1911 in film

Events

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

Movies released

• Alkali Ike's Auto
• Friday the 13th
• The Godfather
• His Trust
• His Trust Fulfilled
• Her Crowning Glory
• Little Nemo
• The Battle
• The Lonedale Operator
• What Shall We Do with Our Old?

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)
• March 18 – Smiley Burnette, actor, musician (d. 1967)
• 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)
• September 2 – Erwin Hillier, cinematographer (d. 2005)
• October 13 – Ashok Kumar, actor, 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

• Francis Boggs, film director