1902 in film
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Events
- March 10 - Circuit Court's decision disallows Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on motion picture technology.
- Georges Melies creates the legendary film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune), which in one scene features the animated human face of the moon being struck in the eye by a rocket.
Births
- April 1 - Mary Miles Minter, actress (+1984)
- July 26 - Gracie Allen, actress, comedienne (+ 1964)
- August 10 - Norma Shearer, Academy Award winning actress (+ 1983)
- August 22 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (+2003)
- September 22 - John Houseman, actor
- September 28 - Ed Sullivan, television host, actor (+ 1974)