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The following is an overview of the events of '''1896 in film''', including a list of films released and notable births.
''See also:''

* [[1895 in film]]
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==Events==
==Events==
[[File:Vitascope Hall Daily Picayune NOLA 31 July 1896.png|thumb|Ad for Vitascope Hall, [[New Orleans]], offering "an entirely new series of pictures".]]
*[[January]] - In [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[Birt Acres]] and [[Robert W. Paul]] developed their own film projector, the [[Theatrograph]] (later known as the [[Animatograph]]).
*[[January]] - In the [[United States]], a projector called the [[Vitascope]] was designed by [[Charles Francis Jenkins]] and [[Thomas Armat]]. Armat began working with [[Thomas Edison]] to manufacture the [[Vitascope]], which projected motion pictures.
* January – In the [[United States]], the [[Vitascope]] [[Movie projector|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.earlycinema.com/birt-acres-motion-picture-pioneer/|title=Birt Acres|work=EarlyCinema.com|access-date=2011-08-15}}</ref>
* [[Pathé Frères]] film company founded
* February 20 – In London:<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Mast |editor1-first=Gerald |editor2-last=Kawin |editor2-first=Bruce F. |title=A Short History of the Movies |edition=abridged 9th |year=2007 |publisher=Pearson Education|isbn=9780321418210|chapter=Birth |ref=Silent }}</ref>
*[[April]] - [[Thomas Edison]] and [[Thomas Armat]]'s [[Vitascope]] is used to project motion pictures in public screenings in [[New York City]]
** [[Robert W. Paul]] demonstrates his film projector, the ''Theatrograph'' (later known as the ''Animatograph''), at the [[Alhambra Theatre]].
* [[May 14]] - Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] of [[Russia]] crowned in [[Moscow]], in the first [[coronation]] ever recorded in film.
** The [[Lumière Brothers]] first project their films in Britain, at the [[Empire, Leicester Square|Empire Theatre of Varieties, Leicester Square]].
* [[France|French]] magician and filmmaker [[Georges Méliès]] begins experimenting with the new motion picture technology, developing early special effects techniques, including stop-motion photography.
* April – Edison and Armat's [[Vitascope]] is used to project motion pictures in public screenings in New York City.
* The first kiss ever on film was in 1896 involving the great Canadian star [[May Irwin]] and [[John C. Rice]].
* May 14 – Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]] is crowned in Moscow, the first [[coronation]] ever recorded in film.
* [[William Selig]] founded the [[Selig Polyscope Company]] in [[Chicago]].
* July 11 – First films screened in [[Venezuela]] by [[Luis Manuel Méndez]] and [[Manuel Trujillo Durán]] at the [[Baralt Theatre]] in [[Maracaibo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iamvenezuela.com/2016/08/teatro-baralt/|title=Zulia Monuments: Teatro Baralt|date=2016-08-04|website=Institutional Assets and Monuments of Venezuela|language=es|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
* July 26 – "Vitascope Hall" opens on [[Canal Street, New Orleans]], the first business devoted exclusively to showing motion pictures at a fixed location [https://web.archive.org/web/20120525053347/http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/where-was-the-first-permanent-movie-theater-in-the-united-states-located/Content?oid=1278809]
* 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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120525053347/http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/where-was-the-first-permanent-movie-theater-in-the-united-states-located/Content?oid=1278809]
* November 3 - [[Marius Sestier]] films the [[The Melbourne Cup (1896 film)|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''.<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 14. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
* [[William Selig]] founds the [[Selig Polyscope Company]] in [[Chicago]].
* Demeny-Gaumont work on a 60&nbsp;mm format, first known as ''Biographe'' (unperforated), then ''Chronophotographe'' (perforated).
* Casimir Sivan and E. Dalphin create a 38&nbsp;mm format.


==Notable films released in 1896==

===Alexandre Promio===
*''[[Lion, London Zoological Gardens]]''
*''[[Pelicans, London Zoological Gardens]]''

[[File:Alice_Guy.jpg|thumb|175px|The pioneer filmmaker, Alice Guy, debuted this year.]]
===Alice Guy-Blaché===
*''[[La Fée aux Choux|The Cabbage Fairy]]''
*''Le chapeau de Tabarin''
*''Le clubmen''
*''Les concierges''
*''Les démolisseurs''
*''Chez le barbier''

===Birt Acres===
*''[[The Boxing Kangaroo]]''
*''[[Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest]]''
*''[[Dancing Girls (1896 film)|Dancing Girls]]''
*''[[Landing at Low Tide]]''
*''[[Rough Sea at Dover]]'' directed with [[Robert W. Paul]]
*''[[Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour]]''
[[File:Melies Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station.jpg|thumb|175px|Maybe a surviving print of the film ''Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station''.]]
[[File:Méliès, Le cauchemar (Star Film 82, 1896).jpg|thumb|175px|Screenshot of ''A Nightmare''.]]

===Gabriel Veyre===
*''[[Carga de rurales]]'', a [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[Short subject|short]] [[black-and-white]] [[silent film|silent]] [[documentary film]].
*''Un duelo a pistola en el bosque de Chapultepec'' (''Duel au pistolet'').

===Georges Méliès===
{{for|all films directed by Méliès in 1896|Georges Méliès filmography#1896}}
*''[[Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station]]'', currently presumed to be a [[lost film]]
*''[[A Lightning Sketch]]'', a series of four French short silent films (lost)
*''[[A Nightmare]]'', it was advertised as a ''scène fantastique''.
*''[[A Serpentine Dance]]'', it was released by Méliès's company Star Film and is numbered 44 in its catalogues (lost)
*''[[A Terrible Night]]'', it is listed with the descriptive subtitle ''scène comique''.
*''[[Conjurer Making Ten Hats in Sixty Seconds]]'' (lost)
*''[[Conjuring (1896 film)|Conjuring]]'', the film was rediscovered in 2014
*''[[Miss de Vère (English Jig)]]''
*''[[The Haunted Castle (1896 film)|The Haunted Castle]]'' (aka ''The House of the Devil'', aka ''The Devil's Castle'')<ref>Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 337, {{ISBN|9782732437323}}</ref>
*''[[The Rag-Picker]]''
*''[[The Rescue on the River]]''
*''[[The Vanishing Lady]]''
*''[[Playing Cards (film)|Playing Cards]]''
*''[[Post No Bills (1896 film)|Post No Bills]]''
*''[[Watering the Flowers]]'', most likely a [[lost film]]

===Louis Lumière===
[[File:L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat.jpg|thumb|175px|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.]]
*''Arab Cortege, Geneva''
*''[[L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat|Arrival Of A Train At La Ciotat]]''
*''[[Bataille de boules de neige]]''
*''[[Carmaux, défournage du coke|Carmaux, Drawing Out The Coke]]''
*''Childish Quarrel''
*''Children Digging For Clams''
*''[[Démolition d'un mur]]''
*''Dragoons Crossing The Saone''
*''Loading A Boiler''
*''New York: Broadway At Union Square''
*''New York: Brooklyn Bridge''
*''Poultry-Yard''
*''Pompiers a Lyon''
*''Promenade Of Ostriches, Paris Botanical Gardens''
*''[[Serpentine dance|Serpentine Dance]]''

===M.H. Laddé===
* ''[[Gestoorde hengelaar]]'' (lost)
* ''[[Spelende kinderen]]'' (lost)
* ''[[Zwemplaats voor Jongelingen te Amsterdam]]'' (lost)

===Robert W. Paul===
*''[[Barnet Horse Fair (film)|Barnet Horse Fair]]''
*''[[Blackfriars Bridge (film)|Blackfriars Bridge]]''
*''[[Comic Costume Race]]''
*''[[Rough Sea at Dover]]'' directed with [[Birt Acres]]
*''[[The Twins' Tea Party]]''
*''[[Two A.M.; or, the Husband's Return]]'' produced by Robert W. Paul

===William Heise===
[[File:The Kiss 1896 Film Strip.jpg|thumb|The first kiss ever on film is in 1896 involving the great Canadian star [[May Irwin]] and [[John C. Rice]].]]
*''Feeding The Doves''
*''[[The Kiss (1896 film)|The Kiss]]'', starring [[May Irwin]] and [[John C. Rice|John Rice]]. First kiss on film. May be considered the first romantic film.

===William K.L. Dickson===
*''[[Dancing Darkies]]'', an [[United States|American]], [[Short subject|short]], [[black-and-white]], [[silent film|silent]] [[documentary film]].
* ''A watermelon feast'', directed by William Kennedy Dickson.

===Others===
*''[[Le Coucher de la Mariée]]'', a French erotic [[short film]] considered to be one of the first [[erotic films]] (or "[[stag party]] films") made. The film was produced by [[Eugène Pirou]] and [[Film director|directed]] by [[Albert Kirchner]] under the [[pseudonym]] "Léar".
*''[[Macintyre's X-Ray Film]]'', a [[documentary]] [[radiography]] film directed by Scottish medical doctor [[John Macintyre]].
*''[[McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio]]'', is a silent film reenactment of [[William McKinley]] receiving the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nomination for [[President of the United States]] in September 1896 produced by the [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company]].
*''A Morning Alarm'', produced by [[Edison Studios]].
*''[[A Sea Cave Near Lisbon]]'', a [[UK|British]] [[Short subject|short]] [[silent film|silent]] [[actuality film]], directed by [[Henry Short (director)|Henry Short]].
* ''Up the River'', directed by Unknown.


==Births==
==Births==
[[File:Lilyantashman.jpg|thumb|175px|Lilyan Tashman was an American [[vaudeville]], [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], and film actress.]]
* [[August 18]] - [[Jack Pickford]], actor, Hollywood's first "bad boy", (d. [[1933 in film|1933]])
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*[[August 30]] - [[Raymond Massey]], actor (d. [[1983 in film|1983]])
|- style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"
| '''Month''' || '''Date''' || '''Name''' ||'''Country''' || '''Profession''' ||'''Died''' ||
|- valign="top"
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''January'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || [[George Burns]] || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Comedian || [[1996 in film|1996]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || [[Rolfe Sedan]] || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1982 in film|1982]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || [[Isabel Withers]] || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1968 in film|1968]] ||
|-
| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''March'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || [[Willie Fung]] || style="text-align:center;"| China || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1945 in film|1945]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''April'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || [[Einar Juhl]] || style="text-align:center;"| Denmark || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1982 in film|1982]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || [[Ruut Tarmo]] || style="text-align:center;"| Estonia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1967 in film|1967]] ||
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''May'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || [[Gilda Langer]] || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1920 in film|1920]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[Ruth Donnelly]] || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1982 in film|1982]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || [[Fernando Soler]] || style="text-align:center;"| Mexico || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1979 in film|1979]] ||
|-
| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''June'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || [[Constance Binney]] || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer, Dancer || [[1989 in film|1989]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''July'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || [[Evelyn Preer]] || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer || [[1932 in film|1932]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || [[Jack Perrin]] || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1967 in film|1967]] ||
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''August'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || [[Theodor Luts]] || style="text-align:center;"| Estonia || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Cinematographer || [[1980 in film|1980]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || [[Jack Pickford]] || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1933 in film|1933]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || [[Raymond Massey]] || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1983 in film|1983]] ||
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''October'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Abraham Sofaer]] || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1988 in film|1988]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || [[David Howard (director)|David Howard]] || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || [[1941 in film|1941]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || [[Lilyan Tashman]] || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1934 in film|1934]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || [[Rex Cherryman]] || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1928 in film|1928]] ||
|-
| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''November'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || [[Lawrence Tibbett]] || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || [[1960 in film|1960]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''December'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || [[Christl Mardayn]] || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer || [[1971 in film|1971]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || [[Torsten Bergström]] || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || [[1948 in film|1948]] ||
|-
|}

==Debut==
*[[Alice Guy]] as a director in ''Les démolisseurs''
*[[May Irwin]] as an actress in ''[[The Kiss (1896 film)|The Kiss]]'' (1 April)
*[[John C. Rice]] as an actor in ''The Kiss'' (1 April)
*[[Cissy Fitzgerald]] as an actress in 50 feet of actuality film of Fitzgerald by Edison; presumably elements from the 1894 play ''The Gaiety Girl''
*[[Robert B. Mantell]] as an actor in ''Select Scenes from 'Monbars'''

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{YouTube|p=PLoHEmNPV3oBgoFg-KJ7xsa2etwQw-shro|''1896 in film''}}
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1896-01-01,1896-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1896 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1896-01-01,1896-12-31&adult=include List of 1896 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1896-01-01,1896-12-31&adult=include List of 1896 births] at [[IMDb]]


==References==
[[Category:1896]]
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[[Category:1896 films|*]]
[[Category:Years in film]]


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The following is an overview of the events of 1896 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

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Events

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Ad for Vitascope Hall, New Orleans, offering "an entirely new series of pictures".

Notable films released in 1896

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Alexandre Promio

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The pioneer filmmaker, Alice Guy, debuted this year.

Alice Guy-Blaché

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  • The Cabbage Fairy
  • Le chapeau de Tabarin
  • Le clubmen
  • Les concierges
  • Les démolisseurs
  • Chez le barbier

Birt Acres

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Maybe a surviving print of the film Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station.
Screenshot of A Nightmare.

Gabriel Veyre

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Georges Méliès

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For all films directed by Méliès in 1896, see Georges Méliès filmography § 1896.

Louis Lumière

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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

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Robert W. Paul

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William Heise

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The first kiss ever on film is in 1896 involving the great Canadian star May Irwin and John C. Rice.

William K.L. Dickson

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Others

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Births

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Lilyan Tashman was an American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress.
Month Date Name Country Profession Died
January 20 George Burns US Actor, Comedian 1996
20 Rolfe Sedan US Actor 1982
20 Isabel Withers US Actress 1968
March 3 Willie Fung China Actor 1945
April 8 Einar Juhl Denmark Actor 1982
26 Ruut Tarmo Estonia Actor 1967
May 16 Gilda Langer Germany Actress 1920
17 Ruth Donnelly US Actress 1982
24 Fernando Soler Mexico Actor 1979
June 28 Constance Binney US Actress, Singer, Dancer 1989
July 16 Evelyn Preer US Actress, Singer 1932
25 Jack Perrin US Actor 1967
August 14 Theodor Luts Estonia Director, Cinematographer 1980
18 Jack Pickford Canada Actor 1933
30 Raymond Massey Canada Actor 1983
October 1 Abraham Sofaer US Actor 1988
6 David Howard US Director 1941
23 Lilyan Tashman US Actress 1934
30 Rex Cherryman US Actor 1928
November 16 Lawrence Tibbett US Actor, Singer 1960
December 8 Christl Mardayn Austria Actress, Singer 1971
10 Torsten Bergström Sweden Actor, Director 1948

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References

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  1. ^ "Birt Acres". EarlyCinema.com. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  2. ^ Mast, Gerald; Kawin, Bruce F., eds. (2007). "Birth". A Short History of the Movies (abridged 9th ed.). Pearson Education. ISBN 9780321418210.
  3. ^ "Zulia Monuments: Teatro Baralt". Institutional Assets and Monuments of Venezuela (in Spanish). 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  4. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  5. ^ Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 337, ISBN 9782732437323
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