1888 in film
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- 2.2.1 April
- 2.2.2 May
- 2.2.3 June
- 2.3.1 July
- 2.3.2 August
- 2.3.3 September
- 2.4.1 October
- 2.4.2 November
- 2.4.3 December
Events
- October: The French photographer Louis Le Prince is issued a patent for a film camera. In the same month, he produced the earliest known films in the history in Leeds Roundhay Garden Scene and of Leeds Bridge Traffic Crossing.
- Étienne -Jules Marey first used a roll of film for his Chrono photographs.
- Émile Reynaud developed the Théâtre Optique a projection system for drawn pictures, which he is but until 1892 to present to the public.
- William KL Dickson begins in the laboratories of Thomas Edison with the work on the development of an apparatus for recording " moving images ".
Birthdays
January to March
- January 03: George B. Seitz, American film director and screenwriter († 1944)
- January 08: Henry Witte, German actor († 1933)
- January 10: Charles Previn, American composer († 1973)
- JANUARY 21: Mime Misu, Romanian actor, screenwriter and director († 1953)
- JANUARY 24: Vicki Baum, Austrian writer († 1960)
- JANUARY 30: Walther Harich, German writer († 1931)
- February 08: Edith Evans, British actress († 1976)
- FEBRUARY 10: Harry Beaumont, American film director († 1966)
- FEBRUARY 11: Hanns Schwarz, German director († 1945)
- FEBRUARY 13: Roland Schacht, German critic and screenwriter († 1961)
- February 22: Gussy Holl, German actress and singer († 1966)
- February 23: Josef Eichheim, German actor († 1945)
- FEBRUARY 26: John Leipold, American composer († 1970)
- March 05: Jules Furthman, American screenwriter († 1966)
- March 07: Albrecht Schoenhals, German actor († 1978)
- 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 27: Agnes Windeck, German actress († 1975)
- MARCH 29: Hermann Blass, Austrian actor († 1941)
- March 30: Anna Q. Nilsson, Swedish actress († 1974)
April-June
- 03 April: George Alexander, German actor, director and producer ( † 1945)
- 04 April: Harry Oliver, American production designer and art director († 1973)
- 06 April: Hans Richter, German film artists († 1976)
- APRIL 14: Franz Seitz Sr., 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 Designer († 1970)
- APRIL 23: Marcel L' Herbier, French film director, screenwriter and producer ( † 1979)
- APRIL 24: Alfred Rosenthal, German film journalist and lobbyist († 1942)
- April 25: Orville O. Dull, American film director and producer ( † 1978)
- April 26: Anita Loos, American screenwriter († 1981)
- May 01: Alphons Fryland, Austrian actor († 1953)
- May 02: Harry Perry, American Cinematographer ( † 1985)
- May 03: Beulah Bondi, American actress († 1981)
- May 03: Alfred Brown, German actor, director and screenwriter († 1978)
- May 04: Carl L. Kirmse, German art director ( † 1982)
- May 05: Werner Scheff, German writer and screenwriter († 1947)
- 07 May: Selmer Jackson, American actor († 1971)
- 08 May: Philip Rosen, American film director, cinematographer and producer ( † 1951)
- 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: William 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 art director and documentary filmmaker († 1944/1945 )
- MAY 24: Mae Dahlberg, Australian dancer and actress († 1969/1970 )
- MAY 25: William Kahn, German film 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 02: Hans Karl Breslauer, Austrian actor, director and screenwriter († 1965)
- JUNE 11: Hans Adalbert Schlettow, German actor († 1945)
- June 15: Sidney D. Mitchell, American lyricist and composer († 1942)
- June 18: Margarita Xirgu, Spanish actress († 1969)
- 20 June: Guido Bagier, German sound engineer, director, composer and producer († 1967)
- 21 June: Ernst Pröckl, Austrian actor and director († 1957)
- June 22: Eduard Bornträger, German actor († 1958)
- JUNE 25: Arthur Robison, German film director and screenwriter († 1935)
- JUNE 27: Antoinette Perry, American actress († 1946)
July to September
- 05 July: Hans von Wolzogen, German screenwriter, director and producer († 1954)
- July 10: Renée Björling, Swedish actress († 1975)
- JULY 10: Vera Schwarz, Austrian opera singer († 1964)
- July 14: Jean Murat, French actor († 1968)
- July 15: Marco de Gastyne, French film director, screenwriter and production designer († 1982)
- July 15: Nathan Levinson, American sound engineer, pioneer of sound films († 1952)
- JULY 19: Maria Seidler, German actress († after 1944 )
- JULY 23: Raymond Chandler, American author and screenwriter († 1959)
- JULY 24: Basil Ruysdael, American actor († 1960)
- 02 August: Cecil Cunningham, American actress († 1959)
- August 02: Edwin C. Hahn, American film technician ( † 1942)
- 09 August: Fred C. Newmeyer, American actor and director († 1967)
- 09 August: Ludwig Schaschek, Austrian cameraman († 1948)
- August 10: Max Jacob, German puppeteer ( † 1967)
- 13 August: John Meyer, German screenwriter and director († 1976)
- August 14: Robert Woolsey, American actor and comedian († 1938)
- August 15: Hermann Leopoldi, Austrian composer and comedian († 1959)
- August 17: Monty Woolley, American actor († 1963)
- AUGUST 20: Bernhard Schwidewski, German art director and set designer († 1966)
- August 22: Willi Schur, German actor and director († 1940)
- August 23: Edward H. Griffith, American film director and producer ( † 1975)
- AUGUST 28: Erna Nitter, German actress († 1986)
- September 06: Kurt Schröder, German conductor and composer († 1962)
- 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: TS Eliot, American- British writer († 1965)
October to December
- 03 October: Roy Webb, American composer († 1982)
- 06 October: Hermann Feiner, Austro- German actor and director († 1944)
- October 08: Leonore Ehn, Austrian actress († 1978)
- 09 October: Irving Cummings, American actor and director († 1959)
- October 14: Joseph Breen, American Film Censor († 1965)
- 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 01: Marga Lindt, German actress († 1969)
- November 03: Roland Betsch, German author and playwright († 1945)
- 07 November: Karl Ritter, German film director, screenwriter and producer ( † 1977)
- November 07: Reinhold Schünzel, German actor and director († 1954)
- November 16: Ray Binger, American cinematographer and special effects artist († 1970)
- 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 24: Cathleen Nesbitt, British actress († 1982)
- November 24: Jacques Rotmil, Russian art director ( † 1944)
- NOVEMBER 27: Alberto Colombo, American composer († 1954)
- NOVEMBER 27: Paul Untermerzbach, Austrian screenwriter, director and editor († 1943)
- November 30: Kenneth Macgowan, American producer ( † 1963)
- 06 December: Will Hay, British actor († 1949)
- December 07: Albert Florath, German actor († 1957)
- December 10: Hans Nerking, German director and actor († 1964)
- December 15: Maxwell Anderson, American playwright († 1959)
- DECEMBER 17: Mano digit Tesch Bruck, Austrian director († 1968)
- December 18: Gladys Cooper, British actress († 1971)
- December 19: Fritz Reiner, American conductor († 1963)
- December 22: Lucien Hubbard, American screenwriter, producer and director († 1971)
- December 22: J. Arthur Rank, British producer ( † 1972)
- December 23: Christa Winsloe, German -Hungarian writer and screenwriter († 1944)
- December 24: Michael Curtiz, Hungarian - American film director († 1962)
- December 27: Thea von Harbou, German actress, screenwriter and director († 1954)
- December 27: Alfred Neugebauer, Austrian actor († 1957)
- December 28: Martin Branner, American cartoonist († 1970)
- December 28: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, German director († 1931)
Day unknown
- Mechthildis Thein, German actress († 1959)