- 1890 in film
Events
* William Dickson completes his work for
Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1889. "Monkeyshines No. 1 " becomes the first film shot on the system.Films
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Monkeyshines, No. 1 " - contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890
*"Monkeyshines, No. 2"
*"Monkeyshines, No. 3"Births
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January 4 -Weyler Hildebrand , Swedish actor, director and writer
*January 6 -Tor Weijden , Swedish actor
*June 14 -May Allison , American actress
*August 2 -Marin Sais , American actress
*August 27 -Man Ray , American photographer and director
*September 4 -Naima Wifstrand , Swedish singer, actress, composer and director
*October 1 -Stanley Holloway , British actor
*October 2 -Groucho Marx , American comedian, actor
*October 12 -Carl Hagman , Swedish singer and actor
*December 25 -Hugo Bolander , Swedish producer, director, actor and writerDeaths
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September 16 -Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince , French film pioneer, director ofRoundhay Garden Scene (b.1842)Marriages
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January 23 -John Bunny andClara Scallan
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