title: 1901 in film
text: # 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
  
  ## 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 | 9 | Paul Willis | US | Actor | 1960 |
  | April | 30 | David Manners | Canada | Actor | 1998 |
  | May | 7 | Gary Cooper | US | Actor | 1961 |
  | May | 21 | 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
  