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1 Events

• The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot in Kinemacolor , making it the first color newsreel.
• A Danish documentary film, Den Hvide Slavehandel , marks the first time film is used to study prostitution.
• Kalem Studios director Sidney Olcott becomes the first American to make a motion picture outside of the United States.
• Florence Lawrence becomes America's first motion picture Star

2 Movies released

Movies released in 1910 include:

3 Births

• January 12 - Luise Rainer, actress
• February 8 - Steffi Duna, actress (d. 1992See also 1991 in film, other events of 1992, 1993 in film, list of 'years in film'. Events Top grossing films # Aladdin # Home Alone 2: Lost in New York # Batman Returns starring Michael Keaton and Michelle Pfeiffer # Lethal Weapon 3 # A Few Good Men star)
• February 10February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 324 days remaining, 325 in leap years. Events 1258 Mongols overrun Baghdad, burning it to the ground and killing 10,000 citizens. 1635 The Academie francaise in Paris is expanded - Joyce GrenfellJoyce Irene Phipps Grenfell ( 1910- 1979) was a British film and television actress and comedienne. Born in London, she was a niece of Nancy Astor, and made her stage debut in the Little Revue ( 1939). As a writer at the BBC during and just after the war,, actress (d. 1979See also 1978 in film 1979 1980 in film 1970s in film years in film film Events March 5 Production begins on The Empire Strikes Back the sequel to Star Wars''. November 1 Production begins on Raiders of the Lost Ark''. Top grossing films :North America #)
• February 27February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 307 days remaining, 308 in leap years. Events 1560 The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland 1594 H - Joan BennettJoan Geraldine Bennett ( February 27, 1910 December 7, 1990) was an American film actress who also achieved success later in life as a television actress. Born in Palisades, New Jersey, Bennett was the daughter of stage actors Richard Bennett and Adrienne, actress (d. 1990See also 1989 in film, other events of 1990, 1991 in film, list of 'years in film'. Events Chris Rock and Adam Sandler join SNL February 4 Actor Tom Cruise and actress Mimi Rogers get divorce December 24 Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman get married To)
• March 1March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). There are 305 days remaining. Events BC 29 BC Horace writes the ode Occidit Daci Cotisonis agmen''. AD First thousand years 286 Maximian proclaimed junior Roman emperor. - David Niven, actor (d. 1983)
• March 8 - Claire Trevor, actress (d. 2000)
• March 17 - Sari Maritza , actress (d. 1987)
• March 23 - Akira Kurosawa, director (d. 1998)
• April 23 - Simone Simon, actress
• May 15 - Constance Cummings , actress
• May 23 - Scatman Crothers, actor (d. 1986)
• June 3 - Paulette Goddard, actress (d. 1990)
• June 13 - Mary Wickes, actress (d. 1995)
• July 4 - Gloria Stuart, actress
• August 4 - Anita Page, actress
• August 8 - Sylvia Sidney, actress (d. 1999)
• August 15 - Signe Hasso , actress (d. 2002)
• December 7 - Louis Prima, bandleader, voice actor (d. 1978)
• August 16 - Mae Clarke , actress (d. 1992)
• September 19 - Margaret Lindsay , actress (d. 1981)
• September 29 - Virginia Bruce, actress (d. 1982)
• December 10 - Sidney Fox, actress (d. 1942)
• December 13 - Lillian Roth , actress (d. 1980)
• December 13 - Van Heflin, actor (d. 1971)