Film year 1906
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Other events
| Film year 1906 | |
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| Appears 1906 Humorous Phases of Funny Faces of James Stuart Blackton . The film is considered the first animated film . | |
Events
- The first film production company is founded in Austria, Saturn-Film , which produces erotic recordings until 1911 and sells them worldwide.
- In January, Henny Porten made her first film at the age of 16. In Meissner Porzellan she stands in front of the camera under the direction of her father Franz Porten together with her sister Rosa . The film was produced by Oskar Messter .
- November 6th: Nordisk Film Compagni , later a leading European film company, is founded in Denmark by Ole Olsen .
- December 26th: With The Story of the Kelly Gang by Charles Tait , the first feature film in film history is released in Australia . In 2007, he is on the list of world cultural heritage of UNESCO added.
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 3: Shirô Toyoda , Japanese director († 1977)
- January 14: William Bendix , American actor († 1964)
- January 19: Lilian Harvey , British-German actress († 1968)
- January 28: Frank Launder , British screenwriter, director and producer († 1997)
- January 30th: Greta Nissen , Norwegian silent film actress († 1988)
- January 31: Benjamin Frankel , British composer († 1973)
February
- February 1: Helen Chandler , American actress († 1965)
- February 5: John Carradine , American actor († 1988)
- February 8: Lucie Englisch , Austrian actress († 1965)
- February 10: Lon Chaney Jr. , American actor († 1973)
- February 10: Erik Rhodes , American actor († 1990)
- February 17th: Otto Englander , Yugoslav screenwriter († 1969)
- February 19: Richard Groschopp , German director († 1996)
- February 26: Madeleine Carroll , British actress († 1987)
March
- March 1: Camilla Spira , German actress († 1997)
- March 6: Lou Costello , American actor and comedian († 1959)
- March 11: Beppo Brem , German actor († 1990)
- March 13: Bum Krüger , German actor († 1971)
- March 28: Robert Allen , American actor († 1998)
April to June
April
- April 22nd: Eddie Albert , American actor († 2005)
- April 26: Renate Müller , German actress († 1937)
May
- May 3: Mary Astor , American actress († 1987)
- May 3: Peter Lühr , German actor († 1988)
- May 7: Irving Reis , American director († 1953)
- May 8: Roberto Rossellini , Italian director († 1977)
- May 10: Hobbes Dino Cecchini , Italian screenwriter and director († 1986)
- May 10: Charles-Georges Duvanel , Swiss cameraman, director and producer († 1975)
- May 17: Horace McMahon , American actor († 1971)
- May 23: Helen Foster , American actress († 1982)
- May 28: Wolf Albach-Retty , Austrian actor († 1967)
June
- June 4th: Alice Treff , German actress († 2003)
- June 20: Edmond T. Gréville , French film director and screenwriter († 1966)
- June 22nd: Billy Wilder , Austrian-American director and screenwriter († 2002)
- June 23: Albert Lieven , German actor († 1971)
- June 26: Alberto Rabagliati , Italian singer and actor († 1974)
- June 30th: Anthony Mann , American director († 1967)
July to September
July
- July 3: Hilde Körber , Austrian actress († 1969)
- July 3: George Sanders , English actor († 1972)
- July 12: Pietro Tordi , Italian actor († 1990)
- July 16: Vincent Sherman , American director († 2006)
- July 20: Anton Färber , German actor († 1991)
August
- August 3: John H. Auer , Hungarian-American director († 1975)
- August 4th: Eugen Schuhmacher , German documentary filmmaker († 1973)
- August 5: John Huston , American director and actor († 1987)
- August 5th: Joan Hickson , English actress († 1998)
- August 9: Dorothy Jordan , American actress († 1988)
- August 9: Robert Surtees , American cameraman († 1985)
- August 9: Walter Tjaden , German sound engineer and production manager († 1985)
- August 10: José Jaspe , Spanish actor († 1974)
- August 15: Loyal Griggs , American cameraman († 1978)
- August 18: Marcel Carné , French director and screenwriter († 1996)
- August 18: Ladislao Vajda , Hungarian director († 1965)
- August 26: Jack Moss , American producer († 1975)
- August 29: Joe Sawyer , Canadian actor († 1982)
- August 30: Joan Blondell , American actress († 1979)
September
- September 2: Barbara Jo Allen , American actress († 1974)
- September 9: Pietro Francisci , Italian director († 1977)
- September 15: Jacques Becker , French director († 1960)
- September 20: Giuseppe Fatigati , Italian producer, film editor and director († 1975)
- September 20: Russell Metty , American cameraman († 1978)
- September 24: Michael Jary , German composer († 1988)
- September 26: Charles Wolcott , American composer and conductor († 1987)
October to December
October
- October 3: Evelyn Holt , German actress († 2001)
- October 6: Janet Gaynor , American actress († 1984)
- October 9: Wolfgang Staudte , German director († 1984)
- October 13: Fritz Benscher , German actor and director († 1970)
- October 13: Edward Carrere , American production designer († 1984)
- October 30: Paul J. Smith , American composer († 1985)
November
- November 2: Luchino Visconti , Italian director († 1976)
- November 3: Prithviraj Kapoor , Indian actor († 1972)
- November 5: Rolf von Goth , German actor and radio play director († 1981)
- November 10: Helmuth Kionka , German actor († 1936)
- November 13: Hermione Baddeley , British actress († 1986)
- November 13: Osamu Takizawa , Japanese actor († 2000)
- November 14: Louise Brooks , American actress († 1985)
- November 23: Oscar Heiler , German actor († 1995)
December
- December 5: Otto Preminger , Austrian-American director and producer († 1986)
- December 12: Liselott Baumgarten , German actress († 1981)
- December 15: Joseph MacDonald , American cameraman († 1968)
- December 24th: Franz Waxman , German-American composer († 1967)
- December 25th: Lew Grade , British producer († 1998)
- December 26: Imperio Argentina , Spanish actress († 2003)
- December 27: Erwin Geschonneck , German actor († 2008)
- December 27: Oscar Levant , American composer and actor († 1972)
- December 30th: Carol Reed , British director († 1976)
See also
Web links
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