1912 in film

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Table of contents

1 Events
2 Movies Released
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D. W. Griffith, formed a new company, Keystone, 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.