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, Keystone Studios, that played an important role in developing slapstick comedy. Sennett's company became home to the Keystone Kops, English actor Charlie Chaplin, and others.
- 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
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