Editing 1901 in film

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The year '''1901 in film''' involved some significant events.
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==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]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Another Job for the Undertaker]]'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] and [[George S. Fleming]] – ([[List of American films of 1901|US]])

===B===
[[File:The Big Swallow (1901).ogv|thumb|200px| '''PLAY''': ''The Big Swallow'' (1 minute)]]
* ''[[The Big Swallow]]'', directed by [[James Williamson (film pioneer)|James Williamson]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Blue Beard (1901 film)|Blue Beard]] (Barbe-Bleue)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]], based on the [[Bluebeard|1697 fairy tale]] by [[Charles Perrault]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===C===
* ''[[The Countryman and the Cinematograph]]'', directed by [[Robert W. Paul]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Cunard Vessel at Liverpool'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===D===
* ''The Devil and the Statue (Le Diable géant ou le Miracle de la Madone)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[Dream and Reality]] (Rêve et réalité)'', directed by [[Ferdinand Zecca]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===E===
* ''Employees Leaving Alexandra Docks, Liverpool'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Excelsior!]]'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===F===
* ''[[Fire! (1901 film)|Fire!]]'', directed by [[James Williamson (film pioneer)|James Williamson]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===G===
* ''The Gans-McGovern Fight'', a documentary starring [[Joe Gans]] and [[Terry McGovern (boxer)|Terry McGovern]] – ([[List of American films of 1901|US]])
* ''[[The Gordon Sisters Boxing]]'', directed by [[Thomas Edison]] – ([[List of American films of 1901|US]])

===H===
* ''[[The Haunted Curiosity Shop]]'', directed by [[Walter R. Booth]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Histoire d'un crime (film)|History of a Crime]] (Histoire d'un crime)'', directed by [[Ferdinand Zecca]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===I===
* ''[[Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth]]'', documentary directed by [[Joseph Perry (cinematographer)|Joseph Perry]] – ([[List of Australian films|Australia]])

===J===
* ''Jamaica Street, Glasgow'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===K===
* ''[[Kansas Saloon Smashers]]'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] – ([[List of American films of 1901|US]])

===L===
* ''Lord Roberts' Visit to Manchester'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===M===
[[File:L'hommealatêtet.jpg|thumb|200px|''The Man with the Rubber Head''.]]
* ''[[The Magic Sword (1901 film)|The Magic Sword]]'', directed by [[Walter R. Booth]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[The Man with the Rubber Head]] (L'Homme à la tête en caoutchouc)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''Manchester Band of Hope Procession'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Manchester Street Scene'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Morecambe Church Lads' Brigade at Drill]]'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===N===
* ''North Sea Fisheries, North Shields'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===P===
[[File:PresidentMcKinleyInaugurationFootage1901v2.jpg|thumb|200px|''President McKinley Inauguration Footage''.]]
* ''Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Parkgate Iron and Steel Co., Rotherham'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Par le trou de la serrure|Peeping Tom]] (Par le trou de la serrure)'', directed by [[Ferdinand Zecca]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[Pendlebury Colliery]]'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Pendlebury Spinning Co.'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[President McKinley Inauguration Footage]]'', directed by [[Thomas Edison]] – ([[List of American films of 1901|US]])
* ''Preston Egg Rolling'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===R===
* ''Race for the Muriatti Cup, Manchester'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Red Riding Hood (1901 film)|Red Riding Hood]] (Le Petit Chaperon rouge)'' (lost), directed by [[Georges Méliès]], based on the [[Little Red Riding Hood|17th-century fairy tale]] by [[Charles Perrault]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''Ride on the Tramcar Through Belfast'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Royal Proclamation of the Death of Queen Victoria, Blackburn'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===S===
[[File:Scrooge or Marley's Ghost (1901) - yt.webm|thumb|200px|'''PLAY''': ''Scrooge or Marley's Ghost''  (5 minutes)]]
* ''[[Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost]]'', directed by [[Walter R. Booth]], based on the 1843 novella ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Sedgwick's Bioscope Show Front'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''The Seven Castles of the Devil (Le Sept Châteaux du Diable)'', directed by [[Ferdinand Zecca]]<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}. Page 14.</ref> – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''A Sneaky Boer'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Star Theatre (film)|Star Theatre]]'', directed by [[Frederick S. Armitage]] – ([[List of American films of 1901|US]])
* ''[[Stop Thief!]]'', directed by [[James Williamson (film pioneer)|James Williamson]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===T===
* ''Torpedo Flotilla Visit to Manchester'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Trapeze Disrobing Act'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] – ([[List of American films of 1901|US]])

===U===
* ''[[Undressing Extraordinary]]'', directed by [[Walter R. Booth]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''University Procession on Degree Day, Birmingham'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===W===
* ''[[What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City]]'', directed by [[George S. Fleming]] and [[Edwin S. Porter]] – ([[List of American films of 1901|US]])

==Births==
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0"
|-  style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"
| '''Month''' || '''Date''' || '''Name''' ||'''Country''' || '''Profession''' ||'''Died''' ||
|- valign="top"
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''January'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || [[Vilma Bánky]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1991 in film|1991]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || [[Bebe Daniels]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer, dancer, producer || [[1971 in film|1971]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || [[Mildred Dunnock]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1991 in film|1991]] ||
|-
| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''February'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Clark Gable]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1960 in film|1960]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || [[Ben Lyon]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Studio Executive || [[1979 in film|1979]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || [[Brian Donlevy]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1972 in film|1972]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || [[Stella Adler]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Acting Teacher || [[1992 in film|1992]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || [[Chester Morris]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1970 in film|1970]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || [[Ken G. Hall]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, director || [[1994 in film|1994]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || [[Mildred Davis]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1969 in film|1969]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || [[Zeppo Marx]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, comedian || [[1979 in film|1979]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || [[Sylvia Field]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1998 in film|1998]] ||
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''March'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || [[Paul Fix]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1983 in film|1983]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || [[Ed Begley]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1970 in film|1970]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || [[Carl Barks]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cartoonist || [[2000 in film|2000]] ||
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''April'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Edna Tichenor]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1965 in film|1965]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Gay Seabrook]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1970 in film|1970]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[Melvyn Douglas]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1981 in film|1981]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || [[David Manners]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1998 in film|1998]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''May'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || [[Gary Cooper]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1961 in film|1961]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || [[Sam Jaffe (producer)|Sam Jaffe]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Agent, Producer, Studio Executive || [[2000 in film|2000]] ||
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''June'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || [[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1989 in film|1989]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || [[Véra Korène]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Russia || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer || [[1996 in film|1996]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || [[Llewellyn Rees]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1994 in film|1994]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || [[Naunton Wayne]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1970 in film|1970]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || [[Nelson Eddy]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, singer || [[1967 in film|1967]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || [[Frieda Inescort]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Scotland || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1976 in film|1976]] ||
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''July'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || [[Vittorio De Sica]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, actor || [[1974 in film|1974]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || [[George Tobias]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1980 in film|1980]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || [[Dilys Powell]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK	 || style="text-align:center;"| Critic || [[1995 in film|1995]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || [[Allyn Joslyn]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1981 in film|1981]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || [[Mabel Albertson]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1982 in film|1982]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || [[Rudy Vallée]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Musician, Actor || [[1986 in film|1986]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''August'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || [[Louis Armstrong]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Musician, Singer, Actor || [[1971 in film|1971]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || [[Roger Pryor (actor)|Roger Pryor]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1974 in film|1974]] ||
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''September'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[Florence Eldridge]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1988 in film|1988]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || [[Ben Blue]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, comedian || [[1975 in film|1975]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || [[Robert Bresson]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director || [[1999 in film|1999]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || [[Donald Cook (actor)|Donald Cook]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1961 in film|1961]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || [[George Raft]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, dancer || [[1980 in film|1980]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''October'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || [[Rita La Roy]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, dancer || [[1993 in film|1993]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[Cesare Bettarini]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1975 in film|1975]] ||
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''November'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || [[James Dunn (actor)|James Dunn]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1967 in film|1967]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[Lee Strasberg]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, director, Acting Teacher || [[1982 in film|1982]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || [[Lee Patrick (actress)|Lee Patrick]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1982 in film|1982]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || [[Mildred Harris]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1944 in film|1944]] ||
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''December'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[Walt Disney]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Animator, Producer || [[1966 in film|1966]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || [[Troy Sanders (composer)|Troy Sanders]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Musician || [[1959 in film|1959]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || [[Carol Dempster]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1991 in film|1991]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || [[Marlene Dietrich]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer || [[1992 in film|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]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1901-01-01,1901-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1901 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1901-01-01,1901-12-31&adult=include List of 1901 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1901-01-01,1901-12-31&adult=include List of 1901 births] at [[IMDb]]

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