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The year 1909 in film involved some significant events.

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EVENTS

Matsunosuke Onoe , who would become the first superstar of Japanese Cinema , appears in his first film, ''Goban Tadanobu''.

FILMS RELEASED IN 1909

'' The Adventures Of Lieutenant Rose ''

'' At The Altar ''

'' A Corner In Wheat ''

'' The Country Doctor ''

'' The Cowboy Millionaire ''

'' The Curtain Pole ''

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'' The Drive For A Life '' - Directed by D.W. Griffith

'' A Drunkard's Reformation ''

'' Fools Of Fate ''

'' The Golden Louis ''

'' The Hessian Renegades ''

'' Les Joyeux Microbes ''

'' Lady Helen's Escapade ''

'' Le Locataire Diabolique ''

'' The Lonely Villa ''

'' Macbeth ''

'' A Midsummer Night's Dream ''

'' Mr. Flip ''

'' Nerone ''

'' Oliver Twist ''

'' Princess Nicotine; Or, The Smoke Fairy ''

'' The Red Man's View ''

'' Resurrection ''

'' The Sealed Room ''

'' Those Awful Hats ''

'' A Trap For Santa Claus ''

BIRTHS

January 1 - Dana Andrews , Actor (d. 1992 )

January 3 - Victor Borge , Musician , actor (d. 2000 )

January 8 - José Ferrer , actor (d. 1992 )

January 8 - Willy Millowitsch , actor (d. 1999 )

January 15 - Gene Krupa , musician, actor (d. 1973 )

January 22 - Ann Sothern , actress (d. 2001 )

February 9 - Carmen Miranda , singer, actress (d. 1955 )

February 9 - Heather Angel , actress (d. 1986 )

February 11 - Max Baer - Boxer , actor (d. 1959 )

February 11 - Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Director , Screenwriter , Producer (d. 1993 )

February 16 - Jeffrey Lynn , actor (d. 1995 )

March 19 - Louis Hayward , actor (d. 1995 )

March 26 - Chips Rafferty , actor (d. 1971 )

April 29 - Tom Ewell , actor (d. 1994 )

May 15 - James Mason , actor (d. 1984 )

May 30 - Benny Goodman , musician, actor (d. 1986 )

June 7 - Jessica Tandy , actress (d. 1994 )

June 14 - Burl Ives , actor (d. 1995 )

June 20 - Errol Flynn , actor (d. 1959 )

July 1 - Madge Evans , actress (d. 1981 )

July 12 - Curly Joe DeRita , actor (d. 1993 )

August 18 - Marcel Carné , director (d. 1996 )

August 22 - Lucille Ricksen , actress (d. 1925 )

August 25 - Ruby Keeler , singer, actress (d. 1993 )

August 25 - Michael Rennie , actor (d. 1971 )

September 7 - Elia Kazan , director (d. 2003 )

October 9 - Jacques Tati , actor, director, screenwriter (d. 1982 )

November 11 - Robert Ryan , actor (d. 1973 )

November 26 - Frances Dee , actress (d. 2004 )

December 9 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , actor (d. 2000 )

December 12 - Karen Morley , actress (d. 2003 )

December 20 - Diane Ellis , actress (d. 1930 )

DEATHS

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