1889 in film
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The following is an overview of the events of 1889 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.
Events
- Eastman Kodak is the first company to begin commercial production of film on a flexible transparent base, celluloid.
- The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film are made in Hyde Park, London by William Friese Greene.
- Wordsworth Donisthorpe invents the Kinesigraph, which photographs a round image on 68 mm film.
- William K. L. Dickson completes his work for Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1890. Monkeyshines No. 1 becomes the first film shot on the system.
Films
- Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses (also known as Hyde Park Corner), a lost film and the first moving picture developed on celluloid film, directed by William Friese-Greene
- Monkeyshines No. 1 – contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890.
Births
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| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
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| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January | style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Franklin Pangborn | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1958 | ||
rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Carl Theodor Dreyer | style="text-align:center;"| Denmark | style="text-align:center;"| Director | 1968 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Walter Catlett | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Comedian | 1960 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Herbert Hübner | style="text-align:center;"| Germany | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1972 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Siegfried Kracauer | style="text-align:center;"| Germany | style="text-align:center;"| Critic, Journalist | 1966 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 22 | Joseph Egger | style="text-align:center;"| Austria | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1966 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Musidora | style="text-align:center;"| France | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, screenwriter, director | 1957 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Victor Fleming | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director, cinematographer | 1949 | ||
rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 | W. S. Van Dyke | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director | 1943 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Lola Braccini | style="text-align:center;"| Italy | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1969 | ||
rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April
| style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Charlie Chaplin | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, filmmaker | 1977{{cite web |title=Charlie Chaplin – British actor, director, writer, and composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlie-Chaplin |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=30 May 2018 }} | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 14 | James Stephenson | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1941 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 26 | Anita Loos | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Writer, producer | 1981 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Bryant Washburn | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1963 | ||
rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Beulah Bondi | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1981 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Harry Woods | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1968 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Karin Molander | style="text-align:center;"| Sweden | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1978 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 31 | Athene Seyler | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1990 | ||
rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June
| style="text-align:center;"| 11 | Wesley Ruggles | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Director, producer | 1972 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Marjorie Rambeau | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actress | 1970 | ||
rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Eugene Pallette | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1954 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Larry Semon | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, screenwriter, director, producer | 1978 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Vera Karalli | style="text-align:center;"| Russia | style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Ballerina | 1972 | ||
rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Hans Egede Budtz | style="text-align:center;"| Denmark | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1968 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 24 | Tom London | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1963 | ||
rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Alan Dinehart | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1944 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 12 | Victor Potel | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1947 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 13 | Douglass Dumbrille | style="text-align:center;"| Canada | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1974 | ||
rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Claude Rains | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1967 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Clifton Webb | style="text-align:center;"| US | style="text-align:center;"| Actor | 1966 | ||
style="text-align:center;"| 30 | Ramsay Hill | style="text-align:center;"| UK | style="text-align:center;"| Actor, technical advisor | 1976Stewart, William T. (1981). [https://archive.org/details/internationalfil0000stew/page/244/mode/2up?q=%22cyril+seyes+ramsay-hill%22 International Film Necrology]. New York: Garland Publishing. p. 244. {{ISBN|0-8240-9552-9}}. |
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1889-01-01,1889-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1889 films] at IMDb
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1889-01-01,1889-12-31&adult=include List of 1889 deaths] at IMDb
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1889-01-01,1889-12-31&adult=include List of 1889 births] at IMDb
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