# 1901 in film

The year 1901 in film involved some significant events.

## Events

* Edwin S. Porter is put in charge of Thomas Edison's motion-picture production company
* Thomas Edison closes "America's First Movie Studio", the Edison's Black Maria

## Notable films released in 1901
### A

* Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* Another Job for the Undertaker, directed by Edwin S. Porter and George S. Fleming – (US)

### B

* The Big Swallow, directed by James Williamson – (GB)
* Blue Beard (Barbe-Bleue), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1697 fairy tale by Charles Perrault – (France)

### C

* The Countryman and the Cinematograph, directed by Robert W. Paul – (GB)
* Cunard Vessel at Liverpool, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)

### D

* The Devil and the Statue (Le Diable géant ou le Miracle de la Madone), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
* Dream and Reality (Rêve et réalité), directed by Ferdinand Zecca – (France)

### E

* Employees Leaving Alexandra Docks, Liverpool, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* Excelsior!, directed by Georges Méliès – (France)

### F

* Fire!, directed by James Williamson – (GB)

### G

* The Gans-McGovern Fight, a documentary starring Joe Gans and Terry McGovern – (US)
* The Gordon Sisters Boxing, directed by Thomas Edison – (US)

### H

* The Haunted Curiosity Shop, directed by Walter R. Booth – (GB)
* History of a Crime (Histoire d'un crime), directed by Ferdinand Zecca – (France)

### I

* Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth, documentary directed by Joseph Perry – (Australia)

### J

* Jamaica Street, Glasgow, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)

### K

* Kansas Saloon Smashers, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US)

### L

* Lord Roberts' Visit to Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)

### M

* The Magic Sword, directed by Walter R. Booth – (GB)
* The Man with the Rubber Head (L'Homme à la tête en caoutchouc), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
* Manchester Band of Hope Procession, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* Manchester Street Scene, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* Morecambe Church Lads' Brigade at Drill, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)

### N

* North Sea Fisheries, North Shields, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)

### P

* Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* Parkgate Iron and Steel Co., Rotherham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* Peeping Tom (Par le trou de la serrure), directed by Ferdinand Zecca – (France)
* Pendlebury Colliery, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* Pendlebury Spinning Co., produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* President McKinley Inauguration Footage, directed by Thomas Edison – (US)
* Preston Egg Rolling, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)

### R

* Race for the Muriatti Cup, Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* Red Riding Hood (Le Petit Chaperon rouge) (lost), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 17th-century fairy tale by Charles Perrault – (France)
* Ride on the Tramcar Through Belfast, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* Royal Proclamation of the Death of Queen Victoria, Blackburn, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)

### S

* Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost, directed by Walter R. Booth, based on the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – (GB)
* Sedgwick's Bioscope Show Front, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* The Seven Castles of the Devil (Le Sept Châteaux du Diable), directed by Ferdinand Zecca – (France)
* A Sneaky Boer, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* Star Theatre, directed by Frederick S. Armitage – (US)
* Stop Thief!, directed by James Williamson – (GB)

### T

* Torpedo Flotilla Visit to Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
* Trapeze Disrobing Act, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US)

### U

* Undressing Extraordinary, directed by Walter R. Booth – (GB)
* University Procession on Degree Day, Birmingham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)

### W

* What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City, directed by George S. Fleming and Edwin S. Porter – (US)

## Births

| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
| January | 9 | Vilma Bánky | Hungary | Actress | 1991 | |
| January | 14 | Bebe Daniels | US | Actress, singer, dancer, producer | 1971 | |
| January | 25 | Mildred Dunnock | US | Actress | 1991 | |
| February | 1 | Clark Gable | US | Actor | 1960 | |
| February | 6 | Ben Lyon | US | Actor, Studio Executive | 1979 | |
| February | 9 | Brian Donlevy | US | Actor | 1972 | |
| February | 10 | Stella Adler | US | Actress, Acting Teacher | 1992 | |
| February | 16 | Chester Morris | US | Actor | 1970 | |
| February | 22 | Ken G. Hall | Australia | Producer, director | 1994 | |
| February | 22 | Mildred Davis | US | Actress | 1969 | |
| February | 25 | Zeppo Marx | US | Actor, comedian | 1979 | |
| February | 28 | Sylvia Field | US | Actress | 1998 | |
| March | 13 | Paul Fix | US | Actor | 1983 | |
| March | 25 | Ed Begley | US | Actor | 1970 | |
| March | 27 | Carl Barks | US | Cartoonist | 2000 | |
| April | 1 | Edna Tichenor | US | Actress | 1965 | |
| April | 1 | Gay Seabrook | US | Actress | 1970 | |
| April | 5 | Melvyn Douglas | US | Actor | 1981 | |
| April | 30 | David Manners | Canada | Actor | 1998 | |
| April | May | 7 | Gary Cooper | US | Actor | 1961 |
| 21 | May | Sam Jaffe | US | Agent, Producer, Studio Executive | 2000 | |
| June | 3 | Maurice Evans | UK | Actor | 1989 | |
| June | 6 | Véra Korène | Russia | Actress, singer | 1996 | |
| June | 18 | Llewellyn Rees | UK | Actor | 1994 | |
| June | 22 | Naunton Wayne | UK | Actor | 1970 | |
| June | 29 | Nelson Eddy | US | Actor, singer | 1967 | |
| June | 29 | Frieda Inescort | Scotland | Actress | 1976 | |
| July | 7 | Vittorio De Sica | Italy | Director, actor | 1974 | |
| July | 14 | George Tobias | US | Actor | 1980 | |
| July | 20 | Dilys Powell | UK | Critic | 1995 | |
| July | 21 | Allyn Joslyn | US | Actor | 1981 | |
| July | 24 | Mabel Albertson | US | Actress | 1982 | |
| July | 28 | Rudy Vallée | US | Singer, Musician, Actor | 1986 | |
| August | 4 | Louis Armstrong | US | Musician, Singer, Actor | 1971 | |
| August | 27 | Roger Pryor | US | Actor | 1974 | |
| September | 5 | Florence Eldridge | US | Actress | 1988 | |
| September | 12 | Ben Blue | Canada | Actor, comedian | 1975 | |
| September | 25 | Robert Bresson | France | Director | 1999 | |
| September | 26 | Donald Cook | US | Actor | 1961 | |
| September | 26 | George Raft | US | Actor, dancer | 1980 | |
| October | 2 | Rita La Roy | US | Actress, dancer | 1993 | |
| November | 2 | James Dunn | US | Actor | 1967 | |
| November | 17 | Lee Strasberg | Poland | Actor, director, Acting Teacher | 1982 | |
| November | 22 | Lee Patrick | US | Actress | 1982 | |
| November | 29 | Mildred Harris | US | Actress | 1944 | |
| December | 5 | Walt Disney | US | Animator, Producer | 1966 | |
| December | 7 | Troy Sanders | US | Composer, Musician | 1959 | |
| December | 9 | Carol Dempster | US | Actress | 1991 | |
| December | 27 | Marlene Dietrich | Germany | Actress, singer | 1992 | |

## Deaths

* May 9 - Charles Chaplin, Sr. (born 1863), actor and father of Charlie Chaplin.
* June 2 – James A. Herne (born 1839), actor playwright. Some of his works such as Shore Acres adapted into silent films. also father of screenwriter Julie Herne and actress Chrystal Herne.

## Debut

* Anna Held