1891 in film

none January 2025 January 2025 1891 film music The following is an overview of the events of 1891 in film, including a list of films released and notable births. Events William K. L. Dickson, an assistant to Thomas Edison, supervises the construction of the first film studio, the Black Maria, in West Orange, New Jersey which produces many of the early Kinetoscope short films of the 1890s later seen in penny arcades the following year after the studio is completed. March – William K. L. Dickson successfully develops a working prototype of the Kinetoscope which moves horizontally. May 20 – First public display of Thomas Edison's prototype horizontal kinetoscope: Dickson Greeting is shown at Edison's Laboratory for a convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs in West Orange, New Jersey. August 24 – Thomas Edison files for a patent for the motion picture camera (which he receives in 1897). Films produced in 1891 thumb|200px|Dickson Greeting Dickson Greeting, starring and directed by William K. L. Dickson. Duncan and Another, Blacksmith Shop, directed by William K. L. Dickson and William Heise and starring James C. Duncan. Duncan Smoking, directed by William K. L. Dickson and William Heise and starring James C. Duncan. Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud, directed by William K. L. Dickson and William Heise and starring Fred C. Devonald and James C. Duncan. Men Boxing, directed by William K. L. Dickson and William Heise. Monkey and Another, Boxing, directed by William K. L. Dickson and William Heise. Newark Athlete, directed by William K. L. Dickson. Je vous aime, starring and directed by Georges Demenÿ Births Month Date Name Country Profession Died January 15 Arne Weel Denmark Actor, director 1975 February 7 Ann Little US Actress 1984 9 Ronald Colman UK Actor 1958 26 Alan Bridge US Actor 1957 March 6 Victor Kilian US Actor 1979 6 Lidia Quaranta Italy Actress 1928 8 Sam Jaffe US Actor 1984 11 Gertrud Wolle Germany Actress 1952 31 Victor Varconi Hungary Actor 1976 April 2 Jack Buchanan Scotland Director, writer, actor 1957 10 Tim McCoy US Actor, soldier 1978 15 Wallace Reid US Actor 1923 23 Sergei Prokofiev Russia Composer 1953 May 13 Fritz Rasp Germany Actor 1976 June 24 Philippe Richard France Actor 1973 July 18 Gene Lockhart Canada Actor 1957 23 Harry Cohn US Co-founder of CBS Sales Association (Columbia Pictures) 1958 28 Joe E. Brown US Actor, Comedian 1973 28 Richard "Skeets" Gallagher US Actor 1955 August 4 Margit Makay Hungary Actress 1989 11 Helen Broderick US Actress 1959 28 Stanley Andrews US Actor 1969 November 10 Philip Sainton France Composer 1967 18 Vasil Gendov Bulgaria Actor, director, screenwriter 1970 20 Reginald Denny UK Actor, aviator 1967 External links none List of 1891 films at IMDb List of 1891 deaths at IMDb List of 1891 births at IMDb Category:Film by year Category:Articles containing video clips fr:Avant 1895 au cinéma