1911 in film

Template:Short description Template:Redirect2 Template:More citations needed Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Yearsinfilm The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.

Events

February: The Motion Picture Story Magazine, the first American film fan magazine, is published. It is followed later in the year by Photoplay.
April 8: Winsor McCay releases his first film Little Nemo, one of the earliest animated films.
October 23 (October 10 OS): Svetozar Botorić's The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe (Život i dela besmrtnog vožda Karađorđa, Живот и дела бесмртног вожда Карађорђа) premieres in Belgrade and becomes the first feature film made in Serbia and the Balkans.
October 26: Defence of Sevastopol («Оборона Севастополя») premieres at the Crimean palace of Tsar Nicholas II and becomes the first feature-length film made in the Russian Empire and one of the first in the world. It is also the first known film to use a multiple-camera setup (2 cameras)
October 27: David Horsley's Nestor Motion Picture Company opens the first motion picture studio in Hollywood.
November: The Kalem Company of New York pays the estate of author Lew Wallace $25,000 in legal settlement for having adapted Ben Hur (1907 film) from his novel without securing prior rights.

Notable films released in 1911

United States unless stated

A

Aerial Anarchists, directed by Walter R. Booth – (GB)
Alkali Ike's Auto, directed by Broncho Billy Anderson

B

Baron Munchausen's Dream (Les Hallucinations du baron de Münchausen), directed by Georges Méliès<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Template:ISBN. Page 40-41.</ref> – (France)
Baseball and Bloomers (lost), produced by the Thanhouser Company
The Battle, directed by D. W. Griffith
The Bells (lost), directed by W. J. Lincoln, based on the 1871 play by Leopold David Lewis<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 81. Template:ISBN.</ref> – (Australia)
Brown of Harvard, directed by Colin Campbell
The Buddhist Priestess, produced by the Thanhouser Company

C

Cally's Comet, produced by the Thanhouser Company
The Coffin Ship, produced by the Thanhouser Company

D

David Copperfield, directed by George O. Nichols, based on the 1850 novel by Charles Dickens<ref>Pointer, Michael (1996). Charles Dickens On The Screen: The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations. Scarecrow Press. p. 121. Template:ISBN.</ref>
Defence of Sevastopol, directed by Aleksandr Khanzhonkov and Vasily Goncharov<ref>Rollberg, Peter (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 281. Template:ISBN.</ref> – (Russia)
The Diabolical Church Window (Le Vitrail diabolique) (incomplete), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
The Dream, directed by Thomas H. Ince and George Loane Tucker, starring Mary Pickford

E

Enoch Arden, directed by D. W. Griffith

F

The Fall of Troy (La caduta di Troia), directed by Giovanni Pastrone, based on the Greek epic poem the Iliad by Homer – (Italy)
First Indy 500 (First year footage from the auto race. Filmed on May 30, 1911.)
For Her Sake (lost), produced by the Thanhouser Company

H

Her Crowning Glory, directed by Laurence Trimble
His Trust, directed by D. W. Griffith
His Trust Fulfilled, directed by D. W. Griffith
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris), directed by Albert Capellani, based on the 1833 novel by Victor Hugo<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Template:ISBN. Page 44.</ref> – (France)

I

L'Inferno (Dante's Inferno), directed by Francesco Bertolini and Giuseppe de Liguoro, based on the 14th-century narrative poem by Dante Alighieri<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p.86. Template:ISBN.</ref> – (Italy)

L

The Last Drop of Water, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Blanche Sweet<ref>Usai, Paolo Cherchi (2008). "The Griffith Project Vol. 11: Selected Writings by D.W. Griffith; Indexes and Corrections to Volumes 1-10". British Film Institute.</ref>
Little Nemo, directed by Winsor McCay
The Lonedale Operator, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Blanche Sweet

M

The Miser's Heart, directed by D. W. Griffith
Der Müller und sein Kind (The Miller and His Child), directed by Walter Friedemann – (Austria)
The Mummy (lost), produced by the Thanhouser Company<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Template:ISBN. Page 43.</ref>

O

The Odyssey (L'Odissea), directed by Francesco Bertolini and Giuseppe de Liguoro, based on the Greek epic poem by Homer – (Italy)

P

The Pasha's Daughter, produced by the Thanhouser Company
Princess Clementina, directed by William G.B. Barker – (GB)

S

The Scarlet Letter, directed by Joseph W. Smiley and George Loane Tucker, starring King Baggot, based on the 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne
She, directed by George Nichols, based on the 1887 novel by H. Rider Haggard<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Template:ISBN. Page 44.</ref>
A Spiritualistic Seance (Séance de spiritisme), directed by Léonce Perret<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Template:ISBN. Page 44.</ref> – (France)
Sweet Memories, directed by Thomas H. Ince, starring Mary Pickford and King Baggot
Swords and Hearts, directed by D. W. Griffith

T

A Tale of Two Cities, directed by Charles Kent, starring Norma Talmadge, based on the 1859 novel by Charles Dickens

W

What Shall We Do with Our Old?, directed by D. W. Griffith

Births

January 5 – Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor (died 2001)
January 7 – Butterfly McQueen, actress (died 1995)
January 22 – Mary Hayley Bell, actress, writer and dramatist, wife of Sir John Mills (d 2005)
January 30 – Hugh Marlowe, actor (died 1982)
January 31 – Eddie Byrne, actor (died 1981)
February 6 – Ronald Reagan, actor, United States President (died 2004)
February 9 – Gypsy Rose Lee, actress and burlesque dancer (died 1970)
February 14 – Florence Rice, actress (died 1974)
February 19 – Merle Oberon, actress (died 1979)
February 20 – Margot Grahame, actress (died 1982)
March 3 – Jean Harlow, actress (died 1937)
March 10 – Edward Norris, actor, (died 2002)
March 18 – Smiley Burnette, actor, musician (died 1967)
April 23 – Ronald Neame, cinematographer, producer and director (died 2010)
May 7 – Ishirō Honda, director (died 1993)
May 11
- Louise Campbell, actress (died 1997)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Phil Silvers, actor (died 1985)
May 17 – Maureen O'Sullivan, actress (died 1998)
May 18 – Sigrid Gurie, actress (died 1969)
May 23 - Bert Morrison, American actor, singer and jazz player (died 1995)
May 27 – Vincent Price, actor (died 1993)
May 30 – Douglas Fowley, actor (died 1998)
June 1 – Gertrude Michael, actress (died 1964)
June 3 – Ellen Corby, actress (died 1999)
June 20 – Gail Patrick (died 1980)
June 29 – Bernard Hermann, composer (died 1975)
July 6 – Laverne Andrews, singer, actress, member of Andrews Sisters (died 1967)
July 14 – Terry-Thomas, actor (died 1990)
July 16 – Ginger Rogers, actress, dancer (died 1995)
July 18 – Hume Cronyn, actor (died 2003)
July 28 – Ann Doran, actress (died 2000)
August 2 – Ann Dvorak, American actress (died 1979)
August 3 – Alex McCrindle, British actor (died 1990)
August 5 – Robert Taylor, actor (died 1969)
August 6 – Lucille Ball, actress (died 1989)
August 7 – Nicholas Ray, director (died 1979)
August 12 – Cantinflas, actor (died 1993)
August 19 – Constance Worth, actress (died 1963)
September 2 – Erwin Hillier, cinematographer (died 2005)
September 10 – Renée Simonot, actress and voice artist (died 2021)
October 13 – Ashok Kumar, actor, India (died 2001)
October 20 – Will Rogers, Jr., actor (died 1993)
October 27 – Leif Erickson, actor (died 1986)
October 30 – Ruth Hussey, actress (died 2005)
October 31 – Sheila Bromley, actress, (died 2003)
November 5
- Roy Rogers, singer, actor (died 1998)
- Baby Marie Osborne, child actress (died 2010)
November 10 – Harry Andrews, actor (died 1989)
December 8 – Lee J. Cobb, actor (died 1976)
December 9 – Broderick Crawford, actor (died 1986)
December 23 – James Gregory, actor (died 2002)
December 29 – Claire Dodd, actress (died 1973)
December 30 – Jeanette Nolan, actress (died 1998)

Deaths

January 18 – Arthur Marvin, cinematographer, (born 1859)
May 29 – W. S. Gilbert, producer of musicals, half of the team of Gilbert and Sullivan, (born 1836)
July 18 – Genevieve Lantelme, actress, (born 1883)
August 11 – Verner Clarges, actor, (born 1846)
October 27 – Francis Boggs, director, (born 1870)
November 2 – Kyrle Bellew, actor, (born 1855)
December 22 – Wright Lorimer, stage actor, screenwriter, (born 1874)
Unknown – Woodville Latham, producer and exhibitor whose desire to shoot an entire boxing match on a single reel of film led to the invention of the Latham loop (born 1837)

Debuts

Lionel Barrymore – The Battle (*debatable; film debut much earlier)
Francis X. Bushman – His Friend's Wife (short)
Paul Kelly – Jimmie's Job (short)
Edgar Kennedy – Brown of Harvard
Ann Little – The Indian Maiden's Lesson (short)
Harold Lockwood – The White Red Man (short)
Anna Q. Nilsson – Molly Pitcher (short)
Anita Stewart – A Tale of Two Cities as Anna Stewart
Lenore Ulric – The First Man (1911 short)
Lois Weber – director, actress, A Heroine of '76 (short); writer, On the Brink (short)

References

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External links

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