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
- 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
- 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 â contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890.
Births
| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
| 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] | ||