Film year 1891
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Thomas Alva Edison presented the forerunner of today's film projectors, the kinetoscope , developed by William KL Dickson , to the public for the first time and on August 24th he applied for a patent for his invention . | | |
Events
- May 20th: Thomas Alva Edison presents the forerunner of today's film projectors, the kinetoscope , developed by William KL Dickson , to the public for the first time and on August 24th he applies for a patent for his invention .
- May 27: Premiere of the short film Dickson Greeting, produced by William KL Dickson .
- June: Another Dickson film : Newark Athlete .
Birthdays
January to March
January
- Charles Bickford , American actor († 1967) January 1:
- Boris Morros , Russian-American composer and producer († 1963) January 1:
- Rochus Gliese , German set designer and director († 1978) January 6th:
- January 29: Archie Mayo , American director († 1968)
February
- Monta Bell , American director and producer († 1958) February 5:
- Ronald Colman , British actor († 1958) February 9:
- February 14: Erich Engel , German director († 1966)
- February 15: Roy Rene , Australian actor and comedian († 1954)
March
- Viktor Tourjansky , Russian director († 1976) March 4:
- George Froeschel , Austrian-American writer and screenwriter († 1979) March 8:
- Sam Jaffe , American actor († 1984) March 8:
- March 20: Edmund Goulding , British director († 1959)
- March 21: Helmuth Gmelin , German actor and theater director († 1959)
- March 31: Victor Varconi , American actor and director († 1976)
April to June
April
- April 11: Marshall Neilan , American director († 1958)
- April 15: Wallace Reid , American actor († 1923)
- April 19: Françoise Rosay , French actress († 1974)
May
- May 13: Fritz Rasp , German actor († 1976)
June
- Rose Veldtkirch , German actress († 1971) June 2:
- Cole Porter , American composer († 1964) June 9:
- June 18: Mae Busch , Australian actress († 1946)
- June 21: Michael von Newlinski , Austrian actor († 1964)
- June 24: Irving Pichel , American actor († 1954)
- June 29: Robert Frazer , American actor († 1944)
- June 29: Peter Voss , German actor († 1979)
- June 30th: Fredy Barten , German actor († 1972)
July to September
July
- Gherardo Gherardi , Italian screenwriter († 1949) July 2:
- Max Wallner , German writer and screenwriter († 1951) July 6:
- July 12: Jetta Goudal , American actress († 1985)
- July 12: Jules Kruger , Alsatian cameraman († 1959)
- July 13: Marguerite Boulc'h , French singer and actress († 1951)
- July 14: Heinrich Hauser , German actor († 1956)
- July 14: Fritz Kampers , German actor († 1950)
- July 28: Joe E. Brown , American actor († 1973)
- July 18: Gene Lockhart , Canadian-American actor († 1957)
- July 21: Erwin Faber , Austrian actor († 1989)
- July 23: Harry Cohn , American producer († 1958)
September
- Rowland V. Lee , American director († 1975) September 6:
- September 19: Willy Birgel , German actor († 1973)
- September 22nd: Hans Albers , German actor († 1960)
October to December
October
- October 10: Raymond Bernard , French director, screenwriter and actor († 1977)
- October 13: Irene Rich , American actress († 1988)
- October 14: Guglielmo Giannini , Italian screenwriter and director († 1960)
- October 19: Asja Lacis , Latvian actress and director († 1979)
- October 24: Arthur Edeson , American cameraman († 1970)
- October 28: Hans Balzer , German screenwriter († 1960)
- October 29: Fanny Brice , American actress († 1951)
November
- Leopold Hainisch , Austrian actor and director († 1979) November 2:
- Miriam Cooper , American actress († 1976) November 7th:
- November 10: Carl Stalling , American composer († 1972)
- November 30th: Luciano Doria , Italian producer and director († 1961)
- November 30th: BB Kahane , American producer († 1960)
- November 30th: Eduard Kubat , German producer and director († 1976)
- November 30th: Franz Weilhammer , German actor and voice actor († after 1956)
December
- Warwick Ward , British actor and producer († 1967) December 3:
- December 29th: George Marshall , American director († 1975)
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