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1899 in film

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The following is an overview of the events of 1899 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

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Events

  • T. C. Hepworth invents Biokam, a 17.5 mm format which also is the first format to have a center perforation.
  • John Alfred Prestwich invents a 13 mm amateur format.
  • Jeanne d'Arc becomes the first film of considerable length (10 mins) to be shown entirely in colour.
  • King John (a very short silent) becomes the first known film based on a Shakespeare play.
  • November - The oldest surviving Japanese film, Momijigari, is shot by Tsunekichi Shibata in Tokyo as a record of kabuki actors Onoe Kikugorō V and Ichikawa Danjūrō IX performing a scene from the play Momijigari.

    • Films released in 1899

  • The Biter Bit, produced by Bamforth & Co Ltd
  • Cinderella, directed by Georges Méliès
  • Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene, produced by Edison Studios
  • The Devil in a Convent, directed by Georges Méliès
  • The Dreyfus Affair, a series of docudramas directed by Georges Méliès
  • How Would You Like to Be the Ice Man?
  • The Jeffries-Sharkey Fight, a documentary that is in all likelihood lost; running over two hours, this is one of the oldest feature films.
  • King John, directed by William K. L. Dickson and Walter Pfeffer Dando; may be the first film adaptation of a William Shakespeare play.
  • The Kiss in the Tunnel, directed by George Albert Smith; has been cited as cinema's first example of narrative editing.
  • Major Wilson's Last Stand
  • Robbing Cleopatra's Tomb, directed by Georges Méliès; most likely a lost film

    • Notable Births

  • January 6 – Phyllis Haver, American actress (died 1960)
  • January 30 - Martita Hunt, English actress, 1969
  • February 6 - Ramon Novarro, Mexican actor (died 1968)
  • February 15 - Gale Sondergaard, American actress (died 1985)
  • February 21 - Sigrid Holmquist, Swedish actress (died 1970)
  • February 22 - George O'Hara, American actor, screenwriter (died 1966)
  • March 14 - Ada Kramm, Norwegian actress (died 1981)
  • March 23 - Dora Gerson, German actress (died 1943)
  • March 27 - Gloria Swanson, American actress (died 1983)
  • May 10 - Fred Astaire, American actor/dancer (died 1987)
  • June 15 - Einar Hanson, Swedish actor (died 1927)
  • June 30 - Madge Bellamy, American actress (died 1990)
  • July 1 - Charles Laughton, British-American actor (died 1962)
  • July 7 - George Cukor, American director (died 1983)
  • July 14 - Martha Mansfield, American actress (died 1923)
  • July 17 - James Cagney, American actor (died 1986)
  • August 13 - Alfred Hitchcock, British director (died 1980)
  • August 19 - Colleen Moore, American actress (died 1988)
  • August 28 - Charles Boyer, French actor (died 1978)
  • November 11 - Pat O'Brien, American actor (died 1983)
  • November 17 - Douglas Shearer, Canadian-born American pioneer motion-picture sound engineer (died 1971)
  • December 16 - Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music (died 1973)
  • December 25 - Humphrey Bogart, American Actor, (died 1957)

    • References

    1899 in film Wikipedia
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