1888 in film
| Years in film: | 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s |
| Years: | 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 |
Contents |
Events
- Roundhay Garden Scene by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince is credited as the first film.
- Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge, also by Le Prince, is filmed on paper filmstrips.
- Thomas Edison meets with Eadweard Muybridge who proposes a scheme for sound film (February 27,West Orange, New Jersey).
- Etienne-Jules Marey starts work on his chronophotographe with 90 mm wide roll paper film.
- Emile Reynaud is the first to use perforated film for use with his animated show, Theatre Optique.
Births
- 3 January - George B. Seitz; Director, writer, actor and producer (d. 1944)
- 3 January - James Bridie; Writer (d. 1951)
- 23 January - Franklin Pangborn; Actor (d. 1958)
- 5 March - Jules Furthman; Writer, director and producer (d. 1966)
- 10 March - Barry Fitzgerald; Actor (d. 1961)
- 30 March - Anna Q. Nilsson; Actress (d. 1974)
- 26 April - Anita Loos; Writer and producer (d. 1981)
- 27 April - Florence La Badie; Actress (d. 1917)
- 3 May - Beulah Bondi; Actress (d. 1981)
- 25 May - Miles Malleson; Actor and writer (d. 1969)
- 4 July - Henry Armetta; Actor (d. 1945)
- 16 July - Percy Kilbride; Actor (d. 1964)
- 14 August - Robert Woolsey; Actor (d. 1938)
- 17 August - Monty Woolley; Actor (d. 1963)
- 26 September - Wally Patch; Actor and writer (d. 1970)
- 1 October - John E. Blakeley; Producer, director and writer (d. 1958)
- 9 October - Hank Patterson; Actor (d. 1975)
- 25 October - Lester Cuneo; Actor and producer (d. 1925)
- 13 November - George Hayes; Actor (d. 1967)
- 18 November - Frances Marion; Writer, director, producer and actress (d. 1973)
- 23 November - Harpo Marx; Actor and writer (d. 1964)
- 24 November - Cathleen Nesbitt; Actress (d. 1982)
- 26 November - Francisco Canaro; Composer, producer and actor (d. 1964)
- 6 December - Will Hay; Actor, writer and director (d. 1949)
- 22 December - J. Arthur Rank; Producer and writer (d. 1972)
- 27 December - Thea von Harbou; Writer and director (d. 1954)
- 28 December - F.W. Murnau; Director, writer and producer (d. 1931))
Deaths
- 22 January - Eugène Labiche; Writer (b. 1815)
- 29 January - Edward Lear; Writer (b. 1812)
- 6 March - Louisa May Alcott; Writer (b. 1832)
- 24 March - Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin; Writer (b. 1855)
- 12 May - Bedřich Smetana; Composer (b. 1824)
- 4 July - Theodor Storm; Writer (b. 1817)
- 30 July - Bartley Campbell; Writer (b. 1843)
- 11 September - Domingo F. Sarmiento; Writer (b. 1811)
- 24 October - Sarah Whitley (II); Actress
- 19 November - Edmond Gondinet; Writer (b. 1828)
Marriages
- 11 September - Robert Homans & Agnes Mary Josephine Mellon
- 20 December - Charles Urban & Julia Avery
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