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Film year 1910
The first Austrian cinema industry is founded.
Urban Gad's film Afgrunden is considered the first full-length film in Europe.

Events

Denmark

Newspaper advertisement from Fotorama with a warning that Nordisk Film has plagiarized this film

April 11th : The Aarhus-based production company Fotorama publishes the silent film Den hvide slavehandel on the subject of trafficking in girls . On August 2 appears from the Nordisk Film approximately twice as long film The white slave by August Blom on the same subject, resulting in a plagiarism process.
October 6 : Dorian Gray's Portræt , the first film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray , premieres in Denmark.

November 28 : Urban Gad film Afgrunden ( depths ) is in Dusseldorf shown for the first time in Germany. The Danish film, in which Asta Nielsen celebrates her debut in the lead role, lasts 45 minutes and is considered to be the first full-length film in Europe.

Germany

June 25th : The children's comedy A misfortune in the nursery of Alfred Duskes with Hilde Müller and Lotte Müller has its world premiere .
July 1st : The silent film The Reason of the Heart by Charles Decroix premieres.
From August 20 , the five-piece is Serial Arsène Lupine contra Sherlock Holmes by Jules Greenbaum published. Viggo Larsen plays the role of Sherlock Holmes , Paul Otto his opponent Arsène Lupine .
September 24th : The silent film comedy It would have been so nice with Arnold Rieck in the lead role has its world premiere.
October 1 : The drama Lenchen's birthday by Emil Albes with Lotte Müller is premiered.

Austria

January: Anton Kolm , Luise Kolm and Jakob Fleck found the first Austrian film production company with the first Austrian cinema industry , apart from the erotic films of Saturn films . Your first production will be on February 6th and is the documentary Der Faschingszug in Ober-St. Veit , who will be in cinemas in Vienna on February 8th .

In Austria, at the instigation of Countess Walterskirchen, a law prohibits children from visiting cinemas in order to “protect” them. The cultural battle between high culture and film culture, which is perceived as primitive, is approaching its climax. Filmmakers are still subject to the Vagabond Act .
As part of a spicy gents evening , Saturn-Film released the erotic film Living Marble by Johann Schwarzer , which was confiscated the following year.

United States of America

March 9 : The ten-minute film Alice in Wonderland by Edwin S. Porter premieres in the United States. The film is based on the book of the same name by Lewis Carroll . Gladys Hulette plays the title role.

March 10 : Probably the first Hollywood movie In Old California by director DW Griffith premieres in the United States.

Ogle as Frankenstein's monster

March 18 : With Frankenstein by director James Searle Dawley , the first film adaptation of Mary Shelley 's novel of the same name comes to the cinemas. The monster is played by Charles Ogle .
June 13 : DW Griffith's silent film In the Border States , which, like many of his films, deals with the American Civil War, is released. Other films on the subject will follow, among others, The House with Closed Shutters on August 8th and The Fugitive on November 7th .

The actress Florence Lawrence is built to be the first film star by producer Carl Laemmle . With her, an actress is named for the first time in a film.

Born

January to March

0January 3: John Sturges , American director († 1992)
0January 8: Richard Cromwell , American actor († 1960)
January 12th: Patsy Kelly , American actress († 1981)

Luise Rainer

January 12: Luise Rainer , German-American actress († 2014)
January 18: Ivo Veit , German radio director, actor and cabaret artist († 1984)
January 21: Jochen Blume , German actor († 1980)
January 23: Walter Greene , American composer († 1983)
January 23: Irene Sharaff , American costume designer († 1993)
January 28: John Banner , American-Austrian actor († 1973)
January 30th: Carola Höhn , German actress († 2005)

0February 1: Michael Kanin , American screenwriter († 1993)
February 17: Arthur Hunnicutt , American actor († 1979)
February 19: Dorothy Janis , American actress († 2010)
February 27: Joan Bennett , American actress († 1990)
February 27: Wolfgang Preiss , German actor († 2002)

0March 1st: Olly von Flint , Austrian actress
0March 1: David Niven , British actor († 1983)
0March 2: Aldo Tonti , Italian cameraman († 1988)
0March 8: Claire Trevor , American actress († 2000)
0March 9: S. Sylvan Simon , American director and producer († 1951)
March 21: Ștefan Ciubotărașu , Romanian actor († 1970)
March 22nd: Ulrich Erfurth , German director and screenwriter († 1986)
March 22: Herbert Rudley , American actor († 2006)
March 23: Akira Kurosawa , Japanese director and screenwriter († 1998)
March 24: Richard Conte , American actor († 1975)

April to June

April 20: Brigitte Mira , German actress († 2005)
April 21: Katharina Brauren , German actress († 1998)
April 23: Simone Simon , French actress († 2005)
April 26: Ruan Lingyu , Chinese actress († 1935)
April 28: Else Brückner-Rüggeberg , German actress and speaker († 1981)

0May 3: Norman Corwin , American screenwriter, producer and director († 2011)
May 11: John Paddy Carstairs , British writer, film director and screenwriter († 1970)
May 23: Scatman Crothers , American actor († 1986)
May 28: Rachel Kempson , British actress († 2003)
May 30th: Inge Meysel , German actress († 2004)

0June 3: Paulette Goddard , American actress († 1990)
0June 6: Axel Monjé , German actor and voice actor († 1962)
0June 7: Arthur Gardner , American producer and actor († 2014)
June 11: Carmine Coppola , American composer († 1991)

Jacques Cousteau

June 11: Jacques Cousteau , French documentary filmmaker († 1997)
June 13: Mary Wickes , American actress († 1995)
June 15: David Rose , British composer († 1990)
June 15: Walter Ulbrich , German producer and screenwriter († 1991)
June 22nd: Axel von Ambesser , German director, actor, screenwriter († 1988)
June 26: Lau Lauritzen junior , Danish actor, director and screenwriter († 1977)
June 29: Frank Loesser , American composer († 1969)

July to September

0July 4th: Gloria Stuart , American actress († 2010)
July 17: Barbara O'Neil , American actress († 1980)
July 24th: Harry Horner , Austrian production designer and director († 1994)
July 27: Lupita Tovar , Mexican actress († 2016)

0August 1: Walter Scharf , American composer († 2003)
0August 2: Tilli Breidenbach , German actress († 1994)
0August 4th: Anita Page , American actress († 2008)
0August 6: Charles Crichton , British director († 1999)
0August 6: Rosaura Revueltas , Mexican actress († 1996)
0August 8: Sylvia Sidney , American actress († 1999)
August 12: Jane Wyatt , American actress († 2006)
August 14: Yvette Lebon , French actress († 2014)

Jean-Louis Barrault

0September 8: Jean-Louis Barrault , French actor († 1994)
September 14: Jack Hawkins , British actor († 1973)
September 24th: Jean Servais , Belgian actor († 1976)
September 29: Virginia Bruce , American actress and singer († 1982)

October to December

0October 8: Paulette Dubost , French actress († 2011)
0October 8: Winston Hibler , American screenwriter, producer, director and actor († 1976)
October 23: Toni van Eyck , German actress († 1988)
October 23: Hayden Rorke , American actor († 1987)
October 27: Jack Carson , American actor († 1963)
October 27: Frederick de Cordova , American director and producer († 2001)
October 31: Luise Ullrich , Austrian actress († 1985)

0November 3: Karel Zeman , Czech director († 1989)
0November 6: Erik Ode , German actor († 1983)
November 12th: Kurt Hoffmann , German director († 2001)
November 12: Rolf Meyer , German screenwriter, producer and director († 1963)
November 16: Jane Tilden , Austrian actress († 2002)
November 18: Gunnar Fischer , Swedish cameraman († 2011)
November 26: Cyril Cusack , Irish-British actor († 1993)

0December 9: Fritz A. Koeniger , German author († after 1974)
December 13: Lillian Roth , American actress and singer († 1980)
December 13: Fritz Tillmann , German actor and voice actor († 1986)
December 25th: Anatole de Grunwald , Russian-British screenwriter and producer († 1967)
December 26: Marguerite Churchill , American actress († 2000)
December 31: Charles Lederer , American screenwriter († 1976)

Died

February 14: William Heise , American engineer, cameraman and director (* 1847)

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