Film year 1915

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Film year 1915
The historical film Birth of a Nation by David Wark Griffith becomes the most financially successful film of the silent movie era .

Events

United States

February 8 : The silent film Birth of a Nation has its world premiere . The production, directed by DW Griffith , is the most financially successful film in silent film history . On the one hand, he is often praised for his numerous innovations in film technology. On the other hand, it comes under criticism because of its racist content.

Play media file

A submarine pirate

November 14 : The short film A Submarine Pirate by and with Sydney Chaplin premieres in the United States. Even Harold Lloyd has an early cameo appearance in the film.

The United States Supreme Court revokes all Motion Picture Patents Company patents .

Germany / Denmark

September: 25 years after the completion of Bertha von Suttner's novel The Arms Down! The film adaptation of the work, completed in 1914 by the Danish director Holger-Madsen, appears in the cinemas, right in the middle of the events of the First World War.

December 10 : The silent film The Wrong Asta Nielsen by Urban Gad with Asta Nielsen in a double role has its premiere. The theater comedian Victor Arnold plays his last role in the film.

Austria

Alexander Graf Kolowrat-Krakowski at work around 1916

Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky takes over the management of the film exposition of the kuk war press quarter , which is responsible for the Austrian propaganda during the First World War.
Liane Haid receives her first leading role in a film in the propaganda film hit Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland .

Born

January to March

Lorne Greene (born February 12)

January

0January 3: Mady Rahl , German actress († 2009)
0January 9: Anita Louise , American actress († 1970)
January 16: Buddy Lester , American actor († 2002)
January 27: Ernst Schröder , German actor († 1994)

February

0February 1: Alicia Rhett , American actress († 2014)
February 12: Lorne Greene , American actor († 1987)
February 14: Georg Thomalla , German actor († 1999)
February 20: Hans Christian Blech , German actor († 1993)
February 21: Ann Sheridan , American actress († 1967)
February 22nd: Dan Seymour , American actor († 1993)
February 23: Jon Hall , American actor († 1979)
February 27: Erich Schellow , German actor († 1995)
February 28: Zero Mostel , American actor († 1977)

March

March 19: Patricia Morison , American actress († 2018)
March 21: Willi Schwabe , German actor, singer and presenter († 1991)

April to June

Orson Welles (born May 6)

April

0April 1: OW Fischer , Austrian actor († 2004)
April 10: Harry Morgan , American actor († 2011)
April 21: Anthony Quinn , American actor († 2001)
April 29: Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum , German actor († 2002)

May

0May 5: Alice Faye , American actress († 1998)
0May 6: Orson Welles , American actor and director († 1985)
0May 8: John Archer , American actor († 1999)
May 13: Kurt Nachmann , Austrian actor († 1984)
May 15: William Witney , American director († 2002)
May 16: Trude Breitschopf , Austrian actress († 2001)
May 16: Mario Monicelli , Italian screenwriter and director († 2010)

June

0June 7: Til Kiwe , German actor († 1995)
June 12: Priscilla Lane , American actress († 1995)
June 20: Terence Young , American director († 1994)

July to September

July

0July 4th: Klaus Miedel , German actor and voice actor († 2000)
July 27: Rolf Möbius , German actor († 2004)
July 27: Hilde Sessak , German actress († 2003)
July 28: Brenda de Banzie , British actress († 1981)

August

0August 2: Gary Merrill , American actor († 1990)
0August 3: Louise Platt , American actress († 2003)
0August 4th: Loni Nest , German actress († 1990)
August 10: Ralph Thomas , British director († 2001)
August 11: Jean Parker , American actress († 2005)
August 15: Signe Hasso , Swedish actress († 2002)
August 19: Ring Lardner Jr. , American screenwriter († 2000)
August 20: Hans Quest , German actor and director († 1997)
August 21: Hermine Diethelm , Austrian film editor († 1997)
August 28: Simon Oakland , American actor († 1983)
August 29: Ingrid Bergman , Swedish actress († 1982)

September

0September 4: Rudolf Schock , German singer and actor († 1986)
0September 5: Jack Buetel , American actor († 1989)
September 10: Edmond O'Brien , American actor († 1985)
September 14: Douglas Kennedy , American actor († 1973)
September 17: John Witty , British actor († 1990)
September 29: Brenda Marshall , American actress († 1992)

October to December

Frank Sinatra (born December 12)

October

October 13: Cornel Wilde , American actor († 1989)
October 19: Farid el Atrache , Syrian-Egyptian actor († 1974)
October 28: Gábor Pogány , Hungarian cameraman († 1999)

November

0November 2: Sidney Luft , American producer († 2005)
0November 9: Hanka Bielicka , Polish actress († 2006)
November 20: Kon Ichikawa , Japanese director († 2008)
November 22nd: Oswald Morris , British cameraman († 2014)

December

0December 7th: Leigh Brackett , American screenwriter († 1978)
0December 7th: Eli Wallach , American actor († 2014)
0December 8: Ernest Lehman , American screenwriter († 2005)
December 12: Frank Sinatra , American actor († 1998)
December 13: Curd Jürgens , German actor († 1982)
December 17th: Joan Woodbury , American actress († 1989)
December 21: Joe Mantell , American actor († 2010)

Died

April 26: John Bunny , American actor (* 1863)

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