1889 in film

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Overview of the events of 1889 in film

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The following is an overview of the events of 1889 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

## Events

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Monkeyshines No. 1 and 2.

* Eastman Kodak is the first company to begin commercial production of film on a flexible transparent base, celluloid.
* The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film are made in Hyde Park, London by William Friese Greene.
* Wordsworth Donisthorpe invents the Kinesigraph, which photographs a round image on 68 mm film.
* William K. L. Dickson completes his work for Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1890. Monkeyshines No. 1 becomes the first film shot on the system.

## Films

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* Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses (also known as Hyde Park Corner), a lost film and the first moving picture developed on celluloid film, directed by William Friese-Greene
* Monkeyshines No. 1 – contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890.

## Births

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Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died |

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January | 23 | Franklin Pangborn | US | Actor | 1958 |
February | 3 | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Denmark | Director | 1968 |
4 | Walter Catlett | US | Actor, Comedian | 1960 |
6 | Herbert Hübner | Germany | Actor | 1972 |
8 | Siegfried Kracauer | Germany | Critic, Journalist | 1966 |
22 | Joseph Egger | Austria | Actor | 1966 |
23 | Musidora | France | Actress, screenwriter, director | 1957 |
23 | Victor Fleming | US | Director, cinematographer | 1949 |
March | 21 | W. S. Van Dyke | US | Director | 1943 |
28 | Lola Braccini | Italy | Actress | 1969 |
April | 16 | Charlie Chaplin | UK | Actor, filmmaker | 1977[1] |
14 | James Stephenson | UK | Actor | 1941 |
26 | Anita Loos | US | Writer, producer | 1981 |
28 | Bryant Washburn | US | Actor | 1963 |
May | 3 | Beulah Bondi | US | Actress | 1981 |
5 | Harry Woods | US | Actor | 1968 |
20 | Karin Molander | Sweden | Actress | 1978 |
31 | Athene Seyler | UK | Actress | 1990 |
June | 11 | Wesley Ruggles | US | Director, producer | 1972 |
15 | Marjorie Rambeau | US | Actress | 1970 |
July | 8 | Eugene Pallette | US | Actor | 1954 |
16 | Larry Semon | US | Actor, screenwriter, director, producer | 1978 |
27 | Vera Karalli | Russia | Actress, Ballerina | 1972 |
August | 8 | Hans Egede Budtz | Denmark | Actor | 1968 |
24 | Tom London | US | Actor | 1963 |
October | 3 | Alan Dinehart | US | Actor | 1944 |
12 | Victor Potel | US | Actor | 1947 |
13 | Douglass Dumbrille | Canada | Actor | 1974 |
November | 10 | Claude Rains | UK | Actor | 1967 |
19 | Clifton Webb | US | Actor | 1966 |
30 | Ramsay Hill | UK | Actor, technical advisor | 1976[2] |

## References

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1. ^ "Charlie Chaplin – British actor, director, writer, and composer". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
2. ^ Stewart, William T. (1981). International Film Necrology. New York: Garland Publishing. p. 244\. ISBN 0-8240-9552-9.

## External links

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* List of 1889 films at IMDb
* List of 1889 deaths at IMDb
* List of 1889 births at IMDb

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