1899
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The year 1899 in film involved some significant events.
[edit] Events
- T.C. Hepworth invents Biokam, a 17.5 mm format which also is the first format to have a center perforation.
- John Alfred Prestwich invents a 13 mm amateur format.
[edit] Films released in 1899
[edit] Births
- January 6 – Phyllis Haver, American actress (d. 1960)
- January 10 - Lya De Putti, Hungarian actress (d. 1931)
- February 2 - Ossi Oswalda, German actress
- February 15 - Gale Sondergaard, American actress (d. 1985)
- February 22 - George O'Hara, American actor, screenwriter (d. 1966)
- March 23 - Dora Gerson, German actress (d. 1943)
- March 27 - Gloria Swanson, American actress
- May 10 - Fred Astaire, American actor/dancer
- June 10 - Anita Berber, German dancer and actress
- June 15 - Einar Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1927)
- June 30 - Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)
- July 7 - George Cukor, American director (d. 1983)
- July 10 – John Gilbert, American actor (d. 1936)
- July 14 - Martha Mansfield, American actress (d. 1923)
- July 17 - James Cagney, American Actor (d. 1986
- August 13 - Alfred Hitchcock, British director (d. 1980)
- October 20 – Evelyn Brent, American actress (d. 1975)
- October 23 - Lilyan Tashman, American actress (d. 1934)
- November 11 - Pat O'Brien, American actor (d. 1983)
- November 17 - Douglas Shearer, Canadian-born American pioneer motion-picture sound engineer (d. 1971)
- December 16 - Noel Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music (d. 1973)
- December 25 - Humphrey Bogart, American Actor, (d. 1957)
