Events The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot in Kinemacolor, making it the first color newsreel. A Danish documentary film, Den Hvide Slavehandel, is the first time film is used to study prostitution. Kalem Studios Director Sidney Olcott becomes first American to make a motion picture outside of the United States. Florence Lawrence becomes America's first motion picture Star Births January 12 - Luise Rainer, actress March 23 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (+ 1998) December 7 - Louis Prima, bandleader, voice actor ("King Louie of the Apes" in The Jungle Book) (+ 1978) Deaths Other Movies Released Gertie the Dinosaur - animated.
Other Movies Released Gertie the Dinosaur - animated.