1902 in film

Events

• March 10 - Circuit Court's decision disallows Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on motion picture technology.
• Georges Méliès 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

• July 26 - Gracie Allen, actress, comedienne (+ 1964)
• August 10 - Norma Shearer, Academy Award winning actress (+ 1983)
• August 22 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director
• September 22 - John Houseman[?], actor
• September 28 - Ed Sullivan, television host, actor (+ 1974)

Deaths