1901_in_film
1901 in film
Overview of the events of 1901 in film
The year 1901 in film involved some significant events.
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- Edwin S. Porter is put in charge of Thomas Edison's motion-picture production company
- Thomas Edison closes "America's First Movie Studio", the Edison's Black Maria
A
- Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- Another Job for the Undertaker, directed by Edwin S. Porter and George S. Fleming – (US)
B
- The Big Swallow, directed by James Williamson – (GB)
- Blue Beard (Barbe-Bleue), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1697 fairy tale by Charles Perrault – (France)
C
- The Countryman and the Cinematograph, directed by Robert W. Paul – (GB)
- Cunard Vessel at Liverpool, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
D
- The Devil and the Statue (Le Diable géant ou le Miracle de la Madone), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
- Dream and Reality (Rêve et réalité), directed by Ferdinand Zecca – (France)
E
- Employees Leaving Alexandra Docks, Liverpool, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- Excelsior!, directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
F
- Fire!, directed by James Williamson – (GB)
G
- The Gans-McGovern Fight, a documentary starring Joe Gans and Terry McGovern – (US)
- The Gordon Sisters Boxing, directed by Thomas Edison – (US)
H
- The Haunted Curiosity Shop, directed by Walter R. Booth – (GB)
- History of a Crime (Histoire d'un crime), directed by Ferdinand Zecca – (France)
I
- Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth, documentary directed by Joseph Perry – (Australia)
J
- Jamaica Street, Glasgow, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
K
- Kansas Saloon Smashers, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US)
L
- Lord Roberts' Visit to Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
M
- The Magic Sword, directed by Walter R. Booth[1] – (GB)
- The Man with the Rubber Head (L'Homme à la tête en caoutchouc), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
- Manchester Band of Hope Procession, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- Manchester Street Scene, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- Morecambe Church Lads' Brigade at Drill, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
N
- North Sea Fisheries, North Shields, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
P
- Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- Parkgate Iron and Steel Co., Rotherham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- Peeping Tom (Par le trou de la serrure), directed by Ferdinand Zecca – (France)
- Pendlebury Colliery, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- Pendlebury Spinning Co., produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- President McKinley Inauguration Footage, directed by Thomas Edison – (US)
- Preston Egg Rolling, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
R
- Race for the Muriatti Cup, Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- Red Riding Hood (Le Petit Chaperon rouge) (lost), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 17th century fairy tale by Charles Perrault – (France)
- Ride on the Tramcar Through Belfast, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- Royal Proclamation of the Death of Queen Victoria, Blackburn, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
S
- Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost, directed by Walter R. Booth, based on the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – (GB)
- Sedgwick's Bioscope Show Front, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- The Seven Castles of the Devil (Le Sept Châteaux du Diable), directed by Ferdinand Zecca[2] – (France)
- A Sneaky Boer, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- Star Theatre, directed by Frederick S. Armitage – (US)
- Stop Thief!, directed by James Williamson – (GB)
T
- Torpedo Flotilla Visit to Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- Trapeze Disrobing Act, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US)
U
- Undressing Extraordinary, directed by Walter R. Booth – (GB)
- University Procession on Degree Day, Birmingham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
W
- What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City, directed by George S. Fleming and Edwin S. Porter – (US)
| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
| January | 9 | Vilma Bánky | Hungary | Actress | 1991 | |
| 14 | Bebe Daniels | US | Actress, singer, dancer, producer | 1971 | ||
| 25 | Mildred Dunnock | US | Actress | 1991 | ||
| February | 1 | Clark Gable | US | Actor | 1960 | |
| 6 | Ben Lyon | US | Actor, Studio Executive | 1979 | ||
| 9 | Brian Donlevy | US | Actor | 1972 | ||
| 10 | Stella Adler | US | Actress, Acting Teacher | 1992 | ||
| 16 | Chester Morris | US | Actor | 1970 | ||
| 22 | Ken G. Hall | Australia | Producer, director | 1994 | ||
| 22 | Mildred Davis | US | Actress | 1969 | ||
| 25 | Zeppo Marx | US | Actor, comedian | 1979 | ||
| 28 | Sylvia Field | US | Actress | 1998 | ||
| March | 13 | Paul Fix | US | Actor | 1983 | |
| 25 | Ed Begley | US | Actor | 1970 | ||
| 27 | Carl Barks | US | Cartoonist | 2000 | ||
| April | 1 | Edna Tichenor | US | Actress | 1965 | |
| 1 | Gay Seabrook | US | Actress | 1970 | ||
| 5 | Melvyn Douglas | US | Actor | 1981 | ||
| 9 | Paul Willis | US | Actor | 1960 | ||
| 30 | David Manners | Canada | Actor | 1998 | ||
| May | 7 | Gary Cooper | US | Actor | 1961 | |
| 21 | Sam Jaffe | US | Agent, Producer, Studio Executive | 2000 | ||
| June | 3 | Maurice Evans | UK | Actor | 1989 | |
| 6 | Véra Korène | Russia | Actress, singer | 1996 | ||
| 18 | Llewellyn Rees | UK | Actor | 1994 | ||
| 22 | Naunton Wayne | UK | Actor | 1970 | ||
| 29 | Nelson Eddy | US | Actor, singer | 1967 | ||
| 29 | Frieda Inescort | Scotland | Actress | 1976 | ||
| July | 7 | Vittorio De Sica | Italy | Director, actor | 1974 | |
| 14 | George Tobias | US | Actor | 1980 | ||
| 20 | Dilys Powell | UK | Critic | 1995 | ||
| 21 | Allyn Joslyn | US | Actor | 1981 | ||
| 24 | Mabel Albertson | US | Actress | 1982 | ||
| 28 | Rudy Vallée | US | Singer, Musician, Actor | 1986 | ||
| August | 4 | Louis Armstrong | US | Musician, Singer, Actor | 1971 | |
| 27 | Roger Pryor | US | Actor | 1974 | ||
| September | 5 | Florence Eldridge | US | Actress | 1988 | |
| 12 | Ben Blue | Canada | Actor, comedian | 1975 | ||
| 25 | Robert Bresson | France | Director | 1999 | ||
| 26 | Donald Cook | US | Actor | 1961 | ||
| 26 | George Raft | US | Actor, dancer | 1980 | ||
| October | 2 | Rita La Roy | US | Actress, dancer | 1993 | |
| November | 2 | James Dunn | US | Actor | 1967 | |
| 17 | Lee Strasberg | Poland | Actor, director, Acting Teacher | 1982 | ||
| 22 | Lee Patrick | US | Actress | 1982 | ||
| 29 | Mildred Harris | US | Actress | 1944 | ||
| December | 5 | Walt Disney | US | Animator, Producer | 1966 | |
| 7 | Troy Sanders | US | Composer, Musician | 1959 | ||
| 9 | Carol Dempster | US | Actress | 1991 | ||
| 27 | Marlene Dietrich | Germany | Actress, singer | 1992 | ||
- May 9 - Charles Chaplin, Sr. (born 1863), actor and father of Charlie Chaplin.
- June 2 – James A. Herne (born 1839), actor playwright. Some of his works such as Shore Acres adapted into silent films. also father of screenwriter Julie Herne and actress Chrystal Herne.
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