1902 in film

none 1902 film music The year 1902 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events March 10 – A Circuit Court decision in the United States ends Thomas Edison's monopoly on the 35 mm movie film technology.Continued Legal Battles http://edison.rutgers.edu/mopix/legal.htm Thomas A. Edison Papers Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences 2016-10-28 2019-10-24 2021-02-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20210225175556/http://edison.rutgers.edu/mopix/legal.htm dead April 2 – Thomas Lincoln Tally opens the Electric Theater, the first permanent movie theater, in Los Angeles.Cinema treasures Tally co-founds the First National Exhibitors Circuit in 1917.Films of the Golden Age. https://web.archive.org/web/20041216204706/http://www.filmsofthegoldenage.com/foga/1998/winter98/firstnational.shtml 2004-12-16 First National filmography. 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.Hammond Paul Marvellous Méliès 1974 Gordon Fraser London 0-900406-38-0 141 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 A Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs), directed by Ferdinand Zecca, based on the Middle-Eastern folk tale – (France) B Bradford Coronation Procession, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) Burnley v. Manchester United, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) C Comic Pictures in High Street, West Bromwich, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) The Coronation of Edward VII (Le Sacre d'Édouard VII), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) D Dewsbury v. Manningham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) E Electric Tram Rides from Forster Square, Bradford, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) Employees Leaving Storey's Moor Lane Mill, Lancaster, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) F Fun in a Bakery Shop, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US) G The Great Local Derby: Accrington v. Church, Cricket Match, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift – (France) J Jack and the Beanstalk, directed by Edwin S. Porter, based on the 1807 fairy tale by Benjamin Tabart – (US) L thumb|200px|Screenshot from the film Living Wigan. Leeds Athletic and Cycling Club Carnival, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) Lieutenant Clive Wilson and the Tranby Croft Party, Hull, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) The Little Match Seller, directed by James Williamson, based on the 1845 fairy tale The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen – (UK) Le prince de Galles, a documentary short film about Edward, Prince of Wales directed by Louis Lumière – (France) Living Wigan, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) Q Quo Vadis?, directed by Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet – (France) R Ringling Brothers Parade Film, produced by William Selig – (US) Robinson Crusoe (Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe – (France) S Sheffield United v. Bury, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) Snow White, produced by Siegmund Lubin, based on the 1812 fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm – (US) Street Scenes in Halifax, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) thumb|200px|Man in the Moon scene. T Tram Ride into Halifax, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) The Treasures of Satan (Les Trésors de Satan), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne – (France) W Wexford Bull Ring, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) Workers Leaving the Jute Works, Barrow, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) Working Rotary Snow Plows, produced by Edison Studios – (US) Births thumb|200px|Thelma Ritter. thumb|200px|Larry Fine. 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 5 Emeric Pressburger UK Screenwriter, Film director 1988 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 February 15 – Wilhelmina J. R. Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress (born 1834) References External links List of 1902 films at IMDb List of 1902 deaths at IMDb List of 1902 births at IMDb Category:Film by year