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Overview of the events of 1889 in film
Overview of the events of 1889 in film
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
William Friese Greene
.
- Wordsworth Donisthorpe invents the Kinesigraph, which photographs a round image on 68 mm film.
Monkeyshines No. 1
becomes the first film shot on the system.
Films
Births
Month |
Date |
Name |
Country |
Profession |
Died |
|
January
|
23 |
Franklin Pangborn |
US |
Actor |
1958 |
|
February
|
3 |
Carl Theodor Dreyer |
Denmark |
Director |
1968 |
|
4 |
Walter Catlett |
US |
Actor, Comedian |
1960 |
|
6 |
Herbert Hübner |
Germany |
Actor |
1972 |
|
8 |
Siegfried Kracauer |
Germany |
Critic, Journalist |
1966 |
|
22 |
Joseph Egger |
Austria |
Actor |
1966 |
|
23 |
Musidora |
France |
Actress, screenwriter, director |
1957 |
|
23 |
Victor Fleming |
US |
Director, cinematographer |
1949 |
|
March
|
28 |
Lola Braccini |
Italy |
Actress |
1969 |
|
April
|
16 |
Charlie Chaplin |
UK |
Actor, filmmaker |
1977[1] |
|
14 |
James Stephenson |
UK |
Actor |
1941 |
|
26 |
Anita Loos |
US |
Writer, producer |
1981 |
|
28 |
Bryant Washburn |
US |
Actor |
1963 |
|
May
|
3 |
Beulah Bondi |
US |
Actress |
1981 |
|
5 |
Harry Woods |
US |
Actor |
1968 |
|
20 |
Karin Molander |
Sweden |
Actress |
1978 |
|
31 |
Athene Seyler |
UK |
Actress |
1990 |
|
June
|
11 |
Wesley Ruggles |
US |
Director, producer |
1972 |
|
15 |
Marjorie Rambeau |
US |
Actress |
1970 |
|
July
|
8 |
Eugene Pallette |
US |
Actor |
1954 |
|
16 |
Larry Semon |
US |
Actor, screenwriter, director, producer |
1978 |
|
27 |
Vera Karalli |
Russia |
Actress, Ballerina |
1972 |
|
August
|
8 |
Hans Egede Budtz |
Denmark |
Actor |
1968 |
|
24 |
Tom London |
US |
Actor |
1963 |
|
October
|
3 |
Alan Dinehart |
US |
Actor |
1944 |
|
12 |
Victor Potel |
US |
Actor |
1947 |
|
13 |
Douglass Dumbrille |
Canada |
Actor |
1974 |
|
November
|
10 |
Claude Rains |
UK |
Actor |
1967 |
|
19 |
Clifton Webb |
US |
Actor |
1966 |
|
30 |
Ramsay Hill |
UK |
Actor, technical advisor |
1976[2] |
|
References
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