1899 in film
Appearance
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The following is an overview of the events of1899 in film,including a list of films released and notable births.
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Events
[edit]- September
- King John,asilentcompilation of three short scenes from a forthcoming stage production byHerbert Beerbohm Treewith film direction byWilliam Kennedy DicksonandWalter Pfeffer Dando,is filmed in London, the first known film based on aShakespeareplay.
- Mitchell and KenyonofBlackburnin the north of England release three fiction films under the 'Norden' brand which attract national attention –The Tramp's Surprise,The Tramps and the ArtistandKidnapping by Indians,the latter being the firstWestern.
- November – The oldest survivingJapanesefilm,Momijigari,is shot byTsunekichi ShibatainTokyoas a record ofkabukiactorsOnoe Kikugorō VandIchikawa Danjūrō IXperforming a scene from the playMomijigari.
- T. C. Hepworth invents Biokam,[1]a 17.5 mm format which also is the first format to have a center perforation.
- John Alfred Prestwichinvents a 13 mm amateur format.[2]
Films released in 1899
[edit]- Beauty and the Beast,produced for Pathe (French)[3]
- The Biter Bit,produced byBamforth & Co Ltd
- Cagliostro's Mirror,directed by George Melies
- Cinderella(Cendrillon),directed byGeorges Méliès
- Cleopatra,directed by George Melies, later re-released asCleopatra's Tomb[4]
- Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene,produced byEdison Studios
- The Demon Barber,produced by American Mutoscope
- The Devil in a Convent,directed byGeorges Méliès,later re-released asThe Sign of the Cross
- The Dreyfus Affair,a series ofdocudramasdirected by Georges Méliès
- The Haunted House,directed by Siegmund Lubin
- How Would You Like to Be the Ice Man?
- TheJeffries-SharkeyFight,a documentary that is in all likelihoodlost;running over two hours, this is one of the oldest feature films
- Kidnapping by Indians
- King John
- The Kiss in the Tunnel,directed byGeorge Albert Smith;has been cited as cinema's first example of narrative editing
- Major Wilson's Last Stand
- A Midnight Episode,directed by George Melies, akaA Good Bed
- The Miser's Doom(British), directed by Walter R. Booth
- A Mysterious Portrait,directed by Georges Méliès
- The Pillar of Fire(akaThe Column of Fire), directed by George Melies, adapting a scene from the novel "She"byH. Rider Haggard[5]
- Raising Spirits,directed by George Melies
Births
[edit]Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
January | 6 | Phyllis Haver | US | Actress | 1960 | |
30 | Martita Hunt | UK | Actress | 1969 | ||
February | 6 | Ramon Novarro | Mexico | Actor | 1968 | |
15 | Gale Sondergaard | US | Actress | 1985 | ||
21 | Sigrid Holmquist | Sweden | Actress | 1970 | ||
22 | George O'Hara | US | Actor, Screenwriter | 1966 | ||
March | 6 | Jay C. Flippen | US | Actor | 1971 | |
14 | Ada Kramm | Norway | Actress | 1981 | ||
23 | Dora Gerson | Germany | Actress | 1943 | ||
27 | Gloria Swanson | US | Actress | 1983 | ||
April | 19 | George O'Brien | US | Actor | 1985 | |
26 | Guinn "Big Boy" Williams | US | Actor | 1962 | ||
May | 10 | Fred Astaire | US | Actor, Dancer | 1987 | |
June | 4 | Lane Chandler | US | Actor | 1972 | |
15 | Einar Hanson | Sweden | Actor | 1927 | ||
30 | Madge Bellamy | US | Actress | 1990 | ||
July | 1 | Charles Laughton | UK | Actor | 1962 | |
7 | George Cukor | US | Director | 1983 | ||
14 | Martha Mansfield | US | Actress | 1923 | ||
17 | James Cagney | US | Actor | 1986 | ||
August | 9 | Paul Kelly | US | Actor | 1956 | |
13 | Alfred Hitchcock | UK | Director | 1980 | ||
16 | Glenn Strange | US | Actor | 1973 | ||
19 | Colleen Moore | US | Actress | 1988 | ||
28 | Charles Boyer | France | Actor | 1978 | ||
September | 1 | Richard Arlen | US | Actor | 1976 | |
9 | Neil Hamilton | US | Actor | 1984 | ||
November | 6 | Francis Lederer | Austria-Hungary | Actor | 2000 | |
11 | Pat O'Brien | US | Actor | 1983 | ||
17 | Douglas Shearer | Canada | Sound Engineer | 1971 | ||
21 | Jobyna Ralston | US | Actress | 1967 | ||
December | 8 | John Qualen | Canada | Actor | 1987 | |
16 | Noël Coward | UK | Actor, Playwright, Composer | 1973 | ||
25 | Humphrey Bogart | US | Actor | 1957 |
External links
[edit]- 1899 in filmplaylist onYouTube
- List of 1899 filmsatIMDb
- List of 1899 deathsatIMDb
- List of 1899 birthsatIMDb
References
[edit]- ^Abel, Richard (2010).Encyclopedia of Early Cinema.London and New York: Routledge. p. 26.ISBN978-0415778565.
- ^Herbert, Stephen."John Alfred Prestwich".Who's Who of Victorian Cinema.Retrieved2013-02-24.
- ^Haase, Donald (2008).The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: A-F.Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 386.ISBN978-0-313-33442-9.
- ^Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc.ISBN0-7864-0036-6.Page 12.
- ^Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press.ISBN978-1936168-68-2.