The following is an overview of the events of 1890 in film, including a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

List of years in film
In music
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Ten remaining frames of London's Trafalgar Square by Wordsworth Donisthorpe
Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, 28 August 1841.

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Films

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Births

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Month Date Name Country Profession Died
January 10 Pina Menichelli Italy Actress 1984
30 Bruno Kastner Germany Actor 1932
February 17 Sol Lesser US Producer 1980
18 Edward Arnold US Actor 1956
18 Adolphe Menjou US Actor 1963
24 Marjorie Main US Actress 1975
March 3 Edmund Lowe US Actor 1971
17 Ted Adams US Actor 1973
20 Fania Marinoff US Actress 1971
April 26 Edgar Kennedy US Actor 1948
May 7 George Archainbaud France Director 1959
23 Herbert Marshall UK Actor 1966
June 1 Frank Morgan US Actor 1949
10 William A. Seiter US Director 1964
14 May Allison US Actress 1989
16 Stan Laurel UK Actor 1965
18 Gideon Wahlberg Sweden Actor, screenwriter, director 1948
25 Charlotte Greenwood US Actress, dancer 1977
August 2 Marin Sais US Actress 1971
22 Cecil Kellaway South Africa Actor 1973
27 Man Ray US Photographer, Director 1976
September 4 Gunnar Sommerfeldt Denmark Actor, director 1947
4 Naima Wifstrand Sweden Singer, Actress, Composer, Director 1968
October 1 Alice Joyce US Actress 1955
1 Stanley Holloway UK Actor 1982
2 Groucho Marx US Comedian, Actor 1977
3 Henry Hull US Actor 1977
6 Jack Rockwell US Actor 1947
November 20 Robert Armstrong US Actor 1973

Deaths

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Notes

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  1. ^ Burns, Paul T, The History of The Discovery of Cinematography – 1885 – 1889, archived from the original on 2009-05-18, retrieved 2009-05-10 and Ten Remaining Frames Of Donisthorpe's 1890 'Trafalgar Square' Footage Come To Life (GIF), retrieved 2009-05-10
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