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thumb|Ten remaining frames of London's Trafalgar Square by Wordsworth Donisthorpe
thumb|175px|Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, 28 August 1841.
The following is an overview of the events of 1890 in film, including a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
Events
- The first moving pictures were developed on celluloid film by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, in Hyde Park, London in 1889. The process was patented in 1890.
- William K. L. Dickson completes his work for Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1889. Monkeyshines No. 1 becomes the first film shot on the system.
Films
- London's Trafalgar Square, directed by William Carr Croft and Wordsworth Donisthorpe.
- Monkeyshines, No. 1 – contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890, Monkeyshines, No. 2 and Monkeyshines, No. 3, directed by William K. L. Dickson.
- Mosquinha, directed by Étienne-Jules Marey.
- Traffic in King's Road, Chelsea, directed by William Friese-Greene.
Births
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| Month || Date || Name ||Country || Profession ||Died ||
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| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Pina Menichelli || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1984 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Bruno Kastner || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1932 ||
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| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Sol Lesser || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || 1980 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Edward Arnold || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1956 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Adolphe Menjou || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1963 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Marjorie Main || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1975 ||
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Edmund Lowe || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1971 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Ted Adams || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1973 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Fania Marinoff || style="text-align:center;| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1971
|-
| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Edgar Kennedy || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1948 ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || George Archainbaud || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director || 1959 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Herbert Marshall || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1966 ||
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Frank Morgan || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1949 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || William A. Seiter || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || 1964 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || May Allison || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1989 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Stan Laurel || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1965 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Gideon Wahlberg || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, screenwriter, director || 1948 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Charlotte Greenwood || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, dancer || 1977 ||
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Marin Sais || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1971 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Cecil Kellaway || style="text-align:center;"| South Africa || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1973 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Man Ray || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Photographer, Director || 1976 ||
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| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Gunnar Sommerfeldt || style="text-align:center;"| Denmark || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, director || 1947 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Naima Wifstrand || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actress, Composer, Director || 1968 ||
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Alice Joyce || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1955 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Stanley Holloway || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1982 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Groucho Marx || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Comedian, Actor || 1977 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Henry Hull || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1977 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Jack Rockwell || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1947 ||
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| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November
| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Robert Armstrong || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1973 ||
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Deaths
- c. 16 September – Louis Le Prince, French film pioneer, director of Roundhay Garden Scene (born 1842)
Notes
External links
- List of 1890 films at IMDb
- List of 1890 deaths at IMDb
- List of 1890 births at IMDb
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