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Film year 1889
British photographer William Friese-Greene applies for a patent for a chronophotographic camera . Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses is the first film recorded on this device.

Events

June 21: British photographer William Friese-Greene files a patent for a chronophotographic camera . Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses is the first film recorded on this device.
The British inventor Wordsworth Donisthorpe developed the kinesigraph, a forerunner of the film camera.

Birthdays

January to March

Paul Hartmann (born January 8th)

Carl Theodor Dreyer (born February 3)

Pearl White (* March 4th)

January

0January 3: Robert M. Haas , American film architect († 1962)
0January 4th: Ulrich Mohrbutter , German producer († 1971)
0January 8: Paul Hartmann , German actor († 1977)
0January 8: Russell Owen , American journalist († 1952)
January 10: Rafael Bardem , Spanish actor († 1972)
January 10: Joseph Santley , American director, screenwriter and producer († 1971)
January 22nd: Otto Lehmann , German production manager († 1968)
January 25: Zheng Zhengqiu , Chinese screenwriter and director († 1935)
January 26: Guido Barbarisi , Italian actor († 1960)

February

0February 3: Carl Theodor Dreyer , Danish director († 1968)
0February 3: Emil Hess , Swiss actor († 1945)
0February 4: Richard Boleslawski , Polish actor and director († 1937)
0February 4: Walter Catlett , American actor († 1960)
0February 5: Nigel Barrie , British actor († 1971)
0February 6: Herbert Hübner , German actor († 1972)
0February 6: Elmo Lincoln , American actor († 1952)
0February 8: Siegfried Kracauer , German film scholar († 1966)
February 11: Vladimir Deschewow , Russian composer († 1955)
February 13: Leontine Sagan , Austrian director († 1974)
February 14: Martha Novelly , German actress († 1972)
February 16: Ida Orloff , Austrian-Russian actress († 1945)
February 17: Aline Bußmann , German actress († 1968)
February 21: Felix Aylmer , British actor († 1979)
February 21: Otto Wallburg , German actor († 1944)
February 22nd: Josef Egger , Austrian actor († 1966)
February 22nd: Ajzyk Samberg , Polish actor († 1943)
February 23: Victor Fleming , American director († 1949)
February 23: Musidora , French actress, screenwriter and director († 1957)
February 24: Suzanne Bianchetti , French actress († 1936)
February 24: Alexei Diki , Soviet actor († 1955)

March

0March 4: Pearl White , American actress († 1938)
0March 6: Arnold Fanck , German director († 1974)
March 12: Claire Gérard , Belgian actress and voice actress († 1971)
March 16: Friedrich Fehér , Austrian actor and director († 1950)
March 21: WS Van Dyke , American director († 1943)
March 21: Alexander Wertinski , Russian-Soviet actor († 1957)
March 24: Jacques N. Ermolieff , Russian producer († 1962)
March 24: Stephen Goosson , American production designer († 1973)
March 24: Joseph Massolle , German sound engineer († 1957)
March 28: Robert A. Dietrich , German production designer († 1947)
March 29: Warner Baxter , American actor († 1951)
March 29: Howard Lindsay , American playwright and screenwriter († 1968)
March 30: Herman Bing , German comedian and actor († 1947)

April to June

Charlie Chaplin (born April 16)

April

0April 1: Helene von Bolváry , Hungarian actress († 1943)
0April 2: Ira Morgan , American cameraman († 1959)
April 14: James Stephenson , American actor († 1941)
April 16: Charlie Chaplin , British director, producer, actor and comedian († 1977)
April 16: Martha Hübner , German comedian and actress († 1969)
April 16: Arthur Lange , American composer († 1956)
April 28: Bryant Washburn , American actor († 1941)
April 29: Otto Sauter-Sarto , German actor († 1958)

May

0May 5: Jack P. Pierce , American makeup artist († 1968)
0May 5: Hermann Warm , German production designer († 1976)
0May 6: Emanuel Alfieri , German screenwriter († 1964)
May 14: Louis Douglas , American dancer and actor († 1939)
May 15: Otto Stransky , Austrian composer († 1932)
May 17: Dorothy Gibson , American actress († 1946)
May 18: Ressel Orla , Austrian actress († 1931)
May 19: Carey Wilson , American screenwriter and film producer († 1962)
May 21: Arthur Hohl , American actor († 1964)
May 23: Erich Engels , German director and screenwriter († 1971)
May 23: Vester Pegg , American actor († 1951)

June

0June 3: Jack Okey , American art director and production designer († 1963)
0June 5: Helene Thimig , Austrian actress († 1974)
0June 7th: Bruno Lutz , German film architect († 1964)
June 10: Sessue Hayakawa , Japanese actor († 1973)
June 11: Wesley Ruggles , American director, producer and actor († 1972)
June 15: Salka Viertel , Austrian-American actress and screenwriter († 1978)
June 16: Sabine Impekoven , German actress († 1970)
June 17th: Erich Zander , German film architect († 1965)
June 20: Elsa Textorius , Swedish actress († 1972)
June 21: Ralph J. Block , American producer, screenwriter and union president († 1974)
June 21: Mario Bonnard , Italian actor, director and screenwriter († 1965)
June 24th: Conrad A. Nervig , American film editor († 1980)
June 27: Moroni Olsen , American actor († 1954)
June 29: Karl Künzel , Austrian production manager († 1945)

July to September

July

0July 3: Richard Cramer , American actor († 1960)
0July 4th: Jim Gérald , French actor († 1958)
0July 4th: Joseph Ruttenberg , American cameraman († 1983)
0July 5: Jean Cocteau , French director († 1963)
July 15: Marco de Gastyne , French director, screenwriter and production designer († 1982)
July 15: Marjorie Rambeau , American actress († 1970)
July 20: Erich Pommer , German producer († 1966)
July 22nd: James Whale , British director († 1957)

August

August 30: Bodil Ipsen , Danish actress and director († 1964)

September

0September 1: Glenn Anders , American actor († 1981)

October to December

October

0October 1: Minta Durfee , American actress († 1975)
0October 8: Ivan Ilyich Mosschuchin , Russian actor († 1939)
October 25: Abel Gance , French director († 1981)

November

0November 9: Snub Pollard , Australian actor († 1962)
November 10: Claude Rains , British actor († 1967)
November 11: Clifton Webb , American actor († 1966)

December

December 10: Ray Collins , American actor († 1965)

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