1901 in film
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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 Edison's Black Maria.
Films released in 1901
- Alfred Butterworth And Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- The Big Swallow, directed by James Williamson.
- Bluebeard, directed by Georges Méliès
- A Busy Corner at Armour's.
- A Chinese Market.
- A Close Call.
- The Countryman and the Cinematograph, directed by Robert W. Paul.
- Cunard Vessel At Liverpool, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Dream and Reality, directed by Ferdinand Zecca.
- Employees Leaving Alexandra Docks, Liverpool, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Excelsior! Prince Of Magicians, directed by Georges Méliès.
- Fire!, directed by James Williamson.
- The Gans-McGovern Fight, a documentary short starting by Joe Gans and Terry McGovern.
- The Gordon Sisters Boxing.
- History of a Crime, directed by Ferdinand Zecca.
- Jamaica Street, Glasgow, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Kansas Saloon Smashers, directed by Edwin S. Porter.
- Lord Roberts' Visit To Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- The Man with the Rubber Head, directed by Georges Melies.
- Manchester Band Of Hope Procession, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Manchester Street Scene, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Morecambe Church Lads' Brigade at Drill, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- North Sea Fisheries, North Shields, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Panoramic View Of The Morecambe Sea Front, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Parkgate Iron And Steel Co., Rotherham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Peeping Tom, directed by Ferdinand Zecca.
- Pendlebury Colliery, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Pendlebury Spinning Co., produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- President McKinley Inauguration Footage (Taking the Oath), directed by G.W. Bitzer.
- Preston Egg Rolling, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Race For The Muriatti Cup, Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Ride on the Tramcar through Belfast, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Royal Proclamation Of The Death Of Queen Victoria, Blackburn, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost, directed by Walter R. Booth.
- Sedgwick's Bioscope Show Front, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- A Sneaky Boer, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Star Theatre, directed by Frederick S. Armitage.
- Stop Thief!, directed by James Williamson.
- Torpedo Flotilla Visit To Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- Trapeze Disrobing Act, directed by Edwin S. Porter.
- University Procession On Degree Day, Birmingham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
- What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, directed by Edwin S. Porter.
Births
Deaths
- May 9 - Charles Chaplin, Sr., actor and father of Charlie Chaplin (b. 1863)
- June 2 - James A. Herne, actor playwright. Some of his works such as Shore Acres adapted into silent films. also father of screenwriter Julie Herne and actress Chrystal Herne (b. 1839)