1887 in film

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Man Walking Around a Corner, unremastered film, original frames copy by National Science Museum, London c. 1931. (Courtesy NMPFT, Bradford)

The year 1887 in film involved some significant events.

Events

• Hannibal Goodwin files for a patent for his photographic film.
• Louis Le Prince's 16-lens camera (LPCC Type-16) is made in the United States and the film Man Walking Around a Corner is filmed using it this year.
• August – Harvey Henderson Wilcox registers his 120-acre ranch with the Los Angeles County Recorder's office, calling the area it is based in, Hollywood, which would later become the home of the U.S. film industry.

Films

• Man Walking Around a Corner, directed by Louis Le Prince. The oldest known film.

Births

Month	Date	Name	Country	Profession	Died
January	11	Monte Blue	US	Actor	1963
	13	Gabriel Gabrio	France	Actor	1946
	13	Sophie Tucker	France	Actress, Singer	1966
	21	André Andrejew	Russia	Set Designer	1967
February	16	Kathleen Clifford	US	Actress	1962
	26	William Frawley	US	Actor	1966
March	18	Frank Moran	US	Boxer, Actor	1967
	21	Frank Urson	US	Director, Cinematographer	1928
	24	Roscoe Arbuckle	US	Actor, Comedian	1933
April	9	Konrad Tom	Poland	Actor, screenwriter, director	1957
	12	Harold Lockwood	US	Actor	1918
	23	Jenő Törzs	Hungary	Actor	1946
May	1	Kurt Vespermann	Germany	Actor	1957
	18	Jeanie MacPherson	US	Actress, screenwriter	1946
	21	Mabel Taliaferro	US	Actress	1979
	30	Paulette Noizeux	France	Actress	1971
June	1	Clive Brook	UK	Actor	1974
	16	Aage Bendixen	Denmark	Actor	1973
July	17	Jack Conway	US	Director, producer	1952
August	1	Anthony Coldeway	US	Screenwriter	1963
	5	Reginald Owen	UK	Actor	1972
	10	Sam Warner	US	Film Mogul	1927
	14	Marija Leiko	Latvia	Actress	1937
September	5	Irene Fenwick	US	Actress	1936
	9	Raymond Walburn	US	Actor	1969
	26	Antonio Moreno	Spain	Actor	1967
	30	Lil Dagover	Germany	Actress	1980
October	5	Manny Ziener	Germany	Actress	1972
	7	Jack Mulhall	US	Actor	1979
November	9	Gertrude Astor	US	Actress	1977
	11	Maurice Elvey	UK	Director, producer	1967
	11	Roland Young	UK	Actor	1953
	23	Boris Karloff	UK	Actor	1969
	30	Gyula Szőreghy	Hungary	Actor	1943
December	9	Tim Moore	US	Actor	1958
	23	John Cromwell	US	Actor, producer, director	1979
	29	Pierre Watkin	US	Actor	1960

External links

• Man Walking Around A Corner – amateur remastering of all 16 frames on YouTube. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
• "Man Walking Around A Corner – 16 individual frames". Flickr. Archived from the original on 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
• List of 1887 films at IMDb
• List of 1887 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1887 births at IMDb