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Overview of the events of 1888 in film
Overview of the events of 1888 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 1888 in film , including a list of films released and notable births.
Believed to be the world's earliest surviving motion-picture film.
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
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External links [ edit ]
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