1896 in film

none January 2025 January 2025 1896 film music The following is an overview of the events of 1896 in film, including a list of films released and notable births. Events thumb|Ad for Vitascope Hall, New Orleans, offering "an entirely new series of pictures". January – In the United States, the Vitascope film projector is designed by Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat. Armat begins working with Thomas Edison to manufacture it. January 14 – Birt Acres demonstrates his film projector, the Kineopticon, the first in Britain, to the Royal Photographic Society at the Queen's Hall in London. This is the first film show to an audience in the U.K.https://www.earlycinema.com/birt-acres-motion-picture-pioneer/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210305222338/https://www.earlycinema.com/birt-acres-motion-picture-pioneer/ usurped March 5, 2021 Birt Acres EarlyCinema.com August 15, 2011 February 20 – In London:Mast Gerald Kawin Bruce F. A Short History of the Movies abridged 9th 2007 Pearson Education 9780321418210 Birth Silent Robert W. Paul demonstrates his film projector, the Theatrograph (later known as the Animatograph), at the Alhambra Theatre. The Lumière Brothers first project their films in Britain, at the Empire Theatre of Varieties, Leicester Square. April – Edison and Armat's Vitascope is used to project motion pictures in public screenings in New York City. May 14 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia is crowned in Moscow, the first coronation ever recorded in film. July 11 – First films screened in Venezuela by Luis Manuel Méndez and Manuel Trujillo Durán at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo.https://iamvenezuela.com/2016/08/teatro-baralt/ Zulia Monuments: Teatro Baralt August 4, 2016 Institutional Assets and Monuments of Venezuela es September 19, 2019 July 26 – "Vitascope Hall" opens on Canal Street, New Orleans, the first business devoted exclusively to showing motion pictures at a fixed location September 28 – The Pathé Frères film company is founded. October 19 – "Edisonia Hall" in Buffalo, New York, the first building constructed specifically for showing motion pictures. November 3 – Marius Sestier films the Melbourne Cup, a major sporting event in Australia. In France, magician and filmmaker Georges Méliès begins experimenting with the new motion picture technology, developing early special effect techniques, including stop motion. Films that year included The Devil's Castle, A Nightmare, A Terrible Night.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 14. 978-1936168-68-2. William Selig founds the Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago. Demeny-Gaumont work on a 60 mm format, first known as Biographe (unperforated), then Chronophotographe (perforated). Casimir Sivan and E. Dalphin create a 38 mm format. Notable films released in 1896 Alexandre Promio Lion, London Zoological Gardens Pelicans, London Zoological Gardens thumb|175px|The pioneer filmmaker, Alice Guy, debuted this year. Alice Guy-Blaché The Cabbage Fairy Le chapeau de Tabarin Le clubmen Les concierges Les démolisseurs Chez le barbier Birt Acres The Boxing Kangaroo Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest Dancing Girls Landing at Low Tide Rough Sea at Dover directed with Robert W. Paul Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour thumb|175px|Maybe a surviving print of the film Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station. thumb|175px|Screenshot of A Nightmare. Gabriel Veyre Carga de rurales, a Mexican short black-and-white silent documentary film. Un duelo a pistola en el bosque de Chapultepec (Duel au pistolet). Georges Méliès all films directed by Méliès in 1896 Georges Méliès filmography#1896 Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station, currently presumed to be a lost film A Lightning Sketch, a series of four French short silent films (lost) A Nightmare, which was advertised as a scène fantastique. A Serpentine Dance, which was released by Méliès's company Star Film and is numbered 44 in its catalogues (lost) A Terrible Night, which is listed with the descriptive subtitle scène comique. Conjurer Making Ten Hats in Sixty Seconds (lost) Conjuring, the film was rediscovered in 2014 Miss de Vère (English Jig) The Haunted Castle ( The House of the Devil, a.k.a. The Devil's Castle)Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 337, 9782732437323 The Rag-Picker The Rescue on the River The Vanishing Lady Playing Cards Post No Bills Watering the Flowers, most likely a lost film Louis Lumière thumb|175px|Contrary to myth, Arrival Of A Train At La Ciotat it was not shown at the Lumières' first public film screening on December 28, 1895, in Paris, France: the programme of ten films shown that day makes no mention of it. Its first public showing took place in January 1896. Arab Cortege, Geneva Arrival Of A Train At La Ciotat Bataille de boules de neige Carmaux, Drawing Out The Coke Childish Quarrel Children Digging For Clams Démolition d'un mur Dragoons Crossing The Saone Loading A Boiler New York: Broadway At Union Square New York: Brooklyn Bridge Poultry-Yard Pompiers a Lyon Promenade Of Ostriches, Paris Botanical Gardens Serpentine Dance M.H. Laddé Gestoorde hengelaar (lost) Spelende kinderen (lost) Zwemplaats voor Jongelingen te Amsterdam (lost) Robert W. Paul Barnet Horse Fair Blackfriars Bridge Comic Costume Race Rough Sea at Dover directed with Birt Acres The Twins' Tea Party Two A.M.; or, the Husband's Return produced by Robert W. Paul William Heise thumb|The first kiss ever on film is in 1896 involving the great Canadian star May Irwin and John C. Rice. Feeding The Doves The Kiss, starring May Irwin and John Rice. First kiss on film. May be considered the first romantic film. William K.L. Dickson Dancing Darkies, an American, short, black-and-white, silent documentary film. A watermelon feast, directed by William Kennedy Dickson. Others Le Coucher de la Mariée, a French erotic short film considered to be one of the first erotic films (or "stag party films") made. The film was produced by Eugène Pirou and directed by Albert Kirchner under the pseudonym "Léar". Macintyre's X-Ray Film, a documentary radiography film directed by Scottish medical doctor John Macintyre. McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio, is a silent film reenactment of William McKinley receiving the Republican nomination for President of the United States in September 1896 produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. A Morning Alarm, produced by Edison Studios. A Sea Cave Near Lisbon, a British short silent actuality film, directed by Henry Short. Up the River, directed by Unknown. Births thumb|175px|Lilyan Tashman was an American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress. Month Date Name Country Profession Died January 20 George Burns US Actor, Comedian 1996 20 Rolfe Sedan US Actor 1982 20 Isabel Withers US Actress 1968 March 3 Willie Fung China Actor 1945 April 8 Einar Juhl Denmark Actor 1982 26 Ruut Tarmo Estonia Actor 1967 May 16 Gilda Langer Germany Actress 1920 17 Ruth Donnelly US Actress 1982 24 Fernando Soler Mexico Actor 1979 June 28 Constance Binney US Actress, Singer, Dancer 1989 July 16 Evelyn Preer US Actress, Singer 1932 25 Jack Perrin US Actor 1967 August 14 Theodor Luts Estonia Director, Cinematographer 1980 18 Jack Pickford Canada Actor 1933 30 Raymond Massey Canada Actor 1983 October 1 Abraham Sofaer US Actor 1988 6 David Howard US Director 1941 23 Lilyan Tashman US Actress 1934 30 Rex Cherryman US Actor 1928 November 16 Lawrence Tibbett US Actor, Singer 1960 December 8 Christl Mardayn Austria Actress, Singer 1971 10 Torsten Bergström Sweden Actor, Director 1948 Debut Alice Guy as a director in Les démolisseurs May Irwin as an actress in The Kiss (April 1) John C. Rice as an actor in The Kiss (April 1) Cissy Fitzgerald as an actress in 50 feet of actuality film of Fitzgerald by Edison; presumably elements from the 1894 play The Gaiety Girl Robert B. Mantell as an actor in Select Scenes from 'Monbars' External links PLoHEmNPV3oBgoFg-KJ7xsa2etwQw-shro 1896 in film List of 1896 films at IMDb List of 1896 deaths at IMDb List of 1896 births at IMDb References Category:Film by year