Film year 1903
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 is considered the first western in film history . |
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Events
- October 17th : A first film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland appears. The British film by Percy Stow and Cecil Hepworth with May Clark in the title role originally lasts nine minutes and is the longest film made in England to date.
- December 1 : The film The Great Train Robbery by Edwin S. Porter has its world premiere . This twelve-minute film is considered the first western in film history .
Born
January to March
January
- January 10: Walter Scherau , German folk actor († 1962)
- January 18: Werner Hinz , German actor († 1985)
- January 23: Helmut Ewald Schreiber , German producer and manager († 1963)
- January 26: Edward Killy , American director († 1981)
- January 28: Samuel Lerner , Romanian-American composer († 1989)
February
- February 12: Joseph F. Biroc , American cinematographer († 1996)
- February 21: William H. Clothier , American cameraman († 1996)
- February 22: Rudolf Beiswanger , German actor, radio broadcaster († 1984)
- February 27: Grethe Weiser , German actress († 1970)
- February 28: Vincente Minnelli , American director († 1986)
March
- March 4: Dorothy Mackaill , American actress († 1990)
- March 20: Arthur Kleiner , Austrian-American composer († 1980)
- March 22nd: Hans Hessling , German actor († 1995)
- March 27: Betty Balfour , British actress († 1977)
- March 29: Paul Kohner , American producer and acting agent († 1988)
- March 31: John Harron , American actor († 1939)
April to June
April
- April 7th: Willi Forst , Austrian actor and director († 1980)
- April 8: Ward Bond , American actor († 1960)
- April 15: John Williams , British actor († 1983)
- April 18: Leonid Kinskey , Russian-American actor († 1998)
- April 25: Camilla Horn , German actress († 1996)
May
- May 2: Bing Crosby , American actor († 1977)
- May 8: Fernandel , French actor († 1971)
- May 23: Walter Reisch , Austrian screenwriter († 1983)
- May 29: Bob Hope , American actor and comedian († 2003)
June
- June 3: Ted Tetzlaff , American cameraman († 1995)
- June 10: Theo Lingen , German actor († 1978)
- June 10: Robert A. Stemmle , German director and screenwriter († 1973)
- June 12: Hertha von Walther , German actress († 1987)
- June 13: Temple Abady , British composer († 1970)
- June 16: Ona Munson , American actress († 1955)
- June 18: Jeanette MacDonald , American actress († 1965)
- June 21: Hans Epskamp , German actor († 1992)
- June 21: Alf Sjöberg , Swedish director († 1980)
- June 25: Anne Revere , American actress († 1990)
- June 29: William C. Mellor , American cameraman († 1963)
July to September
July
- July 11: OE Hasse , German actor († 1978)
- July 16: Mary Philbin , American actress († 1993)
- July 28: Lotte Palfi-Andor , German actress († 1991)
- July 30: Kurt Raeck , German actor and director († 1981)
August
- August 2: Paul Mantz , American stuntman († 1965)
- August 19: Claude Dauphin , French actor († 1978)
September
- September 11: Curt Johannes Braun , German screenwriter († 1961)
- September 13: Claudette Colbert , French-American actress († 1996)
- September 16: Russell Harlan , American cameraman († 1974)
- September 17: Dolores Costello , American actress († 1979)
- September 30: Bruno Mondi , German cameraman († 1991)
October to December
October
- October 11: Hans Söhnker , German actor († 1981)
- October 29: Erwin Linder , German actor († 1968)
November
- November 7: Dean Jagger , American actor († 1991)
- November 7: Grace Stafford , voice of Woody Woodpecker († 1992)
- November 12: Jack Oakie , American actor († 1978)
- November 19: Nancy Carroll , American actress († 1965)
December
- December 5: Johannes Heesters , Dutch actor († 2011)
- December 6th: Kathryn McGuire , American silent film actress († 1978)
- December 8: Mikhail Kalatosow , Georgian-Russian director († 1973)
- December 10: Una Merkel , American actress († 1986)
- December 12: Yasujiro Ozu , Japanese director († 1963)
- December 19: Reinhold Bernt , German actor and screenwriter († 1981)
- December 26: Elisha Cook , American actor († 1995)
- December 29th: Christian Matras , French cameraman († 1977)
Exact date of birth unknown
- Wilhelm Groothe , German actor († 1963)
See also
Web links
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