1913 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
• 2.5 day unknown

Events

United States

• APRIL 24: The silent comedy Bangville Police of Mack Sennett has its world premiere. The feature film of Keystone Studios, where Mabel Normand plays the main role, is one of the first in which the Keystone Cops have made ​​an appearance.
• SEPTEMBER 8: Mack Sennett Mabel's Dramatic Career Feature Film with Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle has its world premiere.

• September 25: Charles Chaplin signed a year contract with the Keystone Studios, the comedy specialists of New York Motion Picture Company. He then leaves the comedy troupe of Fred Karno.
• October 30: The movie The Speed ​​Kings with Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling and Roscoe Arbuckle has its world premiere. This can be seen with Teddy Tetzlaff, Earl Cooper and Barney Oldfield three well-known racers of its time.
• The film producer William Fox founded the film distribution company Greater New York Film Rental.

• Harold Lloyd began his career working as an extra for the Edison film company. A little later he moved to Universal Studios, where he met the Movie Wizard Hal Roach.

German Empire

• August 22: In Berlin, the feature film The Student of Prague with Paul Wegener will be premiered in the title role. He is considered the world's first auteur film and art film. The buildings and costumes were designed by Klaus Richter and Rochus Gliese and executed by Robert A. Dietrich. The double exposure shots by cinematographer Guido Seeber are considered an important step towards the detachment of German cinema from the theater towards a film- specific expression.

Austria - Hungary

• The first crowd scene in an Austrian film not found in wickedness prosper instead of the Viennese art film.
• One of the first works of film theory appears: " Thoughts on the aesthetics of cinema " by Georg Lukács

India

• MAY 3: With Raja Harishchandra by Govind Phalke Dhundiraj the first original Indian feature film is listed. This event is regarded as the birth of Indian cinema.

Birthdays

January to March

January

• 02 January: Anna Lee, British- American actress († 2004)
• January 06: Loretta Young, American actress († 2000)
• JANUARY 12: Horst Caspar, German actor († 1952)
• JANUARY 12: Kurt toe, German Catcher and actor († 1969)
• JANUARY 15: Lloyd Bridges, American actor († 1998)
• JANUARY 15: Hans Caninenberg, German actor († 2008)
• JANUARY 18: Walter Janowitz, American actor († 1997)
• JANUARY 18: Danny Kaye, American actor († 1987)
• January 20: Horst Caspar, German actor († 1952)
• JANUARY 26: Prince William, American actor († 1996)
• JANUARY 26: Jimmy Van Heusen, American composer († 1990)
• January 27: Baccio Bandini, an Italian producer, editor and director († 1989)
• JANUARY 29: Victor Mature, American actor († 1999)
• JANUARY 29: Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter († 2003)
• JANUARY 29: Peter von Zahn, German journalist and documentary filmmaker († 2001)

February

• February 02: Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor († 1985)
• 04 February: Ady Berber, Austrian freestyle wrestler and actor († 1966)
• 04 February: Frank P. Keller, American Cutter ( † 1977)
• February 06: John Lund, American actor († 1992)
• February 08: Betty Field, American actress († 1973)
• FEBRUARY 10: Philippa Bevans, British actress († 1968)
• February 10: Charles Henri Ford, American poet and filmmaker († 2002)
• February 10: Herbert Jarczyk, German composer († 1968)
• FEBRUARY 10: Johanna Sibelius, German screenwriter († 1970)
• February 10: Douglas Slocombe, British cameraman
• February 13: Erik Nordgren, Swedish composer († 1992)
• February 13: Lidija Smirnova, Soviet- Russian actress († 2007)
• FEBRUARY 17: Herbert Gruber, an Austrian producer ( † 1999)
• FEBRUARY 17: David Duncan, American screenwriter and novel writer († 1999)
• February 19: Wolf Schmidt, German comedian, director and actor († 1977)
• FEBRUARY 19: Frank Tashlin, American film director († 1972)
• FEBRUARY 22: Harry Keller, American editor, director and producer ( † 1987)
• February 23: Helma Seitz, German actress († 1995)
• February 24: Henryk Keisch, German writer († 1986)
• FEBRUARY 25: Gert Frobe, German actor († 1988)
• February 25: Daisy d' Ora, German actor († 2010)
• FEBRUARY 27: Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter († 1984)

March

• March 02: Falk Harnack, German director († 1991)
• March 03: Jean Bourgoin, French cinematographer († 1991)
• March 04: John Garfield, American actor († 1952)
• 05 March: Angela Salloker, Austrian actress († 2006)
• March 09: Horst Beck, German actor († 1974)
• March 09: Lotte Koch, German actress († 2013)
• MARCH 13: Sergei Mikhalkov, Russian writer and screenwriter († 2009)
• MARCH 13: Tessie O'Shea, British actress († 1995)
• MARCH 13: Harold J. Stone, American actor († 2005)
• MARCH 18: René Clément, French film director († 1996)
• 20 March: Gottfried Reinhardt, German film director († 1994)

April-June

April

• April 21: Josef Meinrad, Austrian actor († 1996)
• APRIL 24: Paul Esser, German actor († 1988)
• APRIL 30: Elmo Williams, American Cutter

May

• 02 May: Nigel Patrick, British actor († 1981)
• May 05: Tyrone Power, American actor († 1958)
• May 06: Stewart Granger, British actor († 1993)
• MAY 12: Thorley Walters, British actor († 1991)
• MAY 18: Mary Howard, American actress († 2009)
• MAY 19: Günter Neumann, German cabaret artist and screenwriter († 1972)
• MAY 26: Peter Cushing, British actor († 1994)

June

• June 26: Harold F. Kress, American Cutter ( † 1999)

July to September

July

August

September

• 02 September: Hans Lietzau, German actor and director († 1991)
• September 03: Alan Ladd, American actor († 1964)
• September 07: Anthony Quayle, British actor († 1989)
• September 18: Enrico Fulchignoni, Italian documentary filmmaker and screenwriter († 1988)
• SEPTEMBER 19: Frances Farmer, American actress († 1970)
• SEPTEMBER 29: Trevor Howard, British actor († 1988)
• September 29: Stanley Kramer, American film director and producer ( † 2001)

October to December

October

• OCTOBER 26: Hans Jönsson, German composer († 1993)
• OCTOBER 28: Peter Glenville, British actor and director († 1996)

November

• November 02: Burt Lancaster, American actor († 1994)
• 03 November: Marika Rokk, Hungarian actress († 2004)
• 04 November: Gig Young, American actor († 1978)
• 05 November: Guy Green, British director († 2005)
• November 05: Vivien Leigh, British actress († 1967)
• 09 November: Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress († 2000)
• November 11: Kate Brown, German actress († 1994)
• November 13: Helen Mack, American actress († 1986)
• NOVEMBER 17: Aleksander Bardini, Polish actor († 1995)
• NOVEMBER 20: Russell Rouse, American screenwriter († 1987)
• November 21: Roy Boulting, British producer, screenwriter and director († 2001)
• November 24: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish actress († 2005)

December

• December 01: Luggi forest Leitner, German producer ( † 1998)
• December 04: John Kitzmiller, American actor († 1965)
• December 04: Mark Robson, Canadian director († 1978)
• 07 December: František Čáp, Czech director († 1972)
• December 11: Jean Marais, French actor († 1998)
• December 21: Heinz Conrads, Austrian actor († 1986)
• December 25: Tony Martin, American actor († 2012)
• December 28: Lou Jacobi, Canadian actor († 2009)
• December 30: Véra Clouzot, French actress († 1960)

Day unknown

• Marcello Giannini, Italian filmmakers († 1985)

Deceased

• June 22: Victorin Jasset, French film director