1902 in film explained

The year 1902 in film involved some significant events.__TOC__

Events

• March 10 – A Circuit Court decision in the United States ends Thomas Edison's monopoly on the 35 mm movie film technology.^[1]
• April 2 – Thomas Lincoln Tally opens the Electric Theater, the first permanent movie theater, in Los Angeles.^[2] Tally co-founds the First National Exhibitors Circuit in 1917.^{[3] [4]}
• 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 mm amateur film format, Vitak.

Notable films released in 1902

Mitchell and Kenyon

• Bradford Coronation Procession
• Burnley v. Manchester United
• Comic Pictures in High Street, West Bromwich
• Dewsbury v. Manningham
• Electric Tram Rides from Forster Square, Bradford
• Employees Leaving Storey's Moor Lane Mill, Lancaster
• The Great Local Derby: Accrington v. Church, Cricket Match
• Leeds Athletic and Cycling Club Carnival
• Lieutenant Clive Wilson and the Tranby Croft Party, Hull
• Living Wigan
• Sheffield United v. Bury
• Street Scenes in Halifax
• Tram Ride into Halifax
• Wexford Bull Ring
• Workers Leaving the Jute Works, Barrow

Edwin S. Porter

• Fun in a Bakery Shop
• Jack and the Beanstalk, based on the 1807 fairy tale by Benjamin Tabart

Ferdinand Zecca

• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs), based on the Middle-Eastern folk tale
• Quo Vadis?, co-directed by Lucien Nonguet

Georges Méliès

• The Coronation of Edward VII (Le Sacre d'Édouard VII)
• Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants), based on the 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift
• The Treasures of Satan (Les Trésors de Satan)
• A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune), based on the 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
• Robinson Crusoe (Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë), based on the 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe

Others

• The Little Match Seller, directed by James Williamson, based on the 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen – (GB)
• Ringling Brothers Parade Film, produced by William Selig – (US)
• Snow White, produced by Siegmund Lubin, based on the 1812 fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm – (US)
• Working Rotary Snow Plows, produced by Edison Studios – (US)

Births

Month	Date	Name	Country	Profession	Died
January	2		US	Actress
11		Philippines	Actress, singer
31		US	Actress
February	3		Indonesia	Poster Designer
8		US	Actor
14		US	Actress
March	8		US	Actress
8		US	Actor
23		US	Actor
27		Scotland	Filmmaker
28		UK	Actress
April	25		US	Actress
May	2		UK	Actor
3		US	Actor
3		Austria	Actor
4		Sweden	Actress
6		Germany	Director
10		US	Producer, screenwriter, Studio Executive
21		Russia	Filmmaker
28		Italy	Director, screenwriter
30		US	Actor, comedian
June	5		US	Costume Designer
22		US	Actress
July	1		Germany	Director, producer
4		US	Actor, dancer, Politician
17		US	Actor
18		Bulgaria	Actor, director
18		US	Actor, singer
August	7		US	Actress
10		Canada	Actress
10		Poland	Screenwriter
11		US	Actor
22		Germany	Director, Photographer, Actress
September	3		US	Actor, comedian
5		US	Producer, Studio Executive
17		US	Actress
22		Romania	Actor, producer
October	5		US	Actor, comedian, Musician
17		US	Actress, Comedienne
18		US	Actress
28		Scotland	Documentary Filmmaker
28		UK	Actress
November	4		Canada	Actor
23		US	Special Effects Supervisor, Cinematographer
December	1		US	Actor
9		US	Actress
14		US	Actress
19		US	Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter
19		UK	Actor

Deaths

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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Continued Legal Battles. Thomas A. Edison Papers. Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences. 2016-10-28. 2019-10-24.
2. http://cinematreasures.org/theater/8855/ Cinema treasures
3. http://www.filmsofthegoldenage.com/foga/1998/winter98/firstnational.shtml Films of the Golden Age.
4. https://www.imdb.com/company/co0051651/ First National filmography.