1910 in film

The year 1910 in film involved some significant events.

Events

March 18 - The first cinematic version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) is released in the United States by Edison Studios. One of the first horror films, it features (unbilled) actor Charles Ogle as the monster.

May 6 - The newsreel footage of the funeral of Edward VII is shot in Kinemacolor, making it the first color newsreel.

A Danish melodrama, Den Hvide Slavehandel, marks the first time film is used to study prostitution.

Kalem Studios director Sidney Olcott becomes the first American to make a motion picture outside of the United States.

Florence Lawrence becomes America's first publicly named motion picture actress; she is generally regarded as the first true movie star.

1812

Abraham Lincoln's Clemency

The Abyss (Afgrunden), starring Asta Nielsen

Aeroplane Flight And Wreck

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Der Alpenjager

Am Abend, one of the earliest works of hardcore pornography

As It Is In Life, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Mary Pickford

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