1902 in film
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| List of years in film (table) |
|---|
| … 1892 . 1893 . 1894 . 1895 . 1896 . 1897 . 1898 … 1899 1900 1901 -1902- 1903 1904 1905 … 1906 . 1907 . 1908 . 1909 . 1910 . 1911 . 1912 … |
| Related time period or subjects |
| … 1899 . 1900 . 1901 - 1902 - 1903 . 1904 . 1905 … … 1870s . 1880s . 1890s -1900s- 1910s . 1920s . 1930s … … 19th century . 20th century . 21st century … |
| Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Science +... |
| Years in film |
|---|
 |
| 1870s |
| 1880s |
| 1890s |
| 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 |
| 1900s |
| 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 |
| 1910s |
| 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 |
| 1920s |
| 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 |
| 1930s |
| 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 |
| 1940s |
| 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 •1949 |
| 1950s |
| 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 |
| 1960s |
| 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 |
| 1970s |
| 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 |
| 1980s |
| 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 |
| 1990s |
| 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 |
| 2000s |
| 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 |
| 2010s |
| 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 |
The year 1902 in film involved some significant events.
Contents |
[edit] Events
- March 10 - Circuit Court's decision disallows Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on motion picture technology.
- April 2 - Thomas Lincoln Tally opens the Electric Theater, the first permanent movie theater, in Los Angeles [1]. Tally co-founded the First National Exhibitors Circuit in 1917. [2][3]
- Georges Méliès creates the film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune), which in 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.
[edit] Films released in 1902
- Barbe-bleue
- The Coronation of Edward VII
- Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les géants
- A Trip to the Moon
- The Man with the Rubber Head
- Snow White
[edit] Births
| Month | Day | Name | Profession | Year of death |
| January | 31 | Tallulah Bankhead | actress | 1968 |
| March | 28 | Flora Robson | actress | 1984 |
| April | 1 | Mary Miles Minter | actress | 1984 |
| May | 2 | Brian Aherne | actor | 1986 |
| 3 | Walter Slezak | actor | 1983 | |
| 10 | David O. Selznick | producer | 1965 | |
| 10 | Anatole Litvak | director | 1974 | |
| 15 | Anny Ondra | actress | 1987 | |
| 30 | Stepin Fetchit | actor, dancer | 1985 | |
| June | 1 | Walter Plunkett | costume designer | 1982 |
| 22 | Marguerite De La Motte | actress | 1950 | |
| July | 1 | William Wyler | director | 1981 |
| 7 | Vittorio De Sica | actor, director | 1974 | |
| August | 10 | Norma Shearer | actress | 1983 |
| 10 | Curt Siodmak | screenwriter | 2000 | |
| 11 | Lloyd Nolan | actor | 1985 | |
| 22 | Leni Riefenstahl | director | 2003 | |
| September | 5 | Darryl F. Zanuck | producer, screenwriter, director | 1979 |
| 22 | John Houseman | actor | 1988 | |
| October | 5 | Larry Fine | actor, comedian, member of The Three Stooges | 1975 |
| 18 | Miriam Hopkins | actress | 1972 | |
| 28 | Elsa Lanchester | actress | 1986 | |
| December | 9 | Margaret Hamilton | actress | 1985 |
| December | 19 | Ralph Richardson | prolific stage and screen actor | 1983 |
