1901 in film

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Years in film:	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904
Years in television:	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
Years:	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904

Contents 1 Events 2 Films released in 1901 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] 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

[edit] Films released in 1901

• Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre
• Fire!
• The Man with the Rubber Head
• President McKinley Inauguration Footage (Taking the Oath)
• Star Theatre

[edit] 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
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 Vallee	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	Walt Disney	animator	1966
	9	Carol Dempster	actress	1991
	27	Marlene Dietrich	actress	1992

[edit] Deaths