Film year 1897

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Film year 1897
Fire disaster in the Parisian Bazar de la Charité on May 4, 1897 (126 fatalities, mostly women and children), triggered by a cinematograph.

Events

• James Stuart Blackton , Albert E. Smith and Ronald A. Reader found the film company Vitagraph in Brooklyn / New York .
• At the Munich Oktoberfest , several showmen present cinematographic performances.
• Fire disaster in the Parisian Bazar de la Charité on May 4, 1897 (126 fatalities, mostly women and children), triggered by a cinematograph.

Birthdays

January to March

Käthe Haack (born August 11)

Elisabeth Bergner (born August 22)

Max Hansen (born December 22nd)

January

• 0January 3: Dorothy Arzner , American director († 1979)
• 0January 5: Theo Mackeben , German composer († 1953)
• January 10: Lya de Putti , Hungarian actress († 1931)
• January 19: Xenia Desni , Russian actress († 1962)

February

• February 10: Judith Anderson , Australian actress († 1992)
• February 11: Yves de la Casinière , French composer († 1971)

March

• March 16: Conrad Nagel , American actor († 1970)
• March 19: Betty Compson , American actress († 1974)
• March 30th: Robert Riskin , American screenwriter († 1955)

April to June

April

• 0April 1: Eduard Tisse , Soviet cameraman († 1961)
• 0April 4: Pierre Fresnay , French actor († 1975)
• April 16: Konstantin Kisimow , Bulgarian actor († 1965)
• April 26: Douglas Sirk , German director († 1987)
• April 26: Olga Chekhova , German actress († 1980)

May

• 0May 2: Trude Hesterberg , German actress († 1967)
• 0May 6: Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast , American director († 1968)
• May 11: Kurt Gerron , German actor († 1944)
• May 17: Malcolm St. Clair , American director († 1952)
• May 18: Frank Capra , American director († 1991)
• May 29: Erich Wolfgang Korngold , German composer († 1957)

June

• June 25: Basil Radford , British actor († 1952)
• June 27: Heinz von Cleve , German actor († 1984)

July to September

July

• July 10: John Gilbert , American actor († 1936)
• July 22nd: Seymour Nebenzahl , German-American producer. († 1961)
• July 27: Otto Kanturek , Austrian cameraman and director († 1941)

August

• August 11: Käthe Haack , German actress († 1986)
• August 22: Elisabeth Bergner , Austrian actress († 1986)
• August 24: Boris Kaufman , Russian-American cameraman († 1980)
• August 30th: Fredric March , American actor († 1975)

September

• 0September 3: Cecil Parker , British actor († 1971)
• 0September 7th: Herbert AE Böhme , German actor († 1984)
• September 15: Robert Williams , American actor († 1931)
• September 23: Walter Pidgeon , Canadian actor († 1984)

October to December

October

• 0October 6: Gerhard Lamprecht , German director († 1974)
• 0October 8: Rouben Mamoulian , American director († 1987)
• October 26: Henry Vahl , German actor († 1977)
• October 28: Edith Head , American costume designer († 1981)
• October 29: Hope Emerson , American actress († 1960)

November

• 0November 7: Herman J. Mankiewicz , American screenwriter († 1953)
• November 12th: Hans Deppe , German director († 1969)
• November 22nd: John Monk Saunders , American screenwriter († 1940)

December

• 0December 5: Nunnally Johnson , American screenwriter († 1977)
• December 22nd: Max Hansen , Danish actor and singer († 1961)
• December 26th: Géza von Bolváry , Austrian director († 1961)
• December 31: Frank Skinner , American composer († 1968)

See also

Portal: Film  - Overview of Wikipedia content on film

Web links

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