1887 in film

none January 2025 January 2025 1887 film music thumb|right|Man Walking Around a Corner, unremastered film, original frames copy by National Science Museum, London c. 1931. (Courtesy NMPFT, Bradford) The year 1887 in film involved some significant events. Events Hannibal Goodwin files for a patent for his photographic film. Louis Le Prince's 16-lens camera (LPCC Type-16) is made in the United States and the film Man Walking Around a Corner is filmed using it this year. August – Harvey Henderson Wilcox registers his 120-acre ranch with the Los Angeles County Recorder's office, calling the area it is based in, Hollywood, which would later become the home of the U.S. film industry. Films Man Walking Around a Corner, directed by Louis Le Prince. The oldest known film. Births Month Date Name Country Profession Died January 11 Monte Blue US Actor 1963 13 Gabriel Gabrio France Actor 1946 13 Sophie Tucker France Actress, Singer 1966 21 André Andrejew Russia Set Designer 1967 February 16 Kathleen Clifford US Actress 1962 26 William Frawley US Actor 1966 March 18 Frank Moran US Boxer, Actor 1967 21 Frank Urson US Director, Cinematographer 1928 24 Roscoe Arbuckle US Actor, Comedian 1933 April 9 Konrad Tom Poland Actor, screenwriter, director 1957 12 Harold Lockwood US Actor 1918 23 Jenő Törzs Hungary Actor 1946 May 1 Kurt Vespermann Germany Actor 1957 18 Jeanie MacPherson US Actress, screenwriter 1946 21 Mabel Taliaferro US Actress 1979 30 Paulette Noizeux France Actress 1971 June 1 Clive Brook UK Actor 1974 16 Aage Bendixen Denmark Actor 1973 July 17 Jack Conway US Director, producer 1952 August 1 Anthony Coldeway US Screenwriter 1963 5 Reginald Owen UK Actor 1972 10 Sam Warner US Film Mogul 1927 14 Marija Leiko Latvia Actress 1937 September 5 Irene Fenwick US Actress 1936 9 Raymond Walburn US Actor 1969 26 Antonio Moreno Spain Actor 1967 30 Lil Dagover Germany Actress 1980 October 5 Manny Ziener Germany Actress 1972 7 Jack Mulhall US Actor 1979 November 9 Gertrude Astor US Actress 1977 11 Maurice Elvey UK Director, producer 1967 11 Roland Young UK Actor 1953 23 Boris Karloff UK Actor 1969 30 Gyula Szőreghy Hungary Actor 1943 December 9 Tim Moore US Actor 1958 23 John Cromwell US Actor, producer, director 1979 29 Pierre Watkin US Actor 1960 External links AWK-ImxF-e4 Man Walking Around A Corner – amateur remastering of all 16 frames. Retrieved 2009-06-04. Man Walking Around A Corner – 16 individual frames https://www.flickr.com/photos/10912969@N03/sets/72157617402957145/ Flickr 4 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20140907215759/https://www.flickr.com/photos/10912969@N03/sets/72157617402957145/ 7 September 2014 live List of 1887 films at IMDb List of 1887 deaths at IMDb List of 1887 births at IMDb Category:Film by year