Film year 1899
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Events
- British director George Albert Smith , who is a member of the Brighton School , is making the short film The Kiss in the Tunnel . The film, in which the technique of the Phantom Ride is used for the first time , is also a homage to the film The Kiss from 1896 .
- The silent film Cléopâtre by director Georges Méliès is one of the first horror films .
- The silent film King John by William KL Dickson is considered to be the first film with a Shakespeare theme.
Born
January to March
January
- January 3: Adolf Ziegler , German actor († 1985)
- January 10: John J. Mescall , American cameraman († 1962)
- January 13: Lev Kuleschow , Russian director († 1970)
February
- February 4: Fay Marbe , American actress († 1986)
- February 6: Franziska Liebing , German actress († 1993)
- February 11: Sepp Ketterer , German cameraman († 1991)
- February 12: Edward L. Cahn , American director († 1963)
- February 15: Georges Auric , French composer († 1983)
- February 15: Gale Sondergaard , American actress († 1985)
- February 18: Mervyn Johns , British actor († 1992)
- February 16: Kurt Lieck , German actor and radio play speaker († 1976)
- February 23: Erich Kästner , German writer and screenwriter († 1974)
- February 23: Norman Taurog , American director († 1981)
- February 27: Ian Keith , American actor († 1960)
March
- March 6: Jay C. Flippen , American actor († 1971)
- March 7: Werner Hochbaum , German director († 1946)
- March 7: Harry Hermann Spitz , German conductor and orchestra leader († 1961)
- March 27: Gloria Swanson , American actress († 1983)
April to June
April
- April 2: Franz Bi , German film architect († 1968)
- April 15: Curtis Bernhardt , German director († 1981)
- April 22nd: Byron Haskin , American director and producer († 1984)
- April 30: Lucie Mannheim , German actress († 1976)
May
- May 3: Aline MacMahon , American actress († 1991)
- May 10: Fred Astaire , American actor († 1987)
- May 10: Karl Hartl , Austrian director († 1978)
- May 20: Paul Kemp , German actor († 1953)
- May 30: Irving Thalberg , American producer († 1936)
June
- June 2: Lotte Reiniger , German cartoon film director († 1981)
- June 4: Stringer Davis , British actor († 1973)
- June 13: Axel Bakunts , Armenian writer and screenwriter († 1937)
- June 30: Madge Bellamy , American actress († 1990)
July to September
July
- July 7: George Cukor , American director († 1983)
- July 17: James Cagney , American actor († 1986)
- July 21: Ernest Hemingway , American writer and screenwriter († 1961)
- July 24: Alice Terry , American actress († 1986)
August
- August 2: Charles Bennett , American screenwriter († 1995)
- August 13: Alfred Hitchcock , British director († 1980)
- August 17th: Luigi Giacosi , Italian actor, screenwriter and director († 1975)
- August 24: Giuseppe Amato , Italian director († 1964)
- August 28: Charles Boyer , French actor († 1978)
- August 28: James Wong Howe , American cameraman († 1976)
- August 29: George Macready , American actor († 1973)
September
- September 8: May McAvoy , American actress († 1984)
- September 9: Neil Hamilton , American actor († 1984)
- September 14: Sam Spewack , American dramaturge and screenwriter († 1971)
- September 17: Alexandra Sorina , Russian actress († 1973)
- September 18: Ida Kamińska , Polish actress († 1980)
- September 22nd: Veit Harlan , German director († 1964)
October to December
October
- October 20: Evelyn Brent , American actress († 1975)
- October 25: Armand Thirard , French cameraman († 1973)
- October 29: Akim Tamiroff , Georgian-American actor († 1972)
November
- November 4: Blandine Ebinger , German actress († 1993)
- November 6: Francis Lederer , Czech actor († 2000)
- November 9: Frank McDonald , American author, director, actor and cameraman († 1980)
- November 11: Pat O'Brien , American actor († 1983)
- November 17: Douglas Shearer , American film and sound engineering pioneer († 1971)
December
- December 8: John Qualen , Canadian actor († 1987)
- December 9: Frank Wisbar , German director († 1967)
- December 12: Floyd Crosby , American cameraman († 1985)
- December 22nd: Gustaf Gründgens , German actor and director († 1963)
- December 25: Humphrey Bogart , American actor († 1957)
