Film year 1888
List of film
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Other events
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With Roundhay Garden Scene, Louis Le Prince produces the oldest known film in history . |
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Events
- October: The French photographer Louis Le Prince is granted a patent for a film camera. In the same month he puts in Leeds with Roundhay Garden Scene and Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge , the oldest known movies of the story here.
- Étienne-Jules Marey first used roll film for his chronophotographs .
- Émile Reynaud developed a projection system for drawn images with the Théâtre Optique , which he did not present to the public until 1892.
- William KL Dickson begins work in Thomas Alva Edison's laboratories on the development of an apparatus for recording “moving images”.
Birthdays
January to March
January
- George B. Seitz , American director and screenwriter († 1944) January 3:
- Heinrich Witte , German actor († 1933) January 8:
- January 10: Charles Previn , American composer († 1973)
- January 21: Mime Misu , Romanian actor, screenwriter and director († 1953)
- January 24th: Vicki Baum , Austrian writer († 1960)
- January 30: Walther Harich , German writer († 1931)
February
- Edith Evans , British actress († 1976) February 8:
- February 10: Harry Beaumont , American director († 1966)
- February 11: Hanns Schwarz , German director († 1945)
- February 13: Roland Schacht , German critic and screenwriter († 1961)
- February 21: Clemence Dane , British writer and screenwriter († 1965)
- February 22nd: Gussy Holl , German actress and singer († 1966)
- February 23: Josef Eichheim , German actor († 1945)
- February 26: John Leipold , American composer († 1970)
March
- Jules Furthman , American screenwriter († 1966) March 5:
- Albrecht Schoenhals , German actor († 1978) March 7th:
- March 10: Barry Fitzgerald , Irish actor († 1961)
- March 12: Florence Lee , American actress († 1962)
- March 16: Harry E. Edington , American producer († 1949)
- March 17: Nugent Slaughter , American technology pioneer († 1968)
- March 24: Jameson Thomas , British actor († 1939)
- March 24: Franz Weber , German actor († 1962)
- March 27th: Agnes Windeck , German actress († 1975)
- March 29: Hermann Blaß , Austrian actor († 1941)
- March 30th: Anna Q. Nilsson , Swedish actress († 1974)
April to June
April
- Georg Alexander , German actor, director and producer († 1945) April 3:
- Harry Oliver , American production designer and art director († 1973) April 4:
- Hans Richter , German film artist († 1976) April 6:
- April 14: Franz Seitz senior , German actor, director and screenwriter († 1952)
- April 15: Florence Bates , American actress († 1954)
- April 19: William Axt , American composer († 1959)
- April 20: Charles D. Hall , British-American production designer († 1970)
- April 23: Marcel L'Herbier , French director, screenwriter and producer († 1979)
- April 24: Alfred Rosenthal , German film journalist and lobbyist († 1942)
- April 25: Orville O. Dull , American director and producer († 1978)
- April 26: Anita Loos , American screenwriter († 1981)
May
- Alphons Fryland , Austrian actor († 1953) May 1:
- Harry Perry , American cameraman († 1985) May 2:
- Beulah Bondi , American actress († 1981) May 3:
- Alfred Braun , German actor, director and screenwriter († 1978) May 3:
- Carl L. Kirmse , German film architect († 1982) May 4th:
- Werner Scheff , German writer and screenwriter († 1947) May 5:
- Selmer Jackson , American actor († 1971) May 7:
- Philip Rosen , American director, cameraman and producer († 1951) May 8:
- May 10: Max Steiner , Austrian composer († 1971)
- May 11: Guglielmo Barnabò , Italian actor († 1954)
- May 11: Irving Berlin , American composer († 1989)
- May 11: Fritz Hirsch , German actor († 1942)
- May 14: Miles Mander , British actor, director, screenwriter and producer († 1946)
- May 15: Walter Lantzsch , German actor († 1952)
- May 16: Wilhelm von Kaufmann , German producer († 1959)
- May 17: Annie Rosar , Austrian actress († 1963)
- May 18: Naresh Mitra , Bengali actor and director († 1968)
- May 21: Rudolf Bamberger , German film architect and documentary film director († 1944/1945)
- May 24th: Mae Dahlberg , Australian dancer and actress († 1969/1970)
- May 25: William Kahn , German director, screenwriter and producer († 1941/1943)
- May 25: Miles Malleson , British actor and screenwriter († 1969)
- May 27: Louis Durey , French composer († 1979)
- May 31: Jack Holt , American actor († 1951)
- May 31: Johannes Riemann , German actor, director and screenwriter († 1959)
June
- Hans Karl Breslauer , Austrian actor, director and screenwriter († 1965) June 2:
- June 11: Hans Adalbert Schlettow , German actor († 1945)
- June 15: Sidney D. Mitchell , American songwriter and composer († 1942)
- June 18: Margarita Xirgu , Spanish actress († 1969)
- June 20: Guido Bagier , German sound engineer, director, composer and producer († 1967)
- June 21: Ernst Proeckl , Austrian actor and director († 1957)
- June 22nd: Eduard Bornträger , German actor († 1958)
- June 25: Arthur Robison , German director and screenwriter († 1935)
- June 27: Antoinette Perry , American actress († 1946)
July to September
July
- Hans von Wolzüge , German screenwriter, director and producer († 1954) July 5:
- July 10: Renée Björling , Swedish actress († 1975)
- July 10: Vera Schwarz , Austrian opera singer († 1964)
- July 14: Jean Murat , French actor († 1968)
- July 15: Nathan Levinson , American sound engineer, pioneer of talkies († 1952)
- July 19: Maria Seidler , German actress († after 1944)
- July 23: Raymond Chandler , American writer and screenwriter († 1959)
- July 24: Basil Ruysdael , American actor († 1960)
August
- Cecil Cunningham , American actress († 1959) August 2:
- Edwin C. Hahn , American film technician († 1942) August 2:
- Fred C. Newmeyer , American actor and director († 1967) August 9:
- Ludwig Schaschek , Austrian cameraman († 1948) August 9:
- August 10: Max Jacob , German puppeteer († 1967)
- August 13: Johannes Meyer , German screenwriter and director († 1976)
- August 14: Robert Woolsey , American actor and comedian († 1938)
- August 15: Hermann Leopoldi , Austrian composer and cabaret artist († 1959)
- August 17: Monty Woolley , American actor († 1963)
- August 20: Bernhard Schwidewski , German film architect and stage designer († 1966)
- August 22: Willi Schur , German actor and director († 1940)
- August 23: Edward H. Griffith , American director and producer († 1975)
- August 28: Erna Nitter , German actress († 1986)
September
- Kurt Schröder , German conductor and composer († 1962) September 6:
- September 12: Maurice Chevalier , French actor († 1972)
- September 12: John Stone , American producer and screenwriter († 1961)
- September 19: Porter Hall , American actor († 1953)
- September 25: Hanna Ralph , German actress († 1978)
- September 25: SO Schoening , German actor († 1949)
- September 25: TS Eliot , American-British writer († 1965)
October to December
October
- Roy Webb , American composer († 1982) October 3:
- Hermann Feiner , Austrian-German actor and director († 1944) October 6:
- Leonore Ehn , Austrian actress († 1978) October 8:
- Irving Cummings , American actor and director († 1959) October 9:
- October 14: Joseph Breen , American film censor († 1965)
- October 15: SS Van Dine , American writer († 1939)
- October 16: Eugene O'Neill , American playwright († 1953)
- October 19: Walter McGrail , American actor († 1970)
- October 27: Richard Eichberg , German director, actor and producer († 1952)
November
- Marga Lindt , German actress († 1969) November 1:
- Roland Betsch , German writer and playwright († 1945) November 3:
- Karl Ritter , German director, screenwriter and producer († 1977) November 7th:
- Reinhold Schünzel , German actor and director († 1954) November 7th:
- November 16: Ray Binger , American cameraman and special effects artist († 1970)
- November 17: Curt Goetz , German-Swiss writer and actor († 1960)
- November 18: Frances Marion , American screenwriter († 1973)
- November 18: Gustaf Molander , Swedish director and screenwriter († 1973)
- November 19: Fred Church , American actor († 1983)
- November 23: Harpo Marx , American comedian († 1964)
- November 24th: Cathleen Nesbitt , British actress († 1982)
- November 24: Jacques Rotmil , Russian film architect († 1944)
- November 27: Alberto Colombo , American composer († 1954)
- November 27: Paul Merzbach , Austrian screenwriter, director and editor († 1943)
- November 30th: Kenneth Macgowan , American producer († 1963)
December
- Will Hay , British actor († 1949) December 6:
- Albert Florath , German actor († 1957) December 7th:
- December 10: Hans Nerking , German director and actor († 1964)
- December 15: Maxwell Anderson , American playwright († 1959)
- December 17th: Mano Zahl-Teschenbruck , Austrian director († 1968)
- December 18: Gladys Cooper , British actress († 1971)
- December 19: Fritz Reiner , American conductor († 1963)
- December 22nd: Lucien Hubbard , American screenwriter, producer and director († 1971)
- December 22nd: J. Arthur Rank , British producer († 1972)
- December 23: Christa Winsloe , German-Hungarian writer and screenwriter († 1944)
- December 24th: Michael Curtiz , Hungarian-American director († 1962)
- December 27th: Thea von Harbou , German actress, screenwriter and director († 1954)
- December 27: Alfred Neugebauer , Austrian actor († 1957)
- December 28th: Martin Branner , American comic artist († 1970)
- December 28: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau , German director († 1931)
Day unknown
- Mechthildis Thein , German actress († 1959)
See also
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