1912 in film
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Events
- Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D. W. Griffith, formed a new company with New York City entrepreneur Adam Kessel called Keystone Studios. It would play an important role in developing slapstick comedy as the home to the Keystone Kops, English actor Charlie Chaplin, and others.
- July 26 - Edison Studios releases What Happened to Mary?, the first ever motion picture serial.
- October 31 - The Musketeers of Pig Alley, directed by D.W. Griffith, debuts as the first gangster film.
Movies released
Movies released in 1912 include:
- Oliver Twist: The first American feature film to last over an hour.
- Keystone Comedy
- Saved From the Titanic
- In Nacht und Eis
- What Happened to Mary?
Births
- January 8 - José Ferrer, actor (d. 1992)
- February 19 - Saul Chaplin, film composer (d. 1997)
- February 21 - Arline Judge, actress (d. 1974)
- February 26 - Dane Clark, actor (d. 1998)
- March 22 - Karl Malden, actor
- April 8 - Sonja Henie, Olympic ice-skater, actress (d. 1969)
- April 18 - Wendy Barrie, actress (d. 1978)
- May 9 - Pedro Armendáriz, actor (d. 1963)
- May 18 - Perry Como, singer, actor (d. 2001)
- May 23 - Marius Goring, actor (d. 1998)
- May 23 - John Payne (I), actor (d. 1989)
- May 29 - Iris Adrian, actress (d. 1994)
- June 26 - Jay Silverheels, actor (Tonto) (d. 1980)
- July 4 - Viviane Romance, actress (d. 1991)
- July 5 - Ilona Massey, actress (d. 1974)
- August 2 - Ann Dvorak, actress (d. 1979)
- August 15 - Wendy Hiller, actress (d. 2003)
- August 23 - Gene Kelly, actor (d. 1996)
- August 29 - Barry Sullivan, actor (d. 1974)
- September 5 - Kristina Söderbaum, actress (d. 2001)
- September 21 - Chuck Jones, animator (d. 2002)
- September 23 - Martha Scott, actress (d. 2003)
- October 31 - Dale Evans, actress (d. 2001)
- November 21 - Eleanor Powell, dancer, actress (d. 1982)
- November 24 - Garson Kanin, writer (d. 1999)
- December 11 - Carlo Ponti, producer
