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The following is an overview of the events of 1888 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

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Events

Films

Roundhay Garden Scene , believed to be the world's earliest surviving motion-picture film

Births

MonthDateNameCountryProfessionDied
January3 George B. Seitz USDirector, writer, actor, producer 1944
3 James Bridie ScotlandWriter 1951
17 Edvard Persson SwedenActor 1957
February6 Lucile Gleason USActress 1947
March4 Rafaela Ottiano ItalyActress 1942
5 Jules Furthman USWriter, director, producer 1966
10 Barry Fitzgerald IrelandActor 1961
30 Anna Q. Nilsson SwedenActress 1974
April11 Donald Calthrop UKActor 1940
15 Florence Bates USActress 1954
19 Pat West USActor 1944
27 Florence La Badie USActress 1917
May7 Selmer Jackson USActor 1971
17 Claude Mérelle FranceActress 1976
25 Miles Malleson UKActor, Writer 1969
July4 Henry Armetta ItalyActor 1945
16 Percy Kilbride USActor 1964
August14 Robert Woolsey USActor 1938
17 Monty Woolley USActor 1963
29 Dina Romano ItalyActress 1957
September12 Maurice Chevalier FranceActor, Singer 1972
25 Hanna Ralph GermanyActress 1978
26 Wally Patch UKActor, writer 1970
October1 John E. Blakeley UKProducer, director, writer 1958
3 Claud Allister UKActor 1970
9 Hank Patterson USActor 1975
18 Paul Vermoyal FranceActor 1925
25 Lester Cuneo USActor, producer 1925
November3 Maurice Vinot FranceActor 1916
15 Andreas Malandrinos GreeceActor 1970
18 Frances Marion USWriter, director, producer, actress 1973
23 Nana Bryant USActress 1955
23 Harpo Marx USActor, writer 1964
24 Cathleen Nesbitt UKActress 1982
25 Amund Rydland NorwayActor 1967
26 Francisco Canaro UruguayComposer, Producer, Actor 1964
December6 Will Hay UKActor, writer, director 1949
18 Gladys Cooper UKActress 1971
22 J. Arthur Rank UKProducer, writer 1972
27 Thea von Harbou GermanyActress, writer, director 1954
27 Svend Melsing DenmarkActor, Playwright 1946
28 F. W. Murnau GermanyDirector, writer, producer 1931

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References

  1. 1886 Ottomar Anschütz - "Elektrischer Schnellseher", archived from the original on 2021-12-22, retrieved 2019-11-04

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