1894 in film
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| Years in film: | 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 |
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[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
- Bucking Broncho
- Carmencita
- Chinese Opium Den
- Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
- Fred Ott's Sneeze (Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze)
- Fred Ott Holding a Bird
- The Henley Royal Regatta of 1894
- Miss Jerry
[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] External links
- 1894 at the Internet Movie Database
