| List of years in film (table) |
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| … 1905 . 1906 . 1907 . 1908 . 1909 . 1910 . 1911 … 1912 1913 1914 -1915- 1916 1917 1918 … 1919 . 1920 . 1921 . 1922 . 1923 . 1924 . 1925 … In television: 1912 1913 1914 -1915- 1916 1917 1918 |
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| … 1912 . 1913 . 1914 - 1915 - 1916 . 1917 . 1918 … … 1880s . 1890s . 1900s -1910s- 1920s . 1930s . 1940s |
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| 1870s |
| 1880s |
| 1890s |
| 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 |
| 1900s |
| 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 |
| 1910s |
| 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 |
| 1920s |
| 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 |
| 1930s |
| 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 |
| 1940s |
| 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 •1949 |
| 1950s |
| 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 |
| 1960s |
| 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 |
| 1970s |
| 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 |
| 1980s |
| 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 |
| 1990s |
| 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 |
| 2000s |
| 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 |
| 2010s |
| 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 |
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.
Contents |
Events
- June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) was formed by twenty-six film directors in Los Angeles, California.
- The Allan Dwan directed film David Harum is released. The film is the first in long line of a successful romantic onscreen pairings of actors May Allison and Harold Lockwood.
- The Duplex Corporation creates a Split Duplex, an early widescreen film format where the film image is rotated 90 degrees and occupies half of a conventional frame.
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Awakening | |
| 2. | La Banda della cifre | |
| 3. | The Birth of a Nation, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish, Sam De Grasse, Mae Marsh, | $1,000,000 |
| 4. | Burlesque on Carmen | |
| 5. | Carmen, starring Theda Bara | |
| 6. | The Cheat | |
| 7. | David Harum | |
| 8. | Der Golem, starring Paul Wegener | |
| 9. | The Eternal City | |
| 10. | Fatty's Tintype Tangle, starring and directed by 'Fatty' Arbuckle | |
| 11. | La Folie du Docteur Tube | |
| 12. | A Fool There Was, starring Theda Bara | |
| 13. | His New Job | |
| 14. | Honeymoon for Three | |
| 15. | Inspiration | |
| 16. | The Italian | |
| 17. | Martyrs of the Alamo by D.W Griffith | |
| 18. | The Morals of Marcus, starring Marie Doro | |
| 19. | Regeneration | |
| 20. | The Tramp | |
| 21. | Les Vampires, directed by Louis Feuillade, starring Musidora and Édouard Mathé |
Films released in 1915
Short film series
Births
- January 9 - Anita Louise, actress (d. 1970)
- January 9 - Fernando Lamas, actor (d. 1982)
- January 11 - Veda Ann Borg, actress (d. 1973)
- January 29 - Victor Mature, actor (d. 1999)
- January 30 - Dorothy Dell, actress (d. 1934)
- February 7 - Eddie Bracken, actor (d. 2002)
- February 12 - Lorne Greene, actor (d. 1987)
- February 21 - Ann Sheridan, actress (d. 1967)
- February 23 - Jon Hall, actor (d. 1979)
- February 28 - Zero Mostel, actor (d. 1977)
- March 2 - Lona Andre, actress (d. 1992)
- March 17 - Henry Bumstead, art director (d. 2006)
- April 10 - Harry Morgan, United States actor
- April 21 - Anthony Quinn, actor (d. 2001)
- May 5 - Alice Faye, actress (d. 1998)
- May 6 - Orson Welles, actor, director (d. 1985)
- June 12 - Priscilla Lane, singer, actress (d. 1995)
- July 7 - Yul Brynner, actor (d. 1985)
- August 29 - Ingrid Bergman, actress (d. 1982)
- September 5 - Jack Buetel, actor (d. 1989)
- September 10 - Edmond O'Brien, actor (d. 1985)
- October 13 - Cornel Wilde, actor (d. 1989)
- December 7 - Eli Wallach, actor
- December 12 - Frank Sinatra, singer, actor (d. 1998)
- December 13 - Curd Jürgens, actor (d. 1982)
Film debuts
- Edna Purviance
- W.C. Fields
- Fannie Ward
- Pauline Frederick
- Mary Boland
- Valeska Suratt
- Marie Doro
- Laura Hope Crews
- Donald Brian
- Geraldine Farrar
- Charlotte Walker
- Douglas Fairbanks
- Elliott Dexter
- Charlotte Greenwood
- Erich Von Stroheim
Deaths
- January 10 - Marshall P. Wilder, diminutive stage and screen actor, age 55.
- April 26 – John Bunny, silent film comedian
- June 16 - Elmer Booth, silent screen actor brother of film editor Margaret Booth.
- October 31 - Blanche Walsh, stage actress appeared in Zukor's 3 reel feature "Resurrection" 1912
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