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Overview of the events of 1896 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 1896 in film , including a list of films released and notable births.
Overview of the events of 1896 in film
Events
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.
[1]
February 20 – In London:
[2]
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 .
[3]
July 26 – "Vitascope Hall" opens on
Canal Street, New Orleans , the first business devoted exclusively to showing motion pictures at a fixed location
[1]
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.
[2]
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 .
[4]
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
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
Maybe a surviving print of the film Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station .
Screenshot of A Nightmare .
Gabriel Veyre
Georges Méliès
Louis Lumière
Contrary to myth, Arrival Of A Train At La Ciotat it was not shown at the Lumières' first public film screening on 28 December 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.
M.H. Laddé
Robert W. Paul
William Heise
The first kiss ever on film is in 1896 involving the great Canadian star
May Irwin and
John C. Rice .
William K.L. Dickson
Others
Births
Lilyan Tashman was an American
vaudeville ,
Broadway , and film actress.
Debut
External links
References
^
"Birt Acres" . EarlyCinema.com . Retrieved 2011-08-15 .
^ Mast, Gerald; Kawin, Bruce F., eds. (2007). "Birth". A Short History of the Movies (abridged 9th ed.). Pearson Education.
ISBN
9780321418210 .
^
"Zulia Monuments: Teatro Baralt" . Institutional Assets and Monuments of Venezuela (in Spanish). 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2019-09-19 .
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 14.
ISBN
978-1936168-68-2 .
^ Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 337,
ISBN
9782732437323