1902 in film
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Events
- June 23 - Jules Greenbaum, a Berlin businessman, founded the German Bioscope GmbH and begins to produce films.
- Georges Méliès rotates with Journey to the Moon (premiered on September 1, 1902) the first science fiction film
- In Austria, a special building was first erected for the purpose of cinema operation, the Münstedt Kinopalast
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 20: Leon Ames, American actor († 1993)
- January 31: Tallulah Bankhead, American actress († 1968)
February
- February 08: Jack Luden, American actor († 1951)
- FEBRUARY 28: Elsa Scholten, German actress († 1981)
March
- March 07: Heinz Rühmann, German actor († 1994)
- 09 March: Will Geer, American actor († 1978)
- MARCH 12: Leslie Fenton, American actor († 1978)
- March 21: Gustav Fröhlich, German actor († 1987)
- MARCH 23: Joseph of Báky, Austrian director († 1966)
- MARCH 27: Sidney Buchman, American screenwriter († 1975)
- MARCH 27: Charles Lang, American cinematographer († 1998)
- March 28: Flora Robson, British actress († 1984)
April-June
April
- April 01: Mary Miles Minter, American actress († 1984)
- 08 April: Marion Mack, American actress († 1989)
- APRIL 20: Donald Wolfit, British actor († 1968)
- April 25: William H. Wright, American producer and screenwriter († 1980)
May
- 02 May: Brian Aherne, English actor († 1986)
- May 02: Werner Finck, German actor († 1978)
- May 03: Walter Slezak, Austrian actor († 1983)
- 06 May: Max Ophüls, German director († 1957)
- May 10: Anatole Litvak, Russian- American director († 1974)
- May 10: David O. Selznick, American producer ( † 1965)
- MAY 15: Anny Ondra, Polish -Austrian- Czech actress († 1987)
- MAY 16: Jan Kiepura, Polish singer and actor († 1966)
- MAY 17: Otto Lüthje, German actor († 1977)
- MAY 25: Charles Barton, American film director († 1981)
June
- 01 June: Leopold Lindtberg, Austrian director († 1984)
- June 05: Walter Plunkett, American Costume († 1982)
- June 18: Boris Vasilyevich Barnet, Soviet film director and actor († 1965)
- June 29: Karl -Heinz Schroth, Austrian actor († 1989)
July to September
July
- July 01: William Wyler, German - American film director († 1981)
- July 21 Leah Rhodes, American costume designer († 1986)
August
September
- September 05: Darryl F. Zanuck, American producer and director († 1979)
- September 18: Dino Falconi, an Italian screenwriter and director († 1990)
- September 20: Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter († 1989)
- September 22: John Houseman, Romanian - American actor († 1988)
- September 28: Ed Sullivan, American presenter († 1974)
October to December
October
- October 05: Larry Fine, American actor († 1975)
- 09 October: Freddie Young, British cinematographer († 1998)
- OCTOBER 18: Miriam Hopkins, American actress († 1972)
- OCTOBER 28: Elsa Lanchester, English actress († 1986)
November
- 07 November: Luli von Bodenhausen, German - American actress († 1951)
- November 09: Anthony Asquith, British director († 1968)
- November 23: SO Wagner, German actor, author, radio speaker, radio plays and theater director († 1975)
- November 23: Victor Jory, American actor and radio speaker († 1982)
December
- 05 December: Emeric Pressburger, a Hungarian film director and screenwriter († 1988)
- 09 December: Margaret Hamilton, American actress († 1985)
- December 11: Reginald Le Borg, Austrian-American director († 1989)
- December 12: Howard Koch, American screenwriter († 1995)
- December 19: Ralph Richardson, British actor († 1983)
- December 25: Barton MacLane, American actor († 1969)