1897 in film
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Events
- 125 people died during a film screening at the Charity Bazaar 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...
after a curtain catches on fire from the etherDiethyl etherDiethyl ether, also known as ethyl ether, simply ether, or ethoxyethane, is an organic compound in the ether class with the formula . It is a colorless, highly volatile flammable liquid with a characteristic odor...
used to fuel the projectorMovie projectorA movie projector is an opto-mechanical device for displaying moving pictures by projecting them on a projection screen. Most of the optical and mechanical elements, except for the illumination and sound devices, are present in movie cameras.-Physiology:...
lamp. - Mitchell and KenyonMitchell and KenyonThe Mitchell & Kenyon film company was a pioneer of early commercial movies based in Blackburn in Lancashire, England at the start of the 20th century...
go into a film-making partnership - Enoch Rector develops a 63 mm film format called Veriscope, which films the Corbett-Fitzsimmons championship match.
- Thomas Henry Blair develops a 48 mm film format called Viventoscope.
- Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession filmed
Films released in 1897
- An Arab Knife Grinder at Work
- La Bandera ArgentinaLa Bandera ArgentinaLa Bandera Argentina was for a time considered the first film ever produced in the Cinema of Argentina. It was directed by French-Argentine cinema pioneer Eugene Py in 1897 in which he captured the Flag of Argentina in 1897....
- The Corbett-Fitzsimmons FightThe Corbett-Fitzsimmons FightThe Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight is an 1897 documentary film directed by Enoch J. Rector depicting a boxing match between James J. Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons in Carson City, Nevada on St. Patrick's Day the same year. Originally running at over 100 minutes, it was the longest film that had ever been...
- Horses Loading for Klondike
- Kørsel med Grønlandske HundeKørsel med Grønlandske HundeKørsel med Grønlandske hunde, , is a Danish silent film made in 1897 by the photographer Peter Elfelt. It was the first movie sequence filmed in Denmark. The film, less than one minute in length , shows a Danish colony manager named Johan Carl Joensen driving a sledge pulled by Greenlandic sled...
- The Milker's MishapThe Milker's MishapThe Milker's Mishap is a very early short 1897 comedy film about a man milking a Holstein, which becomes frisky and kicks over the milker and the pail of milk. The man blames some farm hands, and a quarrel ensues....
- New Pillow FightNew Pillow FightNew Pillow Fight, also titled Daughters' Pillow Fight, is the name of a very early short comedy film, released in 1897. This scene shows three little girls indulging in a pillow fight. Eventually, the feathers are flying all around....
- The Miller and the SweepThe Miller and the SweepThe Miller and the Sweep is a 1897 British short black-and-white silent comedy film, directed by George Albert Smith, featuring a miller carrying a bag of flour fighting with a chimney sweep carrying a bag of soot in front of a windmill, before a crowd comes and chases them away. The film,...
- The Haverstraw TunnelThe Haverstraw TunnelThe Haverstraw Tunnel is an early film released in 1897 by the American Mutoscope Company. It is considered to be the first example of a phantom ride and features a train travelling along the West Shore Railroad in New York and then through the eponymous tunnel....
Births
- February 10 - Dame Judith AndersonJudith AndersonDame Judith Anderson, AC, DBE was an Australian-born American-based actress of stage, film and television. She won two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award and was also nominated for a Grammy Award and an Academy Award.-Early life:...
, Australian actress (d.19921992 in filmThe year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards...
) - February 12 - Vola ValeVola ValeVola Vale was a silent motion picture actress from Buffalo, New York. She was born Vola Smith.-Early career:...
, American actress (d. 1970) - March 16 - Conrad NagelConrad NagelConrad Nagel was an American screen actor and matinee idol of the silent film era and beyond. He was also a well-known television actor and radio performer.-Biography:...
, American actor (d. 1970) - April 1 - Nita Naldi, American actress (d. 1961)
- April 14 - Claire WindsorClaire WindsorClaire Windsor was a notable American film actress of the silent screen era.-Early life:Windsor was born Clara Viola Cronk in 1892 to George Edwin and Rosella R. Fearing Cronk in Marvin, Phillips County, Kansas of Scandinavian heritage. Her parents later moved to Cawker City, Kansas when she was...
, American actress (d. 1972) - June 16 - Elaine HammersteinElaine HammersteinElaine Hammerstein was an American silent film and stage actress.-Musical lineage:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of opera producer Arthur Hammerstein and the granddaughter of Oscar Hammerstein. Her father once remarked he was more interested in his daughter's career than...
, American actress (d. 1948) - June 19 - Moe HowardMoe HowardMoses Harry Horwitz , known professionally as Moe Howard, was an American actor and comedian best known as the leader of The Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television for four decades...
, American actor and comedian (d. 1975) - June 23 - Alexandru GiugaruAlexandru GiugaruAlexandru Giugaru was a Romanian stage and film actor.Born in Huși, Fălciu , Romania, Giugaru began his stage career in 1916 after graduating from school in Cuza Voda and studying at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Bucharest, Romania...
, Romanian actor (d. 1986) - October 28 - Edith HeadEdith HeadEdith Head was an American costume designer who won eight Academy Awards, more than any other woman.-Early life and career:...
, American costume designer (d. 1981) - October 30 - Rex CherrymanRex CherrymanRexford Raymond "Rex" Cherryman was an American actor of the stage and screen whose career was most prolific during the 1920s....
, American actor (d. 1928) - September 23 - Walter PidgeonWalter PidgeonWalter Davis Pidgeon was a Canadian actor, who starred in many motion pictures, including Mrs...
, American actor (d. 19841984 in film-Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
) - November 13 - Gertrude OlmsteadGertrude OlmsteadGertrude Olmstead was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 56 films between 1920 and 1929.-Career:...
, American actress (d. 19751975 in filmThe year 1975 in film involved some significant events, with Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws topping the box office.-Events:*March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London....
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