The following is an overview of the events of 1899 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

List of years in film
In music
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
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Events

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Films released in 1899

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Births

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Month Date Name Country Profession Died
January 6 Phyllis Haver US Actress 1960
30 Martita Hunt UK Actress 1969
February 6 Ramon Novarro Mexico Actor 1968
15 Gale Sondergaard US Actress 1985
21 Sigrid Holmquist Sweden Actress 1970
22 George O'Hara US Actor, Screenwriter 1966
March 6 Jay C. Flippen US Actor 1971
14 Ada Kramm Norway Actress 1981
23 Dora Gerson Germany Actress 1943
27 Gloria Swanson US Actress 1983
April 19 George O'Brien US Actor 1985
26 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams US Actor 1962
May 10 Fred Astaire US Actor, Dancer 1987
June 4 Lane Chandler US Actor 1972
15 Einar Hanson Sweden Actor 1927
30 Madge Bellamy US Actress 1990
July 1 Charles Laughton UK Actor 1962
7 George Cukor US Director 1983
14 Martha Mansfield US Actress 1923
17 James Cagney US Actor 1986
August 9 Paul Kelly US Actor 1956
13 Alfred Hitchcock UK Director 1980
16 Glenn Strange US Actor 1973
19 Colleen Moore US Actress 1988
28 Charles Boyer France Actor 1978
September 1 Richard Arlen US Actor 1976
9 Neil Hamilton US Actor 1984
November 6 Francis Lederer Austria-Hungary Actor 2000
11 Pat O'Brien US Actor 1983
17 Douglas Shearer Canada Sound Engineer 1971
21 Jobyna Ralston US Actress 1967
December 8 John Qualen Canada Actor 1987
16 Noël Coward UK Actor, Playwright, Composer 1973
25 Humphrey Bogart US Actor 1957
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References

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  1. ^ Abel, Richard (2010). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. London and New York: Routledge. p. 26. ISBN 978-0415778565.
  2. ^ Herbert, Stephen. "John Alfred Prestwich". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  3. ^ Haase, Donald (2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: A-F. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-313-33442-9.
  4. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 12.
  5. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.