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List of years in film
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The following is an overview of the events of 1888 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

Events

Films

Roundhay Garden Scene, believed to be the world's earliest surviving motion-picture film

Births

Month Date Name Country Profession Died
January 3 George B. Seitz US Director, writer, actor, producer 1944
3 James Bridie Scotland Writer 1951
17 Edvard Persson Sweden Actor 1957
February 6 Lucile Gleason US Actress 1947
March 4 Rafaela Ottiano Italy Actress 1942
5 Jules Furthman US Writer, director, producer 1966
10 Barry Fitzgerald Ireland Actor 1961
30 Anna Q. Nilsson Sweden Actress 1974
April 11 Donald Calthrop UK Actor 1940
15 Florence Bates US Actress 1954
19 Pat West US Actor 1944
27 Florence La Badie US Actress 1917
May 7 Selmer Jackson US Actor 1971
17 Claude Mérelle France Actress 1976
25 Miles Malleson UK Actor, Writer 1969
July 4 Henry Armetta Italy Actor 1945
16 Percy Kilbride US Actor 1964
August 14 Robert Woolsey US Actor 1938
17 Monty Woolley US Actor 1963
29 Dina Romano Italy Actress 1957
September 12 Maurice Chevalier France Actor, Singer 1972
25 Hanna Ralph Germany Actress 1978
26 Wally Patch UK Actor, writer 1970
October 1 John E. Blakeley UK Producer, director, writer 1958
3 Claud Allister UK Actor 1970
9 Hank Patterson US Actor 1975
18 Paul Vermoyal France Actor 1925
25 Lester Cuneo US Actor, producer 1925
November 3 Maurice Vinot France Actor 1916
15 Andreas Malandrinos Greece Actor 1970
18 Frances Marion US Writer, director, producer, actress 1973
23 Nana Bryant US Actress 1955
23 Harpo Marx US Actor, writer 1964
24 Cathleen Nesbitt UK Actress 1982
25 Amund Rydland Norway Actor 1967
26 Francisco Canaro Uruguay Composer, Producer, Actor 1964
December 6 Will Hay UK Actor, writer, director 1949
18 Gladys Cooper UK Actress 1971
22 J. Arthur Rank UK Producer, writer 1972
27 Thea von Harbou Germany Actress, writer, director 1954
27 Svend Melsing Denmark Actor, Playwright 1946
28 F. W. Murnau Germany Director, writer, producer 1931

References

  1. ^ 1886 Ottomar Anschütz - "Elektrischer Schnellseher", archived from the original on 2021-12-22, retrieved 2019-11-04

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