1895 in film
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- February–March - Robert W. PaulRobert W. PaulRobert W. Paul was a British electrician, scientific instrument maker and early pioneer of British film.-Early career:...
and Birt AcresBirt AcresBirt Acres was a photographer and film pioneer.Born in Richmond, Virginia to English parents, he invented the first British 35 mm moving picture camera, the first daylight loading home movie camera and projector, Birtac, was the first travelling newsreel reporter in international film history and...
build and run the first working 35 mm movie cameraCameraA camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
in BritainUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, the Kineopticon. Their first films include Incident at Clovelly Cottage, The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat RaceThe Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race (1895 film)The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Birt Acres...
and Rough Sea at DoverRough Sea at DoverRough Sea at Dover is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Birt Acres and Robert W. Paul....
. - In FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, the brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière, design and built a lightweight, hand-held motion picture camera called the CinématographeCinematographeA cinematograph is a film camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer. It was invented in the 1890s.Note that this was not the first 'moving picture' device. Louis Le Prince had built early devices in 1886. His 1888 film Roundhay Garden Scene still survives.There is much dispute as...
. They discover that their machine can also be used to project images onto a large screen. The Lumière brothers create several short films at this time that are considered to be pivotal in the history of motion pictures. - March 22 - First display of motion picturesFilmA film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
by Auguste and Louis LumièreAuguste and Louis LumièreThe Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas and Louis Jean , were among the earliest filmmakers in history...
(private screening). - May 27 - Birt Acres patentPatentA patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
s the Kineopticon under his own name. - Late September - C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas ArmatThomas ArmatThomas J. Armat was an American mechanic and inventor, a pioneer of cinema best known through the co-invention of the Edison Vitascope.-Biography:...
demonstrate their Phantoscope, a motion picture projector, in Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
at the Cotton States and International ExpositionCotton States and International Exposition (1895)The 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition was held at the current Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia. It is most remembered for the speech given by Booker T. Washington on September 18, 1895....
. - November - In Germany, Emil and Max SkladanowskyMax SkladanowskyMax Skladanowsky was a German inventor and early filmmaker. Along with his brother Emil, he invented the Bioscop, an early movie projector the Skladanowsky brothers used to display the first moving picture show to a paying audience on November 1, 1895, some two months before the public debut of...
develop their own film projector. - December 28 - The Lumière brothersAuguste and Louis LumièreThe Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas and Louis Jean , were among the earliest filmmakers in history...
have their first paying audience at the Grand Café Boulevard des Capucines in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
— this date is sometimes considered the debut of the motion picture as an entertainment medium. - December 30 - The American Mutoscope and Biograph CompanyAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph CompanyThe American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over three thousand short...
motion pictures is founded in New Jersey by the KMCD Syndicate of William Kennedy Dickson, Henry Marvin, Herman CaslerHerman CaslerHerman Casler — American inventor , was co-founder of the partnership called the K.M.C.D. Syndicate, along with W.K-L...
and Elias Koopman. - Gaumont PicturesGaumont Film CompanyGaumont Film Company is a French film production company founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont . Gaumont is the oldest continously operating film company in the world....
founded by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon GaumontLéon GaumontLéon Gaumont was a French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry....
. Woodville LathamWoodville LathamMajor Woodville Latham was an ordnance officer of the Confederacy during the American Civil War and professor of chemistry at West Virginia University. He was significant in the development of early film technology....
and his sons develop the Latham Loop - the concept of loose loops of film on either side of the intermittent movement to prevent stress from the jerky movement. This is debuted in the EidoloscopeEidoloscopeThe Eidoloscope was an early motion picture system created by Woodville Latham and his two sons through their business, the Lambda Company, in New York City in 1894 and 1895.-History:...
, which is also the first widescreen format (1.85:1). - Herman CaslerHerman CaslerHerman Casler — American inventor , was co-founder of the partnership called the K.M.C.D. Syndicate, along with W.K-L...
of American Mutoscope Company, aka American Mutoscope and Biograph CompanyAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph CompanyThe American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over three thousand short...
manufactures the BiographBiographBiograph may refer to:* An early form of the cinematograph, made by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928* Biograph , a 1985 box set compiling music by Bob Dylan...
68 mm camera, which will become the first successful large format 68mm (70mm) film. - Henri JolyHenri JolyHenri Joly developed a perforated cinema film Henri Joly developed a perforated cinema film Henri Joly developed a perforated cinema film (along with others such as Lumière and de Bedts in 1895 (the Joly-Normandin 60 mm format, with Ernest Normandin). Born at Viomenil, Vosges in 1866, he was...
debuts his Joly-Normandin 60 mm format.
Films released in 1895
- Akrobatisches PotpourriAkrobatisches PotpourriAkrobatisches Potpourri is an 1895 German short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Max and Emil Skladanowsky and starring the Grunato family. It is one of the first German produced films...
- Annabelle Serpentine Dance
- L' Arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat
- L'Arroseur ArroséL'Arroseur ArroséL'Arroseur arrosé is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent comedy film directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring François Clerc and Benoît Duval...
- Autour d'une cabineAutour d'une cabineAutour d'une cabine, original full title , is an 1894 French short animated film directed by Émile Reynaud. It is an animated movie made of 636 individually images hand painted in 1893. The film showed off Emile's invention, the Theatre Optique...
- Barque sortant du portBarque sortant du portBarque sortant du port is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent film directed and produced by Louis Lumière....
- Bauerntanz zweier KinderBauerntanz zweier KinderBauerntanz zweier Kinder is an 1895 German short black-and-white silent documentary film directed by Max Skladanowsky. The film captures two children from Ploetz-Lorello, performing a dance...
- Billy Edwards and the Unknown aka Billy Edwards Boxing
- La Charcuterie mécaniqueLa Charcuterie mécaniqueLa Charcuterie mécanique is an 1895 "humorous subject" created by the Lumière Brothers. Phil Hardy's The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction classes it as the first science fiction film...
- The Clown BarberThe Clown BarberThe Clown Barber is an 1898 British short black-and-white silent film directed and produced by the Scottish film pioneer James Williamson.The film was produced in Brighton and Hove. The actual film is 21.34 m long....
- Das Boxende KänguruhDas Boxende KänguruhBoxing Kangaroo is an 1895 German short black-and-white silent documentary film, directed and produced by Max Skladanowsky, which features a Kangaroo boxing against a man against a white background at the Circus Busch...
- The DerbyThe Derby (1895 film)The Derby is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W. Paul's peep show Kinetoscopes, featuring the end of the May 29 1895 Epsom Derby viewed from a raised position close to the finishing line with the main stand...
- Dickson Experimental Sound FilmDickson Experimental Sound FilmThe Dickson Experimental Sound Film is a film made by William Dickson in late 1894 or early 1895. It is the first known film with live-recorded sound and appears to be the first motion picture made for the Kinetophone, the proto-sound-film system developed by Dickson and Thomas Edison...
- The Execution of Mary StuartThe Execution of Mary StuartThe Execution of Mary Stuart is a short film produced in 1895. The film depicts the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.The 18-second-long film was produced by Thomas Edison and may have been the first film in history to use trained actors, as well as one of the first to use editing for the purposes...
- Les ForgeronsLes ForgeronsLes Forgerons is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière...
- Griffo-Barnett Prize Fight
- Der Jongleur
- La MerLa Mer (film)La Mer is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière...
- Opening of the Kiel CanalOpening of the Kiel CanalOpening of the Kiel Canal is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent documentary news film directed and produced by Birt Acres...
- The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat RaceThe Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race (1895 film)The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Birt Acres...
- Partie de cartesPartie de cartesPartie de cartes is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent film directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring Antoine Féraud....
- La Pêche aux poissons rougesLa Pêche aux poissons rougesPêche aux poissons rouges is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière. It was filmed in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...
- Place des Cordeliers à LyonPlace des Cordeliers à LyonPlace des Cordeliers à Lyon is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière....
- The Photographical Congress Arrives in LyonThe Photographical Congress Arrives in LyonThe Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring P.J.C. Janssen as himself...
- Princess Ali aka Egyptian Dance
- Repas de bébéRepas de bébéRepas de bébé is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring Andrée Lumière....
- Rough Sea at DoverRough Sea at DoverRough Sea at Dover is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Birt Acres and Robert W. Paul....
- Le Saut à la couvertureLe Saut à la couvertureLe Saut à la couverture is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière....
- Serpentinen TanzSerpentinen TanzSerpentinen Tanz is an 1895 German short black-and-white silent documentary film, directed and produced by Max Skladanowsky, one of the German-born brothers responsible for inventing the bioskop....
- Sparring Contest at Canastota
- La VoltigeLa VoltigeLa Voltige is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière. It was filmed in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...
- Workers Leaving the Lumière FactoryWorkers Leaving the Lumiere FactoryWorkers Leaving The Lumière Factory in Lyon Workers Leaving The Lumière Factory in Lyon Workers Leaving The Lumière Factory in Lyon (also known as La Sortie des usines Lumière à Lyon (original title), Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory and Exiting the Factory (US titles) is an 1895 French short...
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- February 7 - Anita StewartAnita StewartAnita Stewart was an American actress and film producer of the early silent film era.-Early life and career:...
(d.19611961 in filmThe year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:* Atlantis, the Lost ContinentB...
) - February 8 - King VidorKing VidorKing Wallis Vidor was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades...
(d.19821982 in film-Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T...
) - March 17 - Shemp Howard (d.19551955 in filmThe year 1955 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.* June 27 - The last ever Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released....
) - March 27 - Betty SchadeBetty SchadeBetty Schade was a German-born American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 120 films between 1913 and 1921....
(d. 19821982 in film-Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T...
) - April 7 - Margarete SchönMargarete SchönMargarete Schön was a German stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years. She is possibly best recalled internationally for her role as Kriemhild in director Fritz Lang's 1924 series of two silent fantasy films Die Nibelungen - Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Nibelungen:...
(d. 19851985 in film-Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.* Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie...
) - May 6 - Rudolph ValentinoRudolph ValentinoRudolph Valentino was an Italian actor, and early pop icon. A sex symbol of the 1920s, Valentino was known as the "Latin Lover". He starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle and Son of the Sheik...
(d. 19261926 in film-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
) - July 26 - Gracie AllenGracie AllenGrace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen , known as Gracie Allen, was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns...
(d. 19641964 in filmThe year 1964 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is released....
) - October 2 - Bud AbbottBud AbbottWilliam Alexander "Bud" Abbott was an American actor, producer and comedian. He is best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.-Early life:...
(d. 19741974 in filmThe year 1974 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in the USA.*August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J...
) - October 4 - Buster KeatonBuster KeatonJoseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
(d. 19661966 in filmThe year 1966 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Animation legend Walter Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, died in 15 December 1966 of acute circulatory collapse following a diagnosis of, and surgery for, lung cancer...
) - October 21 - Edna PurvianceEdna PurvianceEdna Purviance was an American actress during the silent movie era. She was the leading lady in many Charlie Chaplin movies. In a span of eight years, she appeared in over thirty films with Chaplin.-Early life:...
(d. 19581958 in filmThe year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began back in 1946....
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