Events

• October 27: David Horsley's, Nestor Motion Picture Company opens the first motion picture studio in Hollywood.

Movies released

• The Godfather
• Little Nemo

Births

• January 3 - John Sturges, director (d. 1992)
• January 5 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor (d. 2001)
• January 7 - Butterfly McQueen, actress (d. 1995)
• February 6 - Ronald Reagan, actor, United States President (d. 2004)
• February 14 - Florence Rice, actress (d. 1974)
• February 19 - Merle Oberon, actress (d. 1979)
• March 3 - Jean Harlow, actress (d. 1937)
• May 11 - Phil Silvers, actor (d. 1985)
• May 16 - Margaret Sullavan, actress (d. 1960)
• May 17 - Maureen O'Sullivan, actress (d. 1998)
• May 18 - Sigrid Gurie, actress (d. 1969)
• June 3 - Ellen Corby, actress (d. 1999)
• June 20 - Gail Patrick (d. 1980)
• June 29 - Bernard Hermann, composer (d. 1975)
• July 6 - Laverne Andrews, singer, actress, member of Andrews Sisters (d. 1967)
• July 14 - Terry-Thomas, actor (d. 1990)
• July 16 - Ginger Rogers, actress, dancer (d. 1995)
• July 18 - Hume Cronyn, actor (d. 2003)
• August 5 - Robert Taylor, actor (d. 1969)
• August 6 - Lucille Ball, actress (d. 1989)
• August 7 - Nicholas Ray, director (d. 1979)
• August 12 - Jane Wyatt, actress
• August 12 - Cantinflas, actor (d. 1993)
• October 13 - India (d. 2001)
• October 20 - Will Rogers Jr., actor (d. 1993)
• October 27 - Leif Erickson, actor (d. 1986)
• November 4 – Frederick W. Elvidge, actor (d. 1988)
• November 5 - Roy Rogers, singer, actor (d. 1998)
• November 10 - Harry Andrews, actor (d. 1989)
• December 8 - Lee J. Cobb, actor (d. 1976)
• December 30 - Jeanette Nolan, actress (d. 1998)

Deaths