Film year 1898
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Other events
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| The Lumière brothers film the elevator ride up the Eiffel Tower . | |
Events
- With Tearing Down the Spanish Flag (director: J. Stuart Blackton ) the Vitagraph Company of America is producing what is believed to be the first war film in film history.
- In Austria, a law comes into force that all those who want to show films in public must take an exam.
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 16: Margaret Booth , American film editor († 2002)
- January 16: Irving Rapper , British director († 1999)
- January 19: Václav Vich , Czechoslovak cameraman († 1966)
- January 22: Sergei Eisenstein , Soviet director († 1948)
- January 23: Randolph Scott , American actor († 1987)
February
- February 2: Ossi Oswalda , German actress († 1947)
- February 10: Bertolt Brecht , German screenwriter and director († 1956)
- February 10: Robert Keith , American actor († 1966)
- February 12: Wallace Ford , British actor († 1966)
March
- March 11: Dorothy Gish , American actress († 1968)
- March 13: Henry Hathaway , American director († 1985)
April to June
April
- April 19: Constance Talmadge , American actress († 1973)
- April 23: Ernest Laszlo , Hungarian-American cameraman († 1984)
May
- May 4th: María Corda , Hungarian actress († 1976)
- May 10: Ariel Durant , American writer († 1981)
- May 13: Friedrich Ermler , Soviet director († 1967)
- May 21: Glen MacWilliams , American cameraman († 1984)
- May 22: Lucy Doraine , Hungarian actress († 1989)
June
- June 6: Walter Abel , American actor († 1987)
- June 13: Eduard von Borsody , Austrian director († 1970)
- June 19: Olav Dalgard , Norwegian director and screenwriter († 1980)
- June 23: Lilian Hall-Davis , British actress († 1933)
- June 26: Ernst Nebhut , German writer, librettist and screenwriter († 1974)
- June 30: George Chandler , American actor († 1985)
July to September
July
- July 6: Gustav Ucicky , Austrian director († 1961)
- July 11: EW Emo , Austrian director († 1975)
- July 25: Arthur Lubin , American director († 1995)
August
- August 12: Oskar Homolka , Austrian actor († 1978)
- August 13: Regis Toomey , American actor († 1991)
- August 17: Dewey Robinson , American actor († 1950)
- August 30th: Shirley Booth , American actress († 1992)
September
- September 1: Richard Arlen , American actor († 1976)
- September 10: Bessie Love , American actress († 1986)
- September 20: Norman Z. McLeod , American director († 1964)
- September 26: George Gershwin , American composer († 1937)
- September 30: Renée Adorée , French actress († 1933)
October to December
October
- October 3: Leo McCarey , American director († 1969)
- October 6: Mitchell Leisen , American director († 1972)
- October 8: Hal B. Wallis , American producer († 1986)
- October 13: Itō Daisuke , Japanese screenwriter and director († 1981)
- October 18: Lotte Lenya , Austrian actress († 1981)
November
- November 8: Marie Prevost , Canadian actress († 1937)
- November 11: René Clair , French director († 1981)
December
- December 20: Irene Dunne , American actress († 1990)
See also
Web links
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