Events in Film & TV
Historic Invention
Aug 31 Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope [kinetographic camera], a device which produces moving pictures
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 4 Joseph Calleia, Maltese-American stage, screen, and radio actor (The Jungle Book; Gilda; Touch of Evil), born in Mdina, Malta (d. 1975)
- Aug 22 Elizabeth Bergner, Austrian actress (Catherine the Great), born in Drohobycz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1986)
- Aug 28 Morris Ankrum, American actor (Kronos, Half Human, Earth vs Flying Saucers), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 1964)
Fredric March (1897-1975)
Aug 31 American actor (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Best Years of Our Lives), born in Racine, Wisconsin
