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| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
| January | 2 | William Haines | US | Actor | 1973 | |
| February | 16 | Vincent Coleman | US | Actor | 1971 | |
| 16 | Albert Hackett | US | Actor, screenwriter | 1995 | ||
| 17 | Ruth Clifford | US | Actress | 1998 | ||
| 21 | Jeanne Aubert | France | Singer, actress | 1988 | ||
| 22 | Luis Buñuel | Spain | Screenwriter, director | 1983 | ||
| 26 | Jean Negulesco | Romania | Screenwriter, director | 1993 | ||
| March | 3 | Edna Best | UK | Actress | 1974 [5] | |
| April | 5 | Spencer Tracy | US | Actor | 1967 [6] | |
| 23 | Harvey Parry | US | Stuntman, Actor | 1985 | ||
| May | 16 | Aage Winther-Jørgensen | Denmark | Actor | 1967 | |
| July | 10 | Evelyn Laye | UK | Actress | 1996 | |
| 27 | Charles Vidor | Hungary | Director | 1959 | ||
| August | 8 | Robert Siodmak | Germany | Director | 1976 | |
| 9 | Charles Farrell | US | Actor | 1990 | ||
| 11 | Monroe Owsley | US | Actor | 1937 | ||
| 23 | Eve Southern | US | Actress | 1972 | ||
| 24 | Preston Foster | US | Actor, singer | 1970 | ||
| September | 19 | Ricardo Cortez | US | Actor, director | 1977 | |
| October | 9 | Alastair Sim | Scotland | Actor | 1976 | |
| 10 | Helen Hayes | US | Actress | 1993 | ||
| 15 | Fritz Feld | Germany | Actor | 1993 | ||
| 15 | Mervyn LeRoy | US | Director, producer, screenwriter | 1987 | ||
| 17 | Jean Arthur | US | Actress | 1991 | ||
| November | 5 | Natalie Schafer | US | Actress | 1991 | |
| December | 6 | Agnes Moorehead | US | Actress | 1974 | |
| 17 | Katina Paxinou | Greece | Actress | 1973 | ||
Juanita Angeles, Filipina pre-war and silent film actress
The following is an overview of 1921 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
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 1907 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1906 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1905 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 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.
The following is an overview of the events of 1897 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.
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.
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.
An Hallucinated Alchemist, also known as The Alchemist's Hallucination, was an 1897 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliés. This film is lost. The videos online are not this film, but actually The Mysterious Retort (1906).