The year 1902 in film involved some significant events.

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Events

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Notable films released in 1902

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Mitchell and Kenyon

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Screenshot from the film Living Wigan.
  • 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

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Ferdinand Zecca

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Georges Méliès

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Man in the Moon scene.

Others

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Births

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Thelma Ritter.
 
Larry Fine.
Month Date Name Country Profession Died
January 2 Sybil Seely US Actress 1984
11 Atang de la Rama Philippines Actress, singer 1991
31 Tallulah Bankhead US Actress 1968
February 3 Dolly Rudeman Indonesia Poster Designer 1980
8 Lyle Talbot US Actor 1996
14 Thelma Ritter US Actress 1969
March 8 Louise Beavers US Actress 1962
8 Onslow Stevens US Actor 1977
23 Philip Ober US Actor 1982
27 Kenneth Macpherson Scotland Filmmaker 1971
28 Flora Robson UK Actress 1984
April 25 Mary Miles Minter US Actress 1984
May 2 Brian Aherne UK Actor 1986
3 Jack La Rue US Actor 1984
3 Walter Slezak Austria Actor 1983
4 Mona Mårtenson Sweden Actress 1956
6 Max Ophüls Germany Director 1957
10 David O. Selznick US Producer, screenwriter, Studio Executive 1965
21 Anatole Litvak Russia Filmmaker 1974
28 Luis César Amadori Italy Director, screenwriter 1977
30 Stepin Fetchit US Actor, comedian 1985
June 5 Walter Plunkett US Costume Designer 1982
22 Marguerite De La Motte US Actress 1950
July 1 William Wyler Germany Director, producer 1981
4 George Murphy US Actor, dancer, Politician 1992
17 Edward Gargan US Actor 1964
18 Dimitar Panov Bulgaria Actor, director 1985
18 Chill Wills US Actor, singer 1978
August 7 Ann Harding US Actress 1981
10 Norma Shearer Canada Actress 1983
10 Curt Siodmak Poland Screenwriter 2000
11 Lloyd Nolan US Actor 1985
22 Leni Riefenstahl Germany Director, Photographer, Actress 2003
September 3 Mantan Moreland US Actor, comedian 1973
5 Darryl F. Zanuck US Producer, Studio Executive 1979
17 Esther Ralston US Actress 1994
22 John Houseman Romania Actor, producer 1988
October 5 Larry Fine US Actor, comedian, Musician 1975
17 Irene Ryan US Actress, Comedienne 1973
18 Miriam Hopkins US Actress 1972
28 Jenny Gilbertson Scotland Documentary Filmmaker 1990
28 Elsa Lanchester UK Actress 1986
November 4 Victor Jory Canada Actor 1982
23 John P. Fulton US Special Effects Supervisor, Cinematographer 1966
December 1 Harold Goodwin US Actor 1987
9 Margaret Hamilton US Actress 1985
14 Frances Bavier US Actress 1989
19 Barton MacLane US Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter 1969
19 Ralph Richardson UK Actor 1983

Deaths

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

References

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  1. ^ "Continued Legal Battles". Thomas A. Edison Papers. Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences. 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  2. ^ Cinema treasures
  3. ^ Films of the Golden Age. Archived 2004-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ First National filmography.
  5. ^ Hammond, Paul (1974), Marvellous Méliès, London: Gordon Fraser, p. 141, ISBN 0-900406-38-0
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