Overview of the events of 1910 in film
Overview of the events of 1910 in film
The year 1910 in film involved some significant events.
Films released in 1910 [ edit ] Abraham Lincoln's Clemency The Abyss (Afgrunden) , starring Asta Nielsen [2] Aeroplane Flight And Wreck Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Der Alpenjager Am Abend , one of the earliest works of hardcore pornography The American Suicide Club (French-U.S. co-production/ Lux)[3] Another's Ghost (French/ Pathe) starring Mevisto, Henri Etievant, Henry Krauss[4] As It Is In Life , directed by D. W. Griffith , starring Mary Pickford Back to Life After 2,000 Years (aka The Roman's Awakening ) (French/ Pathe)[5] Bebe (series) The Beechwood Ghost (Powers Films, which years later merged with Universal Pictures) [6] The Bewitched Messenger (British/ Bat-Brockliss)[7] The Blue Bird Bride of the Haunted Castle (French film/ Artistic-Pathe) theatrically released in England and U.S.[8] The Buddha's Curse (French/ Lux)[9] Cagliostro (French film) directed by Camille de Morlhon and Gaston Velle, starring Helene du Montel, Jean Jacquinet, Stacia Napierkowska [10] [11] The Castle Ghost (French/ Pathe)[12] The Cat That was Changed into a Woman (French/Pathe) directed by Michel Carre; this was the 2nd French film that adapted from the Aesop fable "Venus and the Cat" (see also 1909)[13] Chibusa no enoki (Japanese) starred Matsunosuke Onoe [14] The Children of Edward the Fourth (French/ Pathe-Film d'Art) directed by Henri Andreani, starring Rene Alexandre, Albert Bras, Jeanne Delvair [15] A Christmas Carol (Edison) Countess Ankarstrom (German film/ Deutsche Bioscope) directed by Gebhard Schatzler-Perasini, starring Paul Bildt[16] [17] The Curse of the Wandering Minstrel (aka The Singer's Curse ) German/ Messter, based on a ballad written by Ludwig Uhland [18] A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner , produced by Charles Urban Death (Danish/Regia Kunstfilms) directed by Holger Holm, starring Emilie Sannom and Robert Schmidt[19] The Defeat of Satan (French/ Pathe) directed by Georges Denola , starring Madeleine Celiat, Georges Laumonier and Jacques Vandenne [20] The Demon of Dunkirque (Italian/British co-production) early example of international financing[21] The Detachable Man (Pathe)[22] The Devil's Mother-in-Law (French/ Pathe)[23] Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Denmark/ Nordisk) written and directed by August Blom , starring Alwin Neuss as Jekyll/Hyde, Viggo Larsen and Oda Alstrup; film is lost today[24] Dr. Mesner's Fatal Prescription (British/ Warwick Productions) The Dream of Old Scrooge (based on the Charles Dickens novel "A Christmas Carol")[25] The Duality of Man (British/ Wrench Films) adapted The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson ; some sources credit Harry Brodribb Irving with directing this lost film[26] The Electric Vitalizer (British/ Kineto)[27] The Enchanted Wreath (British/ Warwick) [28] The Fairy Bookseller (Pathe)[29] The Family Doctor Faust (Italy/ Cines) directed by Enrico Guazzoni, starring Fernanda Negri-Pouget, Ugo Bazzini, Alfredo Bracci; only existing print is missing a scene[30] Faust (French) produced by Eclair Films Faust (French/ Pathe) directed by Henri Andreani for Pathe Films[31] The Fiendish Tenant (Gaumont)[32] The Forbidden Fruit (French/ Pathe) written & directed by Gaston Velle [33] Frankenstein , directed by J. Searle Dawley for Edison, starred Charles Ogle, Augustus Phillips and Mary Fuller [34] The Freak of Ferndale Forest (British/ Warwick Productions) The Fugitive , directed by D. W. Griffith Funeral Of Edward VII The Ghost in the Oven , produced by William Selig The Ghost of Mudtown (French/ Pathe)[35] The Golden Beetle (French/British co-production/ Continental-Warwick) directed by (and starring) Henri Desfontaines , based on The Gold Bug , a story by Edgar Allan Poe [36] The Golden Supper (Biograph) features a premature burial[37] Haunted by Conscience (Kalem Films)[38] Hop-Frog , aka The Jester (French/British co-production/ Continental-Warwick) directed by Henri Desfontaines, starring Colanna Romano, based on the 1849 short story by Edgar Allan Poe (a lost film today) The House of the Seven Gables , directed by J. Searle Dawley for Edison, starring Mary Fuller as Hepzibah Pyncheon, based on the 1851 Nathaniel Hawthorne novel[39] The House with Closed Shutters , directed by D. W. Griffith Hugo, the Hunchback , directed by William Selig, based on the Victor Hugo novel Notre Dame de Paris Den Hvide Slavehandel (translation: The White Slave Trade ), directed by August Blom Inferno (Italian/ Helios Films), based on the novel by Dante; it was followed by a sequel Purgatory in 1912.[40] In Old California , directed by D. W. Griffith . First Hollywood film in cinema. In the Border States , directed by D. W. Griffith Jane Eyre , (Thanhouser) written and directed by Theodore Marston for producer Edwin Thanhouser; starring Marie Eline, Gloria Gallop and Frank Hall Crane[41] Jane Eyre (The Mad Lady of Chester) , directed by Mario Caserini (Italian/ Cines)[42] A Japanese Peach Boy , produced by Thomas Edison[43] The Jealous Professors (Lux Film)[44] The Johnson-Jeffries Fight The Key of Life , produced by Thomas Edison Co. King Philip the Fair and the Templars (French/ Eclair Film) directed by Victorin-Hyppolyte Jasset, starring Georges Saillard and Raoul d'Auchy; first film to deal with the topic of the Knights Templar[45] A Lad from Old Ireland , directed by Sidney Olcott The Legend of the Undines (French film/ Pathe) based on the 1814 opera by E. T. A. Hoffmann (an "undine" is a female water sprite)[46] Little Snow White (French/ Pathe)[47] The Lobster Nightmare (British)[48] The Love of a Hunchback (British/ Empire Film) based on Victor Hugo's novel Notre Dame de Paris Lucrezia Borgia (Italian film/ Cines) directed by Mario Caserini, starring Francesca Bertini and Maria Gasperini Lured by a Phantom , aka The King of Thule (French) directed by Etienne Arnaud and Louis Feuillade, based on a poem written by Goethe [49] Making Christmas Crackers The Man to Beat Jack Johnson Max Hypnotized (French/ Pathe) directed by Lucien Nonguet, starring Max Linder The Minotaur (aka Theseus and the Minotaur ), written and directed by J. Stuart Blackton for Vitagraph [50] Museum Spooks, or Dreams in a Picture Gallery (British)[51] The Mystery of Temple Court (Vitagraph)[52] Necklace of the Dead (Denmark/ Nordisk) directed by August Blom , starring Ingeborg Middleboe Larsen, Thorkild Roose and Nicolai Neiiendam; said to be based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Oblong Box [53] New York of Today , produced by Edison Studios Oh, You Skeleton (Selig Polyscope)[54] The Phantom (French/ Pathe-Le Film Russe) aka Le Fantome The Picture of Dorian Gray (1910 film) (Denmark/ Regia Kunstfilms) directed by Alex Strom, starring Valdemar Psilander, Adam Poulsen; 1st film adaptation of the Oscar Wilde novel [55]
Queen of Spades , aka Pikovaya dama (Russian film) directed by Pyotr Chardynin, based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin Queen of Spades (German film/ Deutsche Bioscop) produced by Deutsche Bioscop, also based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin Ramona , directed by D. W. Griffith , starring Mary Pickford The Red Inn , aka L'Auberge Rouge (French/ Pathe) directed by Camille de Morlhon, written by Abel Gance, starring Jeanne Cheirel, Julien Clement, Jean Worms, and Abel Gance , based on the novel by Honore de Balzac [56] Robert, the Devil: or, Freed from Satan's Power (French/ Gaumont) directed by Etienne Arnaud, starring Leonce Perret and Maurice Vinot; based on a 1831 libretto written by Eugene Scribe and Casimir Delavigne[57] The Romance of the Mummy (French/ Pathe) based on the Theophile Gautier book[58] Rose O'Salem Town , directed by D. W. Griffith for American Mutoscope and Biograph, starring Dorothy West, Clara T. Bracy and Henry B. Walthall , set against the backdrop of the Salem Witch Trials [59] St. George and the Dragon (Edison Co.)[60] Satan's Rival (aka A Rival to Satan )(French) directed by Gerard Bourgeois Secret of the Hand (French/ Lux) dealt with the subject of the Chinese Tong[61] The Skeleton (Vitagraph)[62] Slippery Jim , directed by Ferdinand Zecca The Snake Man (French/ Lux)[63] Sorceress of the Strand (French/ Eclair) directed by Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset, starring Eugenie Nau, Emile Keppens, and Marie Barthe[64] The Spectre (French/ Pathe)[65] The Spirit of the Sword (French/ Pathe)[66] A Spiritualistic Seance (French/ Gaumont)[67] Teddy Roosevelt Returns From Africa Testing a Soldier's Courage (French/ Gaumont)[68] Thunderbolt A Trip to Davy Jones' Locker (French/ Pathe); a special effects film influenced by the work of George Melies[69] [70] A Trip to Mars (Edison Co.)[71] Twelfth Night The Unchanging Sea , directed by D. W. Griffith Vengeance of the Dead (French/ Pathe); influenced by the Oscar Wilde novel "The Portrait of Dorian Gray[72] Le Vitrail Diabolique , directed by Georges Melies Im Wannseebad Wanted – A Mummy (British/ Cricks & Martin) directed by A. E. Coleby Wedded Beneath the Waves (French/ Gaumont)[73] What the Daisy Said , starring Mary Pickford White Fawn's Devotion , directed by James Young Deer the first Native American Director Wilful Peggy , directed by D. W. Griffith , starring Mary Pickford The Witch of the Glen (British/ Warwick Productions) The Witch of the Ruins (French/ Pathe)[74] The Witches' Spell (British/ Urban Films) produced by Charles Urban[75] The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Day Name Profession Year of birth April 21 Mark Twain Humourist, writer, born Samuel L. Clemons . 1835 November 20 Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist 1828
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"Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 36. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 36. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 36. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 36. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 37. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 38. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 22. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 38. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 38. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 39. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 39. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 39. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 39. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 39. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 39. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 40. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 40. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 40. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 40. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 40. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 40. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 . External links [ edit ] Media related to 1910 in film at Wikimedia Commons