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See also: 1909 in film, other events of 1910, 1911 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Other Movies Released

Events

• The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot in Kinemacolor[?], making it the first color newsreel.
• A Danish documentary film, Den Hvide Slavehandel[?], is the first time film is used to study prostitution.
• Kalem Studios[?] Director Sidney Olcott becomes first American to make a motion picture outside of the United States.
• Florence Lawrence becomes America's first motion picture Star

Births

• January 12 - Luise Rainer, actress
• March 23 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (+ 1998)
• December 7 - Louis Prima, bandleader, voice actor ("King Louie of the Apes" in The Jungle Book) (+ 1978)

Deaths

Other Movies Released

• Gertie the Dinosaur - animated.