From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Overview of the events of 1894 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film , including a list of films released and notable births.
Overview of the events of 1894 in film
January 7
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 [ edit ] Birt Acres [ edit ] Crows on Saffron Hill Haycart Crossing Hadley Green, Middlesex Charles-Émile Reynaud [ edit ] Étienne-Jules Marey [ edit ] William K. L. Dickson [ edit ] Annie Oakley .Fred Ott Sneeze .Sioux ghost dance .Alleni's Boxing Monkeys Amateur Gymnast, No. 2 Annabelle Butterfly Dance Annabelle Moore Annabelle Sun Dance , starring Annabelle Moore Annie Oakley Annie Oakley Armand D'Ary , starring Armand D'AryAthlete with Wand Babies in High Chairs Band Drill A Bar Room Scene The Barbershop Bertoldi (Mouth Support) , starring Ena BertoldiBertoldi (Table Contortion) , starring Ena BertoldiBoxing , starring Jack McAuliffe The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's) Bucking Broncho Buffalo Bill William F. Cody Buffalo Dance Hair Coat , Parts His Hair and Last Horse Caicedo (with Pole) , starring Juan A. CaicedoCaicedo (with Spurs) , starring Juan A. CaicedoCarmencita Carmencita The Carnival Dance , starring Madge Crossland, May Lucas and Lucy MurrayChinese Laundry Scene , directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson and starring Phil Doreto and RobettaChinese Opium Den The Cock Fight Cock Fight, No. 2 Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney Cupid's Dance , starring Florence Ewer, Lenora Ewer and Mildred EwerDance , starring Rosa France, Frank Lawton and Etta WilliamsonDance du Ventre The Dancing Clown The Dickson Experimental Sound Film Dogs Fighting Edison Employee Picnic Fancy Club Swinger , starring John R. AbellFinale of 1st Act, Hoyt's 'Milk White Flag' Fire Rescue Scene Fred Ott Holding a Bird , starring Fred Ott Fred Ott's Sneeze Fred Ott French Dancers Glenroy Bros., (no. 2) Hadj Cheriff , starring Hadji CheriffHighland Dance The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight , starring Eugene Hornbacker and MurphyHuman Pyramid , starring Saleem NassarImperial Japanese Dance , starring the Sarashe SistersLady Fencers (With Broadswords) , starring Louise Blanchard and Helen EnglehartLady Fencers (With Foils) Lasso Exhibition , starring Frank Hammitt and Lee MartinLasso Thrower Leonard-Cushing Fight Luis Martinetti, Contortionist Man of a Thousand Faces , starring George Layman May Lucas , starring May LucasMen on Parallel Bars Mexican Knife Duel Miss Lucy Murray , starring Lucy MurrayMlle. Capitaine , starring Alciede CapitaineOrgan Grinder, No. 1 Organ Grinder, No. 2 Oriental Dance , starring RosaThe Pickaninny Dance, from the 'Passing Show' , starring Joe Rastus, Denny Tolliver and Walter WilkinsRat Killing Rats and Terrier No. 2 Rats and Terrier No. 3 Rats and Weasel Ruth Dennis , starring Ruth St. Denis Sandow Eugen Sandow Sheik Hadji Tahar , starring Sheik Hadji TaharSioux Ghost Dance Summersault Dog , starring Lucy the Dog and Ivan TschernoffSword Combat , starring Najid and Saleem NassarTopack and Steele , starring George W. Steele and George TopackToyou Kichi , starring Toyou KichiTrained Bears Trapeze Unsuccessful Somersault Walton and Slavin , starring John Slavin and Charles F. WaltonWhirlwind Gunspinning , starring Hadj LessikThe Widder , starring Isabelle CoeWonderful Performing Dog , starring Lucy the Dog and Ivan TschernoffThe Wrestling Dog , starring Henry WeltonWrestling Match Films directed by other filmmakers [ edit ] External links [ edit ] 1894 in film at Wikimedia Commons
References [ edit ] 
Media related to 1894 in film at Wikimedia Commons