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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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
The following is an overview of 1921 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
The year 1920 in film involved some significant events.
1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as "Classical Hollywood".
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.
1913 was a particularly fruitful year for film as an art form, and is often cited one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1917. The year was one where filmmakers of several countries made great artistic advancements, producing notable pioneering masterpieces such as The Student of Prague, Suspense, Atlantis, Raja Harischandra, Juve contre Fantomas, Quo Vadis?, Ingeborg Holm, The Mothering Heart, Ma l’amor mio non muore!, L’enfant de Paris and Twilight of a Woman's Soul.
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 1904 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 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.
The following is an overview of the events of 1898 in film, including a list of films released and notable births. The Spanish–American War was a popular subject. Several films made by Col. William N. Selig dealt with the subject of war preparations at Camp Tanner in Springfield, Illinois, including Soldiers at Play, Wash Day in Camp and First Regiment Marching.
L'Homme qui vendit son âme au diable is a 1921 French silent film comedy directed by Pierre Caron. The plot was similar to Faust and The Student of Prague, about a man who makes a diabolical deal with the Devil.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame was a 1911 French silent film directed by Albert Capellani and produced by Pathé Frères. It was released under the name Notre-Dame de Paris. It starred Henry Krauss and Stacia Napierkowska. The film was based on the 1831 Victor Hugo novel of the same name. Considering the film's brief running time, critic Christopher Workman considered it "remarkably faithful to its source material" but it "contains no discernible humor, unlike most other horror films of the period, and thus represents a bellwether of sorts for the genre....(Henry Krauss as Quasimodo) "looks remarkably like Charles Ogle in (Thomas) Edison's 1910 Frankenstein."
Carl Alwin Heinrich Neuß was a German film director and actor, noted for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films during the 1910s. He also played the dual role of Jekyll and Hyde in the 1910 Danish silent film version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, directed by August Blom. He played Jekyll and Hyde again in the 1914 German silent film Ein Seltsamer Fall, scripted by Richard Oswald.