The year 1902 in film involved some significant events.
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Events edit
- March 10 – A Circuit Court decision in the United States ends Thomas Edison's monopoly on the 35 mm movie film technology.[1]
- April 2 – Thomas Lincoln Tally opens the Electric Theater, the first permanent movie theater, in Los Angeles.[2] Tally co-founds the First National Exhibitors Circuit in 1917.[3][4]
- August 9 – Georges Méliès' film The Coronation of Edward VII (a staged simulation with inserted actuality footage) is first shown in London on the evening of the Coronation itself.
- September 1 – actor/producer Méliès premières the first science fiction film, the silent A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans La Lune), at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris, France; it proves an immediate success.[5] One scene features the animated human face of the Moon being struck in the eye by a rocket.
- William Wardell invents an 11 mm amateur film format, Vitak.
Notable films released in 1902 edit
Mitchell and Kenyon edit
- Bradford Coronation Procession
- Burnley v. Manchester United
- Comic Pictures in High Street, West Bromwich
- Dewsbury v. Manningham
- Electric Tram Rides from Forster Square, Bradford
- Employees Leaving Storey's Moor Lane Mill, Lancaster
- The Great Local Derby: Accrington v. Church, Cricket Match
- Leeds Athletic and Cycling Club Carnival
- Lieutenant Clive Wilson and the Tranby Croft Party, Hull
- Living Wigan
- Sheffield United v. Bury
- Street Scenes in Halifax
- Tram Ride into Halifax
- Wexford Bull Ring
- Workers Leaving the Jute Works, Barrow
Edwin S. Porter edit
- Fun in a Bakery Shop
- Jack and the Beanstalk, based on the 1807 fairy tale by Benjamin Tabart
Ferdinand Zecca edit
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs), based on the Middle-Eastern folk tale
- Quo Vadis?, co-directed by Lucien Nonguet
Georges Méliès edit
- The Coronation of Edward VII (Le Sacre d'Édouard VII)
- Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants), based on the 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift
- The Treasures of Satan (Les Trésors de Satan)
- A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune), based on the 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
- Robinson Crusoe (Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë), based on the 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe
Others edit
- The Little Match Seller, directed by James Williamson, based on the 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen – (GB)
- Ringling Brothers Parade Film, produced by William Selig – (US)
- Snow White, produced by Siegmund Lubin, based on the 1812 fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm – (US)
- Working Rotary Snow Plows, produced by Edison Studios – (US)
Births edit
| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
| January | 2 | Sybil Seely | US | Actress | 1984 | |
| 11 | Atang de la Rama | Philippines | Actress, singer | 1991 | ||
| 31 | Tallulah Bankhead | US | Actress | 1968 | ||
| February | 3 | Dolly Rudeman | Indonesia | Poster Designer | 1980 | |
| 8 | Lyle Talbot | US | Actor | 1996 | ||
| 14 | Thelma Ritter | US | Actress | 1969 | ||
| March | 8 | Louise Beavers | US | Actress | 1962 | |
| 8 | Onslow Stevens | US | Actor | 1977 | ||
| 23 | Philip Ober | US | Actor | 1982 | ||
| 27 | Kenneth Macpherson | Scotland | Filmmaker | 1971 | ||
| 28 | Flora Robson | UK | Actress | 1984 | ||
| April | 25 | Mary Miles Minter | US | Actress | 1984 | |
| May | 2 | Brian Aherne | UK | Actor | 1986 | |
| 3 | Jack La Rue | US | Actor | 1984 | ||
| 3 | Walter Slezak | Austria | Actor | 1983 | ||
| 4 | Mona Mårtenson | Sweden | Actress | 1956 | ||
| 6 | Max Ophüls | Germany | Director | 1957 | ||
| 10 | David O. Selznick | US | Producer, screenwriter, Studio Executive | 1965 | ||
| 21 | Anatole Litvak | Russia | Filmmaker | 1974 | ||
| 28 | Luis César Amadori | Italy | Director, screenwriter | 1977 | ||
| 30 | Stepin Fetchit | US | Actor, comedian | 1985 | ||
| June | 5 | Walter Plunkett | US | Costume Designer | 1982 | |
| 22 | Marguerite De La Motte | US | Actress | 1950 | ||
| July | 1 | William Wyler | Germany | Director, producer | 1981 | |
| 4 | George Murphy | US | Actor, dancer, Politician | 1992 | ||
| 17 | Edward Gargan | US | Actor | 1964 | ||
| 18 | Dimitar Panov | Bulgaria | Actor, director | 1985 | ||
| 18 | Chill Wills | US | Actor, singer | 1978 | ||
| August | 7 | Ann Harding | US | Actress | 1981 | |
| 10 | Norma Shearer | Canada | Actress | 1983 | ||
| 10 | Curt Siodmak | Poland | Screenwriter | 2000 | ||
| 11 | Lloyd Nolan | US | Actor | 1985 | ||
| 22 | Leni Riefenstahl | Germany | Director, Photographer, Actress | 2003 | ||
| September | 3 | Mantan Moreland | US | Actor, comedian | 1973 | |
| 5 | Darryl F. Zanuck | US | Producer, Studio Executive | 1979 | ||
| 17 | Esther Ralston | US | Actress | 1994 | ||
| 22 | John Houseman | Romania | Actor, producer | 1988 | ||
| October | 5 | Larry Fine | US | Actor, comedian, Musician | 1975 | |
| 17 | Irene Ryan | US | Actress, Comedienne | 1973 | ||
| 18 | Miriam Hopkins | US | Actress | 1972 | ||
| 28 | Jenny Gilbertson | Scotland | Documentary Filmmaker | 1990 | ||
| 28 | Elsa Lanchester | UK | Actress | 1986 | ||
| November | 4 | Victor Jory | Canada | Actor | 1982 | |
| 23 | John P. Fulton | US | Special Effects Supervisor, Cinematographer | 1966 | ||
| December | 1 | Harold Goodwin | US | Actor | 1987 | |
| 9 | Margaret Hamilton | US | Actress | 1985 | ||
| 14 | Frances Bavier | US | Actress | 1989 | ||
| 19 | Barton MacLane | US | Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter | 1969 | ||
| 19 | Ralph Richardson | UK | Actor | 1983 |
Deaths edit
- February 15 – Wilhelmina J. R. Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress (born 1834)
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1902 in film.
- ^ "Continued Legal Battles". Thomas A. Edison Papers. Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences. 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- ^ Cinema treasures
- ^ Films of the Golden Age. Archived 2004-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ First National filmography.
- ^ Hammond, Paul (1974), Marvellous Méliès, London: Gordon Fraser, p. 141, ISBN 0-900406-38-0