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The year 1901 in film involved some significant events.
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
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 1902 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1900 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 1897 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.
Edwin Stanton Porter was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company. Of over 250 films created by Porter, his most important include What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City (1901), Jack and the Beanstalk (1902), Life of an American Fireman (1903), The Great Train Robbery (1903), The European Rest Cure (1904), The Kleptomaniac (1905), Life of a Cowboy (1906), Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908), and The Prisoner of Zenda (1913).
Charles Morand Pathé was a pioneer of the French film and recording industries. As the founder of Pathé Frères, its roots lie in 1896 Paris, France, when Pathé and his brothers pioneered the development of the moving image. Pathé adopted the national emblem of France, the cockerel, as the trademark for his company. The firm, as Compagnie Générale des Éstablissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes, invented the cinema newsreel with Pathé-Journal.
Ferdinand Zecca was a pioneer French film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He worked primarily for the Pathé company, first in artistic endeavors then in administration of the internationally based company.
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison is a 1901 silent film produced by the Edison Studios arms of Edison Manufacturing Company. The film is a dramatic reenactment of the execution of Leon Czolgosz by electric chair at Auburn Correctional Facility following his 1901 conviction for the assassination of William McKinley. It is considered an important film in the history of cinema.
Cinderella or the Glass Slipper is a 1913 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès, based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault.
Éruption volcanique à la Martinique, released in the United States as The Eruption of Mount Pelee and in Britain as The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelée and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique, is a 1902 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. The film is a short reconstruction, using miniature models, of a recent historical event: the eruption on 8 May 1902 of Mount Pelée, which destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre, Martinique.
The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship is an American silent short film produced and directed by Edwin S. Porter and released in 1902. This film is an adaptation of the cartoon Happy Hooligan, played by J. Stuart Blackton.
Par le trou de la serrure is a 1901 French silent short comedy film directed by Ferdinand Zecca and distributed in France by Pathé Frères. It was also distributed in the United States under the titles What Is Seen Through a Keyhole and What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor, and in the United Kingdom under the titles What Happened: The Inquisitive Janitor and Peeping Tom.
Dream and Reality is a 1901 French silent short film directed by Ferdinand Zecca and distributed in France by Pathé Frères. The film depicts a man flirting with a pretty young woman suddenly waking up in bed next to his ugly wife.