1890 in film
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Events
- The first films to be taken with a precursor of Edison Kinetographen.
- The British film pioneer Wordsworth Donisthorpe takes on first moving pictures on London's Trafalgar Square, with its developed in the previous year Kinesigraph.
- Monkey Shines, probably the first film that has been shot in the United States, will be published. Director is William KL Dickson, William Heise cameraman.
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 07: Henny Porten, German actress († 1960)
- January 10: Pina Menichelli, Italian actress († 1984)
- January 16: Karl Freund, German cameraman († 1969)
- JANUARY 22: Karl Grune, Austrian director († 1962)
February
March
- March 01: Heinz Hilpert, German director († 1967)
- March 15: Eduard Hoesch, Austrian cameraman († 1983)
April-June
April
- 02 April: Hans Hemes, German actor († 1963)
- April 02: Agnes Straub, German actress († 1941)
- April 08: Victor Schertzinger, American composer, director, producer and screenwriter († 1941)
- APRIL 30: Barney McGill, American Cinematographer ( † 1942)
May
June
- 01 June: Frank Morgan, American actor († 1949)
- 09 June: Leslie Banks, British actor († 1952)
- June 10: William A. Seiter, American film director († 1964)
- June 16: Stan Laurel, British comedian († 1965)
- June 24: Hannes Schneider, the Austrian ski pioneer and actor († 1955)
July to August
July
October to December
October
- October 01: Stanley Holloway, British actor († 1982)
- October 01: Alice Joyce, American actress († 1955)
- October 01: Blanche Oelrichs, American screenwriter († 1950)
- October 02: Groucho Marx, American comedian († 1977)
- October 14: Louis Delluc, French filmmaker, writer and critic († 1924)
November
- November 20: Robert Armstrong, American actor († 1973)
- November 29: Roland Totheroh, American Cinematographer ( † 1967)
December
- December 05: Fritz Lang, Austrian director († 1976)
- December 28: Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor († 1938)
- December 29: Käthe Dorsch, German actress († 1957)