1899 in film

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

Years in film
1870s
1880s 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Events

• T. C. Hepworth invents Biokam,^[1] 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.^[2]
• 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 15 - George Brent, American actor (died 1979)
• 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

1. ↑ Abel, Richard (2010). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. London and New York: Routledge. p. 26. ISBN 0415778565. 
2. ↑ Herbert, Stephen. "John Alfred Prestwich". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved 2013-02-24.