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The following is an overview of the events of 1897 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.
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| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
| January | 3 | Marion Davies | US | Actress | 1961 | |
| 3 | Pola Negri | Poland | Actress | 1987 | ||
| 10 | Lya De Putti | Hungary | Actress | 1931 | ||
| 30 | Mary Ellis | US | Singer, Actress | 2003 | ||
| February | 10 | Judith Anderson | Australia | Actress | 1992 | |
| 12 | Vola Vale | US | Actress | 1970 | ||
| 19 | Alma Rubens | US | Actress | 1931 | ||
| March | 8 | Pat Flaherty | US | Actor | 1970 | |
| 16 | Conrad Nagel | US | Actor | 1970 | ||
| 19 | Betty Compson | US | Actress | 1974 | ||
| May | 18 | Frank Capra | Italy | Director | 1991 | |
| 19 | Kitty McShane | Ireland | Actress | 1964 | ||
| June | 16 | Elaine Hammerstein | US | Actress | 1948 | |
| 19 | Moe Howard | US | Actor, Comedian | 1975 | ||
| 23 | Alexandru Giugaru | Romania | Actor | 1986 | ||
| July | 10 | John Gilbert | US | Actor | 1936 | |
| August | 4 | Joseph Calleia | Malta | Actor, Singer | 1975 | |
| 10 | Jack Haley | US | Actor, Dancer | 1979 | ||
| 31 | Fredric March | US | Actor | 1975 | ||
| September | 3 | Cecil Parker | UK | Actor | 1971 | |
| 23 | Walter Pidgeon | US | Actor | 1984 | ||
| 27 | Gladys Henson | Ireland | Actress | 1982 | ||
| October | 6 | Jerome Cowan | US | Actor | 1972 | |
| 6 | Francine Mussey | France | Actress | 1933 | ||
| 11 | Russell Collins | US | Actor | 1965 | ||
| 12 | Inez Courtney | US | Actress | 1975 | ||
| 21 | Lloyd Hughes | US | Actor | 1958 | ||
| 28 | Edith Head | US | Costume Designer | 1981 | ||
| 29 | Hope Emerson | US | Actress | 1960 | ||
| November | 13 | Gertrude Olmstead | US | Actress | 1975 | |
| 25 | Ruth Etting | US | Actress, Singer | 1978 | ||
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The year 1912 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1910 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1909 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1908 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1903 in film involved many significant events in cinema.
The year 1901 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1900 in film involved some significant events.
The following is an overview of the events of 1896 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.
The following is an overview of the events of 1899 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.
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James Stuart Blackton was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897. He was one of the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation, is considered a father of American animation, and was the first to bring many classic plays and books to the screen. Blackton was also the commodore of the Motorboat Club of America and the Atlantic Yacht Club.
Alfred Machin was a French actor and film director. He is remembered to have been one of the few French film directors whose films expressed progressive tendencies before World War I. He was also a pioneer of aerial filming. After 1920 Alfred Machin devoted himself to films of animals.
An Hallucinated Alchemist, also known as The Alchemist's Hallucination, was an 1897 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliés. This film is lost. The videos online are not this film, but actually of The Mysterious Retort (1906).