1915 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

• February 8: The silent film Birth of a Nation has its world premiere. The resulting directed by DW Griffith production is the most financially successful film of the silent film history. On the one hand he is often praised for his numerous film technology innovations. On the other hand, he gets because of its racist content in the criticism.
• September: 25 years after the completion of Bertha von Suttner's novel Lay Down Your Arms! appears from the Danish director Holger -Madsen in 1914, completed filming the work in theaters, in the war events of the First World War.

• The United States Supreme Court cancels all patents of the Motion Picture Patents Company.

Austria

• Sascha Kolowrat Krakowsky takes over the management of Filmexpositur of kuk War press neighborhood, which is responsible for the Austrian propaganda during the First World War.
• Liane Haid gets in the propaganda film success with heart and hand for the fatherland her first starring role in a movie.

Born

January to March

January

• January 03: Mady Rahl, German actress († 2009)
• 09 January: Anita Louise, American actress († 1970)
• January 27: Ernst Schröder, German actor († 1994)
• JANUARY 29: Victor Mature, American actor († 1999)

February

• 01 February: Alicia Rhett, American actress († 2014)
• FEBRUARY 12: Lorne Greene, American actor († 1987)
• February 14: Georg Thomalla, German actor († 1999)
• February 20: Hans Christian sheet, German actor († 1993)
• FEBRUARY 21: Ann Sheridan, American actress († 1967)
• FEBRUARY 22: Dan Seymour, American actor († 1993)
• FEBRUARY 23: Jon Hall, American actor († 1979)
• FEBRUARY 27: Erich Schellow, German actor († 1995)
• FEBRUARY 28: Zero Mostel, American actor († 1977)

March

April-June

April

• 01 April: OW Fischer, Austrian actor († 2004)
• April 10: Harry Morgan, American actor († 2011)
• APRIL 21: Anthony Quinn, American actor († 2001)
• APRIL 29: Karl -Heinz Kreienbaum, German actor († 2002)

May

• 05 May: Alice Faye, American actress († 1998)
• May 06: Orson Welles, American actor and director († 1985)
• 08 May: John Archer, American actor († 1999)
• MAY 15: Mario Monicelli, Italian screenwriter and director († 2010)
• MAY 15: William Witney, American film director († 2002)
• MAY 16: Trude Breitschopf, Austrian actress († 2001)

June

• June 03: Iris Meredith, American actress († 1980)
• 07 June: Til Kiwe, German actor († 1995)
• June 12: Priscilla Lane, American actress († 1995)
• 20 June: Terence Young, American film director († 1994)
• June 29: Dorothy Short, American actress († 1963)

July to September

July

• 07 July: Yul Brynner, American actor († 1985)
• 07 July: Ruth Ford, American actress († 2009)
• July 18: Phyllis Brooks, American actress († 1995)
• July 27: Rolf Möbius, German actor († 2004)
• July 27: Hilde Sessak, German actress († 2003)
• JULY 28: Brenda de Banzie, British actress († 1981)

August

• August 02: Gary Merrill, American actor († 1990)
• August 03: Louise Platt, American actress († 2003)
• 04 August: Loni Nest, German actress
• August 10: Ralph Thomas, a British director († 2001)
• August 11: Jean Parker, American actress († 2005)
• August 19: Ring Lardner Jr., American screenwriter († 2000)
• AUGUST 20: Hans Quest, German actor and director († 1997)
• AUGUST 21: Hermione Diethelm, Austrian editor († 1997)
• AUGUST 28: Simon Oakland, American actor († 1983)
• AUGUST 29: Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress († 1982)

September

• September 04: Rudolf Schock, German singer and actor († 1986)
• September 05: Jack Buetel, American actor († 1989)
• September 10: Edmond O'Brien, American actor († 1985)
• September 14: Douglas Kennedy, American actor († 1973)
• September 17: John Witty, British actor († 1990)
• September 29: Brenda Marshall, American actress († 1992)

October to December

October

November

• November 02: Sidney air, American producer ( † 2005)
• 09 November: Hanka Bielicka, Polish actress († 2006)
• November 20: Kon Ichikawa, Japanese director († 2008)
• November 22: Oswald Morris, British cinematographer († 2014)

December

• December 07: Leigh Brackett, American screenwriter († 1978)
• December 07: Eli Wallach, American actor
• December 08: Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter († 2005)
• December 12: Frank Sinatra, American actor († 1998)
• December 13: Curd Jürgens, German actor († 1982)
• December 19: Édith Piaf, French actress († 1963)
• DECEMBER 21: Joe Mantell, American actor († 2010)

Died

• April 26: John Bunny, American actor (* 1863)