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.

Films released in 1898

• The Ball Game
• The Nearsighted School Teacher
• Surrender of General Toral

Births

• August 30 - Shirley Booth, actress (d. 1992)
• September 14 - Hal B. Wallis, major American film producer (d. 1986)
• October 3 - Leo McCarey, director (d. 1969)
• November 8 - Marie Prevost, actress (d. 1937)
• December 20 - Irene Dunne, actress (d. 1990)

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