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1898 in film
Overview of the events of 1898 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 1898 in film, including a list of films released and notable births. The Spanish–American War was a popular subject. Several films made by Col. William N. Selig dealt with the subject of war preparations at Camp Tanner in Springfield, Illinois, including Soldiers at Play, Wash Day in Camp and First Regiment Marching.[1]
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- May 19 – Vitagraph is founded in New York.[citation needed]
- August 27 – Alfred John West gives a Royal Command Performance to Queen Victoria of film from the cruise of HMS Crescent at Osborne House.
- Birt Acres invents the first amateur format, Birtac, by splitting 35 mm film into two halves of 17.5 mm.
- The Accursed Cavern, directed by George Melies [2]
- The Astronomer's Dream, directed by Georges Méliès; re-released in 1899 as A Trip to the Moon[3]
- The Ball Game
- The Cavalier's Dream, directed by Edwin S. Porter
- The Cave of the Demons, directed by George Melies
- Come Along, Do!, directed by Robert W. Paul. First multi-scene film in cinema [In this film 2 scenes are edited together for the first time in cinema]
- Corbett and Sharkey Fight
- The Corsican Brothers, produced by G.A.S. Films (British)[4]
- The Damnation of Faust, directed by George Melies
- Dewar's It's Scotch, the first advertising movie, produced by the Edison Studios
- Don Juan Tenorio, the first Mexican film with a plot, directed by Salvador Toscano
- Eiffel Tower, directed by Louis Lumière. First (sort of) crane shot in cinema [It was taken from the ascending elevator in the Eiffel Tower]
- Ella Lola, a la Trilby, produced by the Edison Co.[5]
- Faust and Mephistopheles, directed by George Albert Smith
- The Four Troublesome Heads, directed by Georges Méliès
- The Humpty Dumpty Circus, directed by J. Stuart Blackton
- Jizo the Spook, Japanese (aka Bake Jizo)
- The Magician, directed by Georges Méliès
- The Mesmerist, directed by George Albert Smith. [6]
- The Miller and the Sweep, directed by George Albert Smith
- The Nearsighted School Teacher
- A Novice at X-Rays, directed by George Melies
- Pack Train On Chilkoot Pass, film shows landscape in Chilkoot Pass, Alaska or British Columbia
- Panorama de Manila (Manila landscape), one of the earliest Philippine films shot and produced by a Spanish soldier, Antonio Ramos showing some Manila sceneries.
- Photographing a Ghost, directed by George Albert Smith
- Santa Claus, directed by George Albert Smith. May include the first example of parallel action in a motion picture
- Shinen no sosei (aka Resurrection of a Ghost), Japanese
- Smích a pláč (Laugh and Tears), directed by Josef Šváb-Malostranský, the first Czech film
- Surrender of General Toral
- A Switchback Railway
- Josef Šváb-Malostranský[7]
- Johnston Forbes-Robertson – Macbeth
- Salvador Toscano[8]
Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
January | 22 | Denise Legeay | France | Actress | 1968 | |
22 | Sergei Eisenstein | Russia | Director | 1948 | ||
23 | Randolph Scott | US | Actor | 1987 | ||
February | 10 | Robert Keith | US | Actor | 1966 | |
19 | Václav Wasserman | Czechia | Actor, screenwriter, director | 1967 | ||
March | 11 | Dorothy Gish | US | Actress | 1968 | |
27 | Alma Tell | US | Actress | 1934 | ||
April | 9 | Paul Robeson | US | Singer, Actor | 1976 | |
26 | John Grierson | Scotland | Documentary Filmmaker | 1972 | ||
May | 16 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan | Director, screenwriter | 1956 | |
23 | Frank McHugh | US | Actor | 1981 | ||
June | 30 | George Chandler | US | Actor | 1985 | |
July | 10 | Renée Björling | Sweden | Actress | 1975 | |
19 | Olle Hilding | Sweden | Actor | 1983 | ||
23 | Bengt Djurberg | Sweden | Actor | 1941 | ||
August | 13 | Regis Toomey | US | Actor | 1991 | |
30 | Shirley Booth | US | Actress | 1992 | ||
September | 10 | Bessie Love | US | Actress | 1986 | |
14 | Hal B. Wallis | US | Producer | 1986 | ||
23 | Jadwiga Smosarska | Poland | Actress | 1971 | ||
27 | Charles Williams | US | Actor, writer | 1958 | ||
October | 3 | Leo McCarey | US | Director | 1969 | |
18 | Lotte Lenya | Austria | Singer, Actress | 1981 | ||
November | ||||||
29 | Rod La Rocque | US | Actor | 1969 | ||
December | 5 | Grace Moore | US | Operatic Soprano, Actress | 1947 | |
20 | Irene Dunne | US | Actress | 1990 | ||
Date unknown
- Monang Carvajal, Filipina actress (died 1980)
- 1898 in film playlist on YouTube
- List of 1898 films at IMDb
- List of 1898 deaths at IMDb
- List of 1898 births at IMDb
- Erish, Andrew A. (2012). Col. William N. Selig: The Man Who Invented Hollywood. University of Texas Press. p. 2. ISBN 0292728700. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 11.
- Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 11.
- Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 11.
- Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 11.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee PressISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- "Josef Šváb Malostranský". Československá filmová databáze (in Czech). POMO Media Group, s. r. o. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- "Salvador Toscano Barragan – Mexico's first filmmaker". Retrieved 2008-07-16.