The year 1902 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__

Events

*March 10 – A Circuit Court decision in the United States ends

Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventi ...

's monopoly on the

35 mm movie film 35 mm film is a film gauge used in filmmaking, and the film standard. In motion pictures that record on film, 35 mm is the most commonly used gauge. The name of the gauge is not a direct measurement, and refers to the nominal width o ...

technology. *April 2 –

Thomas Lincoln Tally Thomas Lincoln Tally (1861 – November 24, 1945) on or near April 16, 1902, opened the Electric Theatre in Los Angeles, the first movie theatre in that city and the first movie theater in California known to have been built from the ground up i ...

opens the Electric Theater, the first permanent movie theater, in Los Angeles. Tally co-founds the First National Exhibitors Circuit in 1917. *August 9 – Georges Méliès' film '' The Coronation of Edward VII'' (a staged simulation with inserted actuality footage) is first shown in London on the evening of the

Coronation A coronation is the act of placement or bestowal of a crown upon a monarch's head. The term also generally refers not only to the physical crowning but to the whole ceremony wherein the act of crowning occurs, along with the presentation of ot ...

itself. *September 1 – Actor/producer Méliès premières the first science fiction film, the silent '' A Trip to the Moon'' (''Le Voyage dans La Lune''), at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris, France; it proves an immediate success. One scene features the animated human face of the moon being struck in the eye by a rocket. * William Wardell invents an 11 mm amateur film format, Vitak.

Notable films released in 1902

Mitchell and Kenyon

* ''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

* ''Fun in a Bakery Shop'' * ''

Jack and the Beanstalk "Jack and the Beanstalk" is an English fairy tale. It appeared as "The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean" in 1734 4th edition On Commons and as Benjamin Tabart's moralized "The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk" in 1807. Henry Co ...

'', based on the 1807 fairy tale by

Benjamin Tabart Benjamin Tabart (1767–1833) was an English publisher and bookseller of the Juvenile Library in New Bond Street, London. Many of the books in his list were written by himself. In an age of strictly moralizing children's literature, he broke groun ...

Ferdinand Zecca

* '' Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs)'', based on the Middle-Eastern folk tale * ''Quo Vadis?'', co-directed by Lucien Nonguet

Georges Méliès

* '' The Coronation of Edward VII (Le Sacre d'Édouard VII)'' * '' Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants)'', based on the 1726 novel by

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dubl ...

* '' The Treasures of Satan (Les Trésors de Satan)'' * '' A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune)'', based on the 1865 novel ''

From the Earth to the Moon ''From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes'' (french: De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes) is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil W ...

'' by Jules Verne * ''

Robinson Crusoe ''Robinson Crusoe'' () is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a tra ...

(Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë)'', based on the 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe

Others

* '' The Little Match Seller'', directed by James Williamson, based on the 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen – ( GB) * '' Ringling Brothers Parade Film'', produced by

William Selig William Nicholas Selig (March 14, 1864 – July 15, 1948) was a pioneer of the American motion picture industry. In 1896 he created one of the first film production companies, Selig Polyscope Company of Chicago. Selig produced a string of c ...

– ( US) * ''

Snow White "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection '' Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as T ...

'', produced by

Siegmund Lubin Siegmund Lubin (born Zygmunt Lubszyński, April 20, 1851 – September 11, 1923) was an American motion picture pioneer who founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (1902–1917) of Philadelphia. Biography Siegmund Lubin was born as Zygmunt Lu ...

, based on the 1812 fairy tale by the

Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm ( or ), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were a brother duo of German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers, and authors who together collected and published folklore. They are among the ...

– ( US) * ''Working Rotary Snow Plows'', produced by Edison Studios – ( US)

Births

Deaths

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

References

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