1888 in film explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1888 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

Events

• George Eastman files for a patent for his photographic film.
• Thomas Edison meets with Eadweard Muybridge who proposes a scheme for sound film (February 27, West Orange, New Jersey).
• Étienne-Jules Marey starts work on his chronophotographe camera with 90 mm wide roll paper film.
• Charles-Émile Reynaud patents his Théâtre Optique which uses a kind of perforated film to create an animated show.

Films

• Roundhay Garden Scene, Accordion Player and Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge, filmed by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince in Leeds, United Kingdom, using paper "stripping" film and paper negative film.
• Horse and Rider Jumping Over an Obstacle (Pferd und Reiter Springen über ein Hindernis) and other sequences, shot by Ottomar Anschütz in Germany.

Births

Month	Date	Name	Country	Profession	Died
January	3		US	Director, writer, actor, producer
3		Scotland	Writer
17		Sweden	Actor
February	6		US	Actress
March	4		Italy	Actress
5		US	Writer, director, producer
10		Ireland	Actor
30		Sweden	Actress
April	11		UK	Actor
15		US	Actress
19		US	Actor
27		US	Actress
May	7		US	Actor
17		France	Actress
25		UK	Actor, Writer
July	4		Italy	Actor
16		US	Actor
August	14		US	Actor
17		US	Actor
29		Italy	Actress
September	12		France	Actor, Singer
25		Germany	Actress
26		UK	Actor, writer
October	1		UK	Producer, director, writer
3		UK	Actor
9		US	Actor
18		France	Actor
25		US	Actor, producer
November	3		France	Actor
15		Greece	Actor
18		US	Writer, director, producer, actress
23		US	Actress
23		US	Actor, writer
24		UK	Actress
25		Norway	Actor
26		Uruguay	Composer, Producer, Actor
December	6		UK	Actor, writer, director
18		UK	Actress
22		UK	Producer, writer
27		Germany	Actress, writer, director
27		Denmark	Actor, Playwright
28		Germany	Director, writer, producer

External links

• List of 1888 films at IMDb
• List of 1888 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1888 births at IMDb