1888 in film#Births
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The following is an overview of the events of 1888 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.
Events
- George Eastman files for a patent for his photographic film.
- Thomas Edison meets with Eadweard Muybridge who proposes a scheme for sound film (27 February, West Orange, New Jersey).
- Étienne-Jules Marey starts work on his chronophotographe camera with 90 mm wide roll paper film.
- Charles-Émile Reynaud patents his Théâtre Optique which uses a kind of perforated film to create an animated show.
Films
File:Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) 7fps.webm, believed to be the world's earliest surviving motion-picture film]]
- Roundhay Garden Scene, Accordion Player and Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge, filmed by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince in Leeds, United Kingdom, using paper "stripping" film and paper negative film.
- Horse and Rider Jumping Over an Obstacle{{Citation|title=1886 Ottomar Anschütz – "Elektrischer Schnellseher"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EArkp5YYTLA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/EArkp5YYTLA |archive-date=22 December 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=4 November 2019}}{{cbignore}} (Pferd und Reiter Springen über ein Hindernis) and other sequences, shot by Ottomar Anschütz in Germany.
Births
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| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
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| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | George B. Seitz | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director, writer, actor, producer | 1944 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 | James Bridie | style="text-align:center;"| Scotland | style="text-align:center;"| Writer | 1951 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Edvard Persson | style="text-align:center;"| Sweden | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1957 | ||
| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Lucile Gleason | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1947 | ||
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Rafaela Ottiano | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1942 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Jules Furthman | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Writer, director, producer | 1966 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Barry Fitzgerald | style="text-align:center;"| Ireland | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1961 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 | Anna Q. Nilsson | style="text-align:center;"| Sweden | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1974 | ||
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April
| style="text-align:center;"| 11 | Donald Calthrop | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1940 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Florence Bates | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1954 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Pat West | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1944 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Florence La Badie | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1917 | ||
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Selmer Jackson | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1971 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Claude Mérelle | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1976 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Miles Malleson | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Writer | 1969 | ||
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Henry Armetta | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1945 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Percy Kilbride | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1964 | ||
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 | Robert Woolsey | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1938 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Monty Woolley | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1963 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 | Dina Romano | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1957 | ||
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September
| style="text-align:center;"| 12 | Maurice Chevalier | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer | 1972 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Hanna Ralph | style="text-align:center;"| Germany | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1978 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 | Wally Patch | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, writer | 1970 | ||
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 | John E. Blakeley | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Producer, director, writer | 1958 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Claud Allister | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1970 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Hank Patterson | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1975 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Paul Vermoyal | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1925 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Lester Cuneo | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, producer | 1925 | ||
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Maurice Vinot | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1916 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Andreas Malandrinos | style="text-align:center;"| Greece | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1970 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Frances Marion | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Writer, director, producer, actress | 1973 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Nana Bryant | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1955 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Harpo Marx | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, writer | 1964 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 24 | Cathleen Nesbitt | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1982 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Amund Rydland | style="text-align:center;"| Norway | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1967 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 | Francisco Canaro | style="text-align:center;"| Uruguay | style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Producer, Actor | 1964 | ||
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Will Hay | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, writer, director | 1949 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Gladys Cooper | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1971 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 | J. Arthur Rank | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Producer, writer | 1972 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Thea von Harbou | style="text-align:center;"| Germany | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, writer, director | 1954 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Svend Melsing | style="text-align:center;"| Denmark | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Playwright | 1946 | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 28 | F. W. Murnau | style="text-align:center;"| Germany | style="text-align:center;"| Director, writer, producer | 1931 |
References
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External links
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- [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1888-01-01,1888-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1888 films] at IMDb
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1888-01-01,1888-12-31&adult=include List of 1888 deaths] at IMDb
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1888-01-01,1888-12-31&adult=include List of 1888 births] at IMDb