Overview of the events of 1910 in film
The year 1910 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Films released in 1910
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
Births
Deaths
Day
Name
Profession
Year of birth
April 21
Mark Twain
Humourist, writer, born Samuel L. Clemons .
1835
November 20
Leo Tolstoy
Russian novelist
1828
Debuts
References
^ Robinson, David (1996). From Peep Show to Palace: The Birth of American Film . New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 159–161.
^ Scott Lord :The Abyss (Urban Gad,Afgrunden, Denmark 1910) on YouTube
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 33.
^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 33.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 33.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 34.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 34.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ 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. 67. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 34.
^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 34.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 34.
^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 34.
^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 35.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 35.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 69.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6 . Page 35.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2 .
^ 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. 72. 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. 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 .
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