1901 in film

Events

• Edwin S. Porter is put in charge of Thomas Edison's motion-picture production company.
• Thomas Edison closes "America's First Movie Studio", the Edison's Black Maria.

  Films released in 1901

• Alfred Butterworth And Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Another Job for the Undertaker, directed by Edwin S. Porter
• The Big Swallow, directed by James Williamson.
• Bluebeard, directed by Georges Méliès.
• A Busy Corner at Armour's, produced by William Nicholas Selig.
• A Chinese Market, cinematography by Raymond Ackerman.
• A Close Call, cinematography by Frederick S. Armitage.
• The Countryman and the Cinematograph, directed by Robert W. Paul.
• Cunard Vessel At Liverpool, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• The Devil and the Statue, directed by George Melies
• Dream and Reality, directed by Ferdinand Zecca.
• The Drunkard's Conversion, directed by Walter R. Booth
• Employees Leaving Alexandra Docks, Liverpool, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Excelsior! Prince Of Magicians, directed by Georges Méliès.
• Fairy of the Black Rocks
• Fire!, directed by James Williamson.
• The Gans-McGovern Fight, a documentary short starting by Joe Gans and Terry McGovern.
• The Gordon Sisters Boxing.
• The Haunted Curiosity Shop, directed by Walter R. Booth
• History of a Crime, directed by Ferdinand Zecca.
• Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth, directed by Joe Perry.
• Jamaica Street, Glasgow, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Kansas Saloon Smashers, directed by Edwin S. Porter.
• Little Red Riding Hood, French/ Star Films.
• Lord Roberts' Visit To Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• The Magic Sword, directed by Walter R. Booth
• The Man with the Rubber Head, directed by Georges Melies.
• Manchester Band Of Hope Procession, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Manchester Street Scene, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Morecambe Church Lads' Brigade at Drill, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• North Sea Fisheries, North Shields, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Panoramic View Of The Morecambe Sea Front, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Parkgate Iron And Steel Co., Rotherham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Peeping Tom, directed by Ferdinand Zecca.
• Pendlebury Colliery, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Pendlebury Spinning Co., produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• President McKinley Inauguration Footage, directed by Thomas Edison.
• Preston Egg Rolling, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Race For The Muriatti Cup, Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Ride on the Tramcar through Belfast, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Royal Proclamation Of The Death Of Queen Victoria, Blackburn, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost, directed by Walter R. Booth.
• Sedgwick's Bioscope Show Front, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• The Seven Castles of the Devil, directed by Ferdinand Zecca
• A Sneaky Boer, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Star Theatre, directed by Frederick S. Armitage.
• Stop Thief!, directed by James Williamson.
• Torpedo Flotilla Visit To Manchester, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• Trapeze Disrobing Act, directed by Edwin S. Porter.
• Undressing Extraordinary directed by Walter A. Booth
• University Procession On Degree Day, Birmingham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon.
• What Happened on Twenty-Third Street'', directed by Edwin S. Porter.

  Births

Deaths

• May 9 - Charles Chaplin, Sr., actor and father of Charlie Chaplin.
• June 2 – James A. Herne, actor playwright. Some of his works such as Shore Acres adapted into silent films. also father of screenwriter Julie Herne and actress Chrystal Herne.

  Debut

• Anna Held