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| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
| January | 1 | Manuel Silos | Philippines | Actor, director | 1988 | |
| 14 | William Bendix | US | Actor | 1964 | ||
| February | 5 | John Carradine | US | Actor | 1988 | |
| 7 | Colette Darfeuil | France | Actress | 1998 | ||
| 10 | Lon Chaney Jr. | US | Actor | 1973 | ||
| 12 | Charles Quigley | US | Actor | 1964 | ||
| 17 | Mary Brian | US | Actress | 2002 | ||
| 21 | Jeanne Aubert | France | Actress, singer | 1988 | ||
| 25 | Warren Hymer | US | Actor | 1948 | ||
| 26 | Madeleine Carroll | UK | Actress | 1987 | ||
| March | 1 | Camilla Spira | Germany | Actress | 1997 | |
| 6 | Lou Costello | US | Comedian, actor | 1959 | ||
| 19 | Roy Roberts | US | Actor | 1975 | ||
| April | 1 | Ned Glass | Poland | Actor | 1984 | |
| 5 | Grady Sutton | US | Actor | 1995 | ||
| 22 | Eddie Albert | US | Actor | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Renate Müller | Germany | Actress | 1937 | ||
| May | 1 | Josephine Dunn | US | Actress | 1983 | |
| 1 | Rose Hobart | US | Actress, SAG Official | 2000 | ||
| 3 | Mary Astor | US | Actress | 1987 | ||
| 8 | Roberto Rossellini | Italy | Director, producer, screenwriter | 1977 | ||
| 19 | Bruce Bennett | US | Actor | 2007 | ||
| 21 | Lola Lane | US | Actress, singer | 1981 | ||
| 30 | Lyda Roberti | US | Actress, singer | 1938 | ||
| June | 4 | Vinton Hayworth | US | Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter | 1970 | |
| 17 | Evalyn Knapp | US | Actress | 1981 | ||
| 22 | Billy Wilder | Austria-Hungary | Director, producer, screenwriter | 2002 | ||
| 26 | Alberto Rabagliati | Italy | Singer, actor | 1974 | ||
| July | 3 | George Sanders | UK | Actor | 1972 | |
| 17 | John Carroll | US | Actor | 1979 | ||
| 29 | Thelma Todd | US | Actress, Businesswoman | 1935 | ||
| August | 5 | Joan Hickson | UK | Actress | 1998 | |
| 5 | John Huston | US | Actor, director, screenwriter, Visual Artist | 1987 | ||
| 9 | Dorothy Jordan | US | Actress | 1988 | ||
| 29 | Lurene Tuttle | US | Actress, Acting Coach | 1986 | ||
| 30 | Joan Blondell | US | Actress | 1979 | ||
| September | 4 | Dita Parlo | Germany | Actress | 1971 | |
| 15 | Jacques Becker | France | Director, screenwriter | 1960 | ||
| October | 6 | Janet Gaynor | US | Actress | 1984 | |
| November | 2 | Luchino Visconti | Italy | Director, screenwriter | 1976 | |
| 14 | Louise Brooks | US | Actress, dancer | 1985 | ||
| December | 2 | Donald Woods | Canada | Actor | 1998 | |
| 6 | Onest Conley | US | Actor | 1989 | ||
| 23 | Kane Richmond | US | Actor | 1973 | ||
| 25 | Lew Grade | UK | Dancer, producer | 1998 | ||
| 27 | Oscar Levant | US | Composer, Comedian, Actor | 1972 | ||
| 30 | Carol Reed | UK | Director, producer | 1976 | ||
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 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 year 1900 in film involved some significant events.
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.
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. After the company, now called 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.
Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz was a pioneering Spanish film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé Frères and has been compared to Georges Méliès, due to his frequent camera tricks and optical illusions. He is regarded as the most significant Spanish silent film director in an international context.
Hôtel électrique is a 1908 silent French comedy-fantasy film directed by Segundo de Chomón and produced by Pathé Frères. The short appears to be inspired by the 1907 American short film The Haunted Hotel.
Julienne Alexandrine Mathieu was one of the earliest French silent film actresses who appeared mostly in French silents between 1905 and 1909. She appeared in the silent film Hôtel électrique released in 1908, one of the first films to incorporate stop animation. She was the wife of the director Segundo de Chomón. Her contribution to his work was not only her participation in the cast, but also in the script and the special effects.
Gaston Velle (1868–1953) was a French silent film director and pioneer of special effects, who was prominent in early French and Italian cinema during the first two decades of the 20th century. Like his father, the Hungarian entertainer Joseph "Professor" Velle, Gaston began his career as a travelling magician, before putting his illusionist skills to work in cinema and ultimately creating more than fifty films between 1903 and 1911. He worked under Auguste and Louis Lumière, before serving as the head of production for the Italian film studio Cines. But he is best remembered for his work at Pathé, where he was hired to produce trick films that might rival those of his contemporary, Georges Méliès, including classic shorts like Burglars at Work (1904). Some films pioneered lasting techniques, such as his Les Invisibles (1906) – the first known invisible man film.
Burglars at Work is a 1904 French comic scene film directed by Gaston Velle for Pathé Frères Film Company. Segundo de Chomón is cited as the artistic director for this film by the Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation, although Chomón did not move to Paris until 1905 and worked primarily as a color specialist.
Slippery Jim is an 8 minute 1909 French silent trick film directed by Segundo de Chomón and produced by Pathe-Freres. The film heavily utilizes stop-motion to aide in its visual comedy. It bares similarities to other films by Chomón, such as Diabolical Pickpocket produced in 1908 and The Invisible Thief also produced in 1909. The films share a thief capable of supernatural abilities while escaping the law.