Schmidt, American Cutter ( † 1965)
- AUGUST 23: Gene Kelly, American actor († 1996)
- AUGUST 26: Werner Dissel, German actor († 2003)
- AUGUST 29: Barry Sullivan, American actor († 1994)
September
- September 05: Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish actress († 2001)
- September 08: Alexander Mackendrick, American film director († 1993)
- September 12: Henry Wilson Allen, American author and screenwriter († 1991)
- September 13: Reta Shaw, American actress († 1982)
- September 17: Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress († 2011)
- SEPTEMBER 21: Chuck Jones, American animated film director († 2002)
- September 22: Martha Scott, American actress († 2003)
- September 29: Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director († 2007)
October to December
October
November
- November 05: John McGiver, American actor († 1975)
- 08 November: June Havoc, American actress († 2010)
- November 16: George O. Petrie, American actor († 1997)
- November 21: Eleanor Powell, American actress († 1982)
- November 24: Garson Kanin, American writer († 1999)
- NOVEMBER 27: Connie Sawyer, American actress
- November 30: Gordon Parks, American film director († 2006)
December
- December 05: Keisuke Kinoshita, Japanese director († 1998)
- December 11: Carlo Ponti, an Italian producer († 2007)
- December 13: Dušan Antonijević, Yugoslavian actor († 1986)
- DECEMBER 30: Nancy Coleman, American actress († 2000)