1908 in film

Events

• Thomas Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company, with goals of controlling production and distribution, raising theater admission prices, cooperating with censorship bodies, and preventing film stock from getting into the hands of nonmember producers.
• D. W. Griffith becomes a director at the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in New York City. Between 1908 and 1913, Griffith would direct nearly 500 films

Births

• January 12 - Jean Delannoy, film director
• March 5 - Rex Harrison, actor (+ 1990)
• April 2 - Buddy Ebsen, film and television actor (+2003)
• April 5 - Bette Davis, actress (+ 1989)
• May 20 - Jimmy Stewart, American actor (+ 1997)
• May 28 - Ian Fleming, writer (+ 1964)
• May 30 - Mel Blanc, voice actor (+ 1989)
• May 31 - Don Ameche, actor (+1993)
• July 18 - Lupe Velez, actress (+1944)
• October 5 - Cecilia de Mille, director (+1984)
• October 6 - Carole Lombard, actress (+ 1942)

Deaths

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