1887 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 1887 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.
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Man Walking Around a Corner, unremastered film, original frames copy by National Science Museum, London c. 1931. (Courtesy NMPFT, Bradford)
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 11 – Maurice Elvey, English director and producer (died 1967)
- 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. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- "Man Walking Around A Corner – 16 individual frames". Flickr. Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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