1887 in film

Man Walking Around a Corner, unremastered film, original frames copy by National Science Museum, London c. 1931. (Courtesy NMPFT, Bradford)

The following is an overview of the events of 1887 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

Events

• Hannibal Goodwin files for a patent for his photographic film.
• Louis Le Prince's 16-lens camera (LPCC Type-16) is made in the United States and the film Man Walking Around a Corner is filmed using it this year.
• August - Harvey Henderson Wilcox registers his 120-acre ranch with the Los Angeles County Recorder's office, calling the area it is based in, Hollywood, which would later become the home of the U.S. film industry.

Films

• Man Walking Around a Corner, directed by Louis Le Prince. The oldest known film.

Births

• January 11 – Monte Blue, American actor (died 1963)
• January 13 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (died 1946)
• January 13 - Sophie Tucker, American singer (died 1966)
• January 21 – André Andrejew, Russian-born French set designer (died 1967)
• February 16 – Kathleen Clifford, American actress (died 1962)
• March 21 – Frank Urson, American film director and cinematographer (died 1928)
• March 24 – Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor and comedian (died 1933)
• April 9 – Konrad Tom, Polish actor, screenwriter, director and singer (died 1957)
• April 12 – Harold Lockwood, American actor (died 1918)
• April 23 – Jenő Törzs, Hungarian actor (died 1946)
• May 1 – Kurt Vespermann, German actor (died 1957)
• May 18 – Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (died 1946)
• May 21 – Mabel Taliaferro, American actress (died 1979)
• May 30 – Paulette Noizeux, French actress (died 1971)
• June 1 – Clive Brook, British actor (died 1974)
• June 16 – Aage Bendixen, Danish actor (died 1973)
• July 17 – Jack Conway, American film director and producer (died 1952)
• August 1 – Anthony Coldeway, American screenwriter (died 1963)
• August 5 – Reginald Owen, British actor (died 1972)
• August 10 – Sam Warner, American film mogul (died 1927)
• August 14 – Marija Leiko, Latvian film actress (died 1937)
• September 5 – Irene Fenwick, American actress (died 1936)
• September 26 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-born American actor (died 1967)
• September 30 – Lil Dagover, German actress (died 1980)
• October 5 – Manny Ziener, German actress (died 1972)
• November 9 – Gertrude Astor, American actress (died 1977)
• November 23 – Boris Karloff, English actor (died 1969)
• November 30 – Gyula Szőreghy, Hungarian actor (died 1943)
• December 9 – Tim Moore, American actor (died 1958)
• December 23 – John Cromwell, American actor, producer and director (died 1979)

External links

• Man Walking Around A Corner – amateur remastering of all 16 frames on YouTube
• "Man Walking Around A Corner – 16 individual frames". Flickr. Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2009-06-04.