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1885 in film

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The following is an overview of the events of 1885 in film. In this year american inventors George Eastman and Hannibal Goodwin each invent a sensitized celluloid base roll photographic film to replace the glass plates then in use.

Births

Notable film makers and actors born in 1885:

  • January 1 - Béla Balogh, Hungarian film director (d. 1945)
  • January 6 - Florence Turner, American actor (d. 1946)
  • January 11 - Jack Hoxie, American actor (d. 1965)
  • January 28 - Julia Cæsar, Swedish actress (d. 1971)
  • February 21 - Sacha Guitry, French actor, director, screenwriter and playwright (d. 1957)
  • March 1 - Lionel Atwill, British actor (d. 1946)
  • April 1 - Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
  • April 3 - Allan Dwan, Canadian-born director and screenwriter (d. 1981)
  • May 2 - Hedda Hopper, American actress and columnist (d. 1966)
  • May 7 - George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)
  • May 8 - Charles Dullin, French actor, director, theater manager (d. 1949)
  • May 21 - Oscar A.C. Lund. Swedish actor, screenwriter and director (d. 1963)
  • June 26 - Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (d. 1950)
  • July 21 - Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, screenwriter and director (d. 1948)
  • July 29 - Theda Bara, American actress (d. 1955)
  • July 31 - Luigi Serventi, Italian actor (d. 1976)
  • September 22 - Erich von Stroheim, Austrian actor, filmmaker (d. 1957)
  • October 10 - Jean Peyrière, French actor (d. 1965)
  • October 18 - Amleto Novelli, Italian actor (d. 1924)
  • November 14 – Louise Huff, American actress (d. 1973)
  • November 27 - Daniel Mendaille, French actor (d. 1963)
  • December 11 - Carlo Wieth, Danish actor (d. 1943)

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