Events

• The Great Train Robbery, by Siegmund Lubin (a remake of the 1903 classic...)

Births

• January 10 - Ray Bolger, actor, singer, dancer (d. 1987)
• January 17 - Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (d. 1995)
• January 18 - Cary Grant, actor (d. 1986)
• February 10 - John Farrow, director (d. 1963)
• March 1 - Glenn Miller, musician, actor (d. 1944)
• March 2 - Dr. Seuss, writer (d. 1991)
• March 3 - Mayo Methot, actress (d. 1951)
• March 23 - Joan Crawford, actress (d. 1977)
• April 14 - John Gielgud, actor (d. 2000)
• April 16 - Fifi D'Orsay, actress (d. 1983)
• April 20 - Bruce Cabot, actor (d. 1972)
• May 7 - Val Lewton, producer (d. 1951)
• May 17 - Jean Gabin, actor (d. 1976)
• May 21 - Robert Montgomery, actor (d. 1981)
• June 1 - George Hurrell, photographer (d. 1992)
• June 2 - Johnny Weissmuller, actor (d. 1984)
• June 17 - Ralph Bellamy, actor (d. 1991)
• June 18 - Keye Luke, actor (d. 1991)
• June 26 - Peter Lorre, actor (d. 1964)
• June 30 - Glenda Farrell, actress (d. 1971)
• August 25 - Alice White, actress (d. 1983)
• September 1 – Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (d. 1974)
• September 29 - Greer Garson, actress (d. 1996)
• October 20 - Anna Neagle, actress (d. 1986)
• October 22 - Constance Bennett, actress (d. 1965)
• October 29 - Perc Westmore, make up artist (d. 1970)
• November 1 - Laura La Plante, actress (d. 1996)
• November 25 - Jessie Royce Landis, actress (d. 1972)
• December 7 - Clarence Nash, voice actor (d. 1985)

Deaths

• July 22 - Wilson Barrett, actor