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1898 in film

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The following is an overview of the events of 1898 in film, including a list of films released and notable births. The Spanish–American War was a popular subject. Several films made by Col. William N. Selig dealt with the subject of war preparations at Camp Tanner in Springfield, Illinois, including Soldiers at Play, Wash Day in Camp and First Regiment Marching.[1]

List of years in film
In music
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Events

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  • May 19 – Vitagraph is founded in New York.[citation needed]
  • August 27 – Alfred John West gives a Royal Command Performance to Queen Victoria of film from the cruise of HMS Crescent at Osborne House.
  • Birt Acres invents the first amateur format, Birtac, by splitting 35 mm film into two halves of 17.5 mm.

Films released in 1898

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Debuts

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Births

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Month Date Name Country Profession Died
January
16 Irving Rapper US Director 1999
20 John George US Actor 1968
22 Denise Legeay France Actress 1968
22 Sergei Eisenstein Russia Director 1948
23 Randolph Scott US Actor 1987
February 10 Robert Keith US Actor 1966
19 Václav Wasserman Czechia Actor, screenwriter, director 1967
March 11 Dorothy Gish US Actress 1968
27 Alma Tell US Actress 1934
April 9 Paul Robeson US Singer, Actor 1976
21 Walter Forde UK Director 1984
23 Ernest Laszlo Hungary Cinematographer 1984
26 John Grierson Scotland Documentary Filmmaker 1972
May 16 Kenji Mizoguchi Japan Director, screenwriter 1956
23 Frank McHugh US Actor 1981
June 30 George Chandler US Actor 1985
July 10 Renée Björling Sweden Actress 1975
13 Ivan Triesault US Actor 1980
19 Olle Hilding Sweden Actor 1983
23 Bengt Djurberg Sweden Actor 1941
August 13 Regis Toomey US Actor 1991
30 Shirley Booth US Actress 1992
September 10 Bessie Love US Actress 1986
14 Hal B. Wallis US Producer 1986
16 Baruch Lumet US Actor 1992
23 Jadwiga Smosarska Poland Actress 1971
27 Charles Williams US Actor, writer 1958
October 3 Leo McCarey US Director 1969
18 Lotte Lenya Austria Singer, Actress 1981
November 18 Andrés Soler Mexico Actor 1969
29 Rod La Rocque US Actor 1969
December 5 Grace Moore US Operatic Soprano, Actress 1947
20 Irene Dunne US Actress 1990

Date unknown

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References

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  1. ^ Erish, Andrew A. (2012). Col. William N. Selig: The Man Who Invented Hollywood. University of Texas Press. p. 2. ISBN 0292728700. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  2. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 11.
  3. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 11.
  4. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 11.
  5. ^ Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 11.
  6. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee PressISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  7. ^ "Josef Šváb Malostranský". Československá filmová databáze (in Czech). POMO Media Group, s. r. o. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
  8. ^ "Salvador Toscano Barragan – Mexico's first filmmaker". Retrieved 2008-07-16.