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The biographical silent film Edgar Allen Poe by David Wark Griffith has its world premiere. |
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Events
- February 8 : The biographical silent film Edgar Allen Poe by David Wark Griffith has its world premiere on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Edgar Allan Poe .
- February 9th : The documentary film Visit of the English Royal Couple on February 9th, 1909 is shot. After successful censorship, it will be shown in Berlin cinemas the same evening.
- Ben Turpin is making the film Mr. Flip , which is considered the first comedy in film history . The cake throwing gag is shown for the first time . The world premiere will take place on May 12th .
- David Wark Griffith is directing the silent comedy Those Awful Hats with Mack Sennett .
- September 8th : The first documentary film recording in Austria that can be precisely dated is made. Between September 8th and 11th, Photobrom GmbH filmed “The Imperial Maneuvers in Moravia” in Groß Meseritsch , on which the Austrian Emperor Franz-Joseph and his German colleague Kaiser Wilhelm II acted. However, this remained the only production of this company
- The operator of the cinema chain Union-Theater Paul Davidson founds the film company Projektions-AG Union (PAGU).
Born
January to March
January
- January 1: Dana Andrews , American actor († 1992)
- January 8: Alfred Bohl , German actor and voice actor († 1989)
- January 8: Willy Millowitsch , German actor († 1999)
- January 14: Joseph Losey , American director († 1984)
- January 17th: Freddie Frinton , British comedian († 1968)
- January 22: Ann Sothern , American actress († 2001)
- January 24th: Ann Todd , British actress († 1993)
February
- February 3: André Cayatte , French director and screenwriter († 1989)
- February 4: Robert Coote , British actor († 1982)
- February 4: Karl Schönböck , Austrian actor († 2001)
- February 10: Henri Alekan , French cameraman († 2001)
- February 11: Joseph L. Mankiewicz , American director, screenwriter and producer († 1993)
- February 16: Jeffrey Lynn , American actor († 1995)
- February 20: Heinz Erhardt , German actor and comedian († 1979)
- February 22nd: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino , Italian composer. († 1987)
- February 28: Olan Soulé , American actor and voice actor. († 1994)
March
- March 2: Dante Maggio , Italian actor († 1992)
- March 3: Arturo Gemmiti , Italian documentary film director († 1991)
- March 25: Franz Kutschera , Austrian actor and director († 1991)
April to June
April
- April 5: Albert R. Broccoli , American producer († 1996)
- April 9: Robert Helpmann , Australian stage and character actor († 1986)
- April 16: Roy Ashton , British makeup artist († 1995)
- April 24: Bernhard Grzimek , German zoologist and wildlife filmmaker († 1987)
- April 24: Werner Jacobs , German director († 1999)
- April 26: Marianne Hoppe , German actress († 2002)
- April 29: Tom Ewell , American actor († 1994)
- April 30th: René Deltgen , Luxembourg actor († 1979)
May
- May 4: Howard Da Silva , American actor († 1986)
- May 8: Paul May , German director († 1976)
- May 15: James Mason , British actor († 1984)
- May 17: Yokoyama Ryūichi , Japanese mangaka and cartoon director († 2001)
- May 17: Magda Schneider , German actress († 1996)
- May 28: Franz Stoss , Austrian actor († 1995)
- May 30th: Gustav Kampendonk , German screenwriter († 1966)
June
- June 5: Henry Levin , American director († 1980)
- June 7: Jessica Tandy , British actress († 1994)
- June 14: Burl Ives , American actor († 1995)
- June 16: Sidney Salkow , American director, producer and screenwriter († 2000)
- June 20: Errol Flynn , Australian actor († 1959)
- June 26: Wolfgang Reitherman , American animator († 1985)
July to September
July
- July 1: Madge Evans , American actress († 1981)
- July 4th: Robert Burks , American cameraman († 1968)
- July 4th: Ludwig Cremer , German actor and director († 1982)
- July 11: Irene Hervey , American actress († 1998)
- July 20: Mireille Balin , French actress († 1968)
- July 25: Arnaldo Genoino , Italian director († 1982)
August
- August 10: Brian Easdale , British composer and conductor († 1995)
- August 20: André Morell , British actor († 1978)
- August 22: Julius J. Epstein , American screenwriter († 2000)
- August 26: Jim Davis , American actor († 1981)
- August 28: Lamberto Maggiorani , Italian actor († 1983)
September
- September 7: Elia Kazan , American director († 2003)
- September 11th: Anne Seymour , American actress († 1988)
- September 29: Sashadhar Mukerji , Indian film producer († 1990)
- September 29: Albin Skoda , Austrian actor († 1961)
October to December
October
- October 2: David Hempstead , American film producer and screenwriter († 1983)
- October 9: Lilja Kedrowa , Russian actress († 2000)
- October 10: Robert F. Boyle , American production designer († 2010)
- October 15: Werner Lieven , German actor and voice actor († 1968)
- October 19: Robert Beatty , Canadian actor († 1992)
- October 20: Carla Laemmle , American actress († 2014)
November
- November 5: Lien Deyers , Dutch-German-American actress († unknown)
- November 7th: Norman Krasna , American screenwriter († 1984)
- November 11: Robert Ryan , American actor († 1973)
- November 13: Gunnar Björnstrand , Swedish actor († 1986)
- November 22nd: Hans Holt , Austrian actor († 1992)
- November 24: Jerzy Toeplitz , Polish film historian († 1995)
- November 26: Frances Dee , American actress († 2004)
- November 27: James Agee , American screenwriter and film critic († 1955)
December
- December 9: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , American actor († 2000)
- December 12: Karen Morley , American actress († 2003)
- December 15: Jack Gwillim , British actor († 2001)
- December 18: Pola Illéry , Romanian-French actress († 1993)
- December 22nd: Patricia Hayes , British actress († 1998)
Died
- January 27: Benoît Constant Coquelin , French actor (* 1841)
