1910 in film
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Template:Short description Template:More footnotes Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Yearsinfilm The year 1910 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- March 10 – Release of In Old California, the first film made in Hollywood, California, directed by D. W. Griffith.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- March 12 – American actress Florence Lawrence becomes "the first true movie star" after movie mogul Carl Laemmle of Independent Moving Pictures (I.M.P.) names her in advertisements announcing that he has signed the leading lady who has hitherto only been billed as "The Biograph Girl" by Biograph Studios. Until now, studios had a policy of not releasing the names of their players, and prohibiting distributors from revealing the information. Lawrence's first I.M.P. release is The Broken Oath.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- March 18 – The first cinematic version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) is released in the United States by Edison Studios. One of the first horror films, it features (unbilled) actor Charles Ogle as the monster.
- May 6 – Newsreel footage of the funeral of Edward VII in London is shot in Kinemacolor, making it the first color newsreel.
- July – The Johnson-Jeffries Fight footage causes race riots and is banned in the South of the US.
- August 2 – A Danish melodrama, The White Slave Trade (Den Hvide Slavehandel), marks the first time film is used to study prostitution.
- August – Kalem Studios director Sidney Olcott becomes the first American to make a motion picture outside of the United States, The Lad from Old Ireland (released November 23).
- Pathé News is formed in London, producing newsreels and documentaries in the UK until 1970.
- Marcus Loew partners with Adolph Zukor, Joseph Schenck and Nicholas Schenck renaming his theatre chain Loew's Consolidated Enterprises.
Notable films
Films produced in the United States unless stated otherwise
A
- The Abyss (Afgrunden), directed by Urban Gad, starring Asta Nielsen<ref>Template:YouTube</ref> – (Denmark)
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, directed by Edwin S. Porter, based on the 1865 novel by Lewis Carroll
- An Arcadian Maid, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Mary Pickford
- As It Is in Life, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Mary Pickford
C
- A Christmas Carol, directed by J. Searle Dawley, based on the 1843 novella by Charles Dickens
F
- Frankenstein, directed by J. Searle Dawley, starring Charles Stanton Ogle<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 70. Template:ISBN.</ref>
- The Fugitive, directed by D. W. Griffith
- Funeral of King Edward VII – (GB)
H
- The House with Closed Shutters, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Henry B. Walthall
I
- In Old California, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Frank Powell
J
L
- A Lad from Old Ireland, directed by Sidney Olcott
M
- Marvellous Melbourne, documentary film directed by Cosens Spencer – (Australia)
R
- Ramona, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Mary Pickford and Henry B. Walthall, based on the 1884 novel by Helen Hunt Jackson
- Rose O'Salem-Town, directed by D. W. Griffith<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 78. Template:ISBN.</ref>
T
- Thunderbolt (incomplete), directed by John Gavin – (Australia)
- Twelfth Night, directed by Eugene Mullin and Charles Kent, starring Florence Turner, based on the 17th-century play by William Shakespeare
U
- The Unchanging Sea, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Mary Pickford
W
- What the Daisy Said, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Mary Pickford
- White Fawn's Devotion, directed by James Young Deer
- The White Slave Trade (Den hvide slavehandel), directed by August Blom – (Denmark)
- Wilful Peggy, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Mary Pickford
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, directed by Otis Turner, based on the 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum
Births
Deaths
| Day | Name | Profession | Year of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 21 | Mark Twain | Humourist, writer, born Samuel L. Clemons. | 1835 |
| November 20 | Leo Tolstoy | Russian novelist | 1828 |
Debuts
- Leah Baird – Jean and the Waif
- Carlyle Blackwell – Uncle Tom's Cabin (short)
- Eleanor Caines – The New Boss of Bar X Ranch (short)
- Grace Cunard – The Duke's Plan (short)
- Margarita Fischer – There, Little Girl, Don't Cry (short)
- Helen Gardner – How She Won Him (short)
- Hoot Gibson – Pride of the Range
- Alice Joyce – The Deacon's Daughter (short)
- J. Warren Kerrigan – A Voice from the Fireplace (short)
- Mae Marsh – Ramona (short)
- Asta Nielsen – The Woman Always Pays (short)
- Mabel Normand – Indiscretions of Betty
- Wallace Reid – The Phoenix (short)
- Marin Sais – Twelfth Night (short)
- Norma Talmadge – The Household Pest
- Pearl White – The Missing Bridegroom (short)