1910 in film
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The year 1910 in film involved some significant events.
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Events [edit]
- May 6 - The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot in Kinemacolor, making it the first color newsreel.
- A Danish documentary film, Den Hvide Slavehandel, marks the first time film is used to study prostitution.
- Kalem Studios director Sidney Olcott becomes the first American to make a motion picture outside of the United States.
- Florence Lawrence becomes America's first motion picture star, known by her name.
Films released in 1910 [edit]
- 1812
- Abraham Lincoln's Clemency
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Afgrunden
- Der Alpenjager
- Am Abend
- Bebe
- The Blue Bird
- A Christmas Carol
- A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner
- Frankenstein
- The House with Closed Shutters
- Den Hvide Slavehandel
- In Old California
- In the Border States
- A Lad from Old Ireland
- Roosevelt in Africa
- Thunderbolt
- The Unchanging Sea
- What the Daisy Said
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Births [edit]
| Month | Day | Name | Profession | Year of death |
| January | 3 | John Sturges | director | 1992 |
| 12 | Luise Rainer | actress | ||
| February | 8 | Steffi Duna | actress | 1992 |
| 10 | Joyce Grenfell | actress | 1979 | |
| 27 | Joan Bennett | actress | 1990 | |
| March | 1 | David Niven | actor | 1983 |
| 8 | Claire Trevor | actress | 2000 | |
| 17 | Sari Maritza | actress | 1987 | |
| 23 | Akira Kurosawa | director | 1998 | |
| April | 23 | Simone Simon | actress | 2005 |
| May | 11 | Johnnie Davis | actor, singer | 1983 |
| 15 | Constance Cummings | actress | 2005 | |
| 23 | Scatman Crothers | actor | 1986 | |
| June | 3 | Paulette Goddard | actress | 1990 |
| 13 | Mary Wickes | actress | 1995 | |
| July | 4 | Gloria Stuart | actress | 2010 |
| August | 4 | Anita Page | actress | 2008 |
| 6 | Charles Crichton | director | 1999 | |
| 8 | Sylvia Sidney | actress | 1999 | |
| 12 | Jane Wyatt | actress | 2006 | |
| 15 | Signe Hasso | actress | 2002 | |
| 16 | Mae Clarke | actress | 1992 | |
| September | 19 | Margaret Lindsay | actress | 1981 |
| 29 | Virginia Bruce | actress | 1982 | |
| December | 7 | Louis Prima | bandleader, voice actor | 1978 |
| 10 | Sidney Fox | actress | 1942 | |
| 13 | Lillian Roth | actress | 1980 | |
| 13 | Van Heflin | actor | 1971 | |
| 31 | Roy Rowland | film director | 1995 |
Deaths [edit]
| Day | Name | Profession | Year of birth |
| April 21 | Mark Twain | humorist, writer, born Samuel L. Clemons. | 1835 |
| November 20 | Leo Tolstoy | Russian novelist | 1828 |
Debuts [edit]
- Leah Baird - Jean and the Waif
- Carlyle Blackwell
- Grace Cunard
- Marie Dressler - Actors' Fund Field Day
- Margarita Fischer
- Helen Gardner
- Alice Joyce
- J. Warren Kerrigan
- Mae Marsh - Ramona and Serious Sixteen
- Tom Mix
- Mabel Normand - Indiscretions of Betty
- Wallace Reid
- Marin Sais
- Norma Talmadge
- Pearl White - The Woman Hater, The New Magdalene and The Horse Shoer's Girl