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The year 1902 in film involved some significant events.

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Events

  • March 10 – A Circuit Court decision in the United States ends Thomas Edison's monopoly on the 35 mm movie film technology.
  • April 2 – Thomas Lincoln Tally opens the Electric Theater, the first permanent movie theater, in Los Angeles. Tally co-founds the First National Exhibitors Circuit in 1917.
  • August 9 – Georges Méliès' film The Coronation of Edward VII (a staged simulation with inserted actuality footage) is first shown in London on the evening of the Coronation itself.
  • September 1 – actor/producer Méliès premières the first science fiction film, the silent A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans La Lune), at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris, France; it proves an immediate success. One scene features the animated human face of the Moon being struck in the eye by a rocket.
  • William Wardell invents an 11&nbsp;mm amateur film format, Vitak.

Notable films

A

  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs), directed by Ferdinand Zecca, based on the Middle-Eastern folk tale – (France)

B

  • Bradford Coronation Procession, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
  • Burnley v. Manchester United, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)

C

  • Comic Pictures in High Street, West Bromwich, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
  • The Coronation of Edward VII (Le Sacre d'Édouard VII), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)

D

  • Dewsbury v. Manningham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)

E

  • Electric Tram Rides from Forster Square, Bradford, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
  • Employees Leaving Storey's Moor Lane Mill, Lancaster, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)

F

  • Fun in a Bakery Shop, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US)

G

  • The Great Local Derby: Accrington v. Church, Cricket Match, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
  • Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift – (France)

J

  • Jack and the Beanstalk, directed by Edwin S. Porter, based on the 1807 fairy tale by Benjamin Tabart – (US)

L

thumb|200px|Screenshot from the film Living Wigan.

  • Leeds Athletic and Cycling Club Carnival, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
  • Lieutenant Clive Wilson and the Tranby Croft Party, Hull, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
  • The Little Match Seller, directed by James Williamson, based on the 1845 fairy tale The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen – (UK)
  • Le prince de Galles, a documentary short film about Edward, Prince of Wales directed by Louis Lumière – (France)
  • Living Wigan, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)

Q

  • Quo Vadis?, directed by Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet – (France)

R

  • Ringling Brothers Parade Film, produced by William Selig – (US)
  • Robinson Crusoe (Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe – (France)

S

  • Sheffield United v. Bury, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
  • Snow White, produced by Siegmund Lubin, based on the 1812 fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm – (US)
  • Street Scenes in Halifax, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)

thumb|200px|Man in the Moon scene.

T

  • Tram Ride into Halifax, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
  • The Treasures of Satan (Les Trésors de Satan), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
  • A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne – (France)

W

  • Wexford Bull Ring, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
  • Workers Leaving the Jute Works, Barrow, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
  • Working Rotary Snow Plows, produced by Edison Studios – (US)

Births

thumb|200px|Thelma Ritter.

thumb|200px|Larry Fine.

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| Month || Date || Name ||Country || Profession ||Died ||

|- valign="top"

| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Sybil Seely || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1984 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Atang de la Rama || style="text-align:center;"| Philippines || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer || 1991 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || Tallulah Bankhead || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1968 ||

|-

| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Dolly Rudeman || style="text-align:center;"| Indonesia || style="text-align:center;"| Poster Designer || 1980 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Lyle Talbot || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1996 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Thelma Ritter || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1969 ||

|-

| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Louise Beavers || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1962 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Onslow Stevens || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1977 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Philip Ober || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1982 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Kenneth Macpherson || style="text-align:center;"| Scotland || style="text-align:center;"| Filmmaker || 1971 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Flora Robson || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1984 ||

|-

| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Mary Miles Minter || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1984 ||

|-

| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Brian Aherne || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1986 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Jack La Rue || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1984 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Walter Slezak || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1983 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Mona Mårtenson || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1956 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Max Ophüls || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director || 1957 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || David O. Selznick || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, screenwriter, Studio Executive || 1965 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Anatole Litvak || style="text-align:center;"| Russia || style="text-align:center;"| Filmmaker || 1974 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Luis César Amadori || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, screenwriter || 1977 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Stepin Fetchit || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, comedian || 1985 ||

|-

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Walter Plunkett || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer || 1982 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Marguerite De La Motte || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1950 ||

|-

| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || William Wyler || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director, producer || 1981 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || George Murphy || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, dancer, Politician || 1992 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Edward Gargan || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1964 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Dimitar Panov || style="text-align:center;"| Bulgaria || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, director || 1985 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Chill Wills || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, singer || 1978 ||

|-

| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Ann Harding || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1981 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Norma Shearer || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1983 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Curt Siodmak || style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || 2000 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Lloyd Nolan || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1985 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Leni Riefenstahl || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Photographer, Actress || 2003 ||

|-

| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Mantan Moreland || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, comedian || 1973 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Darryl F. Zanuck || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Studio Executive || 1979 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Esther Ralston || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1994 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || John Houseman || style="text-align:center;"| Romania || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, producer || 1988 ||

|-

| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Larry Fine || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, comedian, Musician || 1975 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Irene Ryan || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Comedienne || 1973 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Miriam Hopkins || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1972 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Jenny Gilbertson || style="text-align:center;"| Scotland || style="text-align:center;"| Documentary Filmmaker || 1990 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Elsa Lanchester || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1986 ||

|-

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Victor Jory || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1982 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || John P. Fulton || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Special Effects Supervisor, Cinematographer || 1966 ||

|-

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Harold Goodwin || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1987 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Emeric Pressburger || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Film director || 1988 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Margaret Hamilton || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1985 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Frances Bavier || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1989 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Barton MacLane || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter || 1969 ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Ralph Richardson || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1983 ||

|-

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Deaths

  • February 15 – Wilhelmina J. R. Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress (born 1834)

References

  • List of 1902 films at IMDb
  • List of 1902 deaths at IMDb
  • List of 1902 births at IMDb