1894 in film

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The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

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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.^[1]
• April 14 – The first commercial presentation of the Kinetoscope took place in the Holland Brothers' Kinetoscope Parlor at 1155 Broadway, New York City.^[2]
• June 6 - Charles Francis Jenkins projects a filmed motion picture before an audience in Richmond, Indiana. Earliest documented projection of a motion picture.^[3]
• Thomas Edison experiments with synchronizing audio with film; the Kinetophone is invented which loosely synchronizes a Kinetoscope image with a cylinder phonograph.^[4]
• 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.^[5]

Notable films released in 1894[]

Birt Acres[]

• Crows on Saffron Hill
• Haycart Crossing Hadley Green, Middlesex

Charles-Émile Reynaud[]

• Autour d'une cabine, animated short film.
• Rêve au coin du feu

Étienne-Jules Marey[]

• Falling Cat
• Chat En Chute Libre

William K. L. Dickson[]

Play media

Annie Oakley.

Play media

Fred Ott Sneeze.

Play media

Sioux ghost dance.

• A Bar Room Scene
• 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, directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson, wrote by Charles Hale Hoyt and starring Frank Baldwin.
• Bertoldi (Mouth Support), starring Ena Bertoldi.
• Bertoldi (Table Contortion), starring Ena Bertoldi.
• Boxing, starring Jack McAuliffe.
• The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's), may be the first comedy film ever made.^{[citation needed]}
• Bucking Broncho, directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson and starring Frank Hammitt and Lee Martin.
• Buffalo Bill, 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.
• Chinese Laundry Scene, directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson and starring Phil Doreto and Robetta.
• Chinese Opium Den.
• Cock Fight, No. 2, directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson and starring Henry Welton.
• Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph, directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson and 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 also starring William K.L. Dickson.
• Dogs Fighting.
• Edison Employee Picnic.
• Fancy Club Swinger, starring John R. Abell.
• Finale of 1st Act, Hoyt's 'Milk White Flag'.
• Fire Rescue Scene, directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson
• Fred Ott's Sneeze (also known as Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze) starring Fred Ott.
• Fred Ott Holding a Bird starring Fred Ott.
• French Dancers.
• Glenroy Bros (Comic Boxing), directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson. One of the earliest comedy films ever made.^{[citation needed]}
• Hadj Cheriff, starring Hadji Cheriff.
• Highland Dance.
• Human Pyramid, starring Saleem Nassar.
• The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight, starring Eugene Hornbacker and Murphy.
• Imperial Japanese Dance, directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson and starring The Sarashe Sisters.
• Lady Fencers (With Broadswords), starring Louise Blanchard and Helen Englehart.
• Lady Fencers (With Foils).
• Lasso Exhibition, starring Frank Hammitt and Lee Martin.
• Lasso Thrower, starring Vicente Oropeza.
• Leonard-Cushing Fight, starring Jack Cushing and Mike Leonard..
• Luis Martinetti, Contortionist, starring Luis Martinetti.
• Man of a Thousand Faces, starring George Layman.
• May Lucas, starring May Lucas.
• Men on Parallel Bars.
• Mexican Knife Duel, starring Pedro Esquivel and Dionecio Gonzales.
• Miss Lucy Murray, starring Lucy Murray.
• Mlle. Capitaine, starring Alciede Capitaine.
• Organ Grinder, No. 1 and Organ Grinder, No. 2.
• Oriental Dance, starring Rosa.
• Rat Killing.
• Rats and Terrier No. 2 and Rats and Terrier No. 3.
• Rats and Weasel.
• Ruth Dennis, starring Ruth St. Denis.
• Sandow, (Sandow No. 1) Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope, Sandow No. 2 and Sandow No. 3, starring bu Eugen Sandow.
• Sheik Hadji Tahar, starring Sheik Hadji Tahar.
• Sioux Ghost Dance, directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson.
• Summersault Dog, starring Lucy the Dog and Ivan Tschernoff.
• Sword Combat, starring Najid and Saleem Nassar.
• The Barbershop, directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson.
• The Carnival Dance, starring Madge Crossland, May Lucas and Lucy Murray.
• The Cock Fight.
• The Pickaninny Dance, from the 'Passing Show', starring Joe Rastus, Denny Tolliver and Walter Wilkins.
• The Widder, starring Isabelle Coe.
• The Wrestling Dog, starring Henry Welton.
• Topack and Steele, starring George W. Steele and George Topack.
• Toyou Kichi, starring Toyou Kichi.
• Trained Bears
• Trapeze
• Unsuccessful Somersault
• Walton and Slavin No. 1, Walton and Slavin No. 2, Walton and Slavin No. 3 and Walton and Slavin No. 4 starring John Slavin and Charles F. Walton.
• Whirlwind Gun Spinning, starring Hadj Lessik.
• Wonderful Performing Dog, starring Lucy the Dog and Ivan Tschernoff.
• Wrestling Match.

Films directed by other filmmakers[]

• Miss Jerry, directed by Alexander Black and starring by Blanche Bayliss, William Courtenay and Chauncey Depew.

Births[]

• January 3 – ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)
• February 8 – King Vidor, American actor and director (d. 1982)
• February 14 – Jack Benny, American comedian (d. 1974)
• May 2 – Norma Talmadge, American actress (d. 1957)
• May 20 – Estelle Taylor, American actress (d. 1958)
• June 16 – Norman Kerry, American actor (d. 1956)
• July 25 – Walter Brennan, American actor (d. 1974)
• July 27 – Mientje Kling, Dutch actress (d. 1966)
• September 15 – Jean Renoir, French director (d. 1979)
• September 26 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (d. 1929)
• September 27 – Olive Tell, American actress (d. 1951)
• August 10 – Alan Crosland, American director (d. 1936)
• October 7 – Del Lord, Canadian pioneer Hollywood director (d. 1970)
• October 20 – Olive Thomas, American actress (d. 1920)
• October 27 – Agda Helin, Swedish actress (d. 1984)
• November 9 – Mae Marsh, American actress (d. 1968)
• November 13 – Nita Naldi, American actress (d. 1961)
• December 8 – Marthe Vinot, French actress (d. 1974)

Debut[]

• Annabelle Whitford (Annabelle Sun Dance)
• William Courtenay (Miss Jerry)

External links[]

Media related to 1894 in film at Wikimedia Commons

• 1894 Archived 2009-11-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Movie Database

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