1913 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

• The first Charlie Chaplin movies are made
• D. W. Griffith completes his series of Biograph Shorts, begun in 1909, and leaves the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in New York City to make full length motion pictures.
• Sidney Olcott directs From the Manger To the Cross.

Top grossing films

1. Traffic in Souls

Movies released

Movies released in 1913 include:

• Nursery Favorites
• The Sea Wolf, based on the novel by Jack London

Births

• January 2 - Anna Lee, actress (d. 2004)
• January 6 - Loretta Young, actress (d. 2000)
• January 15 - Lloyd Bridges, actor (d. 1998)
• January 18 - Danny Kaye, actor (d. 1987)
• February 8 -Betty Field, actress (d. 1973)
• February 25 - Jim Backus, actor (d. 1989)
• March 3 - Charlotte Henry, actress (d. 1980)
• March 4 - John Garfield, actor (d. 1952)
• March 15 - MacDonald Carey, actor (d. 1994)
• March 18 - René Clément, director (d. 1996)
• May 5 - Tyrone Power, actor (d. 1958)
• May 6 - Stewart Granger, actor (d. 1993)
• May 26 - Peter Cushing, actor (d. 1994)
• May 27 - Linden Travers, actress (d. 2001)
• July 10 - Joan Marsh, actress (d. 2000)
• July 29 - Gale Page, actress (d. 1983)
• July 18 - Red Skelton, actor, comedian (d. 1997)
• August 10 - Noah Beery Jr., actor (d. 1994)
• August 13 - Rita Johnson, actress (d. 1965)
• August 24 - Dorothy Comingore, actress (d. 1971)
• September 3 - Alan Ladd, actor (d. 1964)
• September 7 - Anthony Quayle, actor (d. 1989)
• September 19 - Frances Farmer, actress (d. 1970)
• September 29 - Trevor Howard, actor (d. 1988)
• September 29 - Stanley Kramer, producer, director (d. 2001)
• September 30 - Bill Walsh, producer, writer (d. 1975)
• November 2 - Burt Lancaster, actor (d. 1994)
• November 4 - Gig Young, actor (d. 1978)
• November 5 - Vivien Leigh, actress (d. 1967)
• November 9 - Hedy Lamarr, actress (d. 2000)
• November 20 - Judy Canova, actress (d. 1983)
• November 24 - Howard Duff, actor (d. 1990)
• November 24 - Geraldine Fitzgerald, actress
• December 1 - Mary Martin, actress (d. 1990)
• December 14 - Dan Dailey, actor (d. 1978)
• December 18 - Lynn Bari, actress (d. 1989)

Deaths