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Overview of the events of 1909 in film
The year 1909 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Matsunosuke Onoe , who would become the first superstar of Japanese cinema , appears in his first film, Goban Tadanobu .James Joyce opens the Volta, the first cinema in Dublin.
Films released in 1909
The Adventures of Lieutenant Rose The Airship Destroyer Der Luftkrieg Der Zukunft , also titled "The Aerial Torpedo", "The Battle of the Clouds" {UK} and "The Battle in the Clouds" {US})At the Altar A Corner in Wheat D. W. Griffith The Country Doctor D. W. Griffith , starring Mary Pickford The Cowboy Millionaire The Curtain Pole The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period The Diabolical Tenant (Le Locataire diabolique )Georges Melies The Doctor's Secret Georges Melies The Drive for a Life D. W. Griffith A Drunkard's Reformation Entrevista de los Presidentes Díaz-Taft (Mexico), a documentary directed by the Alva Brothers The Fitzsimmons-Bill Lang Fight Fools of Fate The Golden Louis The Hessian Renegades Les Joyeux microbes Lady Helen's Escapade The Lonely Villa D. W. Griffith Macbeth A Midsummer Night's Dream Charles Kent and J. Stuart Blackton Les Misérables J. Stuart Blackton . A proto-feature film , or many short-films (in this case 4) that when combined together can be seen as one feature film.Mr. Flip Nero, Or The Fall Of Rome Nerone Oliver Twist J. Stuart Blackton Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy J. Stuart Blackton The Red Man's View D. W. Griffith Resurrection The Sealed Room D. W. Griffith Teddy Roosevelt in Africa Those Awful Hats D. W. Griffith A Trap for Santa Claus D. W. Griffith
Births
January 1 - Dana Andrews , actor (died 1992 )
January 3 - Victor Borge , musician, actor (died 2000 )
January 8
January 15 - Gene Krupa , musician, actor (died 1973 )
January 22 - Ann Sothern , actress (died 2001 )
January 24 - Ann Todd , actress (died 1993 )
February 2 - Frank Albertson , actor (died 1964 )
February 9
February 11
February 16 - Jeffrey Lynn , actor (died 1995 )
March 19 - Louis Hayward , actor (died 1995)
March 26 - Chips Rafferty , actor (died 1971 )
April 4 - Bobby Connelly , child actor (died 1922 )
April 29 - Tom Ewell , actor (died 1994 )
May 15 - James Mason , actor (died 1984 )
May 16 - Margaret Sullavan , actress (died 1960 )
May 30 - Benny Goodman , musician, actor (died 1986)
June 7 - Jessica Tandy , actress (died 1994)
June 8 - Robert Carson , actor (died 1979 )
June 14 - Burl Ives , actor (died 1995)
June 20 - Errol Flynn , actor (died 1959)
July 1 - Madge Evans , actress (died 1981 )
July 12 - Curly Joe DeRita , actor (died 1993)
August 18 - Marcel Carné , director (died 1996 )
August 22 - Lucille Ricksen , actress (died 1925 )
August 25
September 7 - Elia Kazan , director (died 2003 )
October 6 - Robert Carson , screenwriter (died 1983 )
October 20 - Carla Laemmle , actress (died 2014)
November 11 - Robert Ryan , actor (died 1973)
November 26 - Frances Dee , actress (died 2004 )
December 9 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , actor (died 2000)
December 12 - Karen Morley , actress (died 2003)
December 20 - Diane Ellis , actress (died 1930 )
Deaths
Film debuts
