1889 in film explained

The following is an overview of the events of 1889 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

Events

Eastman Kodak is the first company to begin commercial production of film on a flexible transparent base, celluloid.
The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film are made in Hyde Park, London by William Friese Greene.
Wordsworth Donisthorpe invents the Kinesigraph, which photographs a round image on 68 mm film.
William K. L. Dickson completes his work for Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1890. Monkeyshines No. 1 becomes the first film shot on the system.

Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses (also known as Hyde Park Corner), a lost film and the first moving picture developed on celluloid film, directed by William Friese-Greene
Monkeyshines No. 1 – contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890.

Month	Date	Name	Country	Profession	Died
January	23		US	Actor
February	3		Denmark	Director
4		US	Actor, Comedian
6		Germany	Actor
8		Germany	Critic, Journalist
22		Austria	Actor
23		France	Actress, screenwriter, director
23		US	Director, cinematographer
March	21		US	Director
28		Italy	Actress
April	16		UK	Actor, filmmaker	1977^[1]
14		UK	Actor
26		US	Writer, producer
28		US	Actor
May	3		US	Actress
5		US	Actor
20		Sweden	Actress
31		UK	Actress
June	11		US	Director, producer
15		US	Actress
July	8		US	Actor
16		US	Actor, screenwriter, director, producer
27		Russia	Actress, Ballerina
August	8		Denmark	Actor
24		US	Actor
October	3		US	Actor
12		US	Actor
13		Canada	Actor
November	10		UK	Actor
19		US	Actor
30		UK	Actor, technical advisor	1976^[2]

Web site: Charlie Chaplin – British actor, director, writer, and composer . Encyclopædia Britannica . 30 May 2018 .
Stewart, William T. (1981). International Film Necrology. New York: Garland Publishing. p. 244. .