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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.
| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
| January | 3 | George B. Seitz | US | Director, writer, actor, producer | 1944 | |
| 3 | James Bridie | Scotland | Writer | 1951 | ||
| 17 | Edvard Persson | Sweden | Actor | 1957 | ||
| February | 6 | Lucile Gleason | US | Actress | 1947 | |
| March | 4 | Rafaela Ottiano | Italy | Actress | 1942 | |
| 5 | Jules Furthman | US | Writer, director, producer | 1966 | ||
| 10 | Barry Fitzgerald | Ireland | Actor | 1961 | ||
| 30 | Anna Q. Nilsson | Sweden | Actress | 1974 | ||
| April | 11 | Donald Calthrop | UK | Actor | 1940 | |
| 15 | Florence Bates | US | Actress | 1954 | ||
| 19 | Pat West | US | Actor | 1944 | ||
| 27 | Florence La Badie | US | Actress | 1917 | ||
| May | 7 | Selmer Jackson | US | Actor | 1971 | |
| 17 | Claude Mérelle | France | Actress | 1976 | ||
| 25 | Miles Malleson | UK | Actor, Writer | 1969 | ||
| July | 4 | Henry Armetta | Italy | Actor | 1945 | |
| 16 | Percy Kilbride | US | Actor | 1964 | ||
| August | 14 | Robert Woolsey | US | Actor | 1938 | |
| 17 | Monty Woolley | US | Actor | 1963 | ||
| 29 | Dina Romano | Italy | Actress | 1957 | ||
| September | 12 | Maurice Chevalier | France | Actor, Singer | 1972 | |
| 25 | Hanna Ralph | Germany | Actress | 1978 | ||
| 26 | Wally Patch | UK | Actor, writer | 1970 | ||
| October | 1 | John E. Blakeley | UK | Producer, director, writer | 1958 | |
| 3 | Claud Allister | UK | Actor | 1970 | ||
| 9 | Hank Patterson | US | Actor | 1975 | ||
| 18 | Paul Vermoyal | France | Actor | 1925 | ||
| 25 | Lester Cuneo | US | Actor, producer | 1925 | ||
| November | 3 | Maurice Vinot | France | Actor | 1916 | |
| 15 | Andreas Malandrinos | Greece | Actor | 1970 | ||
| 18 | Frances Marion | US | Writer, director, producer, actress | 1973 | ||
| 23 | Nana Bryant | US | Actress | 1955 | ||
| 23 | Harpo Marx | US | Actor, writer | 1964 | ||
| 24 | Cathleen Nesbitt | UK | Actress | 1982 | ||
| 25 | Amund Rydland | Norway | Actor | 1967 | ||
| 26 | Francisco Canaro | Uruguay | Composer, Producer, Actor | 1964 | ||
| December | 6 | Will Hay | UK | Actor, writer, director | 1949 | |
| 18 | Gladys Cooper | UK | Actress | 1971 | ||
| 22 | J. Arthur Rank | UK | Producer, writer | 1972 | ||
| 27 | Thea von Harbou | Germany | Actress, writer, director | 1954 | ||
| 27 | Svend Melsing | Denmark | Actor, Playwright | 1946 | ||
| 28 | F. W. Murnau | Germany | Director, writer, producer | 1931 | ||
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To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
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