Events

• Pathé-Frères is founded.

Births

• January 13 - Kay Francis, actress (+1968)
• February 15 - Gale Sondergaard, actress (+1985)
• June 30 - Madge Bellamy, actress (+1990)
• July 10 – John Gilbert, American actor (d. 1936)
• October 20 – Evelyn Brent, American actress (d. 1975)
• November 17 - Douglas Shearer, pioneer motion-picture sound engineer (+ 1971)

Deaths