Editing 1902 in film

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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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Continued Legal Battles|url=http://edison.rutgers.edu/mopix/legal.htm|work=Thomas A. Edison Papers|publisher=Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences|date=2016-10-28|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref>
*April 2 – [[Thomas Lincoln Tally]] opens the Electric Theater, the first permanent movie theater, in Los Angeles.<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theater/8855/ Cinema treasures]</ref> Tally co-founds the [[First National Pictures|First National Exhibitors Circuit]] in 1917.<ref>[http://www.filmsofthegoldenage.com/foga/1998/winter98/firstnational.shtml Films of the Golden Age.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041216204706/http://www.filmsofthegoldenage.com/foga/1998/winter98/firstnational.shtml|date=2004-12-16 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/company/co0051651/ First National filmography.]</ref>
*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 of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra|Coronation]] itself.
*September 1 – actor/producer Méliès premières the first [[science fiction film]], the [[Silent film|silent]] ''[[A Trip to the Moon]]'' (''Le Voyage dans La Lune''), at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris, France; it proves an immediate success.<ref>{{citation|last=Hammond|first=Paul|title=Marvellous Méliès|year=1974|publisher=Gordon Fraser|location=London|isbn=0-900406-38-0|page=141}}</ref> 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 released in 1902==

===A===
* ''[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1902 film)|Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]] (Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs)'', directed by [[Ferdinand Zecca]], based on the Middle-Eastern [[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves|folk tale]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===B===
* ''Bradford Coronation Procession'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Burnley v. Manchester United'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===C===
* ''Comic Pictures in High Street, West Bromwich'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[The Coronation of Edward VII]] (Le Sacre d'Édouard VII)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===D===
* ''Dewsbury v. Manningham'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===E===
* ''Electric Tram Rides from Forster Square, Bradford'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Employees Leaving Storey's Moor Lane Mill, Lancaster'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===F===
* ''Fun in a Bakery Shop'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] – ([[List of American films of 1902|US]])

===G===
* ''The Great Local Derby:  Accrington v. Church, Cricket Match'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[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 [[Gulliver's Travels|1726 novel]] by [[Jonathan Swift]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===J===
* ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk (1902 film)|Jack and the Beanstalk]]'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]], based on the [[Jack and the Beanstalk|1807 fairy tale]] by [[Benjamin Tabart]] – ([[List of American films of 1902|US]])

===L===
[[File:LivingWigan.jpg|thumb|200px|Screenshot from the film ''Living Wigan''.]]
* ''Leeds Athletic and Cycling Club Carnival'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Lieutenant Clive Wilson and the Tranby Croft Party, Hull'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[The Little Match Seller]]'', directed by [[James Williamson (film pioneer)|James Williamson]], based on the 1845 fairy tale ''[[The Little Match Girl]]'' by [[Hans Christian Andersen]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Living Wigan]]'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===Q===
* ''Quo Vadis?'', directed by [[Ferdinand Zecca]] and Lucien Nonguet – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===R===
* ''[[Ringling Brothers Parade Film]]'', produced by [[William Selig]] – ([[List of American films of 1902|US]])
* ''[[Robinson Crusoe (1902 film)|Robinson Crusoe]] (Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]], based on the [[Robinson Crusoe|1719 novel]] by [[Daniel Defoe]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===S===
* ''Sheffield United v. Bury'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Snow White (1902 film)|Snow White]]'', produced by [[Siegmund Lubin]], based on the [[Snow White|1812 fairy tale]] by the [[Brothers Grimm]] – ([[List of American films of 1902|US]])
* ''Street Scenes in Halifax'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

[[File:Le Voyage dans la lune.jpg|thumb|200px|Man in the Moon scene.]]

===T===
* ''Tram Ride into Halifax'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[The Treasures of Satan]] (Les Trésors de Satan)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[Le Voyage dans la Lune|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]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===W===
* ''Wexford Bull Ring'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Workers Leaving the Jute Works, Barrow'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''Working Rotary Snow Plows'', produced by [[Edison Studios]] – ([[List of American films of 1902|US]])

==Births==
[[File:Thelma Ritter - 1955.jpg|thumb|200px|Thelma Ritter.]]
[[File:Larrydisorder.jpg|thumb|200px|Larry Fine.]]
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0"
|-  style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"
| '''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 in film|1984]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || [[Atang de la Rama]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Philippines || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer || [[1991 in film|1991]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || [[Tallulah Bankhead]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1968 in film|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 in film|1980]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || [[Lyle Talbot]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1996 in film|1996]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || [[Thelma Ritter]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1969 in film|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 in film|1962]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || [[Onslow Stevens]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1977 in film|1977]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || [[Philip Ober]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1982 in film|1982]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || [[Kenneth Macpherson]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Scotland || style="text-align:center;"| Filmmaker || [[1971 in film|1971]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || [[Flora Robson]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1984 in film|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 in film|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 in film|1986]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || [[Jack La Rue]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1984 in film|1984]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || [[Walter Slezak]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1983 in film|1983]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || [[Mona Mårtenson]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1956 in film|1956]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || [[Max Ophüls]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director || [[1957 in film|1957]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || [[David O. Selznick]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, screenwriter, Studio Executive || [[1965 in film|1965]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || [[Anatole Litvak]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Russia || style="text-align:center;"| Filmmaker || [[1974 in film|1974]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || [[Luis César Amadori]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, screenwriter || [[1977 in film|1977]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || [[Stepin Fetchit]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, comedian || [[1985 in film|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 in film|1982]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || [[Marguerite De La Motte]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1950 in film|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 in film|1981]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || [[George Murphy]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, dancer, Politician || [[1992 in film|1992]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[Edward Gargan]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1964 in film|1964]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || [[Dimitar Panov]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Bulgaria || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, director || [[1985 in film|1985]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || [[Chill Wills]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, singer || [[1978 in film|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 in film|1981]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || [[Norma Shearer]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1983 in film|1983]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || [[Curt Siodmak]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || [[2000 in film|2000]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || [[Lloyd Nolan]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1985 in film|1985]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || [[Leni Riefenstahl]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Photographer, Actress || [[2003 in film|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 in film|1973]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[Darryl F. Zanuck]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Studio Executive || [[1979 in film|1979]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[Esther Ralston]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1994 in film|1994]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || [[John Houseman]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Romania || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, producer || [[1988 in film|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 in film|1975]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[Irene Ryan]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Comedienne || [[1973 in film|1973]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || [[Miriam Hopkins]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1972 in film|1972]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || [[Jenny Gilbertson]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Scotland || style="text-align:center;"| Documentary Filmmaker || [[1990 in film|1990]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || [[Elsa Lanchester]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1986 in film|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 in film|1982]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || [[John P. Fulton]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Special Effects Supervisor, Cinematographer || [[1966 in film|1966]] ||
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''December'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Harold Goodwin (American actor)|Harold Goodwin]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1987 in film|1987]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || [[Margaret Hamilton (actress)|Margaret Hamilton]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1985 in film|1985]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || [[Frances Bavier]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1989 in film|1989]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || [[Barton MacLane]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter || [[1969 in film|1969]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || [[Ralph Richardson]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1983 in film|1983]] ||
|-
|}

==Deaths==
*[[February 15]] – Wilhelmina J. R. Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress (born 1834)
==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1902-01-01,1902-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1902 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1902-01-01,1902-12-31&adult=include List of 1902 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1902-01-01,1902-12-31&adult=include List of 1902 births] at [[IMDb]]

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