1889 in film
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Events
- 21 June: The British photographer William Friese- Greene reports on a chrono photographic camera for a patent. Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses is the first with this device aufgenommeme film.
- The British inventor Wordsworth Donisthorpe developed with the Kinesigraph a forerunner of the movie camera.
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 03: Robert M. Haas, American art director ( † 1962)
- January 04: Ulrich Mohr butter, German producer ( † 1971)
- January 08: Paul Hartmann, German actor († 1977)
- January 08: Russell Owen, American journalist († 1952)
- January 10: Rafael Bardem, Spanish actor († 1972)
- January 10: Joseph Santley, American film director, screenwriter and producer ( † 1971)
- JANUARY 22: Otto Lehmann, German production ( † 1968)
- JANUARY 25: Zheng Zhengqiu, Chinese screenwriter and director († 1935)
- JANUARY 26: Guido Barbarisi, Italian actor († 1960)
February
- 03 February: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director († 1968)
- 03 February: Emil Hess, Swiss actor († 1945)
- February 04: Richard Boleslawski, Polish actor and director († 1937)
- 04 February: Walter Catlett, American actor († 1960)
- February 05: Nigel Barrie, British actor († 1971)
- 06 February: Herbert Hübner, German actor († 1972)
- 06 February: Elmo Lincoln, American actor († 1952)
- 08 February: Siegfried Kracauer, German film scholars († 1966)
- FEBRUARY 11: Vladimir Deschewow, Russian composer († 1955)
- February 13: Leontine Sagan, Austrian director († 1974)
- FEBRUARY 14: Martha novelly, German actress († 1972)
- FEBRUARY 16: Ida Orloff, Austro- Russian actress († 1945)
- FEBRUARY 17: Aline Bussmann, German actress († 1968)
- FEBRUARY 21: Felix Aylmer, British actor († 1979)
- FEBRUARY 21: Otto Wallburg, German actor († 1944)
- February 22: Josef Egger, Austrian actor († 1966)
- February 22: Ajzyk Samberg, Polish actor († 1943)
- FEBRUARY 23: Victor Fleming, American film director († 1949)
- FEBRUARY 23: Musidora, French actress, screenwriter and director († 1957)
- FEBRUARY 24: Suzanne Bianchetti, French actress († 1936)
- FEBRUARY 24: Alexei Diki, Soviet actor († 1955)
March
- March 04: Pearl White, American actress († 1938)
- 06 March: Arnold Fanck, German director († 1974)
- MARCH 12: Claire Gérard, Belgian actress and voice actress († 1971)
- MARCH 16: Friedrich Fehér, Austrian actor and director († 1950)
- March 21: WS Van Dyke, American film director († 1943)
- MARCH 21: Alexander Vertinsky, Russian- Soviet actor († 1957)
- MARCH 24: Jacques N. Ermolieff, Russian producer ( † 1962)
- MARCH 24: Stephen Goosson, American Designer († 1973)
- March 24: Joseph Massolle, German engineer († 1957)
- MARCH 28: Robert A. Dietrich, German Designer († 1947)
- March 29: Warner Baxter, American actor († 1951)
- March 29: Howard Lindsay, American playwright and screenwriter († 1968)
- March 30: Herman Bing, German comedian and actor († 1947)
- MARCH 31: Elfriede Heisler, German actress († 1919)
April-June
April
- 02 April: Gregory Rabinovich, a Russian producer ( † 1953)
- APRIL 14: James Stephenson, American actor († 1941)
- APRIL 16: Charles Chaplin, a British film director, producer, actor and comedian († 1977)
- APRIL 16: Martha Hübner, German comedian and actress († 1969)
- APRIL 16: Arthur Lange, American composer († 1956)
- APRIL 28: Bryant Washburn, American actor († 1941)
- April 29: Otto Sauter Sarto, German actor († 1958)
May
- May 05: Jack P. Pierce, American artist ( † 1968)
- May 05: Hermann Warm, German Designer († 1976)
- May 10: Mae Murray, American actress († 1965)
- MAY 14: Louis Douglas, American dancer and actor († 1939)
- MAY 15: Otto Stransky, Austrian composer († 1932)
- MAY 17: Dorothy Gibson, American actress († 1946)
- MAY 18: Ressel Orla, Austrian actress († 1931)
- MAY 19: Carey Wilson, American producer and screenwriter († 1962)
- MAY 21: Arthur Hohl, American actor († 1964)
- MAY 23: Vester Pegg, American actor († 1951)
June
- June 03: Jack Okey, American art director and production designer (* 1839)
- JUNE 10: Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor († 1973)
- 20 June: Elsa Textorius, Swedish actress († 1972)
July to September
July
- 05 July: Jean Cocteau, French director († 1963)
- July 15: Marjorie Rambeau, American actress († 1970)
- JULY 20: Erich Pommer, German film producer († 1966)
- JULY 22: James Whale, British director († 1957)
August
- August 30: Bodil Ipsen, Danish actress and director († 1964)
September
- September 01: Glenn Anders, American actor († 1981)
October to December
October
- October 01: Minta Durfee, American actress († 1975)
- October 08: Ivan Ilyich Mosschuchin, Russian actor († 1939)
- October 25: Abel Gance, French film director († 1981)
November
- 09 November: Snub Pollard, Australian actor († 1962)
- NOVEMBER 10: Claude Rains, English actor († 1967)
- November 11: Clifton Webb, American actor († 1966)
December