Editing 1912 in film

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The year '''1912 in film''' involved some significant events.

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==Events==
* February – [[Babelsberg Studio]] outside [[Berlin]] begins operation with the shooting of ''[[The Dance of Death (1912 film)|The Dance of the Dead]]'' (''Der Totentanz'') by Danish director [[Urban Gad]], starring [[Asta Nielsen]] (released September 7).
* April 15 – [[Sinking of the Titanic|Sinking of the ''Titanic'']]: British passenger liner ''[[Titanic]]'' sinks having struck an iceberg in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on her maiden voyage from the United Kingdom to the United States, killing more than 1,500. This is depicted in many works of popular culture, including films, beginning with the May 16 U.S. release ''[[Saved from the Titanic]]'', starring and co-written by [[Dorothy Gibson]], who is herself a survivor of the disaster.
* April 30 – [[Universal Film Manufacturing Company]] is founded in New York, the oldest surviving film studio in the United States.
* May 8 – [[Famous Players Film Company]], the forerunner of [[Paramount Pictures]], is founded by [[Adolph Zukor]].
* May 18 – ''[[Shree Pundalik]]'' by [[Dadasaheb Torne]], the first [[Cinema of India|Indian film]], is released.
* June 8 – [[New York Motion Picture Company]] is merged with Universal, giving Universal a studio in [[Edendale, Los Angeles]].
* July 4 – [[Mack Sennett]], who has previously worked as an actor and comedy director with [[D. W. Griffith]], forms a new company with New York City entrepreneur Adam Kessel, [[Keystone Studios]]. It will play an important role in developing [[slapstick]] comedy as the home to the [[Keystone Cops]], English actor [[Charlie Chaplin]], and others.
* July 12 – ''[[Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth|Queen Elizabeth]]'' is the first film released by Famous Players.
* July 26 – [[Edison Studios]] releases ''[[What Happened to Mary]]'', the first ever motion picture [[Serial (film)|serial]].
* [[Thomas Edison|Edison]] introduces the Home Kinetoscope, a home film-projector which uses a 22&nbsp;mm print consisting of three rows of frames.
* [[Pathé]] releases [[Pathe Kok]], their first entry into the amateur market, with a gauge of 28&nbsp;mm.
* Alexander F. Victor improves on the 17.5&nbsp;mm format with his [[Duoscope]], which uses two center [[film perforations|perforations]] instead of the typical one.
* [[Bell & Howell]] introduce the first all-metal camera, the 2709 35mm.

==Notable films released in 1912==
[[List of American films of 1912|United States]] unless stated

===#===
*''[[1812 (1912 film)|1812]]'', directed by [[Vasily Goncharov]]<ref>Rollberg, Peter (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 281. {{ISBN|9781442268425}}.</ref> – ([[List of Russian Empire films|Russia]])

===A===
* ''Andalusian Superstition (Superstition andalouse)'', directed by [[Segundo de Chomón]]<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 45. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}.</ref> – ([[List of French films of 1912|France]])
* ''[[At It Again (1912 film)|At It Again]]'' (lost), directed by and starring [[Mack Sennett]], with [[Mabel Normand]]
* ''[[Aurora Floyd (film)|Aurora Floyd]]'', directed by [[Theodore Marston]]

===B===
* ''[[The Beautiful Leukanida]] (Prekrasnaya Lyukanida)'', directed by [[Ladislas Starevich|Władysław Starewicz]] – ([[List of Russian Empire films|Russia]])

===C===
* ''[[The Cameraman's Revenge]] (Mest' kinematograficheskogo operatora)'', directed by [[Ladislas Starevich|Władysław Starewicz]] – ([[List of Russian Empire films|Russia]])
* ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'', directed by [[J. Searle Dawley]]
* ''[[Cleopatra (1912 film)|Cleopatra]]'', directed by Charles L. Gaskill, starring [[Helen Gardner (actress)|Helen Gardner]]
* ''[[The Conquest of the Pole]] (À la conquête du pôle)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]].<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 46. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}.</ref> – ([[List of French films of 1912|France]])
* ''[[The County Fair (1912 film)|The County Fair]]'', directed by Edmund Lawrence
* ''[[Custer's Last Fight]]'', directed by [[Francis Ford (actor)|Francis Ford]]

===D===
* ''[[A Dash Through the Clouds]]'', directed by [[Mack Sennett]], starring [[Mabel Normand]] and American aviation pioneer [[Philip Orin Parmelee|Philip Parmelee]].
* ''[[The Deserter (1912 film)|The Deserter]]'', directed by [[Thomas H. Ince]]
* ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'', directed by [[Lucius Henderson]], starring [[James Cruze]], based on the [[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde|1886 novella]] by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wlaschin |first1=Ken |title=Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography |date=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786443505 |page=70 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U5UZDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA70|language=en}}</ref><ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}. Page 42.</ref>

===F===
* ''[[The Female of the Species (film)|The Female of the Species]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], starring [[Mary Pickford]]
* ''The Fickle Spaniard'', directed by [[Mack Sennett]], starring [[Mabel Normand]]
* ''[[For His Son]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], starring [[Blanche Sweet]]
* ''[[For the Cause of the South (1912 film)|For the Cause of the South]]'', directed by [[Bannister Merwin]]
* ''[[Friends (1912 film)|Friends]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], starring [[Mary Pickford]], [[Lionel Barrymore]] and [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]]
* ''[[From the Manger to the Cross]]'', directed by [[Sidney Olcott]]
* ''[[From the Submerged]]'', directed by [[Theodore Wharton]]

===G===
* ''[[Geronimo's Last Raid]]'', directed by [[Gilbert P. Hamilton]]
* ''[[The Girl and Her Trust]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]]

===H===
* ''[[The Honor of the Family]]'' (lost), produced by [[Rex Motion Picture Company]], starring [[Lon Chaney]]
* ''Hot Stuff'', directed by and starring [[Mack Sennett]], with [[Mabel Normand]]
* ''[[How a Mosquito Operates]]'', directed by [[Winsor McCay]]

===I===
* ''[[Indian Romeo and Juliet]]'', directed by [[Laurence Trimble]], based on the [[Romeo and Juliet|16th-century play]] by [[William Shakespeare]]
* ''[[In Nacht und Eis]] (In Night and Ice)'', directed by [[Mime Misu]] – ([[List of German films of 1895–1918|Germany]])
* ''[[The Independence of Romania]] (Independenţa României)'', directed by Aristide Demetriade – ([[List of Romanian films|Romania]])
* ''[[The Invaders (1912 film)|The Invaders]]'', directed by [[Francis Ford (actor)|Francis Ford]] and [[Thomas H. Ince]]

===K===
* ''[[The Knight of the Snows]] (Le Chevalier des Neiges)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]]<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 47. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}.</ref><ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 96. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[List of French films of 1912|France]])

===L===
* ''[[Land Beyond the Sunset|The Land Beyond the Sunset]]'', directed by [[Harold M. Shaw]]
* ''[[The Lesser Evil (1912 film)|The Lesser Evil]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], starring [[Blanche Sweet]]
* ''[[The Little Girl Next Door]]'', directed by [[Lucius J. Henderson]]

===M===
* ''[[Mabel's Lovers]]'', directed by [[Mack Sennett]], starring [[Mabel Normand]]
* ''[[Making an American Citizen]]'', directed by [[Alice Guy-Blaché]]
* ''[[Man's Genesis]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]]<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 48. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}.</ref>
* ''[[The Massacre (film)|The Massacre]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], starring [[Blanche Sweet]] and [[Lionel Barrymore]]
* ''The Mender of Nets'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], starring [[Mary Pickford]] and [[Mabel Normand]]
* ''[[The Miracle (1912 film)|The Miracle]]'', directed by [[Michel-Antoine Carré]], based on the [[The Miracle (play)|1911 play]] by [[Karl Vollmöller]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Das Mirakel (1912 film)|Das Mirakel]] (The Miracle)'', directed by [[Mime Misu]], based on the [[The Miracle (play)|1911 play]] by [[Karl Vollmöller]] – ([[List of German films of 1895–1918|Germany]])
* ''[[The Musketeers of Pig Alley]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], starring [[Lillian Gish]]

===N===
* ''[[The New York Hat]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], starring [[Mary Pickford]] and [[Lionel Barrymore]]

===O===
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1912 British film)|Oliver Twist]]'', directed by [[Thomas Bentley (director)|Thomas Bentley]], based on the [[Oliver Twist|1838 novel]] by [[Charles Dickens]]<ref>Giddings, Robert & Sheen, Erica. From Page To Screen: Adaptations of the Classic Novel. Manchester University Press, 5 May 2000</ref> – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Onésime, Clock-maker (Onésime horloge)'', directed by [[Jean Durand]] – ([[List of French films of 1912|France]])

===P===
* ''Parsifal'', directed by [[Mario Caserini]], based on the [[Parsifal|1882 opera]] by [[Richard Wagner]] – ([[List of Italian films of 1912|Italy]])
* ''The Passer-By'', directed by [[Oscar Apfel]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Logan |first1=Bruce |title=A Brief History of Camera Movement |url=https://www.zacuto.com/a-brief-history-of-camera-movement |website=Zacuto |date=26 January 2016 |access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Petticoat Camp]]'', produced by the [[Thanhouser Company]]

===Q===
* ''[[Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth|Queen Elizabeth]] (Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth)'', directed by [[Louis Mercanton]] and [[Henri Desfontaines]], starring [[Sarah Bernhardt]] – ([[List of French films of 1912|France]])

===R===
*''[[Resurrection (1912 film)|Resurrection]]'' (lost), directed by [[Joseph A. Golden]], based on the [[Resurrection (Tolstoy novel)|1899 novel]] by [[Leo Tolstoy]]
*''[[Richard III (1912 film)|Richard III]]'', directed by [[André Calmettes]] and James Keane, starring [[Frederick Warde]], based on the [[Richard III (play)|16th-century play]] by [[William Shakespeare]] – ([[List of American films of 1912|US]]/[[List of French films of 1912|France]])
*''[[Robin Hood (1912 film)|Robin Hood]]'', directed by Étienne Arnaud and [[Herbert Blaché]]

===S===
* ''[[Saved from the Titanic]]'' (lost), directed by Étienne Arnaud, starring [[Dorothy Gibson]]
* ''A Spanish Dilemma'', directed by [[Mack Sennett]], starring [[Mabel Normand]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 102. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
* ''[[The Star of Bethlehem (1912 film)|The Star of Bethlehem]]'' (incomplete), directed by [[Lawrence Marston]]

===T===
* ''Tomboy Bessie'', directed by [[Mack Sennett]], starring [[Mabel Normand]]
* ''[[Trilby (1912 film)|Trilby]]'' (lost), directed by [[Anton Kolm]], [[Luise Kolm]] and [[Jacob Fleck]], based on the [[Trilby (novel)|1894 novel]] by [[George du Maurier]]<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}. Page 51.</ref> – ([[List of Austrian films before 1920|Austria]])

===U===
* ''[[An Unseen Enemy]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], starring [[Lillian Gish]], [[Dorothy Gish]] and [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]]

===V===
* ''[[The Voice of Conscience (1912 film)|The Voice of Conscience]]'', produced by the [[Thanhouser Company]]

===W===
* ''[[The Water Nymph (1912 film)|The Water Nymph]]'', directed by [[Mack Sennett]], starring [[Mabel Normand]]
* ''[[What Happened to Mary?]]'', [[film serial]] directed by [[Ashley Miller (director)|Ashley Miller]] and [[Charles Brabin]], starring [[Mary Fuller]]
* ''[[When the Heart Calls]]'', directed by [[Al Christie]], starring [[Louise Glaum]]
* ''[[With Our King and Queen Through India]]'' (incomplete), documentary produced by [[Charles Urban]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

==Births==
*January 8 – [[José Ferrer]], Puerto Rican-American actor and director (died [[1992 in film|1992]])
*January 13 – [[Paul Birch (actor)|Paul Birch]], American actor (died [[1969 in film|1969]])
*February 4 – [[James Craig (actor)|James Craig]], American actor (died [[1985 in film|1985]])
*February 5 – [[Willard Parker]], American actor (died [[1996 in film|1996]])
*February 19 – [[Saul Chaplin]], American film composer (died [[1997 in film|1997]])
*February 19 – [[Dorothy Janis]], American actress (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*February 21 – [[Arline Judge]], American actress (died [[1974 in film|1974]])
*February 26 – [[Dane Clark]], American actor (died [[1998 in film|1998]])
*March 22 – [[Karl Malden]], American actor (died [[2009 in film|2009]])
*April 5 – [[Gordon Jones (actor)|Gordon Jones]], American actor (died [[1963 in film|1963]])
*April 8 – [[Sonja Henie]], Norwegian [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[ice-skating|ice-skater]], actress (died [[1969 in film|1969]])
*April 11 – [[John Larkin (actor, born 1912)|John Larkin]], American actor (died [[1965 in film|1965]])
*April 12 – [[Walt Gorney]], Austrian-American actor (died [[2004 in film|2004]])
*April 16 – [[Catherine Scorsese]], American actress (died [[1997 in film|1997]])
*April 18 – [[Wendy Barrie]], English actress (died [[1978 in film|1978]])
*April 29 – [[Richard Carlson (actor)|Richard Carlson]], American actor and director (died [[1977 in film|1977]])
*May 9 – [[Pedro Armendáriz]], Mexican actor (died [[1963 in film|1963]])
*May 18 – [[Perry Como]], American singer, actor (died [[2001 in film|2001]])
*May 23 
**[[Marius Goring]], English actor (died 1998)
**[[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]], American actor (died [[1989 in film|1989]])
*May 29 – [[Iris Adrian]], American actress (died [[1994 in film|1994]])
*May 31 – [[Dave O'Brien (actor)|Dave O'Brien]], American actor, director, writer (died [[1969 in film|1969]])
*June 1 – [[Doris Wishman]], American filmmaker (died [[2002 in film|2002]])
*June 26 – [[Jay Silverheels]], Canadian actor (''Tonto'')  (died [[1980 in film|1980]])
*July 4 – [[Viviane Romance]], French actress (died [[1991 in film|1991]])
*July 5 – [[Ilona Massey]], Hungarian-born American actress (died 1974)
*August 1 – [[Henry Jones (actor)|Henry Jones]], American actor (died [[1999 in film|1999]])
*August 12 – [[Samuel Fuller]], American director (died 1997)
*August 15 – [[Wendy Hiller]], English actress (died [[2003 in film|2003]])
*August 23 – [[Gene Kelly]], American actor (died [[1996 in film|1996]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Gene Kelly {{!}} Biography, Movies, Songs, Singin' in the Rain, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gene-Kelly |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*August 25 – [[Ted Key]], writer (died 2008)
*August 29 – [[Barry Sullivan (actor)|Barry Sullivan]], American actor (died 1974)
*September 5
**[[Kristina Söderbaum]], Swedish-born German actress (died 2001)
**[[Frank Thomas (animator)|Frank Thomas]], American animator (died 2004)
*September 10 – [[Mary Walter]], Filipina actress (died 1993)
*September 21 – [[Chuck Jones]], American animator (died 2002)
*September 23 – [[Martha Scott]], American actress (died 2003)
*September 29 – [[Michelangelo Antonioni]], Italian director (died [[2007 in film|2007]])
*October 10 – [[Rudy Bond]], American actor (died [[1982 in film|1982]])
*October 11 – [[Betty Noyes]] American singer/dubber (died [[1987 in film|1987]])
*October 12 – [[Peer Guldbrandsen]], Danish screenwriter, actor, film director and producer (died 1996)
*October 13 – [[Cornel Wilde]], Hungarian-born American actor (died [[1989 in film|1989]])
*October 31 – 
** [[Dale Evans]], American actress (died 2001)
** [[Ollie Johnston]], American animator (died 2008)
*November 5 – [[Paul Dehn]], English screenwriter and poet (died 1976)
*November 8 – [[June Havoc]], American actress (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*November 21 – [[Eleanor Powell]], American dancer, actress (died [[1982 in film|1982]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Eleanor Powell {{!}} American dancer and actress|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eleanor-Powell|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=7 April 2019|language=en}}</ref>
*November 24 – [[Garson Kanin]], American writer (died [[1999 in film|1999]])
*December 11 – [[Carlo Ponti]], Italian producer (died 2007)

==Deaths==
* March 30 – [[Karl May]], writer, ''[[Apache Gold]]'' (born 1842)
* April 15 – [[Jacques Futrelle]], writer, ''[[The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (book series)|The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes]]'', (perished in the ''[[Titanic]]'') (born 1875)
* April 20 – [[Bram Stoker]], writer, ''[[Dracula]]'' (born 1847)
* May 14 – [[August Strindberg]], writer, ''[[Miss Julie]]'' (born 1849)
* May 19 – [[Bolesław Prus]], writer, ''[[Faraon]]'' (born 1847)
* June 1 – [[Philip Orin Parmelee]], actor (with [[Mabel Normand]] in ''[[A Dash Through the Clouds]]''); pioneer aviator for the [[Wright brothers]] (born 1887)
* July 1 – [[Harriet Quimby]], writer (seven scenarios for D.W. Griffith); actress in one film; pioneer American aviator (born 1875)
* December 14 – [[Harry Cashman]], comedy producer and actor for the Chicago-based [[Essanay Studios|Essanay]] company.

==Film debuts==
* [[John Barrymore]] – The Dream of a Moving Picture Director (as Jack Barrymore)(*debatable; debut occurred much earlier)
* [[Frank Borzage]] – [[On Secret Service|On Secret Service (short)]]
* [[Charlotte Burton]] – The Would-Be Heir (short)
* [[Lon Chaney, Sr.|Lon Chaney]] – [[The Honor of the Family|The Honor of the Family (short)]] (unconfirmed)
* [[Dorothy Gish]] – [[An Unseen Enemy|An Unseen Enemy (short)]]
* [[Lillian Gish]] – [[An Unseen Enemy|An Unseen Enemy (short)]]
* [[Louise Glaum]] – Brave Heart's Hidden Love (short)
* [[Mildred Harris]] – The Post Telegrapher (short)
* [[Cleo Madison]] – [[A Business Buccaneer|A Business Buccaneer (short)]]
* [[Mary Miles Minter]] – [[The Nurse (1912 film)|The Nurse (short)]] (as Juliet Shelby)
* [[Antonio Moreno]] – Iola's Promise (short)
* [[Warner Oland]] – [[Pilgrim's Progress]]
* [[Olga Petrova]] – [[Departure of a Grand Old Man|Departure of a Grand Old Man (short)]]
* [[Victor Sjöström]] – director, [[A Ruined Life]]; actor, [[The Gardener (1912 film)|The Gardener]]
* [[Frederick Warde]] – [[Richard III (1912 film)|Richard III]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1912-01-01,1912-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1912 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1912-01-01,1912-12-31&adult=include List of 1912 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1912-01-01,1912-12-31&adult=include List of 1912 births] at [[IMDb]]

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