Film year 1913

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Film year 1913
The Italian film The Last Days of Pompeii appears.

Events

United States

April 24 : The silent comedy The Bangville Police of Mack Sennett has its premiere . The feature film of the Keystone Studios , where Mabel Normand starring is one of the first in which the Keystone Cops make an appearance.
September 8th : Mack Sennett's feature film Mabel's Dramatic Career with Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle premieres.

Charles Chaplin in the early 1910s

September 25 : Charles Chaplin signs an annual contract with Keystone Studios , the comedy specialists for the New York Motion Picture Company . He then leaves Fred Karno's comedy troupe .

October 30th : The feature film The Speed Kings with Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling and Roscoe Arbuckle has its world premiere. With Teddy Tetzlaff , Earl Cooper and Barney Oldfield you can see three well-known racing drivers of their time.

The film producer William Fox founds the film distribution company Greater New York Film Rental .

Harold Lloyd begins his career as an extra for the Edison film company. A little later he switched to Universal Studios , where he met the film assistant Hal Roach .

France

July 25 : The French feature film Le Duel de Max ( Max and Love ) by and with Max Linder , produced by Pathé , is the first full-length comedy film in film history .

German Empire

May 13 : The film biography Richard Wagner by director Carl Froelich , filmed on the occasion of Richard Wagner's 100th birthday, has its world premiere in Berlin. Giuseppe Becce , who wrote the music for the silent film, also plays the title role.

Movie poster

August 22nd : The feature film Der Student von Prag with Paul Wegener in the title role is premiered in Berlin . It is considered to be the world's first auteur film and art film. The buildings and costumes were designed by Klaus Richter and Rochus Gliese and executed by Robert A. Dietrich . The double exposure shots by cameraman Guido Seeber are considered to be an important step towards separating German film from theater towards a film-specific expression.

Austria-Hungary

September 10 : The fictional film Der Millionunkel von Hubert Marischka , produced by Wiener Kunstfilm , has its world premiere. Embedded in a framework story, the famous tenor and stage actor Alexander Girardi shows a cross-section of his most famous stage roles. The music for the film comes from Robert Stolz .

September: Under the title Talking Film , sound films are presented for the first time in Austria in the Sofiensäle in Vienna (Edison Kinetophon and Gaumont ) .

November 20 : The silent film Johann Strauss on the beautiful blue Danube by and with Carl von Zeska , produced by Wiener Kunstfilm , is premiered in the Vienna Opera Cinema. The film arouses criticism because the death of Johann Strauss (son) was only 14 years ago.

The first mass scene in an Austrian film takes place in Unrecht Gut prosper not the Viennese art film.

One of the first works on film theory appears: "Thoughts on the Aesthetics of Cinema" by Georg Lukács

India

May 3 : With Raja Harishchandra by Dadasaheb Phalke , the first original, Indian feature film listed. This event is considered to be the birth of Indian cinema .

Birthdays

January to March

Lloyd Bridges (born January 15)

Betty Field (born February 8)

January

0January 2: Anna Lee , British-American actress († 2004)
0January 6: Loretta Young , American actress († 2000)
January 12: Horst Caspar , German actor († 1952)
January 12: Kurt Zehe , German catcher and actor († 1969)
January 15: Lloyd Bridges , American actor († 1998)
January 15: Hans Caninenberg , German actor († 2008)
January 18: Walter Janowitz , American actor († 1997)
January 20: Horst Caspar , German actor († 1952)
January 22nd: Ira Wallach , American screenwriter († 1995)
January 26: William Prince , American actor († 1996)
January 26: Jimmy Van Heusen , American composer († 1990)
January 27: Baccio Bandini , Italian producer, film editor and director († 1989)
January 29: Victor Mature , American actor († 1999)
January 29: Daniel Taradash , American screenwriter († 2003)
January 29: Peter von Zahn , German journalist and documentary filmmaker († 2001)

February

0February 2: Poul Reichhardt , Danish actor († 1985)
0February 4th: Ady Berber , Austrian freestyle wrestler and actor († 1966)
0February 4: Frank P. Keller , American film editor († 1977)
0February 6: John Lund , American actor († 1992)
0February 8: Betty Field , American actress († 1973)
February 10: Philippa Bevans , British actress († 1968)
February 10: Charles Henri Ford , American filmmaker († 2002)
February 10: Herbert Jarczyk , German composer († 1968)
February 10th: Johanna Sibelius , German screenwriter († 1970)
February 10: Douglas Slocombe , British cameraman († 2016)
February 13: Erik Nordgren , Swedish composer († 1992)
February 13: Lidija Smirnowa , Soviet-Russian actress († 2007)
February 17th: Herbert Gruber , Austrian producer († 1999)
February 17: David Duncan , American screenwriter and novelist († 1999)
February 19: Wolf Schmidt , German cabaret artist, director and actor († 1977)
February 19: Frank Tashlin , American director († 1972)
February 22nd: Harry Keller , American film editor, director and producer († 1987)
February 23: Helma Seitz , German actress († 1995)
February 24th: Henryk Keisch , German screenwriter († 1986)
February 25: Jim Backus , American actor († 1989)
February 25: Gert Fröbe , German actor († 1988)
February 25: Daisy d'Ora , German actor († 2010)
February 27: Irwin Shaw , American writer and screenwriter († 1984)

March

0March 2: Falk Harnack , German director († 1991)
0March 3: Jean Bourgoin , French cameraman († 1991)
0March 4: John Garfield , American actor († 1952)
0March 5: Angela Salloker , Austrian actress († 2006)
0March 9: Horst Beck , German actor († 1974)
0March 9: Lotte Koch , German actress († 2013)
March 13: Sergei Michalkow , Russian writer and screenwriter († 2009)
March 13: Tessie O'Shea , British actress († 1995)
March 13: Harold J. Stone , American actor († 2005)
March 18: René Clément , French director († 1996)
March 20: Gottfried Reinhardt , German director († 1994)

April to June

Tyrone Power (born May 5)

April

0April 4: Frances Langford , American actress († 2005)
April 21: Josef Meinrad , Austrian actor († 1996)
April 24: Paul Esser , German actor († 1988)
April 30: Elmo Williams , American film editor, producer and director († 2015)

May

0May 2: Nigel Patrick , British actor († 1981)
0May 5: Tyrone Power , American actor († 1958)
0May 6: Stewart Granger , British actor († 1993)
May 12: Thorley Walters , British actor († 1991)
May 15: André De Toth , American director († 2002)
May 18: Mary Howard , American actress († 2009)
May 19: Günter Neumann , German cabaret artist and screenwriter († 1972)
May 25: Lee Sholem , American film director († 2000)
May 26: Peter Cushing , British actor († 1994)

June

June 26: Harold F. Kress , American film editor († 1999)

July to September

Trevor Howard (born September 29)

July

July 15: Murvyn Vye , American actor († 1976)
July 16: Peter van Eyck , German-American actor († 1969)
July 18: Eric Pohlmann , Austro-British actor and voice actor († 1979)
July 18: Red Skelton , American actor († 1997)
July 29: Stephen McNally , American actor († 1994)

August

August 10: Noah Beery Jr. , American actor († 1994)
August 13: Melvin Frank , American screenwriter († 1988)
August 16: Joseph J. Lilley , American composer, arranger and conductor († 1971)

September

0September 2: Hans Lietzau , German actor and director († 1991)
0September 3: Alan Ladd , American actor († 1964)
0September 6: Julie Gibson , American actress and singer († 2019)
0September 7th: Anthony Quayle , British actor († 1989)
September 18: Enrico Fulchignoni , Italian documentary filmmaker and screenwriter († 1988)
September 19: Frances Farmer , American actress († 1970)
September 29: Trevor Howard , British actor († 1988)
September 29: Stanley Kramer , American director and producer († 2001)

October to December

Vivien Leigh (born November 5)

Jean Marais (born December 11th)

October

October 26: Hans Jönsson , German composer († 1993)
October 28: Peter Glenville , British actor and director († 1996)

November

0November 2: Burt Lancaster , American actor († 1994)
0November 3: Marika Rökk , Hungarian actress († 2004)
0November 4: Gig Young , American actor († 1978)
0November 5th: Guy Green , British director († 2005)
0November 5: Vivien Leigh , British actress († 1967)
0November 5: John McGiver , American actor († 1975)
0November 8: Robert Strauss , American actor († 1975)
November 11th: Käthe Braun , German actress († 1994)
November 13: Helen Mack , American actress († 1986)
November 17: Aleksander Bardini , Polish actor († 1995)
November 20: Russell Rouse , American screenwriter († 1987)
November 21: Roy Boulting , British producer, screenwriter and director († 2001)
November 24: Geraldine Fitzgerald , Irish actress († 2005)

December

0December 1: Luggi Waldleitner , German producer († 1998)
0December 4: John Kitzmiller , American actor († 1965)
0December 4: Claude Renoir , French cameraman († 1993)
0December 4: Mark Robson , Canadian director († 1978)
0December 7th: František Čáp , Czech director († 1972)
December 11th: Jean Marais , French actor († 1998)
December 21: Heinz Conrads , Austrian actor († 1986)
December 25: Tony Martin , American actor († 2012)
December 28: Lou Jacobi , Canadian actor († 2009)
December 30th: Véra Clouzot , French actress († 1960)

Day unknown

Marcello Giannini , Italian filmmaker († 1985)

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