1894 in film

none May 2013 January 2025 January 2025 1894 film music The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film, including a list of films released and notable births. Events January 7 William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film. Dickson and William Heise film their colleague, Fred Ott sneezing with the Kinetograph at Edison's Black Maria studio.Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894) – IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000008/reference May 5, 2021 April 14 – The first commercial presentation of the Kinetoscope took place in the Holland Brothers' Kinetoscope Parlor at 1155 Broadway, New York City.Musser Charles The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907, Volume 1 1994 University of California Press London, England 0521897335 81 https://archive.org/details/lettersofernesth0000hemi/page/81 June 6 - Charles Francis Jenkins projects a filmed motion picture before an audience in Richmond, Indiana. Earliest documented projection of a motion picture.The Case Files: C. Franklin Jenkins http://www.fi.edu/learn/case-files/jenkins-1946/life.html The Franklin Institute February 24, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130107212231/http://www.fi.edu/learn/case-files/jenkins-1946/life.html January 7, 2013 dead Thomas Edison experiments with synchronizing audio with film; the Kinetophone is invented which loosely synchronizes a Kinetoscope image with a cylinder phonograph.Venkatasawmy Rama The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects: Hollywood's Coming of Age 2012 Lexington Books Lanham, MD 0739176218 166 Kinetoscope viewing parlors begin to open in major cities. Each parlor contains several machines. Birt Acres creates a 70 mm format, which he first uses to shoot the Henley Royal Regatta.Acres, Birt (1854–1918) http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/449777/index.html BFI Screen Online February 24, 2013 Notable films released in 1894 Birt Acres Crows on Saffron Hill (lost) Haycart Crossing Hadley Green, Middlesex Charles-Émile Reynaud Autour d'une cabine Rêve au coin du feu William K. L. Dickson thumb|Annie Oakley. thumb|Fred Ott Sneeze. thumb|Sioux ghost dance. Alleni's Boxing Monkeys Amateur Gymnast, No. 2 Annabelle Butterfly Dance, starring Annabelle Moore Annabelle Sun Dance, starring Annabelle Moore Annie Oakley, starring Annie Oakley Armand D'Ary, starring Armand D'Ary Athlete with Wand Babies in High Chairs Band Drill A Bar Room Scene The Barbershop Bertoldi (Mouth Support), starring Ena Bertoldi Bertoldi (Table Contortion), starring Ena Bertoldi Boxing, starring Jack McAuliffe The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's) Bucking Broncho, starring Lee Martin Buffalo Bill (lost), starring William F. Cody Buffalo Dance, starring Hair Coat, Parts His Hair and Last Horse Caicedo (with Pole), starring Juan A. Caicedo Caicedo (with Spurs), starring Juan A. Caicedo Carmencita, starring Carmencita The Carnival Dance, starring Madge Crossland, May Lucas and Lucy Murray Chinese Laundry Scene, directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson and starring Phil Doreto and Robetta Chinese Opium Den (lost) The Cock Fight Cock Fight, No. 2 Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph, starring James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney Cupid's Dance, starring Florence Ewer, Lenora Ewer and Mildred Ewer Dance, starring Rosa France, Frank Lawton and Etta Williamson Dance du Ventre The Dickson Experimental Sound Film Dogs Fighting Edison Employee Picnic Fancy Club Swinger, starring John R. Abell Finale of 1st Act, Hoyt's 'Milk White Flag'''Fire Rescue SceneFred Ott Holding a Bird, starring Fred OttFred Ott's Sneeze, starring Fred OttFrench DancersGlenroy Bros., (no. 2)Hadj Cheriff, starring Hadji CheriffHighland DanceThe Hornbacker-Murphy Fight, starring Eugene Hornbacker and MurphyHuman Pyramid, starring Saleem NassarImperial Japanese Dance, starring the Sarashe SistersLady Fencers (With Broadswords), starring Louise Blanchard and Helen EnglehartLady Fencers (With Foils)Lasso Exhibition, starring Frank Hammitt and Lee MartinLasso Thrower (lost), starring Vicente OropezaLeonard–Cushing Fight, starring Jack Cushing and Mike LeonardLuis Martinetti, Contortionist, starring Luis MartinettiMan of a Thousand Faces, starring George LaymanMay Lucas, starring May LucasMen on Parallel BarsMexican Knife Duel (lost), starring Pedro Esquivel and Dionecio GonzalesMiss Lucy Murray, starring Lucy MurrayMlle. Capitaine, starring Alciede CapitaineOrgan Grinder, No. 1Organ Grinder, No. 2Oriental Dance, starring RosaThe Pickaninny Dance, from the 'Passing Show', starring Joe Rastus, Denny Tolliver and Walter WilkinsRat KillingRats and Terrier No. 2Rats and Terrier No. 3Rats and WeaselRuth Dennis, starring Ruth St. DenisSandow, starring Eugen SandowSheik Hadji Tahar, starring Sheik Hadji TaharSioux Ghost DanceSummersault Dog, starring Lucy the Dog and Ivan TschernoffSword Combat, starring Najid and Saleem NassarTopack and Steele, starring George W. Steele and George TopackToyou Kichi, starring Toyou KichiTrained BearsTrapezeUnsuccessful Somersault Walton and Slavin, starring John Slavin and Charles F. WaltonWhirlwind Gunspinning, starring Hadj LessikThe Widder, starring Isabelle CoeWonderful Performing Dog, starring Lucy the Dog and Ivan TschernoffThe Wrestling Dog, starring Henry WeltonWrestling MatchFilms directed by other filmmakersMiss Jerry, directed by Alexander Black, starring by Blanche Bayliss, William Courtenay and Chauncey Depew. Births Month Date Name Country Profession Died January 3 ZaSu Pitts US Actress 1963 6 William Newell US Actor 1967 22 Matt McHugh US Actor 1971 February 8 King Vidor US Actor, director 1982 14 Jack Benny US Comedian 1974 March 26 Will Wright US Actor 1962 May 2 Norma Talmadge US Actress 1957 20 Estelle Taylor US Actress 1958 26 Paul Lukas Hungary Actor 1971 June 16 Norman Kerry US Actor 1956 July 23 Arthur Treacher UK Actor 1975 25 Walter Brennan US Actor 1974 27 Mientje Kling Netherlands Actress 1966 29 Charles C. Wilson US Actor 1948 August 9 Kathleen Lockhart US Actress 1978 10 Alan Crosland US Director 1936 September 15 Jean Renoir France Director 1979 26 Gladys Brockwell US Actress 1929 27 Olive Tell US Actress 1951 October 7 Del Lord Canada Director 1970 20 Olive Thomas US Actress 1920 27 Agda Helin Sweden Actress 1984 November 9 Mae Marsh US Actress 1968 13 Nita Naldi US Actress 1961 December 8 Marthe Vinot France Actress 1974 Debut Annabelle Whitford (Annabelle Sun Dance) William Courtenay (Miss Jerry'') External links none List of 1894 films at IMDb List of 1894 deaths at IMDb List of 1894 births at IMDb References Category:Film by year Category:Articles containing video clips