1912 in film

Events

• Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D. W. Griffith, formed a new company, Keystone Studios, that played an important role in developing slapstick comedy. Sennett's company became home to the Keystone Kops, English actor Charlie Chaplin, and others.
• October 31 – The Musketeers of Pig Alley, directed by D.W. Griffith, debuts as the first gangster film.

Movies released

Movies released in 1912 include:

• Oliver Twist: The first American feature film to last over an hour.
• Keystone Comedy
• Saved From the Titanic
• In Nacht und Eis

Births

• January 8 – José Ferrer, actor (d. 1992)
• February 19 – Saul Chaplin, film composer (d. 1997)
• February 21 – Arline Judge, actress (d. 1974)
• February 26 – Dane Clark, actor (d. 1998)
• March 22 – Karl Malden, actor
• April 8 – Sonja Henie, Olympic ice-skater, actress (d. 1969)
• April 18 – Wendy Barrie, actress (d. 1978)
• May 9 – Pedro Armendáriz, actor (d. 1963)
• May 18 – Perry Como, singer, actor (d. 2001)
• May 23 – Marius Goring, actor (d. 1998)
• May 23 – John Payne (I), actor (d. 1989)
• May 29 – Iris Adrian, actress (d. 1994)
• June 26 – Jay Silverheels, actor (Tonto) (d. 1980)
• July 4 – Viviane Romance, actress (d. 1991)
• July 5 – Ilona Massey, actress (d. 1974)
• August 2 – Ann Dvorak, actress (d. 1979)
• August 15 – Wendy Hiller, actress (d. 2003)
• August 23 – Gene Kelly, actor (d. 1996)
• August 29 – Barry Sullivan, actor (d. 1974)
• September 5 – Kristina Söderbaum, actress (d. 2001)
• September 21 – Chuck Jones, animator (d. 2002)
• September 23 – Martha Scott, actress (d. 2003)
• October 31 – Dale Evans, actress (d. 2001)
• November 21 – Eleanor Powell, dancer, actress (d. 1982)
• November 24 – Garson Kanin, writer (d. 1999)
• December 11 – Carlo Ponti, producer

Deaths