1898 in film

List of years in film       (table)
... 1888 .  1889 .  1890 .  1891  . 1892  . 1893  . 1894 ... 1895 1896 1897 -1898- 1899 1900 1901 ... 1902 .  1903 .  1904 .  1905  . 1906  . 1907  . 1908 ...
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Years in film
1870s
1880s 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 and beyond

Events

• May 19 - Vitagraph is founded in New York.
• Birt Acres invents the first amateur format, Birtac, by splitting 35 mm film into two halves of 17.5 mm.
• August 27 - Alfred John West gives Royal Command Performance to Queen Victoria of film from the cruise of HMS Crescent at Osborne House

Films released in 1898

• The Ball Game
• The Nearsighted School Teacher
• Surrender of General Toral
• Smích a pláč (Laugh and Tears), the first Czech film
• Santa Clause

Debuts

• Josef Šváb-Malostranský

Births

• January 23 – Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (died 1948)
• February 19 – Václav Wasserman, Czech actor, screenwriter and director (died 1967)
• March 27 – Alma Tell, American actress (died 1934)
• April 26 – John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (died 1972)
• May 16 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director and screenwriter (died 1956)
• July 10 - Renée Björling, Swedish actress (died 1975)
• July 23 - Bengt Djurberg, Swedish actor (died 1941)
• August 30 – Shirley Booth, American actress (died 1992)
• September 14 – Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (died 1986)
• October 3 – Leo McCarey, American director (died 1969)
• November 8 – Marie Prevost, Canadian-born American actress (died 1937)
• December 20 – Irene Dunne, American actress (died 1990)