1912

Template:Year nav topic2 Template:Yearsinfilm The year 1912 in film involved some significant events.

Events[]

Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D.W. Griffith, formed a new company with New York City entrepreneur Adam Kessel called Keystone Studios. It would play an important role in developing slapstick comedy as the home to the Keystone Cops, English actor Charlie Chaplin, and others.
July 26 - Edison Studios releases What Happened to Mary?, the first ever motion picture serial.
October 31 - The Musketeers of Pig Alley, directed by D.W. Griffith, debuts as the first gangster film.
Edison introduces the Home Kinetoscope, a home film-projector which uses a 22 mm print consisting of three rows of frames.
Pathe releases Pathe Kok, their first entry into the amateur market, with a gauge of 28 mm.
Alexander F. Victor improves on the 17.5 mm format with his Duoscope, which uses two center perforations instead of the typical one.

All for a Girl
At the Foot of the Ladder
Aurora Floyd
Baby Hands
The Bandit of Tropico
A Battle of Wits
Beautiful Leukanida
The Belle of Bar-Z Ranch
A Business Buccaneer
The Cameraman's Revenge
Cleopatra (1912 film)
Conductor 786
The County Fair
Conquest of the Pole
The Deserter
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Frankfurters and Quail
From the Manger to the Cross
Geronimo's Last Raid
The Half-Breed's Way
How a Mosquito Operates
In Nacht und Eis
The Independence of Romania: The first Romanian feature film to last two hours.
It Happened Thus
Keystone Comedy
The Land Beyond the Sunset
The Little Girl Next Door
Mabel's Lovers
Maud Muller
Das Mirakel
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
A New Cure for Divorce
The New York Hat
The Old Actor
Oliver Twist: The first American feature film to last over an hour.
Petticoat Camp
Pilgrim's Progress
Please Help the Pore
The Power of Melody
A Primitive Man's Career to Civilization
Put Yourself in His Place
Quo Vadis ?
Richard III
Saved From the Titanic
A Six Cylinder Elopement
Standing Room Only
Saved from the titanic
The Street Singer
The Tell-Tale Message
The Thunderbolt
An Unseen Enemy
The Voice of Conscience
What Happened to Mary?, starring Mary Fuller.
When the Fire Bells Rang
With Our King and Queen Through India
With the Mounted Police
The Young Millionaire