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)