1902 in film

The year 1902 in film involved some significant events.

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Events

• March 10 – A Circuit Court decision in the United States ends Thomas Edison's monopoly on the 35 mm movie film technology.
• April 2 – Thomas Lincoln Tally opens the Electric Theater, the first permanent movie theater, in Los Angeles. Tally co-founds the First National Exhibitors Circuit in 1917.
• August 9 – Georges Méliès' film The Coronation of Edward VII (a staged simulation with inserted actuality footage) is first shown in London on the evening of the Coronation itself.
• September 1 – actor/producer Méliès premières the first science fiction film, the silent A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans La Lune), at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris, France; it proves an immediate success. One scene features the animated human face of the Moon being struck in the eye by a rocket.
• William Wardell invents an 11 mm amateur film format, Vitak.

Notable films released in 1902

Mitchell and Kenyon

Screenshot from the film Living Wigan.

• Bradford Coronation Procession
• Burnley v. Manchester United
• Comic Pictures in High Street, West Bromwich
• Dewsbury v. Manningham
• Electric Tram Rides from Forster Square, Bradford
• Employees Leaving Storey's Moor Lane Mill, Lancaster
• The Great Local Derby: Accrington v. Church, Cricket Match
• Leeds Athletic and Cycling Club Carnival
• Lieutenant Clive Wilson and the Tranby Croft Party, Hull
• Living Wigan
• Sheffield United v. Bury
• Street Scenes in Halifax
• Tram Ride into Halifax
• Wexford Bull Ring
• Workers Leaving the Jute Works, Barrow

Edwin S. Porter

• Fun in a Bakery Shop
• Jack and the Beanstalk, based on the 1807 fairy tale by Benjamin Tabart

Ferdinand Zecca

• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs), based on the Middle-Eastern folk tale
• Quo Vadis?, co-directed by Lucien Nonguet

Georges Méliès

Man in the Moon scene.

• The Coronation of Edward VII (Le Sacre d'Édouard VII)
• Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants), based on the 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift
• The Treasures of Satan (Les Trésors de Satan)
• A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune), based on the 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
• Robinson Crusoe (Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë), based on the 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe

Others

• The Little Match Seller, directed by James Williamson, based on the 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen – (GB)
• Ringling Brothers Parade Film, produced by William Selig – (US)
• Snow White, produced by Siegmund Lubin, based on the 1812 fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm – (US)
• Working Rotary Snow Plows, produced by Edison Studios – (US)

Births

Thelma Ritter.

Larry Fine.

Month	Date	Name	Country	Profession	Died
January	2	Sybil Seely	US	Actress	1984
	11	Atang de la Rama	Philippines	Actress, singer	1991
	31	Tallulah Bankhead	US	Actress	1968
February	3	Dolly Rudeman	Indonesia	Poster Designer	1980
	8	Lyle Talbot	US	Actor	1996
	14	Thelma Ritter	US	Actress	1969
March	8	Louise Beavers	US	Actress	1962
	8	Onslow Stevens	US	Actor	1977
	23	Philip Ober	US	Actor	1982
	27	Kenneth Macpherson	Scotland	Filmmaker	1971
	28	Flora Robson	UK	Actress	1984
April	25	Mary Miles Minter	US	Actress	1984
May	2	Brian Aherne	UK	Actor	1986
	3	Jack La Rue	US	Actor	1984
	3	Walter Slezak	Austria	Actor	1983
	4	Mona Mårtenson	Sweden	Actress	1956
	6	Max Ophüls	Germany	Director	1957
	10	David O. Selznick	US	Producer, screenwriter, Studio Executive	1965
	21	Anatole Litvak	Russia	Filmmaker	1974
	28	Luis César Amadori	Italy	Director, screenwriter	1977
	30	Stepin Fetchit	US	Actor, comedian	1985
June	5	Walter Plunkett	US	Costume Designer	1982
	22	Marguerite De La Motte	US	Actress	1950
July	1	William Wyler	Germany	Director, producer	1981
	4	George Murphy	US	Actor, dancer, Politician	1992
	17	Edward Gargan	US	Actor	1964
	18	Dimitar Panov	Bulgaria	Actor, director	1985
	18	Chill Wills	US	Actor, singer	1978
August	7	Ann Harding	US	Actress	1981
	10	Norma Shearer	Canada	Actress	1983
	10	Curt Siodmak	Poland	Screenwriter	2000
	11	Lloyd Nolan	US	Actor	1985
	22	Leni Riefenstahl	Germany	Director, Photographer, Actress	2003
September	3	Mantan Moreland	US	Actor, comedian	1973
	5	Darryl F. Zanuck	US	Producer, Studio Executive	1979
	17	Esther Ralston	US	Actress	1994
	22	John Houseman	Romania	Actor, producer	1988
October	5	Larry Fine	US	Actor, comedian, Musician	1975
	17	Irene Ryan	US	Actress, Comedienne	1973
	18	Miriam Hopkins	US	Actress	1972
	28	Jenny Gilbertson	Scotland	Documentary Filmmaker	1990
	28	Elsa Lanchester	UK	Actress	1986
November	4	Victor Jory	Canada	Actor	1982
	23	John P. Fulton	US	Special Effects Supervisor, Cinematographer	1966
December	1	Harold Goodwin	US	Actor	1987
	9	Margaret Hamilton	US	Actress	1985
	14	Frances Bavier	US	Actress	1989
	19	Barton MacLane	US	Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter	1969
	19	Ralph Richardson	UK	Actor	1983

Deaths

• February 15 – Wilhelmina J. R. Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress (born 1834)

External links

• List of 1902 films at IMDb
• List of 1902 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1902 births at IMDb