1902 in film

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

A

• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs), directed by Ferdinand Zecca, based on the Middle-Eastern folk tale – (France)

B

• Bradford Coronation Procession, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
• Burnley v. Manchester United, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)

C

• Comic Pictures in High Street, West Bromwich, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
• The Coronation of Edward VII (Le Sacre d'Édouard VII), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)

D

• Dewsbury v. Manningham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)

E

• Electric Tram Rides from Forster Square, Bradford, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
• Employees Leaving Storey's Moor Lane Mill, Lancaster, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)

F

• Fun in a Bakery Shop, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US)

G

• The Great Local Derby: Accrington v. Church, Cricket Match, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
• Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift – (France)

J

• Jack and the Beanstalk, directed by Edwin S. Porter, based on the 1807 fairy tale by Benjamin Tabart – (US)

L

• Leeds Athletic and Cycling Club Carnival, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
• Lieutenant Clive Wilson and the Tranby Croft Party, Hull, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
• The Little Match Seller, directed by James Williamson, based on the 1845 fairy tale The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen – (UK)
• Le prince de Galles, a documentary short film about Edward, Prince of Wales directed by Louis Lumière – (France)
• Living Wigan, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)

Q

• Quo Vadis?, directed by Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet – (France)

R

• Ringling Brothers Parade Film, produced by William Selig – (US)
• Robinson Crusoe (Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe – (France)

S

• Sheffield United v. Bury, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
• Snow White, produced by Siegmund Lubin, based on the 1812 fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm – (US)
• Street Scenes in Halifax, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)

T

• Tram Ride into Halifax, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
• The Treasures of Satan (Les Trésors de Satan), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
• A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne – (France)

W

• Wexford Bull Ring, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
• Workers Leaving the Jute Works, Barrow, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
• Working Rotary Snow Plows, produced by Edison Studios – (US)

Births

Deaths

• February 15 – Wilhelmina J. R. Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress (born 1834)

References

References

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4. [https://www.imdb.com/company/co0051651/ First National filmography.]
5. Hammond, Paul. (1974). "Marvellous Méliès". Gordon Fraser.