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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
thumb|200px|Monkeyshines No. 1 and 2.
- 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 – contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890.
Births
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| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Franklin Pangborn || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1958 ||
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| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Carl Theodor Dreyer || style="text-align:center;"| Denmark || style="text-align:center;"| Director || 1968 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Walter Catlett || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Comedian || 1960 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Herbert Hübner || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1972 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Siegfried Kracauer || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Critic, Journalist || 1966 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Joseph Egger || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1966 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Musidora || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, screenwriter, director || 1957 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Victor Fleming || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, cinematographer || 1949 ||
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| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || W. S. Van Dyke || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || 1943 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Lola Braccini || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1969 ||
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| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April
| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Charlie Chaplin || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, filmmaker || 1977 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || James Stephenson || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1941 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Anita Loos || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Writer, producer || 1981 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Bryant Washburn || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1963 ||
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| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Beulah Bondi || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1981 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Harry Woods || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1968 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Karin Molander || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1978 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || Athene Seyler || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1990 ||
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| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June
| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Wesley Ruggles || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, producer || 1972 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Marjorie Rambeau || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1970 ||
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| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Eugene Pallette || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1954 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Larry Semon || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, screenwriter, director, producer || 1978 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Vera Karalli || style="text-align:center;"| Russia || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Ballerina || 1972 ||
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| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Hans Egede Budtz || style="text-align:center;"| Denmark || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1968 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Tom London || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1963 ||
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| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Alan Dinehart || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1944 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Victor Potel || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1947 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Douglass Dumbrille || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1974 ||
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| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Claude Rains || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1967 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Clifton Webb || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1966 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Ramsay Hill || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, technical advisor || 1976 ||
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References
External links
- List of 1889 films at IMDb
- List of 1889 deaths at IMDb
- List of 1889 births at IMDb