1902 in film

The year 1902 in film involved some significant events.

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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 Coronation of Edward VII 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, 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 , directed by Ferdinand Zecca, based on the Middle-Eastern folk tale –

B

Bradford Coronation Procession, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – Burnley v. Manchester United, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon –

C

Comic Pictures in High Street, West Bromwich, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – The Coronation of Edward VII , directed by Georges Méliès –

D

Dewsbury v. Manningham, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon –

E

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

F

Fun in a Bakery Shop, directed by Edwin S. Porter –

G

The Great Local Derby: Accrington v. Church, Cricket Match, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants , directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift –

J

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

L

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

Q

Quo Vadis?, directed by Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet –

R

Ringling Brothers Parade Film, produced by William Selig – Robinson Crusoe , directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe –

S

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

T

Tram Ride into Halifax, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – The Treasures of Satan , directed by Georges Méliès – A Trip to the Moon , directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne –

W

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

Deaths

February 15 – Wilhelmina J. R. Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress