1894 in film

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Years in film:	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897
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Years:	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897

1 Events
2 Films released in 1894
3 Births
4 List of films by year
5 External links

[edit] Events

January 7 - W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
January 7 - Thomas Edison films his assistant, Fred Ott sneezing with the Kinetoscope at the "Black Maria."
February 13 - Auguste and Louis Lumière patent the Cinematographe, a combination movie camera and projector.
April 14 - The first commercial presentation of the Kinetoscope took place in the Holland Brothers' Kinetoscope Parlor at 1155 Broadway, New York City.
Thomas Edison experiments with synchronizing audio with film; the Kinetophone is invented which loosely synchronizes a Kinetoscope image with a cylinder phonograph.
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.

[edit] Films released in 1894

Main article: List of 1894 films

In 1894 66 films were released.

Fred Ott's Sneeze (Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze)
Fred Ott Holding a Bird
The Henley Royal Regatta of 1894

[edit] Births

January 3 - Zazu Pitts, actress
June 16 - Norman Kerry, actor (d. 1956)
September 15 - Jean Renoir, director
October 7 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director (d. 1970)
October 20 - Olive Thomas, actress (d. 1920)
December 31 - Pola Negri, actress (d. 1987)

[edit] List of films by year

For a specialized list of films by year:

List of films by year

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