1902 in film
The year 1902 in film involved some significant events. Events March 10 – A Circuit Court decision in the United States ends Thomas Edison's monopoly on the 35 mm movie film technology. April 2 – Thomas Lincoln Tally 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 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, based on the 1807 fairy tale by Benjamin Tabart 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 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 by Jules Verne Robinson Crusoe (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 – (US) Snow White, produced by Siegmund Lubin, based on the 1812 fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm – (US) Working Rotary Snow Plows, produced by Edison Studios – (US) Births Deaths February 15 – Wilhelmina J. R. Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress (born 1834) References External links List of 1902 films at IMDb List of 1902 deaths at IMDb List of 1902 births at IMDb Film by year