1909 in film

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The year 1909 in film involved some significant events.

Events[]

  • Carl Laemmle founds the Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP).[1]
  • Selig Polyscope Company establish the first permanent film studio in Los Angeles in Edendale, Los Angeles.
  • The New York Motion Picture Company is founded and also open a film studio in Edendale. The studio is later used by Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and then Mascot Pictures, which become part of Republic Pictures.
  • February 4 – The Paris Film Congress begins, an attempt by leading European producers to form a cartel similar to that of the Motion Picture Patents Company in the United States.
  • May 12 – Mr. Flip is released and is the first film to feature someone being hit in the face with a pie.
  • May 23 – The first news cinema, The Daily Bioscope, opens in London.
  • June 17 – is the first film ever completely made in Los Angeles, California. It is filmed by director Francis Boggs.
  • October 25 – IMP release their first film, Hiawatha, based on the 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[2]
  • November 5 - A Nature Movie by Arthur C. Pillsbury using film to explore the wonders of Yosemite. This first showing was for John Muir, a friend, and associate of Pillsbury's. Included was footage of the Hetch Hetchy. This film was then shown for the 1910 season at the Pillsbury Studio in Yosemite, advertised using postcards.[3]
  • December 2 – Matsunosuke Onoe, who will become the first superstar of Japanese cinema, appears in his first film, Goban Tadanobu.
  • December 20 – James Joyce opens the Volta Cinematograph, the first cinema in Dublin.[4]

Films released in 1909[]

J. Stuart Blackton[]

PLAY A Midsummer Night's Dream; runtime 00:11:07.

D. W. Griffith[]

PLAY The Curtain Pole; runtime 00:08:00.
PLAY Resurrection; runtime 00:12:11.

Georges Méliès[]

  • The Count's Wooing
  • The Diabolical Tenant (aka The Diabolical Lodger), directed by George Melies (French)[6]
  • The Doctor's Secret, directed by George Melies (French)[7]
  • Fortune Favors the Brave, directed by George Melies (French)[7]
  • Le papillon fantastique

Others[]

PLAY The Airship Destroyer; runtime 00:06:41.
  • The Adventures of Lieutenant Rose
  • The Airship Destroyer (originally titled Der Luftkrieg Der Zukunft, also titled "The Aerial Torpedo", "The Battle of the Clouds" {UK} and "The Battle in the Clouds" {US}), directed by Walter R. Booth
  • The Ancient Roman (made in Italy)
  • Ballad of a Witch, directed by Luigi Maggi (made in Italy)
  • The Bewitched Manor House (French/ Pathe)[6]
  • Bluebeard, directed by J. Searle Dawley for Thomas Edison, starred Charles Ogle
  • The Bogey Woman (French/ Pathe)
  • The Butcher's Dream (French)
  • Capturing the North Pole, features Baron Munchausen (British/ Urban-Eclipse Films)[6]
  • The Cat That Was Changed Into a Woman, directed by Louis Feuillade (French)
  • The Convict Guardian's Nightmare (French)
  • The Cowboy Millionaire, directed by Francis Boggs and Otis Turner
  • Dance of Fire (Pathe)
  • Dante's Inferno, directed by Giuseppe de Liguoro, starring Salvatore Papa (Italian); ran 59 minutes[6]
  • The Defeat of Satan (French/ Pathe)[6]
  • The Devil (Edison Co.) adaptation of the play starring George Arliss[6]
  • Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, directed by August Blom, starring Alwin Neuss and Oda Alstrup; made in Denmark for Nordisk Films[7]
  • Don Juan Tenorio, directed by Enrique Rosas (made in Mexico)
  • Doomed (French/ Pathe)
  • The Egyptian Mystery (Edison)
  • Electric Transformations, directed by Percy Stow (British/ Clarendon)[7]
  • Entrevista de los Presidentes Díaz-Taft (Mexico), a documentary directed by the
  • Faust, directed by J. Searle Dawley and Edwin S. Porter for Thomas Edison
  • The Ferryman's Sweetheart (Gaumont)[7]
  • The Fitzsimmons-Bill Lang Fight
  • The Forbidden Fruit (Pathe)[7]
  • Gertie the Dinosaur, animated cartoon by Winsor McKay[7]
  • Goddess of the Sea[8]
  • The Grey Lady (aka The Grey Dame), directed by Viggo Larsen, starring Viggo Larsen as Sherlock Holmes (Denmark)[8]
  • Hansel and Gretel[8]
  • The Haunted Hotel (French/ Pathe)
  • The Haunted Man, introduced the "doppelganger" theme, similar to The Student of Prague (Germany/ Duskes Film)[8]
  • Her Dolly's Revenge (French/ Lux)
  • Hiawatha, directed by William V. Ranous based on the 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the first film produced by Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures.[2]
  • The Hunchback, directed by Van Dyke Brooke for Vitagraph; unauthorized remake of the 1906 film Esmeralda[8]
  • The Imp of the Bottle (Thomas Edison), based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson[8]
  • The Invisible Thief, directed by Segundo de Chomon and Ferdinand Zecca (French); first adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel The Invisible Man[8]
  • Les Joyeux Microbes, directed by Émile Cohl
  • The Last Look (Pathe)[9]
  • Lucrece Borgia (French)
  • Lunatics in Power (Thomas Edison Co.), based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe called The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether[8]
  • Macbeth, directed by André Calmettes
  • The Man Monkey (Pathe)[9]
  • The Man Who Laughs (French), based on the famous novel by Victor Hugo
  • The Marvelous Pearl (made in Italy)[9]
  • Mephisto and the Maiden, directed by Frank Boggs
  • The Mirror of Life (French/ Pathe)[9]
  • Miss Faust (French/ Pathe)[9]
  • Mr. Flip, directed by Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
  • A Modern Dr. Jekyll;;, produced by William Selig
  • The Moonstone, produced by William Selig, based on the novel by Wilkie Collins[9]
  • Mother Goose (Edison Co.)
  • The Mummy of the King Ramses directed by Gerard Bourgeois (French)
  • Mystery of Edwin Drood, directed by Arthur Gilbert (British), based on Charles Dickens' novel
  • Mystery of the Lama Convent, directed by Viggo Larsen (Denmark)
  • Nerone, directed by Luigi Maggi
  • The New Jonah (Pathe)[10]
  • The Nymphs' Bath (French/ Gaumont)[10]
  • The Old Shoemaker (French/ Gaumont), based on The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
  • The Oriental Mystic (Vitagraph, U.S.)
  • Papa Gaspard; or, The Ghost of the Rocks[10]
  • Phaedra (French/ Pathe) featured a sea monster[10]
  • The Phantom Sirens[10]
  • The Pit and the Pendulum, directed by Henri Desfontaines (French/ Warwick), based on the famous story by Edgar Allan Poe[11]
  • The Princess and the Fisherman, directed by Louis Feuillade (French)[10]
  • Revenge of the Ghosts, animated cartoon directed by Emil Cohl (French)[10]
  • Satan's Smithy, directed by Segundo de Chomon (French)
  • Shooting in the Haunted Woods, directed by Louis Feuillade (French)
  • The Spirit of the Lake (fantasy film made in Italy); it was followed by a sequel called The Legend of the Lake in 1911[10]
  • The Suicide Club, directed by Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset (French)
  • The Sword and the King (U.S./ Vitagraph)
  • Talked to Death (Lubin)[12]
  • Teddy Roosevelt in Africa, directed by Cherry Kearton
  • Tis Now the Very Witching Time of Night, produced by Thomas Edison
  • The Ugliest Queen on Earth (French/ Gaumont)[12]
  • Viy (aka The Vij), directed by Vasilii Gonmcharov (Russian)[13]
  • The Wild Ass's Skin (French/ Pathe) based on the story by Balzac[12]
  • The Witch[12]
  • The Witch's Cavern (Selig Polyscope)[12]

Births[]

  • January 1 – Dana Andrews, actor (died 1992)
  • January 3 – Victor Borge, musician, actor (died 2000)
  • January 8 - Willy Millowitsch, actor (died 1999)
  • January 15 – Gene Krupa, musician, actor (died 1973)
  • January 22 – Ann Sothern, actress (died 2001)
  • January 24 – Ann Todd, actress (died 1993)
  • February 2 – Frank Albertson, actor (died 1964)
  • February 6 – Aino Talvi, Estonian actress (d. 1992)
  • February 9
    • Carmen Miranda, singer, actress (died 1955)
    • Heather Angel, actress (died 1986)
  • February 11
  • February 16 – Jeffrey Lynn, actor (died 1995)
  • March 19 – Louis Hayward, actor (died 1995)
  • March 26 – Chips Rafferty, actor (died 1971)
  • April 4 – Bobby Connelly, child actor (died 1922)
  • April 29 – Tom Ewell, actor (died 1994)
  • May 15 – James Mason, actor (died 1984)
  • May 16 – Margaret Sullavan, actress (died 1960)
  • May 30 – Benny Goodman, musician, actor (died 1986)
  • June 7 – Jessica Tandy, actress (died 1994)
  • June 8 – Robert Carson, actor (died 1979)
  • June 14 – Burl Ives, actor (died 1995)
  • June 20 – Errol Flynn, actor (died 1959)
  • June 26- Wolfgang Reitherman, director, producer, animator (died 1985)
  • July 1 – Madge Evans, actress (died 1981)
  • July 12 – Curly Joe DeRita, actor (died 1993)
  • July 23 – Helen Martin, American actress (died 2000)
  • August 25
    • Ruby Keeler, singer, actress (died 1993)
    • Michael Rennie, actor (died 1971)
  • September 7 – Elia Kazan, director (died 2003)
  • October 6 – Robert Carson, screenwriter (died 1983)
  • October 20 – Carla Laemmle, actress (died 2014)
  • November 11 – Robert Ryan, actor (died 1973)
  • November 26 – Frances Dee, actress (died 2004)
  • December 9 – Douglas Fairbanks Jr., actor (died 2000)
  • December 12 – Karen Morley, actress (died 2003)
  • December 20 – Diane Ellis, actress (died 1930)

Deaths[]

  • January 27 – Benoît-Constant Coquelin, actor, Cyrano de Bergerac (born 1841)
  • September 4 – Clyde Fitch, author & playwright whose works have been adapted into films. (born 1865)

Film debuts[]

  • Fatty Arbuckle – Ben's Kid (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
  • Ethel Clayton – Justified (short)
  • Dolores Costello (as a child) – A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Helene Costello (as a child) – Les Misérables (Part I) (short)
  • Marie Dressler – Marie Dressler (short)
  • Francis Ford – The Stolen Wireless
  • Annette Kellerman – The Bride of Lammermoor: A Tragedy of Bonnie Scotland
  • James Kirkwood – The Heart of an Outlaw (short)
  • Florence La Badie – The Politician's Love Story
  • Tom Mix – The Cowboy Millionaire
  • Mary Pickford – Mrs. Jones Entertains
  • Billy Quirk – The Heart of an Outlaw
  • William A. Russell – Tag Day (short)
  • William Stowell – The Cowboy Millionaire
  • Blanche Sweet – A Man with Three Wives
  • Rose Tapley – The Way of the Cross (short)
  • Clara Kimball Young – Washington Under the American Flag (short)

References[]

  1. ^ "Carl Laemmle | American film producer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Hiawatha (1909)". AFI Catalog. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "1909 - First Nature Move". Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Joyce's picture-house flop – Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Oliver Twist (1909)". BFI. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 28.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 29.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 30.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 31.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 32.
  11. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6.
  12. ^ a b c d e Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 33.
  13. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
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