1901 in film

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Years in film
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1890s 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
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1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 and beyond

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 Black Maria.

Films released in 1901

• The Man with the Rubber Head
• Fire!
• President McKinley Inauguration Footage (Taking the Oath)
• Star Theatre
• Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost
• Trapeze Disrobing Act
• A Busy Corner at Armour's
• A Chinese Market
• A Close Call

Births

Month	Day	Name	Profession	Year of death
January	14	Bebe Daniels	actress	1971
February	1	Clark Gable	actor	1960
	6	Ben Lyon	actor	1979
	9	Brian Donlevy	actor	1972
	10	Stella Adler	actress, teacher	1992
	16	Vincent Coleman	actor	1971
	16	Chester Morris	actor	1970
	22	Ken G. Hall	director	1994
	25	Zeppo Marx	actor, comedian, member of the Marx Brothers	1979
	25	Mildred Dunnock	actress	1991
	28	Sylvia Field	actress	1998
March	9	Paul Willis	actor	1960
	27	Carl Barks	illustrator and creator of elaborated band	2000
April	5	Melvyn Douglas	actor	1981
May	7	Gary Cooper	actor	1961
	21	Sam Jaffe	writer, director, producer, agent	2000
June	3	Maurice Evans	actor	1989
	6	Véra Korène	actress	1996
	22	Naunton Wayne	actor	1970
	29	Nelson Eddy	actor	1967
	29	Frieda Inescort	actress	1976
July	19	Lili Damita	actress	1994
	28	Rudy Vallée	actor, singer	1986
August	4	Louis Armstrong	actor, musician, singer	1971
	9	Charles Farrell	actor	1990
September	5	Florence Eldridge	actress	1988
	12	Ben Blue	actor	1975
November	22	Lee Patrick	actress	1982
	29	Mildred Harris	actress	1944
December	5	Walter Disney	animator	1966
	7	Troy Sanders	music department	1959
	9	Carol Dempster	actress	1991
	27	Marlene Dietrich	actress	1992

Deaths

(unknown)