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The year '''1910 in film''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
*March 10 – Release of ''[[In Old California (1910 film)|In Old California]]'', the first film made in [[Hollywood, California]], directed by [[D. W. Griffith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/I/InOldCalifornia1910.html|title=Progressive Silent Film List: In Old California|website=Silent Era|access-date=2025-11-10}}</ref>
*March 12 – American actress [[Florence Lawrence]] becomes "the first true movie star" after movie mogul [[Carl Laemmle]] of [[Independent Moving Pictures]] (I.M.P.) names her in advertisements announcing that he has signed the leading lady who has hitherto only been billed as "The Biograph Girl" by [[Biograph Studios]]. Until now, studios had a policy of not releasing the names of their players, and prohibiting distributors from revealing the information. Lawrence's first I.M.P. release is ''The Broken Oath''.<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Robinson|title=From Peep Show to Palace: The Birth of American Film|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=1996|pages=159–161}}</ref>
*March 18 – The first cinematic version of [[Mary Shelley]]'s ''[[Frankenstein (1910 film)|Frankenstein]]'' (1818) is released in the United States by [[Edison Studios]]. One of the first [[horror film]]s, it features (unbilled) actor [[Charles Stanton Ogle|Charles Ogle]] as [[Frankenstein's monster|the monster]].
*May 6 – Newsreel footage of the [[funeral of Edward VII]] in London is shot in [[Kinemacolor]], making it the first color [[newsreel]].
*July – [[The Johnson-Jeffries Fight]] footage causes race riots and is banned in the South of the US.
*August 2 – A [[Denmark|Danish]] melodrama, ''[[The White Slave Trade]] (Den Hvide Slavehandel)'', marks the first time film is used to study [[prostitution]].
*August – [[Kalem Studios]] director [[Sidney Olcott]] becomes the first [[Americans|American]] to make a motion picture outside of the United States, ''[[The Lad from Old Ireland]]'' (released November 23).
*[[Pathé News]] is formed in London, producing newsreels and documentaries in the UK until 1970.
*[[Marcus Loew]] partners with [[Adolph Zukor]], [[Joseph Schenck]] and [[Nicholas Schenck]] renaming his theatre chain Loew's Consolidated Enterprises.

==Films by country==

{{Column list|
*[[List of Australian films of the 1910s|Australia]]
*[[List of Austrian films before 1920|Austria]]
*[[List of Brazilian films before 1920|Brazil]]
*[[List of Danish films of the 1910s|Denmark]]
*[[List of French films of 1910|France]]
*[[List of German films of 1895–1918|Germany]]
*[[List of Italian films of 1910|Italy]]
*[[List of Japanese films of the 1910s|Japan]]
*[[List of Mexican films of the 1910s|Mexico]]
*[[List of Russian Empire films|Russia]]
*[[List of Swedish films of the 1910s|Sweden]]
*[[List of British films before 1920|United Kingdom]]
*[[List of American films of 1910|United States]]
}}

==Notable films==
Films produced in the [[List of American films of 1910|United States]] unless stated otherwise

===A===
*''[[The Abyss (1910 film)|The Abyss]]'' (''Afgrunden''), [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] directed by [[Urban Gad]], starring [[Asta Nielsen]]<ref>{{YouTube|pQojpu_6ZmY|Scott Lord :The Abyss (Urban Gad, Afgrunden, Denmark 1910)}}</ref> – ([[List of Danish films of the 1910s|Denmark]])
*''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1910 film)|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] for the [[Edison Manufacturing Company]]; based on the [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|1865 novel]] by [[Lewis Carroll]]
*''[[An Arcadian Maid]]'', [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] directed by [[D. W. Griffith]] for the [[Biograph Company]], starring [[Mary Pickford]]
*''[[As It Is in Life]]'', [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] directed by [[D. W. Griffith]] for the [[Biograph Company]], starring [[Mary Pickford]]

===C===
*''[[A Christmas Carol (1910 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'', [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] directed by [[J. Searle Dawley]] for the [[Edison Manufacturing Company]]; based on the [[A Christmas Carol|1843 novella]] by [[Charles Dickens]]

===F===
*''[[Frankenstein (1910 film)|Frankenstein]]'', [[Horror film|horror]] directed by [[J. Searle Dawley]] for the [[Edison Manufacturing Company]], starring [[Charles Stanton Ogle]]; based on the [[Frankenstein|1818 novel]] by [[Mary Shelley]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 70. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[The Fugitive (1910 film)|The Fugitive]]'', [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] directed by [[D. W. Griffith]] for the [[Biograph Company]]

===H===
*''[[The House with Closed Shutters]]'', [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] directed by [[D. W. Griffith]] for the [[Biograph Company]], starring [[Henry B. Walthall]]

===I===
*''[[In Old California (1910 film)|In Old California]]'', [[western film|western]] directed by [[D. W. Griffith]] for the [[Biograph Company]], starring [[Frank Powell]]

===J===
*''[[The Johnson-Jeffries Fight|Jeffries–Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest]]'', produced by [[J. Stuart Blackton]]

===L===
*''[[A Lad from Old Ireland]]'', [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] directed by [[Sidney Olcott]] for the [[Kalem Company]]

===M===
*''[[Marvellous Melbourne]]'', [[documentary film|documentary]] directed by [[Cosens Spencer]] for [[West's Pictures]] – ([[List of Australian films of the 1910s|Australia]])

===R===
*''[[Ramona (1910 film)|Ramona]]'', [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] directed by [[D. W. Griffith]] for the [[Biograph Company]], starring [[Mary Pickford]] and [[Henry B. Walthall]]; based on the [[Ramona|1884 novel]] by [[Helen Hunt Jackson]]

===T===
*''[[Thunderbolt (1910 film)|Thunderbolt]]'' (incomplete), [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] directed by [[Jack Gavin|John Gavin]] for [[West's Pictures]] – ([[List of Australian films of the 1910s|Australia]])
*''[[Twelfth Night (1910 film)|Twelfth Night]]'', [[romantic comedy]] directed by [[Eugene Mullin]] and [[Charles Kent (actor)|Charles Kent]] for the [[Vitagraph Studios|Vitagraph Company]], starring [[Florence Turner]]; based on the [[Twelfth Night|17th-century play]] by [[William Shakespeare]]

===W===
*''[[White Fawn's Devotion]]'', [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] directed by [[James Young Deer]] for [[Pathé-Frères]]
*''[[The White Slave Trade]]'' (''Den hvide slavehandel''), [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] directed by [[August Blom]] for [[Nordisk Film]] – ([[List of Danish films of the 1910s|Denmark]])
*''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910 film)|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'', [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] directed by [[Otis Turner]] for the [[Selig Polyscope Company]]; based on the [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|1900 novel]] by [[L. Frank Baum]]

==Births==
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{| class="wikitable"
! Month !! Day !! Name !! Profession !! Year of death
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|rowspan="3"| January || [[January 3|3]] || [[John Sturges]] || Director || [[1992 in film|1992]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[January 12|12]] || [[Patsy Kelly]] || rowspan="5"|Actress || [[1981 in film|1981]]
|-
| [[Luise Rainer]] || [[2014 in film|2014]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| February || [[February 8|8]] || [[Steffi Duna]] ||[[1992 in film|1992]]
|-
| [[February 10|10]] || [[Joyce Grenfell]] || [[1979 in film|1979]]
|-
| [[February 27|27]] || [[Joan Bennett]] || [[1990 in film|1990]]
|-
|rowspan="6"| March || [[March 1|1]] || [[David Niven]] || Actor || [[1983 in film|1983]]
|-
| [[March 5|5]] || [[Sheila Terry (actress)|Sheila Terry]] ||rowspan="3"| Actress || [[1957 in film|1957]]
|-
| [[March 8|8]] || [[Claire Trevor]] || [[2000 in film|2000]]
|-
| [[March 17|17]] || [[Sari Maritza]] || [[1987 in film|1987]]
|-
| [[March 23|23]] || [[Akira Kurosawa]] || Director || [[1998 in film|1998]]
|-
| [[March 24|24]] || [[Richard Conte]] || Actor || [[1975 in film|1975]]
|-
| April || [[April 23|23]] || [[Simone Simon]] || Actress || [[2005 in film|2005]]
|-
|rowspan="4"| May ||[[May 4|4]] || [[James Ellison (actor)|James Ellison]] || Actor || [[1993 in film|1993]]
|-
| [[May 11|11]] || [[Johnnie Davis]] || Actor, singer || [[1983 in film|1983]]
|-
| [[May 15|15]] || [[Constance Cummings]] || Actress || [[2005 in film|2005]]
|-
| [[May 23|23]] || [[Scatman Crothers]] || Actor || [[1986 in film|1986]]
|-
|rowspan="6"| June || [[June 3|3]] || [[Paulette Goddard]] || Actress || [[1990 in film|1990]]
|-
| [[June 7|7]] || [[Arthur Gardner (producer)|Arthur Gardner]] || Producer, actor || [[2014 in film|2014]]
|-
|[[June 9|9]] || [[Robert Cummings]] || Actor || [[1990 in film|1990]]
|-
| [[June 13|13]] || [[Mary Wickes]] ||rowspan="6"| Actress || [[1995 in film|1995]]
|-
| [[June 16|16]] || [[Ilona Massey]] || [[1974 in film|1974]]
|-
| [[June 24|24]] || [[Martha Sleeper]] || [[1987 in film|1987]] 
|-
|rowspan="4"| July || [[July 4|4]] || [[Gloria Stuart]] || [[2010 in film|2010]]
|-
| [[July 11|11]] || [[Sally Blane]] || [[1997 in film|1997]]
|-
| [[July 27|27]] || [[Lupita Tovar]] || [[2016 in film|2016]]
|-
| [[July 28|28]] || [[Bill Goodwin]] || Actor, announcer || [[1958 in film|1958]]
|-
|rowspan="6"| August || [[August 4|4]] || [[Anita Page]] || Actress || [[2008 in film|2008]]
|-
| [[August 6|6]] || [[Charles Crichton]] || Director ||rowspan="2"| [[1999 in film|1999]]
|-
| [[August 8|8]] || [[Sylvia Sidney]] ||rowspan="4"| Actress 
|-
| [[August 12|12]] || [[Jane Wyatt]] || [[2006 in film|2006]]
|-
| [[August 16|16]] || [[Mae Clarke]] || [[1992 in film|1992]]
|-
| [[August 22|22]] || [[Lucille Ricksen]] || [[1925 in film|1925]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| September || [[September 9|9]] || [[Kitty Carlisle]] || Singer, actress || [[2007 in film|2007]]
|-
| [[September 19|19]] || [[Margaret Lindsay]] ||rowspan="2"| Actress || [[1981 in film|1981]]
|-
| [[September 29|29]] || [[Virginia Bruce]] || [[1982 in film|1982]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| October || [[October 8|8]] || [[Paulette Dubost]] || Actress || [[2011 in film|2011]]
|-
|[[October 23|23]] || [[Hayden Rorke]] || Actor || [[1987 in film|1987]]
|-
|[[October 27|27]] || [[Jack Carson]] || Actor || [[1963 in film|1963]]
|-
|rowspan="6"| December || [[December 4|4]] || [[Alex North]] || Composer || [[1991 in film|1991]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[December 7|7]] || [[Rod Cameron (actor)|Rod Cameron]] || Actor || [[1983 in film|1983]]
|-
|[[Louis Prima]] || Bandleader, voice actor || [[1978 in film|1978]]
|-
| [[December 13|13]] || [[Lillian Roth]] || rowspan="2"| Actress || [[1980 in film|1980]]
|-
| [[December 26|26]] || [[Marguerite Churchill]] || [[2000 in film|2000]]
|-
| [[December 31|31]] || [[Roy Rowland (film director)|Roy Rowland]] || Director || [[1995 in film|1995]]
|}

==Deaths==
{| class="wikitable"
! 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==
* [[Leah Baird]] – Jean and the Waif
* [[Carlyle Blackwell]] – [[Uncle Tom's Cabin (film adaptations)|Uncle Tom's Cabin (short)]]
* [[Eleanor Caines]] – The New Boss of Bar X Ranch (short)
* [[Grace Cunard]] – The Duke's Plan (short)
* [[Margarita Fischer]] – There, Little Girl, Don't Cry (short)
* [[Helen Gardner (actress)|Helen Gardner]] – How She Won Him (short)
* [[Hoot Gibson]] – [[Pride of the Range]]
* [[Alice Joyce]] – The Deacon's Daughter (short)
* [[J. Warren Kerrigan]] – A Voice from the Fireplace (short)
* [[Mae Marsh]] – [[Ramona (1910 film)|Ramona (short)]]
* [[Asta Nielsen]] – [[The Woman Always Pays|The Woman Always Pays (short)]]
* [[Mabel Normand]] – [[Indiscretions of Betty]]
* [[Wallace Reid]] – The Phoenix (short)
* [[Marin Sais]] – Twelfth Night (short)
* [[Norma Talmadge]] – The Household Pest
* [[Pearl White]] – The Missing Bridegroom (short)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1910-01-01,1910-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1910 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1910-01-01,1910-12-31&adult=include List of 1910 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1910-01-01,1910-12-31&adult=include List of 1910 births] at [[IMDb]]

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