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The year 1902 in film involved some significant events.
| 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 | ||
Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirising both human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. Swift claimed that he wrote Gulliver's Travels "to vex the world rather than divert it".
A Trip to the Moon is a 1902 French adventure short film directed by Georges Méliès. Inspired by a wide variety of sources, including Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon and its 1870 sequel Around the Moon, the film follows a group of astronomers who travel to the Moon in a cannon-propelled capsule, explore the Moon's surface, escape from an underground group of Selenites, and return to Earth with a captive Selenite. Méliès leads an ensemble cast of French theatrical performers as the main character Professor Barbenfouillis, in the overtly theatrical style for which he became famous.
Prince Charming is a fairy tale stock character who comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress and must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell. This classification suits most heroes of a number of traditional folk tales, including "Snow White", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Cinderella", even if in the original story they were given another name, or no name at all.
The Theatre de la Jeune Lune was a celebrated theater company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company, in operation from 1978 to 2008, was known for its visually rich, highly physical style of theatre, derived from clown, mime, dance and opera. The theatre's reputation also stemmed from their reinvented classics and their productions of highly ambitious original work.
Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants, released in the United States as Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants and in the United Kingdom as Gulliver's Travels—In the land of the Lilliputians and the Giants, is a 1902 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès, based on Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels.
Charlotte Lucie Marie Adèle Stephanie Adrienne Faës, known by her stage name Jeanne d'Alcy or Jehanne d'Alcy, was a French film actress. She is best known as being the mistress and eventual wife of filmmaker and inventor Georges Méliès.
Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz was a pioneering Spanish film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé Frères and has been compared to Georges Méliès, due to his frequent camera tricks and optical illusions. He is regarded as the most significant Spanish silent film director in an international context.
Georges Méliès (1861–1938) was a French filmmaker and magician generally regarded as the first person to recognize the potential of narrative film. He made about 520 films between 1896 and 1912, covering a range of genres including trick films, fantasies, comedies, advertisements, satires, costume dramas, literary adaptations, erotic films, melodramas, and imaginary voyages. His works are often considered as important precursors to modern narrative cinema, though some recent scholars have argued that Méliès's films are better understood as spectacular theatrical creations rooted in the 19th-century féerie tradition.
Tale Spinners for Children was a series of stories and novels adapted for young audiences on vinyl records in the early 1960s. They included a collection of old fairy tales, folklore, literary classics such as Don Quixote and Robinson Crusoe, and time-honored fables, with the title role sometimes played by a renowned theatrical actor or actress. The series gave children an exposure to timeless classic stories.
Le voyage dans la Lune is an 1875 opéra-féerie in four acts and 23 scenes by Jacques Offenbach. Loosely based on the 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, its French libretto was by Albert Vanloo, Eugène Leterrier and Arnold Mortier. This was another prolific year for the composer, that included also the third version of Geneviève de Brabant, Les hannetons, La boulangère a des écus, La créole and a waltz for Tarte à la crême.
The Kingdom of the Fairies, initially released in the United States as Fairyland, or the Kingdom of the Fairies and in Great Britain as The Wonders of the Deep, or Kingdom of the Fairies, is a 1903 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès.
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès was a French illusionist, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema.
Cinderella is an 1899 French film directed by Georges Méliès, based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 219–224 in its catalogues, where it is advertised as a grande féerie extraordinaire en 20 tableaux.
The Coronation of Edward VII, also released as Reproduction, Coronation Ceremonies, King Edward VII and as Coronation of King Edward, is a 1902 short silent film directed by Georges Méliès and produced by Charles Urban. The film is a staged simulation of the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, produced in advance of the actual coronation for release on the same day.
Le voyage dans la lune is the sixth studio album by French electronic music duo Air, released on 6 February 2012 by Virgin Records.
The Astronomer's Dream, or the Man in the Moon is an 1898 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. Based on one of his stage magic acts, and starring Méliès himself, the film presents a varied assortment of images and imaginings dreamed by the astronomer of the title, focusing on themes of astronomy and especially the Moon.
The life and works of the French filmmaker Georges Méliès (1861–1938), including his famous short film A Trip to the Moon, have been referenced many times in creative works, including the following examples.
Éruption volcanique à la Martinique, released in the United States as The Eruption of Mount Pelee and in Britain as The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelée and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique, is a 1902 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. The film is a short reconstruction, using miniature models, of a recent historical event: the eruption on 8 May 1902 of Mount Pelée, which destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre, Martinique.
A Trip to the Moon is a 1902 French silent film by Georges Méliès.
The cultural influence of Gulliver's Travels has spanned centuries.
